Category Archives: Tips & Tricks
Freddy’s Tech Tips 004: Creating a Range for your “Radio” Buttons
May 16, 2013 Have you ever tried to MIDI map the delay time on Ableton’s ping pong delay? Or the Arpeggiator’s style? Annoyingly, your controller’s will scroll through all the positions available, making...
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How Do You Start A Song?
May 16, 2013 Making an early or instant impact is vital when writing a tune, especially for radio airplay, but just how do you go about doing this? In this tutorial we take a look at the different ways to grab the listener’s attention right from the word go. These techniques are also...
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Freddy’s Tech Tips 003: Setting a Default Audio Track
May 09, 2013 Every week our Ableton Certified tutor, Freddy Frogs, will be presenting a new tip or trick relating to Ableton Live. And this is the latest entry, setting a default audio...
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Top 5 Plug-Ins From Point Blank VIP Guests
May 09, 2013 With a constant flow of special guests passing through Point Blank’s doors on a weekly basis, there’s a neverending flow of information broadcast via our YouTube masterclasses and through interviews published right here on our online magazine, PB+. All of this information is useful in one way or another,...
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How To Structure A Song Part 2 – A Beginners Guide
May 08, 2013 In our previous post, How To Structure A Song Part 1, we looked at the different types of building blocks featured in many classic tunes heard on the radio or...
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Freddy’s Tech Tips 002: Mapulator
May 02, 2013 Imagine you wanted to create a delay effect that morphs into a phaser, then cuts out and finally morphs into a beat repeat with an awesome masher! How many times did I tell myself: “I wish I could do this in Ableton!” Hit the Pay With A Tweet button...
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How To Structure A Song Part 1 – A Beginners Guide
Apr 30, 2013 Structure is a way of describing how something is put together. Everything has structure, from a tree: roots, trunk branches, leaves, to a house: foundations, walls, roof. Every romantic Hollywood...
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Freddy’s Tech Tips 001: Multiple Window and Dual Monitor with Ableton 9
Apr 25, 2013 Introducing the first in a new series of tips from our very own Freddy Frogs, Ableton Certified Tutor. Freddy is an Ableton master and is always delving deeper and deeper...
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Masterclass Highlights 007: Hatcha (DJing Tips)
Apr 25, 2013 So we’ve reached 007 in our Masterclass Highlights series, which means it’s time for special dubstep agent Hatcha to step up to the wheels of steel. One of the original dubstep DJs, Hatcha has a strong history and has been at the forefront of the UK’s dubstep scene since...
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Masterclass Highlights 006: High Rankin
Apr 22, 2013 Here’s the latest Masterclass Highlights video, featuring selected cuts from one of our most popular videos to date with dubstep don High Rankin. In the video we see him work with Ableton to give viewers hints and tips on how to recreate dubstep sounds as well as handing down...
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Friday Forum Live! Miaer presents: DJ Skills with Novation Dicer – (19.04.13)
Apr 19, 2013 The latest in our series of Friday Forums comes courtesy of a DJ by the name of Miaer, who skillfully demonstrates Novation’s Dicer to great effect. A turntablist since the...
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