The most valuable part of a song to me is the drumbeat. It often drives the song and keeps the time so I felt this was an important thing to look into. I already knew how to build a drum rack and download sample packs to have a more authentic-sounding kit but as I am not a drummer, I did not know what the best drum beats to use were or what was most effective. I found this Youtube tutorial on the most useful patterns to use.
(LANDR, 2020)
I did not understand how to export my files. I continuously exported a solo section of mong and it was confusing. I read an article on MusicRadar that explained how to master the track and export it. With extra time, I may have used this to master my track. However, with the limited time frame I had, I could not do this additional step. (Music, Music and Music, 2022)
The book; 10 Ableton Live Newbie Mistakes to Avoid (Music Habits Book 7)(Timothy, 2013), allowed me to find an entire list of guides to all things Ableton (Ableton Live Videos & Music Software Training, 2022). Even though I couldn’t implement the vocal mixing techniques due to my lost voice and covid, I wanted to learn about this in case I could have recorded the vocals as I had first intended. One thing I find to be really nice on vocals is reverb. I found a tutorial through this website on YouTube that demonstrated just that.
I also found a full beginner’s guide to all things Ableton Live 11.
Bibliography:
Ableton Tutorials and Music Habits, 2022. Ableton 11 Complete Beginner’s intro Walkthrough. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzJgrplLzWA [Accessed 26 May 2022].
Ableton Tricks and Music Habits, 2022. Try this Reverb trick on Vocals. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWJC7QFD4fs [Accessed 26 May 2022].
Facebook.com. 2022. Ableton Live Videos & Music Software Training. [online] Available at: https://www.facebook.com/Ableton-Live-Videos-Music-Software-Training-210489152303626/?id=210489152303626 [Accessed 26 May 2022].
LANDR, 2020. 10 Popular Drum Patterns Every Producer Should Know. [image] Available at: https://youtu.be/c7ffMObdxro [Accessed 26 May 2022].
Music, C., Music, C. and Music, F., 2022. The ultimate beginner’s guide to Ableton Live 11 Lite: final stages, master and render. [online] MusicRadar. Available at: https://www.musicradar.com/how-to/Ableton-live-master-final [Accessed 26 May 2022].
Timothy, J., 2013. 10 Ableton Live Newbie Mistakes to Avoid (Music Habits Book 7).