I made a part 2!!! Watch it here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mKiGk9Somty7nps.html

@nicolasnicolas3889

Жыл бұрын

I'm a newbie, I was using Reaper as it's brilliant but so many of the tutorials in certain genres were done in Ableton and so I downloaded the trial version last week and wow, it's so cool how it works, the way you can put patterns together and see the song and arrange it like Lego music, I hope that it changes my life in a similar way, I would like just to get one tune on a playlist, anything after that is just a bonus, thanks for you video I'll check out some more and have a great day! ;D

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

@@nicolasnicolas3889 I think that’s a great goal to have Nicolas. I hope you stick with it and you’re able to make music that you’re proud of and that you look forward to showing other people!

@Job311_

Жыл бұрын

Hello is it possible to get the audio from a original xbox to come thur this Ableton Live program so I could record the sound from the xbox

@thelibrary4493

7 ай бұрын

Can artist contact you for mix and mastering?

@CompleteProducer

7 ай бұрын

I'm not really doing that work anymore, so I can focus more on videos!@@thelibrary4493

Usually when people post things about “life changing” anything, it’s usually just helpful. This is actually life changing

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

Wow I'm so happy to hear that! Thankk you

@gbtennant

Жыл бұрын

This endorsement compelled a complete listen … starting now

@gbtennant

Жыл бұрын

Tip 2!! (How does anyone finish this in one sitting … limit the master and master the mix (summation not a direct quote ) thanks)

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

@@gbtennant that’s a great way to summarize it!

@ScarrCrow

Жыл бұрын

These are probaply the best tips and tricks out there for people who are working professional or want to. Thank you Subbed

Sometimes when meeting your heroes you walk away disappointed by their character, but this dude has been a hero to me and consistently astounds me by his character. Ethan produced my first record, "Soul Hymns" and he's an absolute wizard & so genuinely kind. I hope all y'all take his course, there's soooo much gold in it that'll improve your creative process forever. ILY ETHAN

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

awe Mark i LOVE U TOOO!@!!!

@bears1804

Жыл бұрын

YO, MARK! Huge fan here!!! You’ve deeply inspired me to begin producing the music (for Jesus OFC!) I’ve been singing in my head for years! How DOPE to come across the guy that produced music for you!

Your intro is exactly my life and career. Ableton Live made me so confident that I can be a full time musician and media entity that I quit my full time job 12 year ago. It not an overstatement to say that downloading and realising how I can/could/would use the program made me into the artist I never thought I’d be. Just wanted to share as your intro hit me in the feels 👍🏽

@CompleteProducer

4 ай бұрын

wow that's incredible!

@FatBloonskis

3 ай бұрын

Damn, this just inspired me

Awesome tips Ethan, thank you! I'm glad I'm not the only one that finds mixing while you're producing intuitive. Half the fun is making the mix sound good as you go.

Awesome refresher on some things I forgot over the years. Love watching videos like these to pull me out of some writers block. Thanks for the tips!

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

Woo! I love to hear that

Been mixing a particular song for the past month or so and I could never get it quite right! This video just allowed me to finally get past the production block I've been having. Thank you endlessly. I believe this is the best music production video I have ever found. SO MANY JEMS!

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

wow thank you so much! and congrats!

I watched this and the intro to Ableton video. You are such a good teacher to explain what and why on everything. So nice when we understand more to customize going in.

OTT omg!!! it just made my piano or other front sounds of my songs sound so clear!!! Excellent video, you have a very good way of spreading the message with good examples! Many thanks Ethan!

Great tips, two more important topics to add: 1. Do proper gain staging at the beginning and when adding new audio tracks/clips 2. Save clips (.alc file) from session view (similar to saving fx chains), this saves all the clip settings and effects as well as the midi information

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

Oh nice I didn't know about that second one. I also STILL don't know what gain staging is LOL but I'll have to do some research. I'm over here getting schooled.

