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Production Tutorial: Creative Extensions
We delve into Live's Creative Extensions pack to open up new possibilities!00:00 - Melodic Steps10:46 - Gated Delay12:57 - Pitch Hack & Spectral Blur17:09 - Re-Enveloper20:14 - Color Limiter
'Ascension' – OUT NOW!! 🎉
Our first single in two years lands today.One chapter of a much larger story...https://stem.ffm.to/ascension
Exclusive!
Hello friends,Wanted to give our closest fans an extra early sneak peak of a brand new song being released next week.So incredibly hyped to share a whole lot more very very soon.❤️
LP II
The most personal and extensive body of work we've ever put together is complete.We've spent the last 2+ years working to make this project a reality, and it truly is the most unique and heartfelt thing we've ever created. Incredibly grateful to all of you for your support thus far 🤍S...
Production Tutorial: Resonance
This video focuses on Resonance and how it can be used as a creative tool!00:00 - Intro and theory01:42 - Resonant filters02:20 - Resonators03:38 - Creating a harmonic drone06:56 - Processing electric guitar with overtones14:05 - Controlling Resonators' pitch values18:32 - Intro to Corpus22:23 -...
Win everything in our online store!
We are giving away 1x every item in our online merch store! (subject to stock)We will soon be renaming our Facebook fan group. Comment below with your best name idea, and we'll choose our favourite!Good luck!
Production Tutorial: Organization
The fourth and final video in our Ableton workflow series! This time we look at the glamorous and romantic topic of Organization, and focus on ways to speed up navigation and optimize tools inside Live.00:00 - Intro00:19 - Presets01:13 - Racks05:35 - Collections & Categories06:44 - Samples Libraries...
Track Breakdown: Grounded ft. Javeon
00:00 - WIP versions02:32 - Vocal recording04:58 - Vocal mixing12:33 - Side-chaining vocals14:25 - Drums18:45 - Processing drum breaks26:49 - Glitchy melodic layers30:06 - Pad + bass channels
Production Tutorial: Creative Tips (Part 2)
The third video in our Ableton workflow series! This time we explore velocity data and all of the ways in which it can be used creatively, including generating complex modulations and relationships between different musical elements.00:00 - Intro00:18 - Extracting grooves02:51 - Random drum break tr...
Production Tutorial: Creative Tips (Part 1)
The second video in our Ableton workflow series. This time we look at creative ways to use Live’s MIDI and audio tools. We’ve also included the project file below.00:00 - Intro00:10 - Matching arpeggiator swing amount with other grooves02:00 - Simpler slice mode tips07:53 - Slicing audio to new ...
Production Tutorial: Ableton Shortcuts
Welcome to a new series on workflow! We'll be covering shortcuts, creative tips, organization and more. This first video is our 'Ableton Shortcut Bible' which includes every useful keyboard/mouse shortcut you need to know, to help speed up your workflow using Live. We have also listed th...
Project File: Coffee Grinder
Here is the full project file for the song that we made using only the sound of an old coffee grinder. Runs with Ableton Live 11.Download
Exclusive Music: Coffee Grinder
This track was made purely from a recording we made of an old coffee grinder. It was a quick exercise in sound design and arrangement, recorded for the purposes of giving you an insight into our creative/technical writing process.Check out the full making-of video hereHope you enjoy!
Creating a song using only the sound of an old coffee grinder.
For the last video of 2022 we decided to do another full track production video, this time using only the sounds of a coffee grinder.00:00:00 - Intro00:00:47 -Making a melodic tone00:03:40 - Making a bass guitar sound00:05:42 -Making a guitar sound00:08:55 -Making a synthy sound00:09:40 -Making a pa...
Discord Producer Challenge #005
We have a new production challenge happening over on our Discord server!For this challenge, we've attached a MIDI file taken from the theme of Titanic. We want you to use this melody to create a new piece of music.The only rule is that your track has to be in the style of JAZZ or FUNK. You can i...
Audio Stems: The Adventures of Mr. Fox
To celebrate the release of 'The Adventures of Mr. Fox' on vinyl, we are giving away not one but ALL of the original stems!Expect some more Mr. Fox production-related content dropping soon! 🦊Download
"The Adventures of Mr. Fox" — Vinyl Now Available
The return of Mr. Fox... a decade later and still sly...For the first time ever we are releasing "The Adventures of Mr. Fox" on physical format. At the time of writing this EP (along with other records we made during this era) we had no idea how much these tracks would impact and influence s...
Project File: The Zulla
As promised! Find the stems here.We've included two session files: the full session file, and a version without external plugins. Runs with Ableton Live 11.Download
Audio Stems: The Zulla
One of our most requested tracks! Next week we will also post the Ableton project file.Download
Production Tutorial: EQ & Multiband Compression
This month we balance a track using EQs and dynamic processing.
Production Tutorial: Granular Synthesis
00:00 - Intro to granular concepts03:42 - Granulator21:41 - GRM Freeze VST30:41 - Portal VST36:32 - Portal and envelope followers
Audio Stems: Silk Wave
Thanks for everyone who voted! And please let us know below which other stems you'd like to get your hands on...Download
Poll: August Stems Giveaway
The choice is yours!
UPDATE: Album Album Album 💿
Hello beautiful patrons! To kick things off for August we wanted to start by updating you on what we've been up to recently.You may have noticed that the content we've been posting here in recent months has not been quite as regular as it was in the past. Over the last few months we have bee...
Production Tutorial: FabFilter Timeless 3
01:16 - User interface + delay visualization04:04 - Built-in effects + delay functionality11:04 - Filter + modulation sections21:11 - Creating textural sounds29:10 - Creating percussive delays from drums35:14 - Creating reverb on drum tails36:32 - Using Timeless to create wonky basslines
Project File: Aeon
Thanks for everyone who submitted ideas for project files... we will be sharing more of these in the future!We've included two session files: the full session file, and a version without external plugins. Runs with Ableton Live 11.Download here
Production Tutorial: Q&A (Part 2)
Here is the follow-up to last month's Part 1.00:24 - How do you approach mixing elements when you want to create a lush and more emotive soundscape?19:24 - Do you have some shortcuts/tips that you feel are essential, when moving from the beginner stage to more advanced production techniques?23:2...
Which of our project files do you want?
Ok, here's the deal...You get to pick one of our tracks that you want the original session files for. We will choose between the most popular later this week and make it available to all of you!Comment below with your selection 💬
