I love we can see the process of someone using his/her hardware together with ableton and the fact we can see so many details I can't believe ableton themselves made this type of series Anyone else would charge for this
This single video is PACKED to the brim with so much value, you're the best!! Here's my personal takeaways (timestamps so I can come back later and study): 1:38 bad snacks violin effects (3 takes hard panned l/r) 2:25 slice sample to midi (by 1/4 note if transients are not very pronounced) 4:10 cmd+shift+u to quantize (not 100%) 4:47 remember to fix velocity to 100% when playing samples through midi controller 5:08 increase attack if samples are too harsh at the beginning 5:29 common old school hip hop technique: transpose all samples +5 semitones to give flavor 6:25 add random panning to samples played at the end of the phrases 7:28 sample mixing (RC20) 10:32 cmd+j to consolidate 10:49 make hi-hat loop more tight (reason: high frequency percussion tends to take a lot of space) 11:38 save your favorite drums samples as a drumkit 11:47 set closed and open hi-hats to choke each other (just like in real life) 12:42 mix hi-hats using vulf compressor 3 (to give old school crunch) 14:00 use track delay to nudge entire track backwards 12ms (14:26 if drums are tight on the grid, you can accentuate the groove by pushing back the off beat percussion just a lil) 15:35 mix your drumkit (kick, snare/clap) with drumbuss (make it tighter and give crunch) 17:20 sidechain 18:14 quickfix for velocity overly-sensitive controllers: add midi effects > velocity 18:34 lounge lizard (tine-based BFly1) with RC20 as pad 21:12 another pad layer with synth (w/ cutoff automation towards the end) 23:31 bad snacks electric bass rack 24:44 expand the composition: keep the same instruments but different drum patterns, lead patterns, new bassline, add new elements \/ 25:11 arpeggiator w/ crazy autopan magical8bit 25:50 arrangement
I love the way you explain each and every function / purpose for the steps you’re taking. This is one of the best ableton walk-throughs I’ve ever watched. You rock bad snacks!
This was really cool. I knew all of these settings but watching another producer use them so differently was so refreshing. Thank you Ableton & Bad Snacks!
I've watched A LOT of Ableton videos over the years and this was one of the best. There is so much information here, including examples of using external gear, which often doesn't get covered. Plus! seeing an entire track put together from start to finish is really nice. I always learn something new when I get to watch someone else's workflow. Well done!
Not only was this incredibly informative, it was also awesome to see someone create a track and never once feel the need to work in session view! You don’t see that a lot. Thanks for this awesome video!
So fun to see how others use Live. Its so powerful and vast each person can have their own may of doing things. PS thanks for the recommendation for Bad Snacks she's awesome!
Amazing stuff. You showed in 30 minutes what takes me a whole day (and the output isn’t nearly that cool haha). But I’m new to Ableton and it’s a lot to take in, which is great because there’s a lot that can be done with it. Slicing the sample to midi is something I’ve never done and seems a brilliant compositional tool
Appreciate the great vid 👋🏽 There’s nothing wrong with mixing “on-the-go” as long as one isn’t futzing around with this settings for too long. many new producers get caught up in this ‘mixing’ as they proceed w tracking/arrangement and it ‘can’ impede the flow of the overall composition process (creative flow). note, this kind of ‘mixing’ does not (often) negate the necessity for a later thorough “mixdown’ stage where all FINAL elements are blended and place “in a pocket” within the total stereo “MIX”. when experienced/“knowledgeable” producers say they are mixing as they go then they often mean making FAST decisions WHILE IN THE FLOW (exactly like she did) that they KNOW will have an impact on the TRACKED instrument/recording or the overall final result. These decisions are made from experience, usually AFTER making a few tracks. I just wanted to warn beginners that it’s not something to worry with in the absolute beginning. This producer’s “settings” and mix decisions MAY be entirely inappropriate to the kind of music YOU are making. It’s often better (until you got a few tracks under your belt) to just go with the flow and get to arranging the song as efficient as possible. One will automagically gradually learn their style and will be better suited to implement FAST “mixing” (tonal/gluing/gelling) decisions as time goes by. I got myself into that rut a while back and I just wish to make sure no one else does the same. Get to arrangement fast WHILE you are in The Zone. This doesn’t apply to everyone (it is Art afterall), but I know this worrying about HAS affected many creative beginners in getting finished tracks. This only a suggestion to help you get to the end of a finished arrangement. Rant over ;)
I'm a big fan of trying to get everything sounding like a final mixdown right up front. I like the initial sounds to be as close to the final song as possible. When it's time to mix the final song, most of the work is done.