@meilstone

Жыл бұрын

@@CompleteProducer Gain staging just means adjusting the input levels on each track to be the same value (e.g. -12 or -6 dB peak) so you establish a common ground before touching the faders. In Ableton, you can use the stock utility plugin for that or you can adjust the gain of audio clips. If you play live synths, you can adjust the synth's volume knob as well. Just make sure all peaks are about the same value. Once all that is done, you start balancing track volumes using the faders. That way, each track has some headroom and fader adjustments become more predictable as their positions actually represent the mix. Ideally, you can then add effects that add gain (e.g. distortion plugins) and create buses, etc. without having to worry about clipping at any stage. All in all, it makes your mix sound as clean (i.e. transparent) as it can be.

@Superanima7

Жыл бұрын

Sample offset in the envelope/ automation layer in the clip view. It is badass with beat warp you can literally manipulate the wave in time. Change an audio file like it’s MIDI, also if you name a section a tempo name followed by BPM it will change to that bpm automatically. I dig the video! Been using live since 4

By far one of the best Ableton Tutorials, really you have given me so much knowledge, ready to start applying all this tomorrow ! Thanks again

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

way to go Dean, application is a must!

Finally a clean simple description of that side chain compression....thanks Ethan!

Can't explain how useful this video was!! Everything is beautifully combined, explained and presented. Thank you millions man 🙌🙌🙌

Thank you for all of these amazing tips! This is the video everyone needs when getting started with Ableton 🙌🏼❤️

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much !

This video is exactly what I needed 🙌🏽🙏🏽 these tips are so good!

@mikaelmonten3786

Жыл бұрын

Woah kold what are you doing here???

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

happy to help! (:

@schqrr

10 ай бұрын

facts 🔥

One of the best overall tutorials I’ve ever watched! Thank you for sharing! I’m new to ableton so thank you for the tips!

Thanks Ethan. Great vibe. Logic user here since forever putting my time into learning this amazing software. What I love the most about Ableton is how unique it can be to every artist. I love recording various drum beats live in session view then re setting the 1.1 location then setting it to 4 bars and cropping the sample. These tips are super helpful and useful. Thanks for inspiring. Subscribed.

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

Woah, I haven't gotten into that stuff yet. There's always more to learn (: Thanks for subscribing!

I'm just coming up to speed in Ableton (@76 years old), this is by far and away the best instructive video I've seen, every tip is useful for me! Now I'm off to begin sidechaining my hardware synths that are layered with audio clips. Thank you!

I knew a lot of this but it was still great how you presented it! I’m really getting into send and returns instead of using insert effects and my production sounds so much more professional. Returns on my electro drums have given them life.

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

that's great to hear!

Been using Live since 04. Good stuff here! My best tips- keep a folder of your favorite presets and instruments. Learn your hot keys. Both those things will increase the speed of your work flow dramatically.

I appreciate these videos so much. Thank you for putting in the effort to help new producers to grow, amazing content

Instead of using delay and dialing everything in, you can also use abletons new "align delay", which is purposely made for this effect and save some clicks :)

That "Select All and Save" tip was amazing!!!

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that (:

Bless the people like you share life power . And music , rhythm , understanding it’s to make the chains go ❤

That is very generous of you to share all this, Ethan! So many thanks!

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Lots of solid tips here! I'd highly recommend utilizing hotkeys, like cmd + A to select all (all of your effects for instance), cmd + F to find (for effects, instruments, etc.)

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

absolutely!

This is a fantastic video for anyone of any skill level, but it’s quite literally a perfect video for beginners. You will notice a pretty huge difference in your mixing/production if you implement these tips. Great stuff 👍

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! peepeepoopoo hahah

@basementsinbangladesh1689

Жыл бұрын

I can wait to put these tips in effect! Always looking to improve my mix.

I’ve been producing idiom for a little under a year now, and these tips are really gonna change everything for me. Thank you so much for sharing with us. This will go a long way.

@CompleteProducer

11 ай бұрын

wow i love to head that, keep it up!

I’m in the same situation as all these other commenters. These tips were truly so helpful and enlightening and streamlined my workflow. Been doing the same things while making all sorts of types of music for years and realized I made bad habits that this video essentially solved in 20 minutes. Can’t thank you enough Ethan. You’ve earned yourself a regular viewer brother! 🤙

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

Wow I’m so happy to hear that! Thank you!

Excellent. I'm coming on thirty years of audio and this is lovely. Well done mate

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

wow that's a long time! and thank you!

I don't usually comment but this has SO much value. Thanks man!

