TECHNEWS IN ASSOCIATION WITH POINT BLANK’S PRODUCTION TIP OF THE WEEK WHEN THE CROWD SAY CHORD… SELECTOR!


DANNY J LEWIS CREATES A RACK IN ABLETON LIVE WHICH GIVES YOU A SELECTION OF EASY TO PLAY CHORDS


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:


“HANDS UP if you want to make music but really struggle? Hands up who’d like a shortcut to getting some musical elements down? I know if this was a classroom I’d see a lot of hands, and it’s no surprise. The compositional side of making music is the hardest for many up and coming producers. Take a look through the credits of most releases and you’ll see the same thing; a ‘collection’ of writers involved and also a smattering of players/performers. Not everyone can write and produce a tune all on their own so don’t be so hard on yourself if you are fi nding things tough. So how about cheating? I’m sure many of you would be happy to hear that there are options and this is kind of thing we love to explore at Point Blank Music School


Ableton Live’s Chord Device This is the easiest way to get some music down. With one fi nger you can play up to six additional notes; creating a chord. This chord can be defi ned easily; all you do is set the amount of semitones between each note in the chord. If you don’t know music theory you may struggle with this as there are ‘preset’ chord confi gurations; chords know by names such as minor 7th, major 9th etc and yes, we can help you with this. Chords can be used as a foundation for the rest of the composition, giving pointers as to the notes you might want to use in your baseline. Ableton Live’s Chord Device is only able to give you one chord, and this brings a limitation in terms of where you can go musically. The solution? To construct a custom MIDI Effect Rack that allows us to instantly choose from a selection of chords.


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