In this video, Ableton Certified MMS tutor Tom Lonsborough demonstrates a bit of basic music theory which should help you out when trying to come up with a k…
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what if the song is in major? lol
thanks this is very helpful smiles from Cape Town
Thanks Andy, glad that I can be of assistance. There are sooooooo many
tracks that have these intervals in, too many to list, but hopefully you’ll
get an ear for them!
Hi Ice, It’s called a minor 7th because it’s the 7th degree of the minor
scale. In western music heptatonic (7 unique tones per octave) is the most
common form of scale. To work out the notes in a minor scale, take any
starting note on the keyboard, then you can work out the intervals with the
formula TSTTSTT – where T=tone, and S=semitone. Semitone is the adjacent
note, Tone is the next but one. Let me know if you need any help with this!
Tom.
why is it called Minor 7th?
Thanx for this tut. Sound great so i am going to experient with this 🙂
This could be quite possibly the most invaluable tut I’ve seen! Cheers Tom
What exactly is that “String Pad” comprised of? I’ve been dying for a sound
like that to use for some more melodic pieces.
AS always a big help.. fan of the series !
I can not preview samples in the browser window now matter what the volume
is on the preview/que volume and my headphones button is blue on the bottom
of the sample window. Is there something I am doing wrong? thanks.
i also wonder how, it doesnt work for me either
Awesome work. You guys have been the biggest help, you’ve no idea. Keep up
the awesome work!
so the program itself doesn’t come with any sounds?
Apparently, .adg files do not play lol but .aif files do. So here’s a
question that’s been BURNING in my mind for a week. When I go to
instruments—>drum rack and I want to preview sounds, all the sounds are
.adg. So how are you suppose to tell what they sound like w/o actually
double clicking them and loading them into the interface as that is time
consuming.
you fucking go way to fast and show stuff we dint learn yet to open.. wtf..
the tune is designed to show as many techniques in as simple a way as
possible so is inherently its not something that would win any grammys.
why oh why must most people make crappy techno music in these videos arrgh..
handy little vid for someone starting with ableton. i didnt have a clue at
first. but i’m getting there.
It’s a must that I give a thumbs up to all your HELPFUL videos!
why are there only five of the videos on youtube?
it’s so much fun it’s unblievable
i dont have that little blue circle too hear the instument samples , so i
cant hear what they doo , how do i get it ? XD
okay thanks but my lord how crappy techno pop dance trance music is,just
wow!
Thank you!
@Oezilla Also, at least the ‘lite’ edition (I’m using the Focusrite
Novation Lite edition) it has limitations as far as number of simultaneous
clips (six, as I recall), number of simultaneous grooves in the groove pool
(three) and probably some more limitations. Of course, the official
resource for all of this would be ableton dot com. Cheers!
I fail to see how any of this makes for a better work flow.. then any other
DAW ? I see NO numbers in db or % to indicate how loud your levels are ?
You seem to constantly be jumping in and out of windows. Why do you have to
push 2 record buttons (arm) just to record something ? Why do you need a
scene button to start stop different tracks? how is that a better workflow?
To each his own.
@chookiessss you use the small square stop buttons at the bottom of the
clip window
Hey just started using ableton yesterday. I have a 3rd party vst open in
one channel in session view and I’m tryin to make the actual plug in
visible. How do i do this in Live suite 9?
I’ve only ever recorded in “arrangement view” using pro tools so vertical
loop “slots” are quite bizarre to me – but your video really helped me
understand just what’s going on. thanks, Mary
i love Ableton, especially after learning some of the ins and outs of the
Session View, it really increases your workflow alot when you learn how to
use the Session View, after tryna figure out which program works the best
for me i def have to say Ableton bcuz of the endless possibilities and
increased workflow, i dont sit on my computer for hrs tryna figure out how
im gonna do variations and how and i gonna put an instrumental together ne
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hey i use ableton and i was wondering how do i insert instruments and
change there keys thanks again
i have a question i have always used reason and in reason u cant make a
drum loop and add it to the track like nothing..i was wondering how to do
that in ableton?? like an add to to track option or something?