Going the Extra Mile for Unique Timbres: Part 2

Continuing from the last post, let’s take a look at some more sound-shaping tools that will aid us in our quest to develop unique timbres.  As usual, I’ll be using Ableton Live to illustrate when needed.   Gate Combined with Effects Automation Although generally used as a corrective device to remove excess noise between sounds [...]

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Glitch Sound Design in Ableton Live

I recently took part in a discussion on the Ableton forum about creating glitch sounds, and the use of a gate device came up. This is a technique that I’ve used for a while now with good results. The idea is based around feeding dynamic source audio into a high threshold gate to create clicks [...]

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