One thing these videos hardly ever mention is that the mixing begins with the incoming signal from the external instrument/mic that they are gonna be recording in to the DAW. And how to maintain the gain stage with all the elements to be brought over to the project for ex. all the samples they are picking up from different sources. Even though Ableton and other new DAW's are quite good with headrooms it is still quite essential to understand where to aim with the levels of your sources already during the writing/sound design process I reckon.
The trick with the prophet + external instrument midi track changed my life. I haven't even tried it with my Microkorg yet, but I know tht shit is gonna be life-changing
Wow this is blessed I have been COMPLETELY overlooking the Random pan button and trying to do that shit manually hah now my tracks can be even more s p a c i o u s
I had a friend who loved making beer. He made some wonderful suds that rivalled the factory breweries. Then one year he went to a craft brew festival and his mind was so blown away with what he encountered from brew masters who were miles more talented than he could ever be, he quit brewing because he could never reach that level of beer flavor that these people could...so he packed up his house and move to a state with lots of craft brew masters and never looked back. Watching this video of how she creates this sound...well, kinda makes me wanna do the same thing as my friend up there...Why bother, when people like her are out there making what I can only dream of ever accomplishing?
Loads of great tips, but the top one for me personally was the idea to change the keyboard velocity profile on Lounge Lizard to avoid the harsher loud key sounds. I had struggled to get a properly mellow Rhodes sound and I'm pretty sure that's the missing bit of the puzzle.
Cool. I love 8bit piano so much. Also this hi hats layering technique was very useful to see. The sound of rhodes is charming. And overall everything is made with so ease feel. Thanks ❤
So I had no idea who Bad Snacks was or what to expect in terms of style, but gave it a listen anyway. At first was a bit weirded out by what sounded (to my ears) like the violins stylistically clashing with the drums. But then the electric piano kicked in, and suddenly everything after that just seemed to fit in! Well done, I would have given up by the end of the beat and just taken the violins out, or reprogrammed the beats into a different style altogether, but I have to say I was very impressed by the end result. Also, a natural instructor. Keep on.
Such a timely video!! I'm switching from Fl and need this tutorials! Idk where anything is... This interface is scary, but Fl's was to in the beginning! Thanks
This was great, but I do wish the explanations weren't rushed at the end. I would really appreciate seeing all those details at the pace you were working at. Really beautiful piece of music. I would gladly have watched for 3 hours👍 thirst for knowledge
~Bad Snacks Academy~ in just 27 minutes!! Amazing workflow and beat! Thank you for dong this video we really hope you either come out with your own course/training or just keep making these super amazing videos! Thanx again!
Why not add the Valhalla reverb on to the midi channel at 7:45 rather than the group before the bounce, it just seemed odd to add a reverb there, then add another (and different) reverb on top later down the chain. Each to their own I suppose.
The “copy value to siblings” just saved me countless hours, thanks!
Always forgetting this haha
Where is that mentioned? I watched the whole video and somehow skipped it I guess?
What’s the time stamp
@@Joseph-ot8rc 5:50
@@Savocaatx 5:50
I've _paid_ for courses to, "level up your production," that weren't as informative as this free tutorial. Sincere thanks, Bad Snacks and Ableton.
She should do a freaking course man
I agree, super straight forward and well explained
Seriously - i've just been getting into Live over the last week and this BY FAR has been the best "tutorial" of them all so far.
yeah now you can sound like literally a million other bedroom loopers
I love we can see the process of someone using his/her hardware together with ableton and the fact we can see so many details
I can't believe ableton themselves made this type of series
Anyone else would charge for this
Makes sense I guess, when the daw you use doesn’t matter as much, newcomers might prefer the one that has loads of tutorials and lessons for free.
