Producing music: easy transition effects part 2 - tips for beginners (Ableton live 9 ) [Tutorial]

in #music7 years ago (edited)

Greetings steemains!

Here we go with an other simple technique, as promised I'll show you how to create an "intensifying siren" transition effect step by step!

If you haven't seen part 1, catch up, because I'll skip the trivial steps that I've already presented.

We'll be using the Operator tool just like last time, the first steps are the same, set a track for Operator, create a clip, and draw a long note of your choice. (Shift+Tab for clip view mode, B for draw/edit)

This is how we look like before doing anything.

The Operator can add together 4 layers of sounds (marked A,B,C,D Oscillators), we'll be using 2 of these. First let's set the waveformat of the 2 layers, for OscA it'll be a simple "sine" which is the default and for B you may choose either Saw or Square format, listen to it after selecting so you can distinguish its caracteristics. I'll select SquareD and add some volume, then just a little bit of fine to both.

If the amount of fine on OscA and OscB is not the same, it'll give you a vibrating/oscilating sound, but it can be adjusted with the coarse switch. The relationship between oscillator frequency and note pitch is given by the coarse and fine parameters, but I set the same amount and won't be touching the coarse switch.

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The base of our siren sound is now ready but not intensifying anywhere just yet. Press Shift+Tab to enter clip view mode and click on the "E" mark in the bottom left corner to draw envelopes. We'll draw an envelope for pitch bending, so select " MIDI Ctrl" and "Pitch Bend" from the drop-down menu.

pitchbendsiren.jpg

Now we have a somewhat intensifying siren.... but it's not good enough for a transition right? Right.
Lets head back to the operator's controll panel and turn on the LFO. Set the Amount at about 30%, and then we're going to draw an envelope for the Rate.
LFOsiren.jpg

Like all, also this effect can be customized and made unique in countless ways.
Here is an example for this same siren with just a little touch of reverb and amp added:

That's it!
Next part coming after 100 subs.

STEEM ON!

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Sweet! I've always wanted to get into Ableton but starting from scratch is a little daunting, I'll definitely be following these posts!

Awsome! I'm glad I can give something. If you keep following me you'll learn a lot of beginner friendly stuff and as time passes I'll get into some more advanced techniques.

would I need to but proper equipment to use Ableton

I only have a mouse and a keyboard right now, nothing else. Of course it's good to have MIDIcontrollers it can make the workflow easier and more entertaining, but u don't need any to get started. I had a cheap midi keyboard and some chinise junk pushpads, but as u can guess, they're all dead by now. I'm looking forward to buy new ones, but those decent ones that I need are relatively expensive.

So in a nut shell: no, u don't have to buy anything to use ableton, you can even perform live action without any gadget if u're that dedicated.