Best tip video I've seen! Love the energy too. Great work!

This is absolutely incredible!! Thank you for sharing!!

Instead of using sends and returns for vocals in Ableton you can create an audio effect rack with a wet and dry chain so you can control the wet signal independently of the dry signal. The only disadvantage of this is the ability to share the same rack to many vocals which you can do if you group all the vocals and place the rack on the group.

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

that's true! other people have been commenting the same thing and it's something i have yet to dive into but I'm curious about implementing into my workflow. thanks for the suggestion!

@matthewhayes3969

Жыл бұрын

The free TAL reverb plugin has separate dry and wet sliders. Super easy to use

@rickmassimo6192

Жыл бұрын

@@CompleteProducer Can't you put an audio effect rack on a return track? Also, I've found the other thing to look into tweaking on OTT is the Amount knob. Also also, thanks for making this!

@thetylersherman

Жыл бұрын

Do this all the time if I want to pre-mix before I hit my master sends, especially with room reverb and subtle widening effects.

Great video! I learned a couple things I will definitely implement. (Like I never collect and save haha) I would have liked to see one of the tips talk more about gain staging as that is another thing that will take beginner producers to the next level. After OTT you said you may need to turn the sound down, but I think a proper explanation for why this is important is really in order. ESPECIALLY if this is aimed at newer producers. Knowing if things are sounding better or just louder is the key to the mixes we have all been chasing! Much love everyone and go make some music! Have fun!

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

I will definitely keep this in mind moving forward. I appreciate the feedback! I’m going to have more in depth videos in the future too, so stay tuned!

@deedubya1267

Жыл бұрын

Great video and looking forward to more in the future 👍 thanks

for some reason there's a clarity with how you're explaining all this that made me understand some of this on a more fundamental level, even though I have been already using some of these tips. thank you!

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

wow that's a wonderful compliment, thank you!

Really great tips. I find sidechaining to be especially useful!

The first tip is so silly, but so important at the same time. When I started, I also made the mistake of saving all my sessions in the same project folder, and it took me a while to understand how the hierarchy works within Ableton.

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

Same, lol! I had a folder on my desktop with like 200 sessions in it.

Unbelievably helpful video. I'm sort of wowed at how much crazy useful you just gave me with zero filler, no iffy tips or wasting time. Great video, man. Thank you very much.

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

this is really encouraging to read, thanks so much!

Man I havent learn so much from 1 video in a looooong time. Recently just switch to Ableton and you answered so many of my questions. Thank you so much for this

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

Wow thanks so much for this comment! Happy to help (:

Great Vid!!! From a Engineer Vet... you showed me some things that I have never noticed. Like the OTT WOW!!! THANKS ETHAN

I really appreciate artists that have reached a high level in the industry and go back to level 1 to help novice producers, as a novice producer myself, thanks Ethan :)

Whoa I actually feel so proud of myself. All of these steps you've pointed out I already do. This has shown me how my skills have truly matured in the past 3 years, I'm a subscriber now! -BiG Pluck

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

Wow sounds like you’re on the right track! Keep it up!

Tip 4 alone cleared up my mixes so much. Earned a sub!

Usually I don’t subscribe to any channel, but you’re great teacher! And i know what I’m talking about, because i went to Institute of audio research in New York City, we had great teachers, and you’re one of them, some people like you, just have talent to share their experience with other people like us, thanks for your content man🤝

Tip #4: It can get a bit messy using lots of return tracks for parallel processing like reverb sends. The same parallel processing can be achieved with an Audio Effect rack with one chain as the dry signal and another chain with the effects. Audio effects/instrument racks are underused for how helpful the are.

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that’s a great tip!

Starting over trying to learn ableton. So glad I stumbled onto this!!

Thank you so much. I'm beyond thankful, this is amazing

These are beginner tips, after 10 years I'd expect something more niche it nuanced but whatever

@deedubya1267

Жыл бұрын

Manners. Ya ever heard of it?

@superlynx98

Жыл бұрын

@@deedubya1267 who gives a fuck about manners lmfao, what do you expect me to say, "can you give tips that aren't basic common fucking sense... *Please*??" Get real.

