Ableton Live Analog synth tutorial

[@jtron9k]

Ableton’s native synths are way better than most people seem to think. Never understood the hate. Great video as always.

[@onceuponasynth]

Thanks! I know for me I've dismissed some of them because the presets weren't that good, but once I started learning how they worked I noticed they have much more potential.

[@jtron9k]

once upon a synth yes! Exactly. The truth of the matter is Ableton’s preset patches need to be rethought. They’re objectively bad.

[@speedboot4000]

operator is bad ass.

[@thomaskatt4450]

agreed, the code is licensed from AAS Ultra Analog, considered a very good synth...

[@Renzsu]

@@thomaskatt4450 I was just about to ask how these compare to commercial VST's... if they're like a basic stepping stone or actually something that can compete with them. Seems they're more than ok :)

[@theblowupdollsmusic]

I love this synth. It's one of the virtual analog synths I seem to use the most.

[@grichu]

hey seriously, these tutorials are so to the point! it's the second one i fall on, and wow, you are very concise, precise, and interesting! THANK YOU!

[@peterbuchwald3489]

Very thorough overview. I had a specific question (how to turn on Key Follow for filter), I certainly found the answer to that, but also learned a lot more. Thank you!

[@EnricoDePaoli]

Been using Ableton for quite a while and never really explored its internal Analog synth, since I use a lot of external plugins. Your video was a game changer and very inspiring to me. Thank you!

[@caelinmoore8558]

This was an EXCELLENT tutorial, thank you!

[@konczetracki]

Great overview mate. Just one bit of correction. The Att

[@skatechatham]

Used this for years and overlooked the envelope loops, that sounds great on the filter.

[@alexdelargesupertramp]

Excellent tutorial. Clear and concise. Subscribed.

[@simonroyjonesuk]

Such a brilliant tutorial. Tells you everything and great to come back to for reference. Thank you.

[@SlapShotts]

Excellent video man. Taught me quite a lot about this synth. It looks visually complex but you explained the complexity so well to the point that it’s no longer complex. You earned my subscription.

[@ReflectionPhotography97]

I only just got started messing around with piano sounds and mostly synths. This was super helpful 🙏🙌

[@AlejandroGuerrero]

Wow, man! My respect to the details and how the video is straight forward. Thanks so much! Cheers from Madrid, Spain.

[@pat2e215]

Thanks, been messing with Ableton for a few years but never touched their synths now that you've give me a bit of an understanding, it's time to start using them.

[@livi39]

Informative tutorials with great examples and no fluff. Sincere thanks!

[@irbomusic]

Thanks man. This whole time I've just been moving the knobs and hoping I get the sound I want XD

[@EdnerPizarro]

Loved the content bro! Thanks for that, a lot of info fitted exactly in the time that we need.

[@LexanderStudio]

How did you do the sound from 14:37?

[@rayderrich]

Still very interesting in 2021, now at least I know what every knob does (although the ears are the best judge in the end). Thanks!

[@kory443]

i wish i had this video 5 years ago, but it's wonderful to have now, still learned a lot, thanks!

[@stevied3551]

Polished, fluent and informative! Grateful .. Thanks

[@skydmnq]

wow that was well-explained. Very straight forward down to the very detail. Thank yoou very much!!

[@Darkmenn1s]

This is an awesome overview. Granted you need a basic understanding of synthesis - which until recently I did not - but now I have grasped the basics this is exactly the type of short sharp overview to get me playing with Analog properly. Thanks muchly. Have liked, subscribed and will scout your other content. Your pace, while perhaps fast for some, is perfect for me. No fluff or time wastage. I have little time as it is so again, this is super. Nice one.

[@seandanielsshow1980]

Find a better way to explain it.

[@AlexNudelman]

wow , the best explanation I had. Thank you !!!

[@TroroXeroZ]

Great tuts, I would love to see some sound design tuts using these synths aswell.

[@Hozi23759]

Super concise explanation! Thanks & Cheers.

[@solokalandadze5167]

Great tutorial, clear and fast!

[@TheDelarch]

Just got suite for myself, very useful video for getting used to this daw and its synths!

[@pitouonline]

Excellent tutorial ! Very useful. Thank you very much.

[@michellesaman868]

ahh to know that much about the workings of a synth....kudos

[@angelleoracle6927]

This was awesome and so clear BIG THANKS!😎

[@TerabitTech]

I'm having hard time understanding how to get the sound I have in mind. Like, for example, I can't even get the classic "trap bass" sound, which should be only a sine wave. Moreover, I don't udnerstand why the volume of bass notes is so low in Analog with the Sine wave (I'm using the DT770 Pro 250Ohm and a Scarlett 2i4). Could you help me or redirect to something I could watch/read to better know how to actually get the sounds?

