2 April 2022
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I think I’ve solved the problem I was having with Ableton the other day. I fired it up and created a quick, throwaway track using just built in sounds and exported that. On trying to open the resulting WAV file … Continue reading
31 March 2022
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Another day, another song video. This one features my inner male-voice choir and is also the first piece I’ve done with solo piano as an accompaniment. At the top of the morning, I started on acoustic guitar but then I … Continue reading
15 March 2020
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I love it when a plan comes together, even if there are a few fuzzy edges. In this case, it was the plan of using Ableton Live to provide some backing pads for the music at church this morning. One … Continue reading
14 March 2020
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My copy of Ableton Live has been rather underused for a couple of years. Sometime soon I’ll need to decide if I’m going to upgrade to version 10, as the version 9 copy I have will stop working when I … Continue reading
10 February 2018
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I’ve got a few ideas for tracks for the RPM challenge bubbling away, such as a jam I recorded at a rehearsal last Monday to work on and a collaboration with the great Vancheese. However, ideas alone aren’t going to … Continue reading
1 February 2018
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February – the shortest month – has become the time of year when the RPM challenge runs. Record Production Month is an annual event that invites musicians to get round to compose, record and release an album of at least … Continue reading
8 March 2016
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Just a quick note to self tonight. When exporting a project or set from Ableton to share with another person (as I did at tonight’s String Project rehearsal), the optimum route is to save the work to an intermediary location … Continue reading
22 January 2016
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I had a creative session with Ableton last night, exploring how to integrate lines played on my bass with material from the clips library and also experimenting with creating and tweaking effects racks. The result is ‘Driftwood’: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/243132262″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” … Continue reading
18 January 2016
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With various personnel changes necessitated by people moving away, The String Project is a smaller ensemble at the start of 2016 than it was a year ago. It does (at least in theory) become a bit easier to find dates … Continue reading