I cant tell you how many times I've been taught a valuable lesson for it not sink in until someone presents the same concepts in a different way.
This single video is PACKED to the brim with so much value, you're the best!!
Here's my personal takeaways (timestamps so I can come back later and study):
1:38 bad snacks violin effects (3 takes hard panned l/r)
2:25 slice sample to midi (by 1/4 note if transients are not very pronounced)
4:10 cmd+shift+u to quantize (not 100%)
4:47 remember to fix velocity to 100% when playing samples through midi controller
5:08 increase attack if samples are too harsh at the beginning
5:29 common old school hip hop technique:
transpose all samples +5 semitones to give flavor
6:25 add random panning to samples played at the end of the phrases
7:28 sample mixing (RC20)
10:32 cmd+j to consolidate
10:49 make hi-hat loop more tight (reason: high frequency percussion tends to take a lot of space)
11:38 save your favorite drums samples as a drumkit
11:47 set closed and open hi-hats to choke each other (just like in real life)
12:42 mix hi-hats using vulf compressor 3 (to give old school crunch)
14:00 use track delay to nudge entire track backwards 12ms (14:26 if drums are tight on the grid, you can accentuate the groove by pushing back the off beat percussion just a lil)
15:35 mix your drumkit (kick, snare/clap) with drumbuss (make it tighter and give crunch)
17:20 sidechain
18:14 quickfix for velocity overly-sensitive controllers: add midi effects > velocity
18:34 lounge lizard (tine-based BFly1) with RC20 as pad
21:12 another pad layer with synth (w/ cutoff automation towards the end)
23:31 bad snacks electric bass rack
24:44 expand the composition: keep the same instruments but different drum patterns, lead patterns, new bassline, add new elements \/
25:11 arpeggiator w/ crazy autopan magical8bit
25:50 arrangement
Valuable comment on a valuable video
@@JasonCorea i though it was transposed by 5 semitones
@@JasonCorea that same info is actually in the description!
@@javierbennett5778 Yes but with 3 times more detail, it's a very useful comment.
Thanks man. Very useful
One of the best, most efficient workflow videos I’ve ever watched.
I love the way you explain each and every function / purpose for the steps you’re taking. This is one of the best ableton walk-throughs I’ve ever watched. You rock bad snacks!
This was really cool. I knew all of these settings but watching another producer use them so differently was so refreshing. Thank you Ableton & Bad Snacks!
This blows my mind. So many techniques employed here that I've never thought about before. Great job!
I've watched A LOT of Ableton videos over the years and this was one of the best. There is so much information here, including examples of using external gear, which often doesn't get covered. Plus! seeing an entire track put together from start to finish is really nice. I always learn something new when I get to watch someone else's workflow. Well done!
Not only was this incredibly informative, it was also awesome to see someone create a track and never once feel the need to work in session view! You don’t see that a lot. Thanks for this awesome video!
Bad Snacks is nuts love seeing her featured here!
So fun to see how others use Live. Its so powerful and vast each person can have their own may of doing things. PS thanks for the recommendation for Bad Snacks she's awesome!
Amazing stuff. You showed in 30 minutes what takes me a whole day (and the output isn’t nearly that cool haha). But I’m new to Ableton and it’s a lot to take in, which is great because there’s a lot that can be done with it. Slicing the sample to midi is something I’ve never done and seems a brilliant compositional tool
One of the best tutorials I’ve seen, thank you bad snacks
I adore her. She is so talented.
Wow. I've literally struggled with arrangement for months and Bad Snacks just explained it in like 40 seconds hahahaha. Great video 🙏🏼
This video just made a bunch of things finally make sense to me. Really good instruction.
Bad Snacks is a BOSS! Thank you for blessing us with you talents!
