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 Advanced Chords + Ableton’s Chord MIDI Effect Cheat Sheet (Free Download)
Ableton’s Chord MIDI Effect 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.  The chord MIDI effect is a simple yet powerful effect especially if you are looking to play complex chords with only one not.  Combining the chord effect with other MIDI effect can result in extremely useful tools like melody generators, complex arpeggios and automatic drum fill makers.  Here are 5 different chord formulas for you to test out.  Scroll down to the bottom to download the free cheat sheet. divider style=”clear”  Major 9th – Smooth and Lush   divider style=”clear”  Major 7th Add 2/6 – Gospel Fullness   divider style=”clear” Minor 9th – Dark and Soulful   divider style=”clear”  Minor 11th …
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Ableton Live 10 Announced…But What’s Still Missing?
Ableton has officially announced the upcoming release of its most recent version of the Live DAW software, also including updates to its Push 2 controller; the details of what's included has been covered numerous times today so we wanted to ask the harder question - what's still missing? Join us below as we cover some things we wish were in the new version and we hope to see sooner rather than later.
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Multi Polyphonic Expression – The Future of Keyboard Expression
MIDI technology has remained one of the most influential advancements made to music production ever. MIDI keyboards are a staple in the producer's toolkit, letting us communicate between our machines since the 1980's. The one-man-band was hardly realized before the ability to control multiple devices at one time from one place happened, thanks to MIDI. While it's been nearly 40 years since the invention of the Musical Instrument Digital Interface protocol, and while other facets of music tech have moved forward we have seen few significant improvements made to MIDI in this century... until MPE.
MPE is an abbreviation for Multidimensional Polyphonic Expression, which transforms the way to express your playing on MIDI instruments. Normal MIDI messages are limited in that they are applied on a channel-wide basis, messages apply to every note at the same time; if you throw your pitch bend up on that sweet Diminished chord then each note you are pressing is going to bend. MPE utilizes MIDI in a way that allows control over multiple parameters of every note, on each note individually. New controllers have emerged in conjunction with MPE communication to best utilize the expanded capabilities of the technology, i.e. the ROLI Seaboard:
Blog Recap: sidebrain Live at SamplenHold
SamplenHold is a new LA-based event for boundary-pushing performance artists hosted at Downtown LA hot spot, Resident. We are honored, grateful, but also not surprised our school's founder, Yeuda Ben-Atar AKA sidebrain, was asked to perform at the first SamplenHold event last Tuesday, July 11, alongside the likes of incredible talent like Amp Live, Josh Spoon, Portrait XO, and other special guests.
On SamplenHold's event page they described sidebrain as a "mastermind of multi-genre live performance and controllerism". He absolutely lived up to the hype. Using Ableton, a MIDI keyboard, and his famous Dreamcast controller - Yeuda threw down a set full of original loops, beats, and songs all while jamming out live with his controllers in masterfully creative ways. People we're feeling the heat and we can not wait for sidebrain to release some of the new material he was previewing.
PreSonus Quantum: Their Fastest and Best Sounding Audio/MIDI Interface
PreSonus Quantum: Their Fastest and Best Sounding Audio/MIDI Interface PreSonus recently unveiled Quantum, the new audio interface they’re calling “our fastest and best sounding audio/MIDI interface” to date. Early reviews from Superbooth have been positive, and the specs for the machine are incredibly impressive. This has potential to really be their “fastest and best”, so let’s take a closer look. PreSonus wants the Quantum to be the central hub of your recording studio. Offering 26 inputs X 32 outputs with a high-speed Thunderbolt 2 bus, and a direct-to-DAW signal path with no DSP creates extremely low latency. Incredible 24-bit, 192 kHz converters with 120 dB of dynamic range and PreSonus’ recallable XMAX microphone preamps combine to create superb audio-quality. If you need more I/O channels than the already 26X32 Quantum offers, simply stack up to 4 Quantum interfaces via Thunderbolt to create a 96X96 system. For studio use, two main …
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