[@dgf8387]

another awesome video, thanks mate ! but most importantly it's really good explained.

[@hammercanttouchthis]

Nice one 👍 I've always liked the Ableton factory plugs.

[@LouisSerieusement]

The Poly 800 and EX 800 have slope time, in their 6stages envellopes :D ! It goes like this : Attak, decay, Breakpoint (db), slope (ms) sustain, release ; This synth has so much hate on the internet but it's a favourite of mine, when you know how to use it it's just fantastic

[@LouisSerieusement]

awesome tutorial !!

[@LKBL8]

thank you! very nice explaining of this confusing instrument to me. I ll start work with it. Seems very powerful thing.

[@kache774]

Thanks! This is exactly the kind of video I was looking for

[@joseluisfernandez3453]

Amazingly useful video but I wish you played the synth more so I could hear what you were explaining

[@allienagemusic]

Thank you bro! Great content. Congratulations!

[@nervousneighbour]

What is the unit of the frequency mod? Its kind of confusing when the value is just displayed? If the mod is set to 16, what does it mean? Also, does negative envolopes work only if the mod value is set to negative? I don't hear any difference when cut off is fully opened and the mod value is set to 4. I expected it go down from full frequency to the 4.

[@Frothtastic]

man you have a really beautiful home

[@onceuponasynth]

thanks, it's really just this room lol

[@kafkakos3618]

Great video mate, but no ADSR on the oscillators? Trying to use the attack paramator to stop a long note reseting each time it's repeated. I tried using the envelope on the filters but I still cant get that smooth start to a key using an attack slope. Is there a way of doing this with the Analog?

[@PseudoPulse]

Great info. Thanx for the solid video

[@suchiahuja1]

I can't hear any LFO being applied when I toggle between the different loops (A-DR etc) in the filter window. Any idea why?

[@JesseCorlet]

really awesome man thanks

[@derekholland3328]

thanks for this..thank you man.

[@westparade4366]

Great tutorial! Clear, concise and very informative. Just subscribed! And yeah, it's a shame the presets are so bad because this synth clearly is a powerhouse!

[@inspir.edmusic]

Great tutorial. Thanks!

[@evelic]

Cool, but were is the instrument? Can't seem to find it.

[@miguiz_]

Usefull since I've decided to stop using plugins and sample. Sound design ftw

[@lexcorp1]

how would you modulate the LFO rate so that on each key press it starts off fast and then settles to a set rate?

[@narcefr7892]

I don't understand this "Free" mode above the envelope. Could anyone help? 🤔

[@temporoboto]

Good stuff!! Thanks for sharing.

[@BlankPosterMusic]

I have a Behringer Neutron, Arturia KeyStep, and UA - Apollo Twin. I have an output from Behringer Neutron to UA Apollo Twin through TRS cable going inside the Line 2 of my UA Apollo Twin. I have a Arturia Keystep connected to my computer through a USB. Now when I have connected the Neutron to my Apollo and the sound comes out directly unless I put the volume down from the Neutron. Can you share how to record the sound coming out from Neutron to Ableton.

[@mikerawd]

Thank You! It was very helpful

[@maitreverge]

Super great tutorial, thanks a lot bro :)

[@ImseanIguess]

thanks! great video

[@spiderdaniel]

Super helpful. Thank you!

[@dyshi3590]

Awesome!!! Thanks a lot!

[@healyoself_asj8234]

this is so useful thanks for uploading this video!!! :)

[@epic35YT]

Even Though It's Probably Obvious, But Is This Apart Of The Full Version Of Ableton, Or Do I Have To Download It From Somewhere Else?

[@ArtificialJetleg]

Nice video! I started to finally look for descent tutorials to learn ableton. The manual is too much to read haha. Anyway, nice tutorial. Maybe compare the parameters with everyday simple things in life? Thanks man, I recently discovered your channel (how you make indie songs).

[@nickplaysviola]

this was excellent thank you

[@mvonwahlde]

Thank you very much!

[@Snowcountry556]

This was great, but yes please do sound design as well!

[@spectralknights2]

Awesome. Thank u. Can u also do Sylenth1 and Massive next?

[@onceuponasynth]

Yeah I can definitely take a look at those at some point. Right now I'm just focusing on some Ableton tutorials.

[@HadesZerox]

Very good thanks a lot

[@VitaliyNET]

Very clear. Thank you

[@m.achrafamara558]

Thank you man

[@Zsofika]

Thanks for the tutorial. Not hating but you could make the Analog screen bigger like the size of your camera. I'm at work and i can't see it in full screen mode.

