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Ableton Live Tutorial - Noir Drum Funk

Ned Rush via YouTube

Overview

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Learn how to create noir-style drum funk in this comprehensive Ableton Live tutorial spanning over an hour. Start by loading breaks into a drum rack, sequencing them effectively, and enhancing with beat repeats. Progress through adding snares, kicks, and discover a special hybrid reverb ride cymbal technique. Build your track with sub bass, keys, and horns for that authentic noir atmosphere. The tutorial also covers advanced techniques like follow actions, adding visualizers, and bouncing MIDI. Perfect for producers interested in drum and bass, jungle, IDM, and lo-fi jazz fusion styles. Support the creator on Patreon to download this project file and access additional resources.

Syllabus

00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:02 Put Breaks into a Drum Rack
00:03:09 Sequence the Breaks
00:11:11 Add some Beat Repeats
00:15:23 Add some snares
00:19:49 Add a kick
00:20:39 Hybrid Reverb Ride Cymbal trick
00:23:51 Add some Sub Bass
00:29:18 Add some Keys
00:34:53 Add some Horns
00:40:35 Just listen and tweak
00:45:39 Add some Follow Actions
00:52:43 Add a visualizer
00:57:00 Bounce the midi
01:01:19 Listen and ending

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Ned Rush

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