After 20 years of writing tutorials and masterclasses for Electronic Musician, Keyboard, and Music Radar, I’ve posted a lot of instructional content since I redid this site in 2017. To make the blog easier to navigate for new visitors, I’ve collected all of my Music Radar and Electronic Musician guides into a single directory post.
Below are direct links to each of the masterclasses on my blog, some of which include downloadable presets and examples. Have at it!
Here’s the finished experiment.
Now that we’ve had over a month of Watch+Learn, it’s time to put together an index of these tutorials and presets.
Below is a direct link to the YouTube playlist for subscribing.
Here are all the tutorials and presets as of May 22, 2020.
House bass created using Operator and Phase Plant
808 Kick Bass starting points on three different softsynths: Serum, Phase Plant, and Operator.
[Note: Very low frequency content. Headphones or monitors required.]
Supersaw starting points on four different softsynths: Serum, Phase Plant, Operator, and Wavetable.
One of my biggest talks at the 2017 Ableton Loop conference was an in-depth studio session on the details of FM synthesis. Having designed presets for Operator since before it was released in 2004, I can honestly say that I have an intimate relationship with its capabilities.
This masterclass for Music Radar revisits some of the topics from my Loop session - and goes deep into the possibilities of this powerful FM and additive synth. Enjoy!
Link: https://www.musicradar.com/how-to/the-definitive-guide-on-how-to-use-operator-in-ableton-live
As Halloween approaches, I’m re-releasing the Scapes project “The Haunting” for Ableton fans looking for spooky sounds for their DJ sets or party atmospherics.
Originally posted in 2015, “The Haunting” got some attention from Ableton guru, AfroDJMac, who runs an amazing website for all things Live. Below is his video that describes the project in detail.
