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About two years ago I was doing some work in a coffee shop near my house. I overheard some guys at a table near me about a gig they had coming up, and so being interested in music and music production I asked them about their band. It turns out that this band had a few singers, a guitar player and two guys who “played” laptop computer using Ableton Live software. I didn’t get a chance to hear their band live, but I was intrigued by the fact that they could use a sequencing software in a live setting like that!
Ableton Live is a popular DAW software that is unique and offers a lot of power to the user. Artists such as Kid Beyond take advantage of the stability, , and it’s looping power to create entire songs by themselves.
Check it out:
So, embarked upon a seven day challenge to learn how to use Ableton Live. You can download the full version and use it free for 30 days. And you can activate a free 30 day membership to VTC.com, and access their Ableton Live tutorials (among MANY other software tutorials).
Here are my video blog entries from my Learn Ableton Live in a Week Challenge.
And though I’m no Kid Beyond …. Ableton Live is now a viable creative and technical resource in my studio.
HISTORICAL INSTANCES OF RECORDING STUDIO WEIRDNESS
Park Peters is a notable audio engineer in the Denver area with credits including Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Rob Mullins and Tom Wasinger.
Park provides a segment on how overdubs used to be done ( …. without headphones!) and how we can take advantage of this technique today!
Thanks Park!
This week I’m delighted to have the help of Chris Bishop as a co-host and co-engineer for the creative experiments! Thanks for your help Chris!
Chris’ studio website: http://www.chrisbishopsd.com
Creative Prodution History:
George Martin and The Beatles are truly champions for creativite production! George Martin and Paul McCarntey describe the creative process that went into recording “A Day in a Life” in this video clip:
Our setup for recording the piano samples.
A Screen Shot That Shows the Progression In the DAW of How to Edit the Samples
1. PINK = Reverse the samples (hard pan left/right)
2. GREEN & BLUE = Trim off the synth blast
3. ORANGE = Add fades to beginning and end of regions to avoid pops
Vanessa Spear-Paletta
Her Music:
http://www.facebook.com/vanessaspearmusic
Vanessa with the band “Forget Me Not”
You can hear “Water Through My Hands” with this link:
Water Through My Hands (with reverse sympathetic piano)
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Thanks for visiting!
EPISODE ONE: \”This Is Your Brain On Creativity\”
Welcome to the first episode of Creative Audio Production!
Please feel free to contact me with episode ideas, creative production ideas, etc!
The best way is probably via Facebook. Look for the “Creative Audio Production” page!
Below are some of Pete’s first gear purchases.
It is amazing that some of these things, back in the day would cost $2,000 or so.
ENSONIQ ASR-10
ROLAND VS-1680
LOGIC 6 “Big Box”
MBox (1) and Pro Tools v.7
“Secrets of Recording” by Lorne Bregizer
A great book that shares some of Lorne’s mixing tricks!
Check it out on Amazon:
Lorne Demonstrates some of his tricks on his YouTube channel!
A guided tour of Pete’s studio (Denver, CO)
Some of my current recording studio toys:
YAMAHA 01v
HAMMOND M-3
LESLIE 720
ARTURIA ANALOG LABORATORY
And virtual instruments galore! From: Spectrasonics, Toontracks, and others.
Here are some of our students from U of Colorado Denver talking about the recording arts major (videos are under the Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions “tabs”):
Creative-Audio-Production.com 