In this episode, listen to tips and tricks using Ableton’s MIDI Effects with Dan Giffin and Ben Spilker. We review variety of ways to use Live's MIDI effects and other tools mentioned in this podcast for producing music. 

Members of LiveProducersOnline.com can watch the screen-recorded video of this episode in Ableton Live, and follow along with Dan and Ben’s tips mentioned. 

DEVICES MENTIONED: 

MIDI Quantizer (Max for Live device) http://www.sidebrain.net/real-time-midi-quantizer/ 

Orchestral Companion plugin - Sonivox https://sonivoxmi.com/products/details/orchestral-companion-strings 

Max for Live blog article by Live Producers Online https://liveproducersonline.com/our-favorite-max-for-live-devices/ 

Ableton MIDI Effects mentioned: Arppegiator Scale Chord Pitch Random Velocity

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In this episode, we interview Gardner Beson, the famous YouTuber and music production mentor. Listen as he shares insights on production workflow, the psychology behind creating great tracks, and lots more. Gardner has been steadily producing and releasing tutorials through YouTube on how to create famous artists’ styles; as well as videos which share tips, tricks, and knowledge gained from a music industry lifestyle.  

Whether it’s analyzing Bassnectar’s song formulas or giving insight on Rich Chigga’s flow and style; GARDNSOUND does it all with his entertaining and fun-loving personality. Gardner now teaches with Live Producers Online, a social community of Ableton Live producers connecting you to the pro's to learn today's music production. 

Connect with Gardner at the links below....

YouTube

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In this episode, we interview Mikas Anguelov, an internationally recognized producer, engineer, and Founder of WeMakeDanceMusic.com. Listen as Dan and Mikas discuss what it looks like to work with a record label, how to be successful in today's electronic music scene as a producer, and much more. 

Mikas founded Progressive Grooves Records, a label that promotes hundreds of electronic music artists from around the world. He is an expert in music licensing with hundreds of tracks hitting the charts in the electronic dance scene globally. His website WeMakeDanceMusic.com has helped thousands of producers buy and sell projects in a marketplace in a variety of genres of music. Ableton Live users can buy and sell their completed project files, and download finished projects to remix and release as their own. 

Learn more and connect with Mikas below...

http://liveproducersonline.com/abletontemplates 

https://www.wemakedancemusic.com/ 

[email protected]

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In this episode, Dan Giffin and Christian Thomas discuss a variety of tips and tricks for bands taking their music from studio to stage with Ableton Live. Christian Thomas is a Nashville-based musician, producer, instructor and consultant. He is the owner of LiveStems.com, a music performance consulting company specializing in track playback solutions with a client roster that includes many of today's top artists. Christian has been an Ableton Live user since 2002 and has been actively providing instruction for nearly two decades. In this episode Christian shares some of the following tools and apps he uses including: * Lemur and Touch OSC - Professional apps for MIDI and OSC mapping to control Ableton * DMXIS controller - Great for controlling MIDI lighting movements. Can be used as a VST in the DAW. 

Learn more about Christian Thomas and his company: 

http://livestems.com/ 

http://realtimehandmotion.com/ 

https://soundcloud.com/real-time-hand-motion 

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In this episode we're joined by Danny Wyatt, a multi-Platinum, Grammy and Emmy nominated audio engineer. His credits include Ultra Records and working with artists such as Old Dirty Bastard, Norah Jones, and many more. Danny is one of the most influential mixing and mastering engineers and instructors today. In the last decade he taught over 1,000 producers and audio engineers how to mix and master modern styles of music in a variety of genres, and currently runs the online academy NextLevelSound.com. 

Listen as Dan and Danny discuss a variety of topics on producing music, mixing & mastering practices, and using today's modern software to get results while working in a home studio. Join the growing community of Ableton Live producers at LiveProducersOnline.com and access unlimited courses, webinars, downloads, and more to take your music to the next level!

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In this episode we interview the Founder of Loop Community, Matt McCoy. Listen as Matt shares his insights on performing with Ableton Live, and the development of Loop Community's products including Prime, Looptimus, and MultiTracks.

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Moldover is internationally recognized as a custom MIDI controller genius, giving him the title as the “Godfather of Controllerism”. He has worked with the music industry’s most well-known artists developing live MIDI configurations and was an early adopter of Ableton Live since version 1. In this episode, Dan Giffin talks with Moldover about his musical journey, MIDI customizations, Max for Live, and his live performance setup with Ableton Live.

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Ableton Manager Thomas Faulds shares insights and features with the release of Ableton Live 10. Hear about his journey becoming the Territory Manager for the Midwest of the United States, as we also discuss other topics relating to Ableton Live.

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In this episode our special guest Ben Spilker discusses what makes the Push 2 MIDI controller by Ableton a powerful tool for music production and performance. Ben is a MIDI genius with years of experience using the Push 1 and Push 2 Controllers, and has been Beta testing them with Ableton Live 10.

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