I get a lot of folks askin me about how to use ableton live like an mpc.
Specifically how to play your chops so they cut each other off.
I also cover how to make your own custom presets for when chopping samples.
If you want to chop and automatically add fx and such, you can do it.
Ableton [...]

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Yep, another one, I gotta keep em coming cuz we all like new sounds right?
This one is for those that like to travel on the more laid back side of the drum beat, jazzy, chill, downtempo, ambient, smokey, lounge…whatever you wanna call it.
Let’s get into this smooth sample collection.

Is there really magic in those samples?
I [...]

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So you ready for another set of samples to be reviewed?
This time I’m on some Arab music….I love ethnic samples.
Problem is, I don’t like clearing samples from records, and I don’t feel right not clearing them.
So I stay on the lookout for royalty free sample food.

Arabian Breaks, inspiration all day and all night
When I looked [...]

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So, I’ve been learning and playing with Maschine from Native Instruments…I must say it’s awesome.
I’m currently using the beta update so as soon as the full update is released I’ll give you my review.
But I’m still going to show you little tips, tricks, and some of the workflow.
In this video I just want to show [...]

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I’m a hardware guy at heart…
It took me many years to move over to software.
Reason being, most of it just didn’t “flow” like I wanted.
The instruments and plugins have been high quality for a while, but I hadn’t found a sequencer good enuff to replace my mpc.
An environment to bring all my production together in [...]

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