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Make Space for Bass in Your Ableton Live Mixes

By Nathan Lively

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In this episode of Sound Design Live I talk with producer and course instructor Steve Knots about getting great bass with your Ableton Live mixes. We also discuss:

  • sound-design-live-make-space-for-bass-in-your-ableton-live-mixes-steve-knots-headphotGoing to school in NYC.
  • How to get your clients and colleagues to care about sound system tuning.
  • The most important things he learned at music school.
  • The benefits of education.
  • The nuts and bolts of living and working in Prague as a US expat.
  • Steve’s number one tip for travelers.
  • Why getting out of NYC was the best decision Steve made for his career.
  • The biggest mistakes new Ableton producers make with their bass tracks.
  • How to find the best teachers.

Notes

  1. All music in this episode by Steve Knots.
  2. You can find all of Steve’s courses here.
  3. Expert Audio Repair and Services in NYC
  4. Making a Living as a Sound Engineer: Be observant of what your client needs and how to solve the problem for them.
  5. City College of NY Sonic Arts Center
  6. Top mistakes new Ableton producers make with bass:
    • Leaving all of your channel volumes too high and running out of headroom.
    • Trying to fix that by strapping a compressor onto the mix buss.
    • Not knowing the words gain staging or headroom.
  7. Quotes
    • It’s really hard to find out on your own how much there is to know, what’s important, and how to solve my problem.
    • One of the biggest values you get from an online course or university education is that someone else is organizing the information in a sequence so you go through it in the right order.
    • Do all of your planning up front so that your trip doesn’t get interrupted.
    • Turn all of your Ableton channels down and your studio monitors up.
    • You can’t put two feet in the same shoe.

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Control Ableton Live from your Guitar with Wireless Bluetooth

By Nathan Lively

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For the last three years Moldover has been blending his controllerism skills with his life-long love of Guitar. I interviewed Moldover about the evolution of his controller-guitar, The Robocaster, and his collaboration with Livid Instruments to create The Guitar Wing.

And just for fun…

Larry Crane & Tape Op Magazine

By Nathan Lively

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In this episode of Sound Design Live I talk with Larry Crane about why he started Tape Op, techniques for mixing bands in small venues, and how to be more visible to new clients.

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sound design live larry crane tape op magazineDetails from the podcast:

  1. All music in this episode by Larry Crane except for Coast To Coast by Elliott Smith
  2. TapeOp Magazine and App, Jackpot Studio
  3. Hardware: Pendulum Quartet, Avalon U5, Whirlwind IMP2, Radial J48, Alessis Dock, UA 1176
  4. Software: Ableton Live
  5. Bands: Sea Of Bees, Elliott Smith, PDX Pop Festival, Brian Eno
  6. People: John Baccigaluppi, Trevor Horn

Laptops Do Not Make Live Sound Simpler

By Nathan Lively

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In this episode of Sound Design Live Podcast I speak with keyboard studio musician Howie Gordon about gigging with hardware vs. software, the state of live music in Philadelphia, and studying jazz performance at the university level.

Details from the podcast:

  1. Howie’s Rig: MacBook, Ableton Live, Minimonsta, Arturia MiniMoog V MKII, Lounge Lizard, Free Alpha, Free Alpha, Ohm Force Symptom, Roland D70, Nord Electro 2 Rack, Mackie 1202, Rolls Line Mixer
  2. Howie’s Studio: Keybomb, Rhodes Mark 1
  3. Howie on Facebook & Twitter
  4. Pitchbend Control: Kaos Pad, Kaosalator, External Ribon Controller
  5. Druthers means a person’s preference in a matter.
  6. Musicians:
    1. Avi Bortnick, John Scofield, Adam Deutsch
    2. Jeremy Dyen from Blivit, Nord Stage, Line6 Delay, Rat Distortion,
    3. The Living Sample, Andy Meyer
    4. Howie’s band Vitimin F, Chris Mottershead
  7. The 55 in New York
  8. The University Of Arts in Philidelphia
  9. Beer in Philadelphia: Monks, Knodding Head, Sugar Mom’s

Turning Technology Into Performance

By Nathan Lively

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In this episode of Sound Design Live Podcast I talk with musician, synth expert, and social media addict Mark Mosher about creating compelling live performances with electronic music, music instrument technology, and how he gained thousands of twitter followers.

Details from the podcast:

  1. Mark’sMark Mosher
    1. Blog for electronic musicians, twitter feed, and Facebook page
    2. Discography:  Reboot (2009), I Hear Your Signals (2010)
    3. Shows
    4. Photo & Video
    5. Favorite Virtual Instruments: Waldorf Largo, Tone2 ElectraX, Camel Audio Alchemy, Ableton Sampler, Operator, SonicCharge Synplant, MicroTonic, U-He ACE, Zebra 2
    6. Sound sets and free patch stream
  2. Software: Ableton Live, “Sounds from a Distant Outpost” Ableton Live Pack plus compositions
  3. Hardware: Percuss AudioCubes, Novation Launchpad, Remote SL 25 Keyboard; Moog Etherwave Theremin (pitch-to-MIDI), Waldorf Blofeld, Novation UltraNova
  4. 9 Box and review 

Related Post: Moldover on Music Instrument Technology, Design, & Controllerism

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