[@dubstep4real661]

Great video!

[@carfanfan]

How did you get the latency on your midi keyboard to be like zero? I adjusted my sample rate down to as low as 768 but there is still a little lag when I hit the keys which makes it difficult to compose bass lines. Sample rate is 44100 and driver error compensation is -300ms. I still can't get rid of that millisecond lag of when I hit the notes. I'm using a Novations 61SL MKIII

[@gautierreynes9237]

Use ASIO drivers on Windows. You'll need either ASIO4All or a dedicated USB interface. Ableton covers the issue in details on their website by the way. Good luck!

[@losangulos]

Does anybody know if Live's 11 Analog has more waveforms?

[@churchofaggressiveaudio6498]

Very informative! 👍

[@ghomy01]

Thanks

[@4mareflex]

nice thanks

[@jaymawb]

awesome man

[@eskilwaltherhansen2757]

THANK YOU!

[@santiagorulo]

Thank bro

[@robertsyrett1992]

Can you make a drum rack with analog?

[@onceuponasynth]

oh that would be cool, I'll definitely try this.

[@maggowitschwittbronsky8222]

you can!@@onceuponasynth

[@Fractal_sol]

Its great when you open a review and guy just fucking talk and actually showing the vst is like 2 seconds of the whole video.Congrats

[@soccerman127]

For some reason, I can't hear a damn thing from the LFO's on mine

[@charlesbamford6119]

I have this problem too

[@mciuan]

howdoyouopenit???

[@seandanielsshow1980]

Some heroes don't wear capes.

[@tomaskobza2810]

just... thank you~

[@artisinventable]

thanks man

[@nexuswh]

Now this synth aint scary for me

[@orfeasmusic]

If you had zoomed on the synth that would be perfect, it's too small to see on my phone!

[@sjh3217]

This synth....it would have been perfect for me if it wasn't for exactly one simple problem - the Env>Filter Amount knob cannot be modulated without stepping. Literally ever other parameter in this synth doesn't have that problem; apparently AAS thought people wouldn't do that when they built Ultra Analog VA-1 and let Ableton reskin it into this. Seriously, if it wasn't for that I don't think I'd need another analog style softsynth. Alas.

[@scriptfox614]

I have Ableton Standard, and It doesnt come with any synths. Are there any good 3rd party vsts that don't cost 200 dollars?

[@seandanielsshow1980]

save your money

[@Soda_F1]

it doesnt have a sequencer?

[@onceuponasynth]

No, but you can use Ableton's sequencer to modulate parameters, if that's what you mean.

[@doodooo2135]

12:03, it sounds like delay Lama lol

[@sh1maru]

Oh, its interface is soooo tiny( I can’t see anything on the screen of my laptop

[@Zakawaka45]

ableton has a zoom menu

[@lefrog3851]

9:46

[@rafaelskiarteportfolio1098]

Thanks a lot! but, I think you should play the sounds instead of just describe them by talking...

[@mrcmarciniakify]

...so basically a SUB 37. Yummy. :)

[@jumpingman8160]

I love vsts. Sadly, my eyes can't stand looking at a pc screen for long. Migranes galore.

[@robertsyrett1992]

Sorry to hear you suffer from migraines. Hope you have a musical weekend, free of headaches.

[@jumpingman8160]

@@robertsyrett1992 that was awfully nice of you. All the best

[@ValveSpecial]

There’s a genius guy in Norway who seems to have gotten to the bottom of both migraines and computer-related headaches. His articles are heavy going with quite a lot of anatomy stuff but it’s all there to read and act upon for free. trainingandrehabilitation.com/treating-migraine-headaches-addressing-atlas-thoracic-outlet/

[@AshKnightMusic]

Just gonna chime in here and echo what STILIN said and say f.lux is fantastic for me as I used to suffer from migraines too when using my PC for a long time. In saying that using dark themes will put a lot less stress on your eyes and I wouldn't go back to bright themes after using dark ones. Look into trying both these things and see how you go :)

[@ambedo_bass]

@@AshKnightMusic with windows ten you dont need flux anymore, there is a night mode native to windows that does what flux does. Alternatively OP could maybe purchase a physical bluelight filter for his/her screen (amazon probably has lots)

[@trancealex27]

Big thanks for video. Subscribe. Operator???

[@onetwo234]

Too much talking no sounds

[@jkdesignnj]

Super informative! Thank you.

[@onceuponasynth]

thanks man, glad you found it helpful.