Good one nice read. I am a big Ableton fan too and have come from using Cubase and Protoolson on past projects... but for studio work, making tracks and creating sound tracks, mainly for VR. I still think Ableton is a far quicker program to use for everything, especially with a lot of outboard synths which i run into a RME, which I find is the best audioboard with entry level pro quality AD/DA convertors.
I also come from Protools and still use it for recording and mixing. For trying out ideas, though, I agree with you and also think that Ableton Live is far quicker. I love trying things out there and see how they blend in together.
i like how you personify Live... "fool Ableton" hah.
extending on the topic of voice range (changing the octave a melody is played in or transposing a sample) i agree that some voices will sound better in different registers but what might also be important to consider is what else is happening in the song in each range. this is also called "tessitura" and most clear productions do not have many parts conflicting or overlapping tessitura. Especially in a vocal piece, it helps a ton to leave a window open for the vocal range, most importantly the intelligibility range, in most cases 1kHz-4kHz (if you want lyrics to be understood easily ).
anyway, the idea of not using tools how they are intended, is a powerful one.
Lots of my favorite producers leave that window open for vocals. There's one mastering engineering that told me once the same thing (he didn't use the term "tessitura", though). He was giving advice to producers and he commented on how important it is not to have frequencies "competing" with each other. I totally agree with that.
Mixing and production is a huge topic, and this article was rather oriented around sound exploration and creative uses of the transposition algorithm.
Good one nice read. I am a big Ableton fan too and have come from using Cubase and Protoolson on past projects... but for studio work, making tracks and creating sound tracks, mainly for VR. I still think Ableton is a far quicker program to use for everything, especially with a lot of outboard synths which i run into a RME, which I find is the best audioboard with entry level pro quality AD/DA convertors.
Hi @beespace,
I also come from Protools and still use it for recording and mixing. For trying out ideas, though, I agree with you and also think that Ableton Live is far quicker. I love trying things out there and see how they blend in together.
Thanks for reaching out.
Take care,
Miguel
i like how you personify Live... "fool Ableton" hah.
extending on the topic of voice range (changing the octave a melody is played in or transposing a sample) i agree that some voices will sound better in different registers but what might also be important to consider is what else is happening in the song in each range. this is also called "tessitura" and most clear productions do not have many parts conflicting or overlapping tessitura. Especially in a vocal piece, it helps a ton to leave a window open for the vocal range, most importantly the intelligibility range, in most cases 1kHz-4kHz (if you want lyrics to be understood easily ).
anyway, the idea of not using tools how they are intended, is a powerful one.
Hi @donmoyer, thanks for reaching out.
Lots of my favorite producers leave that window open for vocals. There's one mastering engineering that told me once the same thing (he didn't use the term "tessitura", though). He was giving advice to producers and he commented on how important it is not to have frequencies "competing" with each other. I totally agree with that.
Mixing and production is a huge topic, and this article was rather oriented around sound exploration and creative uses of the transposition algorithm.
Thanks for your insight.
Take care,
Miguel