April 2008

John Locke Syndrome Live Set

| 0 Comments | Ableton Live, Music, Recording, and Song

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Original song is here.

This is an Ableton Live Pack (.alp) for use with Ableton Live. I created the set with Live 7 and I’m not sure if it’s backwards compatible. The set file should be, but I do make heavy use of some of the new features of 7:

  • Gate Sidechaining
  • Sampler 1
  • Drum Rack (awesome!)
  • Analog (analog subtractive synth)
  • Compressor 2

There are a few instances of Operator, too. I’m sure you can find viable alternatives 3 to these.

I’m also using a couple (free) third-party plugins:

I’m having fun with my new copy of Live 7. I think it was definitely worth the student discounted price I paid for it, and I will surely use it -for educational purposes only-.

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1 I think this was introduced in Live 6, but I believe it got some tweaks for the new version.

2 This replaces Compressor I and Compressor II from earlier versions and is way better.

3 Might I point you to studiotoolz?

John Locke Syndrome

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This is a piece I’ve been working on for a while. I tried to experiment with things I don’t usually do, and I’m pretty pleased with how it turned out.

Cascade Fat Head Test Song

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UPDATE: Hear more audio of the Cascade Fat Head on Signal Chains.

Here’s a little test song I did mainly with the Cascade Fat Head.

Drums: MS Stereo – MXL 991 as Mid and Fat Head as side. In front of and about two feet above kit. About a foot right (low tom side) of snare to try and stereo image the toms a bit more. My high tom is right above the snare, and MS accurately depicts that. SM57 on snare and some cheap Nady kick mic in front of the kick. I was more concerned with the overhead sound. No EQ on Fat Head, scooped out some high mids on the MXL.

Electric Guitar (both): Fat Head about 6” from speaker, on-axis.

Acoustic Guitar: MS Stereo with Fat Head and MXL 991.

Bass: Fat Head about 4” from speaker, on-axis. Rounded off low frequencies at 100hz.

Tambourine: Fat Head. Duhhhh.

There are no effects on any tracks, save for some EQing I talked about above and light compression on the drum bus and master track.

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I like making things on the internet with Cremalab and music with Fullbloods, The ACBs, and Golden Sound Records. I live in Kansas City and enjoy food and drink.