Is Push the ultimate Ableton controller? An all-in-one workflow
Is Push The Ultimate Ableton controller? With the range and variety in today’s market for MIDI Controllers in music production – does the Ableton Push 2 still hold its name of being the forefront of MIDI controllability? This article dives into this, by comparing the Push 2 with other MIDI Controllers that boast an all-in-one workflow. su_divider top=”no” size=”1″ What Are MIDI Controllers? MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) controllers are devices that can’t create sounds by themselves, but rather – control the interface of the DAW. This allows users to have functionality beyond the limitations of the computer keyboard and trackpad. A controller usually has various buttons, knobs, or sliders that are mapped to the DAW by default, or can be custom mapped. This can be extremely helpful while performing your music live or even in the studio as it helps with maintaining a certain kind …
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Beat Lab Academy – Now Available Worldwide
Beat Lab Academy Beat Lab Academy is an Ableton Certified Training Center born in Los Angeles, California. It’s the brainchild of Yeuda Ben-Atar, who founded the school in 2014. Unsatisfied with how modern music production was being taught via archaic methods – he decided to start a unique music production school with a community-driven focus in Eagle Rock, LA. Seven years on from that inception, the school has outgrown its humble home on Colorado Boulevard, as its online course has attracted students from Mexico all the way to Japan. The pandemic in 2020, and the rise of online – has only accelerated its worldwide growth. In this article, we bid farewell to our physical campus, and reflect on some of the fond memories there – as we welcome this next chapter of our growth. su_divider top=”no” size=”1″ Our Origin Story Yeuda’s Journey It all started with our founder & …
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Getting Your Tracks To The Finish Line – “Scenery” On How To Get It Done
Getting Your Tracks To The Finish Line Finishing Your Tracks Thousands of producers can produce a great sounding 4-bar loop, but only a handful of them can convert it into an arranged track. From those producers, only a few can create an arrangement that has dynamics, modulation, and carefully chosen sections that combine to tell a story. At Beat Lab Academy – we’ve learnt that there’s one simple thing that sets apart these producers from the ones stuck in a loop – and it’s that they practice getting their tracks to the finish line. Exercising these sonic skills – such as arrangement, mixing, and mastering will undoubtedly help you be more productive & efficient in your music journey. In this article – we interview Scenery, an Australian producer who set himself a challenge to finish a 2-track EP every month for a year. Below, he shares strategies that have helped …
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Loop Create – A New Event For Music Makers
Loop Create – A New Event For Music Makers In 2015, Ableton introduced Loop – an annual summit for music makers. Six years later, they’ve just announced Loop Create – a new event for music makers happening June 26–27th 2021. The best part? It’s online – and admission is free. su_divider top=”no” size=”1″ Beat Lab @ Loop su_youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDA5Nmf8e88″ width=”200″ height=”200″ In 2019, our head of education & the founder of Beat Lab Academy, Yeuda Ben-Atar, spoke at Loop on the beauty of repetition. Watch the video above to see how randomly crowdsourced chords can become musical simply by being placed in a – well – ‘Loop’! divider style=”clear” What To Expect This Year This year’s one-day online event is designed to bring people together across different time zones. If you’re hungry to watch workshops on how musicians make music, perform, and use Ableton in unique ways – …
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Top 10 Studio Headphones 2021 – A Producer’s Best Friend
Top 10 Studio Headphones 2021 If you’re just getting started on your music production journey – you might be listening to your mix on desktop speakers, cheap earphones, or even laptop speakers. However, after you’ve picked the best laptop to produce music with – the next purchase to consider is the right pair of headphones for you. su_divider top=”no” size=”1″ Why Are Studio Headphones Important? The best studio headphones help inform you how the track you’re working on in your DAW truly sounds (i.e flat sound.) Laptop speakers are simply too small to accurately recreate bass sounds below 200 Hz. Consumer speakers or headphones are usually bass boosted or colour the sound in different ways to entertain the listener. The best studio headphones, on the other hand: Recreate the entire frequency range that we can hear (20 Hz to 20,000 Hz) Accurately represent the frequency response of your track – …
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Student Spotlight – Nolo Grace | Debut Single “Wake Up” – feat. Sean Kingston
Nolo Grace shares inside her process to create her debut single “Wake Up” feat. Sean Kingston, creating during lockdown, and leaving the corporate world behind. su_divider top=”no” size=”1″ Watch our full Interview Watch our full interview with Nolo Grace discussing her debut single “Wake Up” – feat. Sean Kingston Listen to “Wake Up” here on Spotify. su_divider top=”no” size=”1″ About Nolo Grace Nolo Grace is a Korean-American singer/songwriter/producer making her debut with “Wake Up,” featuring pop artist Sean Kingston ( known for his Billboard Hot 100 song “Beautiful Girls” and other hit songs like “Fire Burning” and “Eenie Meanie.”) Nolo Grace charted an unconventional path into music. After building a business career as a successful corporate executive in New York City, she decided to leave that behind and traveled the world as a digital nomad before moving to Los Angeles in 2017. As she discovered a path of her …
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