2 Exotic Scales + Scale MIDI Effect Cheat Sheet (Free Download)
2 Exotic Scales + Scale MIDI Effect Cheat Sheet  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Coy8KArRP4s We continue with our Ableton Effects cheat sheet series. Check out the previous cheat sheets and techniques by CLICKING HERE. The entire collection is available to Beat Lab students and alumni. The Scale MIDI effect can remove incoming MIDI notes or correct notes out of key to the right notes. It can be very powerful for coming up with bass lines, chords and melodies that all play nicely in key. Scroll down to the bottom to download the free cheat sheet. divider style=”clear” Japanese Scale Based on a Pentatonic structure (5 notes) this magical scale works amazing on harps. divider style=”clear” Chinese Scale Also based on the Pentatonic. This time it’s a basic Major Pentatonic scale based on B. divider style=”clear” Scale Cheat Sheet We made a cheat sheet for you to quickly reference all the functions of the Scale …
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3 Techniques + Random MIDI Effect Cheat Sheet (Free Download)
3 Techniques + Random MIDI Effect Cheat Sheet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT5J0AOq2Vw We continue with our Ableton Effects cheat sheet series. Check out the previous cheat sheets and techniques by CLICKING HERE. The entire collection is available to Beat Lab students and alumni. The Random MIDI effect can randomized incoming MIDI notes. In combination with other MIDI effects you can get many different useful functions. Let’s check out a few of them. Scroll down to the bottom to download the free cheat sheet. divider style=”clear” Fill Maker       View this post on Instagram            A post shared by Beat Lab (@beatlabacademy)  1 Note Drum Beat  A post shared by Beat Lab (@beatlabacademy) on Sep 29, 2015 at 7:05pm PDT  divider style=”clear” 1 Button Chord Progression       View this post on Instagram            A post shared by Beat Lab (@beatlabacademy)  divider style=”clear” Random Cheat Sheet We made a cheat sheet …
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2 Techniques + Ableton’s Note Length MIDI Effect Cheat Sheet (Free Download)
2 Techniques + Ableton’s Note Length MIDI Effect Cheat Sheet (Free Download)   We continue with our Ableton Effects cheat sheet series. Check out the previous cheat sheets and techniques by CLICKING HERE.  The entire collection is available to Beat Lab students and alumni.  The Length MIDI effect is a simple and often overlooked but you can create some interesting functions with it let check out 3 of them.  Scroll down to the bottom to download the free cheat sheet. divider style=”clear” Fingers off Keyboard Noise Sound  su_vimeo url=”https://player.vimeo.com/video/259395769″ width=”780″https://player.vimeo.com/video/173960913/su_vimeo  1. Group an instrument into a Rack 2. Layer with any clicking sound 3. Load the Note Length on the clicking sound chain and set it to trigger by Note off  divider style=”clear” 2nd Hat Swing  su_vimeo url=”https://player.vimeo.com/video/259396501″ width=”780″https://player.vimeo.com/video/173960913/su_vimeo  1. Layer two hats on one pad of a Drum Rack (Drag one …
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5 Arpeggiator Techniques + Free Cheat Sheet
5 Arpeggiator Techniques + Free Cheat Sheet  We continue with our Ableton Effects cheat sheet series. Check out the previous cheat sheets and techniques by CLICKING HERE. The entire collection is available to Beat Lab students and alumni. Up until now we shared many techniques and cheat sheets cover the audio effects in Ableton Live. The Arpeggiator is the first MIDI effect we tackle. Because it’s a MIDI effect, it must come before an instrument. It does not make a sound on its own but only change the incoming MIDI signals. It can be a very powerful tool to create melodic sequences, basslines, arp textures and percussion phrases and fills. In the most simple form, it can even act as a note repeater. Let’s check out a few ideas of what to do with it. divider style=”clear” Instant Fills  Arpeggiator in Random Style can help you create some awesome …
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Ableton Spectrum Cheat Sheet (Free Download)
Ableton Spectrum Cheat Sheet (Free Download) Ableton’s Spectrum Analyzer is an essential tool for mixing/mastering engineers and sound designers. It can be somewhat confusing on how and when to use this meter so we thought we would release another free cheat sheet from our complete collection that we give our students in Beat Lab’s Certification Program. The spectrum will display the frequency response of any sound. This can show us the notes that the sound plays and any frequencies that might be too loud or too quite. We can then go and use EQs, Filters, compressors and other processing tools to change the frequency response of any sound or even our entire mix. You can also use the Spectrum to compare commercial track frequency response to your own tracks to make sure you competing in quality with the tracks in your genre. divider style=”clear” You can download Spectrum cheat sheet below. Be sure …
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