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PRODUCTION TIP OF THE WEEK HaNDS-oN DrUM ProGraMMING!


DANNY J LEWIS CREATES A RACK IN ABLETON LIVE INSPIRED BY THE IOS APP FROM PROPELLERHEADS - ‘FIGURE’


Point Blank Online School brings you weekly fresh nuggets of music production advice courtesy of the team of pro producer course developers and tutors… This week Danny J Lewis (Defected/Enzyme Black) takes the reins:


A few weeks back I took a look at the fantastic new iOS app from Propellerheads called ‘Figure’. One of the key innovations was the rotary pattern-switching interface that created an inspired and fun way to create variations in the drum programming. I was really inspired by this and wanted to construct something in Ableton Live that would give me similar spontaneous fl exibility. One of the things I like to do as a


music educator is inspire people to think outside of their normal compositional box, seeking alternative methods to make music. Tools that present a different way to make music can be just the ticket when you are looking for inspiration.


THE ROBOT DRUM RACK


This unique rack is comprised of a number of Simpler devices. Simpler is a basic Sampler device in Live and is in


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