Comments on: Ableton Live Tutorials: DIY 808, IDM 101 - Gustavo Strikes Again

By: hi_dm

hi_dm — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:08:35 +0000

These examples were very helpful. Thanks!
To all those who left negative remarks: You guys are a bunch of wieners.

By: dan s.

dan s. — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:05:14 +0000

Man I wish Live would zoom and scroll like that. That’s on my wishlist for 8!

By: gbsr

gbsr — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:49:14 +0000

nono, its not hard to understand at all. i know how to use follow actions, and i use it all the time. i wasnt referring to that specific video with my reply above. most live tutorial videos throws up some devices in a rack which usually produces midi or audio in a musical way, but not many of them explains what the devices are doing, and why they are put in that specific order and for what purpose. the covert operators are very clear on this. ive seen many videos about live, and ive been experimenting very much with live, so i know what im doing, but for someone just getting started with it most videos just tell you to do this and that without explaining why. again, that was not aimed at this specific video(s).

By: electronico

electronico — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:50:25 +0000

“yeah i like the covert operators blog, mainly because it explains the devices rather then just puts them up in a rack and presto!”

gbsr, those videos are well documented, if it is hard for you to understand what Gustavo is doing you can take a read on the full article :)

http://www.djvox.com/site/index.php?columns=12&name=iproducer

peace !

By: gbsr

gbsr — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:54:36 +0000

yeah i like the covert operators blog, mainly because it explains the devices rather then just puts them up in a rack and presto!

peter, it wasnt aimed to cdm as a blog, just a general rant. considering how flexible live is and the setups people comes up with im a bit suprised there arent more advanced tutorials.
i think the tips and tricks forum at the official live forums is propably still the best place for advanced discussions. great find on the video(s) though. keep them coming :)

By: Bjorn Vayner

Bjorn Vayner — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:36:27 +0000

“What would you consider advanced?”

This maybe? http://www.covops.org/index.php/Tips-and-Tricks/Advanced-Arpeggiator-Programming-Techniques.html

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:17:18 +0000

@Airwave: yeah, I’m with electronico — this is actually *exactly* how Operator was intended to be used. It can be used as an FM synth using that algorithm. Or it can be a simple subtractive multi-oscillator synth — you might use one oscillator, you might use more. So it’s nice to have access to Operator sometimes even if you just want one oscillator.

@gbsr: speaking as a writer, it can be tough to determine user level. To some people, this really is advanced. If you’ve got something you’d like to see, just say it. What would you consider advanced? What would you like to be able to do in Live?

By: gbsr

gbsr — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:51:55 +0000

really. ive seen so many ableton live videos, most of them promising advanced techniques and i get disappointed every time.
ableton live expert?
hardly.
a quick glance in the manual will tell you that this can be done (better, at that).

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By: electronico

electronico — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:53:47 +0000

Lolll ! I think the answer is: because there is no need to use the other “FM” oscilators on this example.

I’m not an expert but I think that the Roland 808 doesn’t use FM synthesis to produce the BassDrum sound.

Nice work Gustavo !