Appreciate the great vid 👋🏽 There’s nothing wrong with mixing “on-the-go” as long as one isn’t futzing around with this settings for too long. many new producers get caught up in this ‘mixing’ as they proceed w tracking/arrangement and it ‘can’ impede the flow of the overall composition process (creative flow). note, this kind of ‘mixing’ does not (often) negate the necessity for a later thorough “mixdown’ stage where all FINAL elements are blended and place “in a pocket” within the total stereo “MIX”. when experienced/“knowledgeable” producers say they are mixing as they go then they often mean making FAST decisions WHILE IN THE FLOW (exactly like she did) that they KNOW will have an impact on the TRACKED instrument/recording or the overall final result. These decisions are made from experience, usually AFTER making a few tracks. I just wanted to warn beginners that it’s not something to worry with in the absolute beginning. This producer’s “settings” and mix decisions MAY be entirely inappropriate to the kind of music YOU are making. It’s often better (until you got a few tracks under your belt) to just go with the flow and get to arranging the song as efficient as possible. One will automagically gradually learn their style and will be better suited to implement FAST “mixing” (tonal/gluing/gelling) decisions as time goes by. I got myself into that rut a while back and I just wish to make sure no one else does the same. Get to arrangement fast WHILE you are in The Zone. This doesn’t apply to everyone (it is Art afterall), but I know this worrying about HAS affected many creative beginners in getting finished tracks. This only a suggestion to help you get to the end of a finished arrangement. Rant over ;)
I'm a big fan of trying to get everything sounding like a final mixdown right up front. I like the initial sounds to be as close to the final song as possible. When it's time to mix the final song, most of the work is done.
One thing these videos hardly ever mention is that the mixing begins with the incoming signal from the external instrument/mic that they are gonna be recording in to the DAW. And how to maintain the gain stage with all the elements to be brought over to the project for ex. all the samples they are picking up from different sources. Even though Ableton and other new DAW's are quite good with headrooms it is still quite essential to understand where to aim with the levels of your sources already during the writing/sound design process I reckon.
Thank you for saying this, it spared me a lot of anxiety!
Thx for sharing , love it when people explain their workflow so useful for all of us. The panning of the violins is useful for synth strings too
Bad Snacks is so awesome! So stoked you’re doing this for Ableton!!
I thought I was doing okay in Ableton 10, then I experienced this video. Really great!! So many new tips.
Really one of the best videos in these processes 🎼🔥
Hey Bad Snacks👋 thank you so much for sharing this! I loved the simple, yet deep insights you gave us into your work flow. I learned so much!
Every day's a school day, thank you for doing that, great learning curve for me. Great sound too.
Thank you B. Snacks! Great Tutorial!!!
Thanks for taking us through all of that! It's great to see how you work.
You make it look so easy!! Love the video and the music! Thank you for Sharing!
The trick with the prophet + external instrument midi track changed my life. I haven't even tried it with my Microkorg yet, but I know tht shit is gonna be life-changing
Thank you from France, Bad Snacks!
Bad Snacks: We don't need this audio anymore so...
Me: panik
BS: we can mute and collapse it
M: kalm
This is dope! Excellent explanations and a great track :D
About 6 years of sampling knowledge crammed into the first 6 minutes!
Yeahhhh ! Crazy pocket! Strings fire as always and groovy baseline ! Bad Snacks is in Da House
Hello,
The skill of Bad Snacks is really impressive to me !
Thank you for sharing this valuable informations 👍👍👍
Wow this is blessed I have been COMPLETELY overlooking the Random pan button and trying to do that shit manually hah now my tracks can be even more s p a c i o u s
I've learn a lot from this tutorial , love it BAD SNACKS and ABLETON
I had a friend who loved making beer. He made some wonderful suds that rivalled the factory breweries. Then one year he went to a craft brew festival and his mind was so blown away with what he encountered from brew masters who were miles more talented than he could ever be, he quit brewing because he could never reach that level of beer flavor that these people could...so he packed up his house and move to a state with lots of craft brew masters and never looked back.
Watching this video of how she creates this sound...well, kinda makes me wanna do the same thing as my friend up there...Why bother, when people like her are out there making what I can only dream of ever accomplishing?
Incredibly informative and inspiring. I'm definitely going to steal a few tricks from this workflow. Thank you Ableton and thank you Bad Snacks! Yo!
