Live Looping Using Ableton Live by The Clouds Below
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
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The Clouds Below performing the song 'Waiting for Yesterday' by using looping and layering in Ableton Live 9. Filmed live by 9 cameras with the assistance of Jason Patsalis.
Song created using an Akai MPK49 keyboard, M-Audio Trigger Finger, M-Audio Oxygen 8 Keyboard, Master Works Hammered Dulcimer, Ernie Ball Stingray Bass, Gibson Les Paul, and 2 Macbook Pro's.
Shot using Sony FS700, Sony NEX 50, 3 x Panasonic GH4, GH3, 2 x Canon 60D, Canon 6D, and GoPro 4+
Came into this not sure I'd like it. Looping can be tricky. But these guys NAILED IT. The song itself built up beautifully and the sounds blended together so well and balanced. Great work! :-)
How are you able to perform the first loop in the video and have Live adapt its tempo to that loop?
+Earspasm Music I played that rhythm while listening to Ableton Live's click on my headphones so I was playing to the correct tempo to begin with.
Massive Attack - Tear Drop suspiciously looking on this track. Like anyway
This one has better energy to it. I like it. Performed live too aside from the looping (which was live anyways) ..
Can't beat a classic.
massive attack likely got the idea for the beat from somewhere else, as great as massive attack are, and quality of their music is high, they didn't invent the things they worked with. Massive attack may not have even invented chords on a guitar, or the electric bass, or hip hop.
Thought exactly the same haha
I seen this come into my feed... for 1 second I nearly skipped it but I just knew .. I had a feeling ... it was going to be good. I was hugely mistaken. Good grief that was beautiful. I’m off to check out a new find :) and thanks for sharing!
I am absolutely amazed with this video. I've heard it about 100 times this week. It reminds me of the best songs of bonobo, emancipator, blockhead , massive attack ... I have a question for you . How many times have you tried to record the song in this video? Congrats from Madrid for this work. Sorry for my english ;)
Hey Angel, Thanks for the kudos! So glad you like the song! To be honest, I don't quite remember how many takes it took us. We did a lot of rehearsals before we started recording so it's a little fuzzy in my memory. It was definitely more than a few though :) Sometimes if you don't hit the loop button just in time you'll miss it and everything goes to shit. That was probably the the trickiest part...and just remembering the whole sequence of what to hit and when. Hope that helps!
interested in how everything was wired. and which in ear monitoring system was used.
+Anthony Cannonier (AntCannStep) everything was routed through the interfaces and locked together via midi in Ableton. The outputs from the interfaces fed into a small mixer so we could monitor each other. The wiring was the most straight forward part of the whole thing. The internal Ableton routing was quite involved though to allow us to seamlessly record, loop and effect the audio. For in ears we used Sure and Ultimate Ears :)
if ever anyone asks, what's mixolydian, send them here; duclimer by far+ away the coolest instrument
When Ableton Link drops this whole collaboration looping thing will get crazy sick.
annnnnd... it dropped !!! :)
Tell me more.
That was really cool. I have been sat here for an hour watching it on repeat just taking it all in.
I went back to watch one of my videos and when it finished the next on autoplay's queue was this one. I didn't noticed what was going on with this video because I got a dual monitor setup and ableton was on both screens, so the sound just came in suddenly, I stopped doing what I was doing and unhurried the browser back in the surface of my screen. Amazing work guys, truly amazing work! You got your self a new subscriber!
+Panos La You make pretty great music yourself! I'm a subscriber of your channel too.
Little bit of tear drops here! Literally....
thought was a cover :D lol
Freaking awesome! Loops are the core of my music too, and this is a masterpiece!
I feel the expression of good souls in your music! The expression of god. Gratitude for that! Beautiful work!
Beautiful! I love seeing the hammered dulcimer incorporated into contemporary music.
This is amazing job guys!!! Sounds a little bit like massive attack. Give me chill :)
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Thats the trick. Very nice work, Im changing my DWA to live ableton 10 if I can. Anyway 9 is enought for me since I never finish studing all the things of Live, there was a boy managing the seq. Well you got it very nice with most of the instruments acustic. Congratulations and wellcome to Tarifa if you like, just to stay some days here. That was great
Thqts so Nice! i do integrated greek dulcimer with guitars and electronic elements , in an album called Strange Roots! Check it out if u want1!
Now if I can only incorporate my photoshop layer skills to music, I would be golden.
The whole hipster look of the band seems so silly and cliche I couldn't bare to watch the performance. I think for younger people this is going to make a lot more sense. Kids that haven't really been exposed to deeper musicianship, music theory and greater creativity with bands that really did have to stand out to make it in the past. Too simplistic, the looping, cheap reliance on tech, etc. I've seen this done to death. Btw, I am pretty sure I heard this style of song in our Lamaze class while we were being taught breathing exercises to help everyone relax. These guys defiantly get an A+ for at least going thru the motions.
Subbed! That was fantastic. Beautiful song, beautifully done.
