A really useful, and sometimes overlooked, production technique for music producers and beat makers – how to play a single sample as a VST or “virtual instrument”.
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In this video, I discuss the differences between transposing and time stretching as they pertain to your sample-based production as well as finding the appropriate tempo (or bpm) to use with your beat.
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Here’s a cool Ableton Live sampling trick that’s great to use in those certain situations when you have a short sample chop that you wish to extend, or play longer.
Specifically, in this video I show you how to use the […]
In this tutorial, I explain the way I record my drum samples separately in independent Ableton Live drum racks. CLICK HERE for more information on this topic and to download the “TCustomized” Ableton Live Set FREE.
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In this tutorial, I discuss the “Character” setting in the Izotope Ozone (4 or 5) loudness maximizer section. Adjusting this setting properly will allow you to maintain […]
I just finished up a brand new soul beat and wanted to share a quick beat making video along with it. This soulful instrumental, “With No Rhyme”, was created using an Akai MPD32 and Ableton Live and is available for […]
In this video, I break down how the Hip Hop instrumental “Out of Sight” was created. I also discuss a couple different production techniques that I used in this beat, one of which is specific to sampling. If this video […]
I’ve had some requests come in recently via my YouTube channel to make a tutorial explaining the idea of Low End Theory – a technique that many sampled-based Hip Hop producers use to create their bass lines and one that’s […]
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It’s producer TCustomz, with TCustomz.com. And today I want to talk about how to change the default Ableton Live template set, and hopefully by doing that it will allow you to […]
In this Ableton Live tutorial, I explain how to pitch (or transpose) a sample by mapping a global macro to be used with an Akai MPD32 or other midi controller. The great part about using Akai products (MPD32, MPK49, etc) […]