Wooooooo yesssss you go gal 💜💜💜 🎻🎻🎻
I learn the most from you from these kinds of videos. There’s all kinds of little tips and tricks that are so helpful!
I’m definitely going to try out the velocity plugin on my e piano
Samewise
This is a great example of creativity
100%
A very informative video which was very well presented. You are a very gifted individual.🙂
Awesome thanks. Learned a lot!
Loads of great tips, but the top one for me personally was the idea to change the keyboard velocity profile on Lounge Lizard to avoid the harsher loud key sounds. I had struggled to get a properly mellow Rhodes sound and I'm pretty sure that's the missing bit of the puzzle.
Where can we listen to the finished track? I want to see what the arrangement sounds like
What a superb video! Learned a heck of a lot, thank you
Great work!
This was wonderful 😭 Thank you! 🙏🏽👏🏽
Cool. I love 8bit piano so much. Also this hi hats layering technique was very useful to see. The sound of rhodes is charming. And overall everything is made with so ease feel. Thanks ❤
literally learning a lot from this vid
excellent on every level, thank you for doing this. great track!!!
A very interesting video where I learned a lot. I hope you make more of these.
snaccs killin' it!
So awesome, I've just learnt a dozen new ways to do what I was doing better, and leant another dozen things that I should be doing! Thanks ✌️
Nice job Bad Snacks! Very cool to see what you can do in Ableton. I bought the full suite 2 years ago but have never used it.
Great tutorial, very insightful and clearly communicated.
Just love this song so much!!
Super informative thx! I saw some things I had no idea I could do with Abelton.
Nice workflow, love the prophet in the track. This was very enjoyable.
The rhodes piano plugin turned into a totally different sound through layering it with the pad synth and using the cutoff filter. Impressed!
I learned so much today. You saved me countless hours and even days.
So I had no idea who Bad Snacks was or what to expect in terms of style, but gave it a listen anyway. At first was a bit weirded out by what sounded (to my ears) like the violins stylistically clashing with the drums. But then the electric piano kicked in, and suddenly everything after that just seemed to fit in! Well done, I would have given up by the end of the beat and just taken the violins out, or reprogrammed the beats into a different style altogether, but I have to say I was very impressed by the end result. Also, a natural instructor. Keep on.
Such a timely video!! I'm switching from Fl and need this tutorials! Idk where anything is... This interface is scary, but Fl's was to in the beginning! Thanks
Thank you, it's very nice to see.
This was great, but I do wish the explanations weren't rushed at the end. I would really appreciate seeing all those details at the pace you were working at. Really beautiful piece of music. I would gladly have watched for 3 hours👍 thirst for knowledge
Clear and smart présented démonstration.
thank *YOU*
🙌🏽 another great video
Wow! Very informative!! Thank you Bad Snacks!! You should teach on MacProVideo!
So CRAZY talented
Great video. She has a very cool sound.
Superb thanks so much
~Bad Snacks Academy~ in just 27 minutes!!
Amazing workflow and beat!
Thank you for dong this video we really hope you either come out with your own course/training or just keep making these super amazing videos!
Thanx again!
Snackademy!
So awesome your such a pro !
Super helpful, thank you!
That distortion plugin sounds delicious!
Really excellent tutorial - I'm using this!! thanks
Great tips
Loved this video thanks!
very educational, thank you
Great workflow
Awesome video. Great techniques and explanations that were easy to understand. Thank you!
Helpful 👍
This is great!
Bad Snacks I LOVE You
You Are Amazing !!!!!!
She's called Bad Snacks but she makes tasty tracks
it’s because all the tasty snacks are bad for you.
Cool track! Is it on your YT channel or anywhere we can listen to it in full?
amazing!!
I love This job
Learnt a lot on this,
Great video!!!!!
awesome vid , learned a lot !
das be a fresh bass line with them snare snaps :D
Why not add the Valhalla reverb on to the midi channel at 7:45 rather than the group before the bounce, it just seemed odd to add a reverb there, then add another (and different) reverb on top later down the chain. Each to their own I suppose.
Bad Snacks rocks.
hey this is pretty similar to my workflow in ableton, nice job sounds cool
the strings r off the hizzy!!!!