@deedubya1267

Жыл бұрын

@@superlynx98 lmao u alright there buddy? theres better uses of your time and energy i promise :) go make some music bub

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

These are the tips I use regularly and have helped me the most. As with most tools in the arts, it’s more about who’s using the tools than the tools themselves. I’ll have more advanced videos in the future though if you want to dive deeper so stay tuned.

Yeah you don't know how to use OTT...

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

🤡

@aerov2484

Жыл бұрын

@@CompleteProducer OTT is a preset that uses multiband compression and expansion to achieve a constant level across the 3 bands that it divides the frequency spectrum into, helping you to raise the RMS level of a sound close to the maximum it can be. Those grey areas that you “like to click on” are the expansion ratio and threshold settings. You are not making the compressor “not hold on for too long” you are basically turning the expansion off by turning its ratio down to nothing. The expansion RAISES the level of the frequencies of the selected band when they go BELOW its threshold while the compressor LOWERS the level of the frequencies of the selected band when they go ABOVE its threshold. (Expansion is the left side brackets and compression is the right side brackets.) So the goal is to raise when it’s too low and lower when it’s too high, eventually resulting in the level of that band being stuck between two points they can’t move below or above. See that black space in between those “brackets” in the middle section ? That’s the sweet spot where the level of that band should be at to trigger both the expansion and the compression. You can move the threshold of both the expansion and compression, actually you HAVE to move the threshold of the expansion and compression in order for OTT to work how it was intended to work. When you drag the compression “brackets” to the right to “turn the mids and highs up”, you are raising the threshold of the compressor, resulting in less compression letting more of the mids and highs through. The change in gain that makes your mids and highs go up, is the output levels that have been raised (+10,3db for the highs and + 5,7db for the mids) to compensate for the volume you’re suppose to lose DUE to the compression. So what you’re basically doing here buddy, isn’t “chef’s kiss” but you’re kinda ruining the preset. Your main issue is that your level going INTO OTT is way above what it was designed to take. This is just basic gain staging really. You need the lower the level of the sound going into OTT so the mid band actually is BETWEEN the expansion and compression bracket and then adapt the threshold of the the expansion and compression of the two other bands. This is why it sounded “weird” when you put it on in the first place. So yeah, you’re compressing the mids somewhat because of how loud you’re running into it, but really I can promise you and everyone reading this, that the results you’re getting are a coincidence at best, and that you don’t know how to use OTT.

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

​@@aerov2484 Sounds like you should be the one making tutorials in that case 🤣

@aerov2484

Жыл бұрын

@@CompleteProducer Sure. Let's make a Zoom call on your channel and I'll explain what OTT actually does :-)

@lvkrosenkreuz3638

Жыл бұрын

@@aerov2484 eeeesh

Super helpful tips! Thanks Ethan!

Subscribed, great video. Thanks for taking the time to do this.

Thanks, that’s really nice of you to share this, 😊

You're awesome! I'm happy I ran into your channel. Thank you for the quality content. Keep going!

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for that. I’ll do my best!

Damn dude! This is amazing. I just started out with producing and this is a tutorial I will definitely come back to on every step. Thank you so much!

I'm not new to Ableton but there's still so much gold here. I knew some but this is great!

Thank you! I’ve been using Ableton for 3 years and didn’t know all those warping tricks 😅 I appreciate your video! Very catchy song and voice as well

This is just brilliant! Thanks Ethan..

Great tips and format of presentation, thank you !

Really enjoying your channel and hard-earned humility :) Haven't played with ableton in 15 years and getting back in to have fun with it. Thanks for your guidance.

Dude. I’m so excited at the fact that I barely understood any of this. Just got Ableton Lite and I know I probably won’t be able to play with all of these features, but I feel like I’m absorbing so much already. And for the stuff I don’t understand, the fact that you’re pointing me towards experimenting with the important unknowns makes me even more excited to learn them. Thank you for your service!! ❤

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

you're off to a great start, keep going!

This is so incredibly useful for people who have just started using Ableton, I already use most of these techniques but you explained them so well I WSH this was something I discovered when I first started. Will definitely be recommending this video to my friends!

Great tips and thanks for sharing all that with us, appreciated 💯🎶🙏🏼😎

So perfectly on point! Thank you!

