In this video we look at 3 ways to turn identical digital samples into slight variations, to breathe life & subtle interest into music productions that are otherwise too "stale", "digital" and "static".
The three techniques discussed are:
- The "tick tock": making every second hit slightly detuned and/or vary the release time.
- The "pulsating filter": using a high pass filter to scoop out the lowest frequencies periodically with an LFO.
- The "parallel layer": adding a shadow layer to your sound that you can modulate more drastically over time.
Everything is shown in Ableton Live, but can be done in any DAW.
The philosophical video from Conor Dalton referred to at the end can be found here: • How can you learn to l...
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Contents:
0:00 Intro
1:05 Technique 1: Tick Tock
3:15 Technique 2: The Pulsating Filter
5:44 Technique 3: The Parallel Layer
10:10 The philosophy of not listening to identical audio
10 июн 2024
