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wavetable
modern basses, evolving pads, leads and plucks
learn it in live's instruments
operator
bells, electric pianos, fm bass, metallic and clangy sounds
learn it in live's instruments
drift
warm basses, pads and leads fast, with few controls
learn it in live's instruments
analog
classic subtractive basses, strings and brass
learn it in live's instruments
meld
textures and hybrid sounds you can shift with one macro
learn it in meld
simpler
turning any recording into a playable instrument; chopping loops
learn it in slicing to midi
sampler
realistic pianos, strings and any library of multisamples
learn it in live's instruments
drum rack
every drum pattern. also layered one-shots and percussion
learn it in slicing to midi
impulse
quick drum kits when you do not need a full drum rack
instruments
collision
marimbas, bells, struck percussion
learn it in collision, tension, electric, analog
electric
rhodes-like keys
learn it in collision, tension, electric, analog
tension
guitar-like and bowed string textures
learn it in collision, tension, electric, analog
external instrument
playing a hardware synth from live
learn it in external instrument
arpeggiator
instant rhythm from a held chord
learn it in midi effects
chord
one-finger chords and stacks
learn it in the piano roll
scale
keeping a melody or random notes in key
learn it in the piano roll
note length
tightening staccato parts; gating a pad to the beat
learn it in midi effects
pitch
moving a part by an interval without editing it
learn it in midi effects
random
variation in hats, melodies and arps
learn it in midi effects
velocity
making a stiff drum part feel human, or evening out a played part
learn it in midi effects
eq eight
cutting mud, fixing a harsh frequency, shaping tone
learn it in eq eight
eq three
quick tone changes and dj-style bass kills
learn it in eq eight
auto filter
sweeps, wobble and a filter that opens on every hit
learn it in eq eight
compressor
evening out vocals and bass; ducking one track under another
learn it in the compressor
glue compressor
making drums or a whole mix feel like one thing
learn it in the compressor
multiband dynamics
controlling a boomy low end without dulling the highs
learn it in the compressor
limiter
last device on the main track to prevent clipping
learn it in limiter and true peak
gate
cutting noise between hits; tightening drums
dynamics
drum buss
weight and punch on a drum group
learn it in the drum rack in live
reverb
putting sounds in a shared space, on a return track
learn it in reverb and delay
hybrid reverb
big cinematic spaces and long tails
learn it in reverb and delay
echo
tape-like and rhythmic delays, dub throws
learn it in reverb and delay
delay
clean repeats on a return track
learn it in reverb and delay
filter delay
rhythmic, filtered patterns
space and time
grain delay
shimmer and textural repeats
learn it in granulator iii
corpus
adding a ringing body to drums
space and time
resonators
turning noise and hats into pitched tones
space and time
saturator
warmth on bass, drums or a whole bus
learn it in saturator and distortion
overdrive
fuzzy basses and gritty leads
learn it in saturator and distortion
pedal
heavier crunch on any sound
learn it in saturator and distortion
amp
guitar tone; also gritty synths
drive and colour
cabinet
rounding off distorted sounds
drive and colour
dynamic tube
warmth that grows when the signal gets louder
drive and colour
erosion
lo-fi grit
drive and colour
redux
crunchy lo-fi drums and old-sampler tone
drive and colour
vinyl distortion
lo-fi texture on a bus
drive and colour
roar
everything from soft warmth to wild destruction
learn it in saturator and distortion
chorus-ensemble
width and shimmer on pads and guitars
learn it in synth effects
phaser-flanger
swooshing movement on pads and hats
learn it in synth effects
auto pan-tremolo
movement and rhythmic tremolo
learn it in the lfo
frequency shifter
metallic and phase-like effects, now done with shifter in freq mode
modulation
shifter
harmonies, detune and weird tones
modulation
transmute
turning drums or noise into tuned textures
creative and resampling
auto shift
tuning a single-note vocal or lead to a scale, and creative pitch effects. live 12.1 and later
modulation
beat repeat
stutters, fills and build-ups
creative and resampling
looper
building a part up while you play
creative and resampling
vocoder
robot voices
creative and resampling
spectral resonator
metallic and glassy textures
creative and resampling
spectral time
frozen drones and smeared tails
learn it in granulator iii
utility
fixing level, mono-ing the low end, checking phase
learn it in the mixer in live
spectrum
seeing where energy sits so you can eq with your eyes as well as your ears
learn it in the mixer in live
tuner
tuning an instrument or a sample
utility
audio effect rack
parallel processing and reusable effect chains
learn it in what is live?
instrument rack
layering instruments, splitting the keyboard
learn it in racks and macros
midi effect rack
stacking arps, chords and scale devices
learn it in racks and macros
max for live audio effect
specialist effects, including ones from the community
learn it in max for live
max for live midi effect
sequencers and generators
learn it in max for live
max for live instrument
unusual synths and samplers
learn it in max for live
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