Great Videos so far mate.. and refreshing outlook on music in general compared to some other tutorials that seem to come across slightly arrogant.. keep releasing em!

Lots of good information. Taking some back to production immediately. I have so many notes on the wall of things to remember to do and now I have more.

My first time on the channel, and by tip #2, I already thought this video was more helpful than many I've seen before. Thanks so much for the valuable info!

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

wow thank you!

Thank you very much man. I'm at the start of my abelton music producing journey. I'm very excited. Thanks for such a great video man. ❤👊🏼

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

congratulations! i hope you fall in love with making music

Awesome man 👏 Thanks a lot!

These are great tips. Thanks for the reminders and the instructions

I love this video! Thank you so much for these basics!

Very insightful video. Thanks for sharing!

Wow, this was so amazing. Thank you for this it is so so appreciated!!!!

These tips are so helpful! Thank you so much!

Wow, Ethan! Thank you for these tips! I am new to Ableton (more of a music hobbyist), but super excited to be learning tips and tricks! My main music focus will be Ambient Drone. Any tips you may have would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! 👊🏻

Thanks! I'm lucky to have stumbled up on it! Very helpful, eager to try it out on my music!

As a beginner, this was SUPER helpful to help me understand why I haven’t been enjoying my songs as much as I enjoyed writing them. Thanks!!

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

happy to hear that you got something out of the video! keep it up!

Perfect timing. This saves me 2hrs driving to buds house😊

Great video!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. 🙌🏻🙌🏻

Ok, i already knew all of these Tricks except for the OTT, gonna try that out! But the fact that I use all of these already, gave me a lil confidence boost to my own abilities, because I figured all these out by myself, great video man!

Good job bro, you save my life especially the limiter and ott parts❤

Awesome tipps directly on point and it helped. Thanks a lot 🙏🏻

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE TIPS! I`ve had been learning more than 10 years how to mix, write music, but this video changed my WHOLE LIFE! Dear Ethan, Thank you So F***G uch for your work and for your Experience! I want MORE videos like this! GREAT PROFESSIONAL JOB!

After finding your channel, ive been more motivated than ever with music!

Thanks man this was brilliant. The saving instrument rack tip never occurred to me all these years. Seems so intuitive and obvious. Saved me a lot of time!

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

a lot of these were thing that seemed obvious in retrospect but took me a while to learn. happy to help!

Amazing video! I've been DAWless since day one and have been exploring ableton to create and release tracks. Such a daunting task. Thanks for the great tips, can't wait to try some out tonight

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

love to hear that, have fun! you got this

Randomly got recommended by KZread and loved it. These are some great tips dude. Looking forward to your new content and hopefully they’ll be regular.

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

thank you! and thanks youtube for helping get my videos to the right people haha

Very good video! Actually learnt a lot as a beginner producer. Thank you so much!!

I'm only at 2:28 and the first tip is blowing me away as a newbie -- thanks, Ethan!

great thank you - some new stuff and some timely reminders ....

some awesome tips mate , really well delivered too ! thanks ;)

thanks so much this was super helpful and very well made. Appreciate you!

Thank you for your tips!

Great video Ethan! Apart from the useful info and clear instructions, you have a very engaging presentation style 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

I just started and i need to be honest I almost gave up on the idea of producing music after watching a few videos that didn’t explain anything and trying to learn by myself but with video like yours it gave hope. I love music and I’m addictive to it, i listen to it all day everyday day and my passion is electronic. I can’t wait to produce my first track. Thank you for your video it’s awesome and I’m following you. 👏👏👏👏

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

woohoo!! you got this!

This is the best video on ableton i’ve come across. So helpful for me. Especially showing how you practically do it. Thank you! Subscribing with notifications on.

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

thank you for subscribing!

tip #1 was super helpful, and I learned a little more about how the delay works in ableton. Thank you!

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

woo!

Awesome video, this was so helpful! I just downloaded ableton a week ago can’t wait to put my hours in 😊

Producing since 1995, lots of time on trackers. Just started back up with Ableton a few years back. This taught me a lot! Thank you.

@CompleteProducer

Жыл бұрын

wow coming up on 30 years pretty soon, way to go!

Thank you for this video, its helping me a lot with 2 tunes that I'm trying to finish atm