Oblique Strategies No. 58
Where are you in this moment?
Prompts or constraints to foster creativity.
January 18, 2017
Where are you in this moment?
Prompts or constraints to foster creativity.
This video tutorial shows an often overlooked feature in Ableton Live, an easy trick to keep your tracks always correctly numbered, even if you reorder them. I was reminded of it when a producer who’d been working with Live for
Creativity can be messy and chaotic. It’s often more important to quickly get ideas down when you’re in the flow than to keep things tidy. Yet, once you get to the mixing stage, keeping order in your Live Set helps
Another year is coming to a close. 2016 was another difficult one for me due to health issues. There’ll be lots to look forward to for next year though – for you and me… Let’s have a look at the
Collaborate!
Prompts or constraints to foster creativity.
By now, I’ve released a lot of free skins for Ableton Live. 47 to be exact. In the last few months, I’ve gone over all of them individually and improved them, as there are so many details to consider. Different
In this new tutorial in my Ableton Live Insider Tips video series it’s all about the clip launch modes, that are only available for clips in the Session View. I explain the four available modes: Trigger, Gate, Toggle and Repeat.
In electronic music these days, especially in techno and house, it’s very common to layer kicks. Personally, I hardly ever use this method and prefer getting the one bass drum I use to sound just right. Then again I don’t
I’m currently working on a collaboration with a good friend. For our first song together, we rummaged through my sound library under Machines and Mechanical. It inspired this free Live Pack that includes two racks, one Drum Rack, one Instrument
Take time off.
Prompts or constraints to foster creativity.
I recently stumbled upon Melodics again, an desktop and iOS app that let you practise finger drumming. I’ve never been a fan of Guitar Hero and the likes, because I’m classically trained, and that stuff isn’t really for musicians, so
Loop 2016 has been over for some days now, but I’m still reeling from all the experiences there. It’s really hard to pinpoint what made the event so special. Was it the talks, the discussions, the performances, the workshops or
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