Awesome job on the song, but one complaint. You are using false advertisement saying this song is a free download on your Soundcloud, I looked, no download link. I believe you should remove this from your description or else this is just a way to gain clicks and that is pretty sad.
And I'm wondering here why this video already hasnt got 100+ millions views??. Fucking magicians.
You should check out pandit shiv kumar dharma who plays the Indian version of the dulcimer.
... y por cosas de este tipo es por lo que Apple no necesita gastarse nada en publicidad... Hay mucho capullo que se lo da hecho. Que pase el siguiente.
Ooooooh OOOOOh OOOOhh What a Lucky Man he was .... ELP bu t you were not born yet so this is a tribute :))))
Got a like in first 10secs, live instruments with computer looping - bang on seamless! A*
It's actually pretty boring, limitless samples and they stay in one tempo. Try music maker jam, that is very limited in the demo version
This is nice song , but too noisy of every people in team play at same time from start to end , please entry some space for audience listen more carefully to main music at one time at some interval , need some more silence in between , the code is not hear clearly , maybe the string make louder , the bass at back ground will much better , anyhow this is very good song and very nice music and good play , thanks you guys
awesome !! It sounds like a mixture of eastern classic, turkish and western music....
Fantastic. I'm falling more and more in love with live looping, and this was great to see. The both of you have great chemistry and can create awesome vibes. :]
TNice tutorials should be the first video that pops up when you're new to making soft
Fantastic, very well done 👏 beautiful and powerful sound
wonderful piece of music. what are the footcontrollers you use?
+laurent kuhn Both trigger pedals we used were basically just set up as note on/note off momentary switches mapped in ableton to start/record and stop the looper. One pedal is just a simple piano sustain type pedal connected via 1/4 jack. The other pedal could have been the same but since we didn't have another one we used the GCX ground control pro to basically do the same thing....a $600 solution for a $20 pedal :) We already had the GCX though so we just made it work. Hope that helps!
This is fucking beautiful my dudes! New listener fasho!
Sorry guys. Deantoni Parks = Musical Genius!!
Cà montre bien le sourcier qu'on aurait voulu connaitre dans les prés.
Boards of Canda vibes in here. Great job guys!
hi thecloudsbelow,your song ( instrument ) bring me to another world of music,i feel so calm,lifting my spirit today.. great arrangement.. i will waiting for the next song.. keep it up guys you rock..
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AWESOME!!!!!
how did you rig the sustain pedal to be your looper activater?
Can you tell me which microphones you are using please?
wow
uhg hair cuts.
cool, but looping is really limiting to me. YMMV.
mad good sound idk wtf that key drumstick piano shit is but sounds sick lmao
sorry dont like your other stuff, but this sound good
Great talent and sound.
Not a song ! Its another 2 bar loop which drags on, yawn !
I would like to hear a colab of you guys and BT.
Meh... tried 2x speed but still too boring!
Awesome!! Sounds like Midas Fall.
If you like this music check out Active Child.
nicely done, during the first part, i was thinking that it is a cover for massive attack and was wating for song :)
Spectacular, speechless, virtuous ,
Which drum pad were you guys using? The whole performance sounds great.
Thanks Dave! We used the M Audio Trigger Finger. It's an old trigger pad but still does the trick :)
anything would work. even launchpad pro does the job now.
their trigger finger released around 2005. don't think it is worth it for now. better go for maschine, push 2, launchpad, or something else that is newer. just look for drum pad that actually supports velocity (launchpad other than launchpad pro doesn't support that)
I wanted to like, but have already given it
That was so cool. Thanks and God bless 😊🙏🏼❤️
How do you make the Hamer on, on the bass guitar at 2:01 if you have your left hand on the keyboard?
+Kapa De Freitas Hey! I'm not hearing the hammer on at 2:01 your talking about. When the bass comes in it's just down picking on the open string and then at about 2:04 I fret the second note without a hammer on. Because the transition happens so fast I actually use my first finger to fret the note with my hand over the top of the neck, then slide my thumb overtop to keep the note fretted and then reach my finger under and around the neck to fret in a traditional fashion to keep playing the rest of the line. In the edit you don't see all happening but at around 2:05 you can see me shifting my arm while doing this. It took me a while to nail this sequence because hitting that second note happens so fast that I didn't have time to reach around from under the neck to fret the string normally. You can actually see how I spot the point on the neck just before so I can get a visual cue for where I need to hit when fretting that second note. Thanks for asking!
I can't for the life of me figure out how to perform like this. How do you loop and keep recording stacks. I'm using Ableton and launch key 25. Any tutorial vids? Can someone help please :D
Read the ableton manual
BBJM The Ableton Looper Plugin I believe.
That was amazing but the real MVP is the camera man lmao
Where were the audience sitting?
There's wasn't an audience. We just performed the song and our buddy helped shoot it my manning a couple of the cameras :)
uuuuuuuuuuuuuu.. aaaaaaaaaaaaaa.. eio..
wow !!! which brend of hummerd dulcimer is it ? it sounds just great !
