The Ableton Q&A Thread

[RandoRando]

Just use FL altogether
Ableton is the stale surgery room of DAW's imo :p

A better analogy is Ableton is the tits of DAW's and FL is the shits of DAW's.

How about they are both a screwdriver in your tool chest, one is blue, one is grey. Pick your color of choice

[RmoniK]

Even then, this is a really annoying way of splitting Mid and Side, with the EQs. Just use the utility, put one chain to 200 % wide (Side) and one chain to 0 % wide (Mid).

[chekov]

been having problems with subs recently, they sound fine in ableton but when i export the track they just sound like this:

Soundcloud
i've had the opposite problem before where it would sound like that in the DAW but export fine but that managed to fix itself somehow

would really appreciate any help with this, it's reet annoying

[JTMMusicuk]

sounds like its being compressed into whats almost a square wave, your mix is being compressed one way or another

[RmoniK]

sounds like clipping to me.

[chekov]

sounds like its being compressed into whats almost a square wave, your mix is being compressed one way or another

i'll have a mess about with the compression on the sub channel, cheers

sounds like clipping to me.

pretty sure it's not that, none of the channels are clipping

[JTMMusicuk]

yeah basically if you compress a sine it goes from looking like my display picture to looking like this


make sure its not too loud and dont have a compressor on your master before the mastering stage
even if you havnt mastered it, soundcloud compresses it down so that can cause the sub to lose its weight

[RmoniK]

Try to cut everything beneath 30 Hz.

[chekov]

yeah basically if you compress a sine it goes from looking like my display picture to looking like this

make sure its not too loud and dont have a compressor on your master before the mastering stage
even if you havnt mastered it, soundcloud compresses it down so that can cause the sub to lose its weight

i think i've probably been over-compressing, i just listened to the full track on different speakers and it sounded horrible and flat. cheers!

Try to cut everything beneath 30 Hz.

really? i thought it was good to have some sub around there for the real chest-rattling feel?

[JTMMusicuk]

Try to cut everything beneath 30 Hz.

people can hear down to 20hz, you want to keep the rumble on the bottom end

[RmoniK]

From experience, the area where sub hits the hardest is 40 Hz. Also, when you're an adult i really doubt if you would be able to hear till 20 Hz. I always cut it, for some reason mp3 conversion doesn't react well to sub.

[JTMMusicuk]

From experience, the area where sub hits the hardest is 40 Hz. Also, when you're an adult i really doubt if you would be able to hear till 20 Hz. I always cut it, for some reason mp3 conversion doesn't react well to sub.

trust me you would notice a massive difference on a club system

[RandoRando]

From experience, the area where sub hits the hardest is 40 Hz. Also, when you're an adult i really doubt if you would be able to hear till 20 Hz. I always cut it, for some reason mp3 conversion doesn't react well to sub.

any high end car audio system, 40hz will feel like 60hz when you see how loud 20-35hz can be.

[chekov]

been having problems with subs recently, they sound fine in ableton but when i export the track they just sound like this:

Soundcloud

alright so i took all the compression and EQ off the sub and it still sounded like this when i exported a sample. like i said before, it sounds fine in ableton itself

what do?

[RandoRando]

been having problems with subs recently, they sound fine in ableton but when i export the track they just sound like this:

Soundcloud

alright so i took all the compression and EQ off the sub and it still sounded like this when i exported a sample. like i said before, it sounds fine in ableton itself

what do?

Try changing the soundcard your using. I know there is a difference when I export with my pc's stock one or asio4all

[chekov]

Try changing the soundcard your using. I know there is a difference when I export with my pc's stock one or asio4all

i'll try that, cheers. my soundcard's a creative soundblaster so i'll try using the default pc one

[topmo3]

just recently picked up ableton, and still learning the basic to get workflow a bit better. lovin it so far though

currently i'm using a ready kit that uses simpler. i'm wondering how can i add effects so that it only affects certain samples eg. i want to have reverb on a cowbell, but nothing else? help pls

[OfficialDAPT]

just recently picked up ableton, and still learning the basic to get workflow a bit better. lovin it so far though

currently i'm using a ready kit that uses simpler. i'm wondering how can i add effects so that it only affects certain samples eg. i want to have reverb on a cowbell, but nothing else? help pls

If the sample is loaded into a drum rack, drag the effect right on to the sample and it will only affect that one and none of the other samples in the drum rack. Let me know if you need me to be clearer.

[RandoRando]

can someone tell me why i cant custom map stuff to my apc?? i go into midi map and then click the tempo box then move the knob on my apc and nothing happens!

[OfficialDAPT]

can someone tell me why i cant custom map stuff to my apc?? i go into midi map and then click the tempo box then move the knob on my apc and nothing happens!

Check you map settings in the preferences window. Are both the input and output boxes lit yellow for the APC40?