‘ZenPad – Oriental’ captures the spirit of the Orient with a variety of instruments including Arabic style drum kits, various hand percussion, ney flutes, clarinets, violin and oud. The spirit of the Orient with this truly original collection that displays a strong oriental and balkan influence, Perfect for producers who are looking to a unique signature.
ZenPad – Mantra is a diverse selection of sounds designed for new age, yoga, meditation and electronic music productions. This earthy array of instruments includes African drum patterns and Indian percussion, bells and gongs, flutes, bapang, harps, FX, chanting male and female vocals, didgeridoo, gentle electronics loops, pads and ambiance sounds.
ZenPad – Le Slow is an atmospheric revolution of new vibes, ambient tunes, and laid-back rhythms. This versatile collection of ambient and loose sounds has been compiled into high quality Ableton Live Clips to enable composers & producer to create atmospheric music for use in film footage and different productions. This pack includes over 400 clips of dreamy sounds draw on an array of instrumentation including electric bass and guitar, orchestral strings, piano, various synths, harp, flute, male and female vocals, an assortment of acoustic and electronic percussion, and more
In this class we will be using Ableton Live’s drum rack to layer different sounds on top of each other to create powerful and personalized drum kits. We will be looking at kick drum, snare and clap layering as well as some grooves to put our work in action. Create your own layered drum kit and post a groove or song you created using your drums. If you are able to resample your drums feel free to post the samples for your classmates to use.
ZenPad – Bollywood is a selection of up-tempo Indian rhythms and authentic melodic sounds created specifically for pop, film, electronic and Bollywood productions. Recorded in India, the sample material captures the natural essence of instruments such as the Dilruba, Ekthara, Tabla, Sarangi, Sitar, and Veena.
Ableton Live’s Operator is a very powerful FM (Frequency Modulation) synth with some interesting tricks up its sleeve. Explore this fantastic Live instrument with sound designer Rishabh Rajan, and get into FM synthesis the right way! Popularized in the early ’80s with the Yamaha DX7, FM synthesis often has a reputation of being overly complex and difficult to understand (mostly because it was a pain to tweak parameters using a single data slider on such a small LCD screen!) Thankfully, Operator’s user interface makes FM much easier to grasp and program. In this course, Ableton Live expert explains everything you need to know about FM and Live’s very flexible Operator device.
For years I’ve been teaching Ableton Live in the college classroom. As a University Professor, my classes are sought after, and, frankly, expensive. I believe Ableton Live can be learned by anyone, and cost shouldn’t be a barrier. This class uses the same outline and syllabus I’ve used in my college classes for years, at a fraction of the cost.
