Ableton Tutorial - Granular Synthesis Hacks = Ned Rush
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- In this Ableton tutorial we look at how to achieve the sounds of granular synthesis without a dedicated granular synth, using only Sampler and Ableton stock devices. Support me on Patreon to download this set plus many more. / 88602414
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Ned Rush is an infotaining universe of ideas for ways to make music, including areas of music production, music composition, sampling, synthesisers and sound design in software like Ableton, MaxMSP, Reason, and on hardware such as eurorack modular, Elektron boxes like the Octatrack and Analog Rytm, also visual art strategies using Jitter, focusing on music genres such electronica, IDM, glitch, jungle, breakcore, electro-acoustic, musique concrete, as well as discussing music via interviews and podcasts, and music performances via livestreams.
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Amazing video as always 🙏
For the cheapskates among us who don't have Ableton Live Suite, you can sort of make this work using Simpler instead of Sampler - it doesn't have modulation for the sample offset built in, but if you drag an Expression Control onto the track, you can map Velocity onto the Start parameter and it basically does the same thing.
Crossfading between samples is a bit more of a pain in the arse since Simpler doesn't do multisampling - you can kind of get there with an Instrument Rack with seperate instances of Simpler on each chain, but it's a faff to set up...
You can swap out samples by right clicking the sample and going to 'manage sample' then using the hot swap button:)
thank you ned! i'm a serum baby but trying to become a more well rounded person and you are helping
Only 6mins in and this is awesome! I'm all over this thanks!
Hey Ned, under Sampler's MIDI tab you have 2 options for assigning Velocity. You could, in addition to assigning Velocity to Sample Offset, also assign it to Sample Selector. The blue vertical indicator doesn't look like it's moving but it definitely sounds like it's randomly switching between the samples.
awesome, I was just thinking to myself that I need to spend some time making glitchy stuff for fills etc,. and upon searching for "Ned Rush glitch" I was treated to a video hot off the press. Many thanks Mr. Rush
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I think one day or another you're going to have to be given the title Professor Ned Rush. Thank you for these videos, always so interesting and crazy.
You made the sound my Xbone makes when Fallout 4 crashes (about 19:00 in). Good show. :D Gave me a start and I wasn't even playing the game. Almost even cursed like Pavlov.
I'm still having too much fun with Simpler. I keep trying to break off to Sampler and get frustrated by what it does not have instead of enthused about what it does. I think Sampler needs an upgrade like Simpler got, such that they compliment each other better overall. Switching from one to the other used to feel less like a chasm in ability.
Happy Weekend.
Inspiring once again.
This is great. Using a saw wave lfo on the sample offset you could stretch a sample of any length to fit perfectly within one bar (or two bars, half a bar, etc). ramp it the other way to reverse the sample.
Love this Ned…l’m usually a simpleton just sticking with Simpler and some LFO’s , I sleep on using Sampler , and only remember to use because of something else you did in the past with velocities connected to the offset. I really like the random tail release, like pseudo choppy reverb. Definitely gonna have a go with this and get a Dr.Chaos sequencer to trigger EVERYTHING!!!! 😅 iLove using PORTAL by Output, as it’s a granular signal processor ( fx unit ) . I use ‘ SPACECRAFT’ as a granular synth/sampler . I have an SP404 mk2 hardware sampler which I use for effects more than for sampling, I wish more hardware samplers had granular sampling modules as part of its playback. So much to explore, in such little TiiiiiiiiiiiiIiiiimmmmmmmmEeeeeEeeeee
You’re insane. Would have never, ever thought of this. Another incredible video. ❤
That last sample is from dope on plastic - wave dub... First track off northern exposure south (disc 2)
Awesome! Learn something new here every time, even after years of digging through Ableton.
I call this the Instant Eprom Rack, bloody nice that
always so super creativ and usefull videos big 👍
This is one of my favorite videos from you, I just made my own version and 16 macros really aren’t enough 😱
Another one of those moments where I go "god dammit, of course!" after you pulled in the arpeggiator and the velocity 😄 I'm going to have a thorough playaround with this, thanks Ned 🙏 As for variations and getting more cloudy, maybe the Expression Control device could help out? I saved myself a preset with all the six sources just set to Random instead of the other MIDI readouts and that's just good fun! Gonna stick it after the Arp in this rack and start mapping some stuff.
Wow Ned, blown away, will make me use Sampler more!
I've started to really enjoy sitting interesting sounding drones/atmospheres right at the back of my tracks to get that subtle 'ear candy' things going - this looks like a great way to come up with some really interesting pads and textures. Well played as always, sir!
And the good thing, for this Hack, Ableton Standard is fine, you don't need Suite!
this video is blowing my mind over and over lol, clever use of midi info & thanks for sharing :0
Next to this video on Autechre and thanks for feedback, this one is my favorite. My top 3. Keep doing it man because it really streamlines the workflow and certainly inspires people to make more bold, abstract music
I once did a surround sound granular synth project in Max. I modified an existing Max granular patch to output a single grain to each speaker. It gets interesting then when you try different ways of triggering the grains. A linear stream of grains plays each speaker in a row giving a circular motion around your head for example. It's a bit of a shame multi speaker support is not a feature you find in any commercial granular synth. It's really worth trying if you have access to a multi speaker setup
That's a cool idea, thanks. It could be done in Reaktor (possibly has been).
@@crysstoll1191 Hi yes possibly Reaktor too. I believe I modified the Sakonda granular patch as there was something specific about it that made this possible. It was a long time ago now and I've unfortunatly forgotten everything I knew about Max
this is so goooood. lmao arpeggiator grain size and velocity scan. this is funny to me somehow. 😂
All your videos are really good but this one is really great. I thought this was going to be more samplerscanning but this is next level using the ARP/velocity. Thanks I'll definitely used this
I used to love HourGlass before I had more powerful DAWs and synths, but my favorite granular synth nowadays is probably the one included in Kilohearts Phase Plant. Great for making strange textures.
This helped me evolve. Thank you.
You a Legend Ned
We need to find the "lady" and thank her for everything she's gave us.
21:04 scary how close it sounds like Holly Herndon - Eternal o.o
Phase Plant has added a great granular engine now =)
really unique technique
I must try this!❤
Very cool! For a cloudy effect, I used one of the LFOs to modulate sample offset by 0.25, can stack another LFO for cloudy-er as you cant map the offset amount :( I also released If you slow the arp rate but enable the amplitude looper with short ADSR you can 'grain the grains.'
great.
Brilliant vid
creativity ❤
this is cool but i dont have the expensive version of live so ill try to recreate this with something else
But really the Gong Bender 😂 probably best name for a sample ever 🤪🎣
Met this bloke… he was a total Gong Bender!!!😖
Da King of Hacky TakTiK !! ;)
i love you
Stock stuff, that's what we like!
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Really cool, especially the things you can do per grain this way which ive never seen before, im not sure what the ms conversion to hz is but in a lot of granulators i like to set the base to 110hz (equivalent of key A) and key map it so it can play in key, get really interesting results doing it
my favourite granular plugins are probably kaivo or phaseplant for synths, and unfiltered silo for fx (has a really sick reverb in it)
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So fokn cool, mate. Would this be possible to do within Push 3 only ?
Hacky tactics or hactics for short
Kyma!
ned, your videos are completely useless and theres grains in my beer now. thanks :)