+Cnaan Canetti Thanks! Yeah, we're in love with hammered dulcimers...such an amazing sound. This is a Master Works custom made 16/15 model. Definitely a cherished instruments of ours :)
Super cool stuff...
Really cool talented performance
mmmm I don´t know, that high five at the end didnt sound good. You need to practice.
Kiddin. Happy to found this...I need more.
This is so fucking cool
Gorgeous! I have two questions 1) is that a zither?!? and 2) how did you manage to make the guitar and bass loop in Ableton (I can do it but I have major problems with latency - what am I doing wrong?)
Thanks! x
Thanks Patrick! The string instrument is a hammered dulcimer actually. It's somewhat similar to a zither but played differently. Looping the guitar and bass considering latency issues can be challenging. Firstly you need a fast computer able to handle the processing. Secondly you need a low latency interface to minimize lag time. Thirdly, you need to optimize and streamline the effects and software instruments you use in order to tax the CPU as little as possible. And lastly, you need to set your buffer size as small as you possibly can in order to minimize latency. We've been successful at running ours at 64 samples, giving us about a 16 millisecond overall latency. 16 milliseconds is annoying but doable. Best advice is to experiment, tweak, experiment and keep tweaking till you get to where it works for you! Good luck and happy looping!
+thecloudsbelow wow! Thanks for your helpful and detailed reply! Very useful indeed :) Nice job with the video again x
+thecloudsbelow so you are recording the loops directly into Live? Would a looper pedal help with latency to record guitar and bass, or would that just complicate matters further. Fascinating to watch songs arranged on the fly like that. How many insert or send fx are you running on the track. Sounds great, brilliant to watch. Cheers
Awesome! What kind of effects was linked with the microphone? Could you go a little in detail about that. Been wondering how to include a mic with effects in a live set. Thanks!
+Sands Kreative Verksted The vocal effects were really basic...just a long reverb, some delay, EQ and a little bit of compression :) We were able to get a really clean mix of the vocals because we were monitoring everything on in ears. Otherwise, had we been monitoring the sound over speakers in the room, we would have gotten a lot of bleed into the vocal mic, which would have repeated every time a vocal phrase was looped
+thecloudsbelow Exactly, nice thanks. Yes that seems to be the problem everytime when doing live looping on stage with PA speakers etc. Just gotta try to get rigged up the longest away you can from the speakers hehe. I heard the song one more time now, great performance guys, very talented and creative. The energy and atmosphere is incredible. One of the better live looping videos on youtube. I subbed so I'm looking forward for more live performances / jams in studio etc. Have a good weekend!
Where is the bass and guitar???...
holy crap thats some impressive stuff. good job there
Great track and amazing performance !
Dude needs a haircut, but this is badass.
Kool & The Gang Summer Madness (Live Version) put on by Juan Calos Berz Deodato is the producer
May I use this in one of my videos?
Что за инструмент такой струнный???
Superb. ( Mohaned London
very inspiring and real cool
NICE AND COOL....
what is the stringed instrument with the mallets called?
hammered dulcimer
Pretty freaking awesome.
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My girl has a hammer dulcimer that she never plays...I pull it out and tinker with it every now and then and wonder how it'd sound in a rock setting...now I know.... I'm an old rocker.....you kids rock! never stop brothers....good stuff.
очень красивая и душевная мелодия спасибо!!
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blehhhhh. not my cup of tea.
So deep. Thank you for sharing this.
Super good work, music and performance. Well done. 🙂🎶👌🏼
I already liked it in the past and came back again to watch it BUT, please guys, edit your video description to add ““ or ““ (depending on the protocol) on your 3 links so they can be properly analyzed by UA-cam and automatically changed into clickable links, which would be easier for people, at least on mobiles/tablets. Thanks 😉🤓
Super 10 millions time
very very good,amazing
Totally gorgeous. ❤
Wow!!!!!!! That was truly awe inspiring!
Lush.. love this
I need that instrument in my life :/
THIS IS AWESOME!!
No. This is BADASS!!
It sounds very nice. But as everybody say the same that it's great so I'm going to critisize. If they are capable to play 10 tracks or more as this way then I say they are genius. Making this track live isn't something so amazing, also because this track used only one chord so it's a most easiest composition. The dificult thing is making or playing live more tracks and keep a good quality.. I said it because I want to be surprise soon with your news. Thanks!!
What is the foot pedal the guy that's singing keeps using?
+A. güts It's a Ground Control Pro made by Digital Music Corporation. It's a little excessive for what we needed it for since we were just using it to basically send note on/note off commands. A simple sustain pedal for a keyboard would have sufficed but since it's what I use for guitar, I just set it up to do what I needed it to and went with it. Hope that helps :)
Is everything being looped through ableton? What kind of interface do you guys have to handle that? 0.0 Sounded awesome btw
I've seen you guys perform live before! It was really great. I'm still curious after all these years how you get such a good sound from the house speakers. Are you using an interface with multiple outputs?
very impressive cacophony of sound reaching a crescendo peak just before the end, but it illustrates the fallibility of looping regarding key change, that believe it or not, every songwriter who has had a looper has realised.