Ableton Live Tutorial - Squarepusher Beats = Ned Rush

In this Ableton Live Tutorial we have a go at making beats that sound a bit like Squarepusher. Support me on Patreon to download this Live set plus many many more. / 97293137
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Ned Rush is an infotaining universe of ideas for ways to make music, including areas of music production, music composition, sampling, synthesisers and sound design in software like Ableton, MaxMSP, Reason, and on hardware such as eurorack modular, Elektron boxes like the Octatrack and Analog Rytm, also visual art strategies using Jitter, focusing on music genres such electronica, IDM, glitch, jungle, breakcore, electro-acoustic, musique concrete, as well as discussing music via interviews and podcasts, and music performances via livestreams.

[@vvvictoriav5958]

i laughed, i cried, i fistbumped the air.. and then he added the 909 and i went absolutely mental

[@AlessandroRorato]

midi envelope as a bang is mind blowing. You are from another planet.

[@archivethearchives]

You have solidified yourself as the producer’s pal on KZbin and I love your Ableton tutorials even though I rarely get around to using Ableton. Just entertaining to see the madness you are going to get up to.

[@stax671]

"Do you know squarepusher" made me laugh.

[@d1ssolv3r]

A required joke

[@sammit55]

i absolutely love these videos and when i saw "squarepusher" i got so excited. thank you for doing these, it's probably my favorite ableton tutorial series ever

[@benlawrence4096]

15 mins easily satiated my break-bending but basic self, and there’s over 50 mins to noodle on. Yassss.

[@Orangetronic]

those skronky reverb throws 😍

[@eyzatek3666]

Nerd Rush = Venetian Squares. 😋🤌🗡 Fascinating chopage

[@tendrel_sound]

Ned, you’re about the only youtuber that can get me to think that breaks and acid bass don’t sound like total garbage. excellent work sir

[@SeedtoStage]

Best quote of the tut: "I'm not going to be able to sleep until I do this" Imagine this being the thing that winds you down lol

[@NedRush]

I’d strongly advise against unwinding to anything on this channel.

[@SeedtoStage]

@@NedRushno wonder I haven’t slept in a week

[@martybyrnemusic]

Man!! This is about the 10th video of yours I've watched and within a few minutes been absolutely shouting at the screen with giddy excitement... So much amazing useful knowledge (and I'm only 20 minutes into it)!! Mapping the midi from the breaks to operator and getting that ridiculous squelchy action is unreal! The Envelope MIDI used as a note trigger is gonna be so handy! Restraining midi notes using Chains and pitch ... Legato for follow on clips!! Of course!!! Randomising phaser/flange delay times ... I never knew that the phlasey fhanger doesn't have to be doing a big swirly lfo whoooshy wow...

[@Remcore020]

Age has got nothing to do wiv it when it comes to chopping up breaks. Legend!

[@miguellucasmendes201]

Gona get that Tshirt when I’m 64

[@IncisionSheffield]

Fun video. I admire your persistence in the face of chaos. So funny to watch you overwhelmed by the sheer noise of the thing, interesting watching your problem solving. I would be nice to see how you could then bounce to audio and then edit the takes. Great video very fun.

[@NedRush]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJecZoqIp7mleNksi=E1a-zb6UQUrQ4fnA

[@IncisionSheffield]

@@NedRush Thanks Ned

[@TyroneCLove]

this is amazing!

[@d1ssolv3r]

Awesome video thanks man

[@pocketrealitty]

Didn’t know about the new album! That’s amazing news! Still blows my mind that go plastic was all done on hardware.

[@melokit-music]

ooOohohOhOo !!! That's it dude, it pushes hard the squares 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@bjorn2970]

Yes great vid Ned! I used to work in a small bar in shoreditch where Tom and friends did a free night in the week with other Warp artists jamming. It was excellent!

[@NedRush]

Sweet.

[@Soulmachine72]

I like the long videos 👍 the longer the better 🙂

[@suisjefou]

Ned just to say that you can press maj + arrow up/down for pitching anything to a whole octave. I can see you manually type +12 or +24 etc.. just press maj+up you'll see. It works everywhere, even in midi clip with selected notes, in Operator with pitch, in any sample pitch too. 🙃 (And also download 'Probee' instead of keep using expression midi control for random, it will change your life).

[@dabigbamboo]

What about feed me weird things - that blew my mind for ever.

[@CorentinHarbelot]

Squarepusher is the goat and so you are!

[@ElemuntDesign]

The midi chance trick to turn things on and off is really powerful! I'll be employing that, ive been trying to rack my head a while now on how to get effects to just turn on then right back off again via chance and doing so at rhythmic intervals, doing so with midi is the perfect thing for that

[@debstep]

I think you can prevent the high notes by adjusting the midi scale range, by default it is +128

[@NedRush]

Didn’t know that. I’ll give that a try.

[@AreaNeofob]

This is your best intro ever!

[@chinchiIIa]

This video pushed my squares

[@TheDarkInstall]

Your approach is amazing, really. You actually make something of interest in every video, and I always learn at least one new thing every time. Seriously good teaching technique mate. Love it.

[@MrRaulMaster]

More Venetian Snares than Squarepusher I would say 😂

[@HilbertSpacersson]

I've got a ned rush tattoo on my forehead! Big up

[@xavierxeon]

No one would have expected that Ned Rush is a nerd!

[@pkmehard9565]

What a nightmare. And I love it! 🔥

[@onedarkside4830]

Yeah SP is super dope and really creative. I haven't listened to him for ages so yeah you win 😂. However I might watch your video later and go explore his music first. Stay cool. I will be back.

[@JoshuaPickenpaugh]

Thanks for a great tut, Ned. I totally dig SP. 4 years ago I had tix to see SP in Seattle, then Covid started in Seattle and his US tour got cancelled. I've yet to see him live, hopefully he'll come stateside again soon!

[@ChumpyDumps]

I wish I had learned about your channel before spending a shit ton of money on plug-ins that do things ableton does better, natively.

[@mike_qbik]

Do you know Squarepusher? that question in the beginning says it all ) only nerd can ask this exact question, right?

[@ofootyeabicc201]

I’d really love to see a similar video made in like sliceX, envelope mapper, and midi fuckery in FL studio. Some of these features have been in FL for so long. But I didn’t gel with the FL UX and didn’t really learn jungle/DNB stuff until Ableton. So here we are. Great video as always!

[@radzombie07]

Hi is possible get some directions for sample all breaks together, what you using for this video on beginning... from where download...

[@Eurikon]

Great stuff Ned! 👍🏼 Also reminds me of techniques used in: AFX - Rubber Johnny

[@arraselu]

as always Ned Rush providing us a very comprehensive tutorial, that is a master training. thanks man

[@64startetra]

Yooo so glad to see this! Do you think you’d ever do anything on ableton that’s like virtual riot’s video “Death by amen”??? Cheers mate x

[@armaturesmusic]

JFC this one is nuts but love watching how you correct it every time it goes the wrong kind of weird. The bass is my favourite part.

[@benjaminbuchner9650]

He just dropped a new one. See what you did there :) Appreciate!

[@radiomotori]

💥

[@parristaylor]

Your preamble is spot on, I can relate, and wow I'm so excited for the new album.

[@kozepz]

Boom! 💥

[@bluepenguins]

Would love to see a more jazz focused video sometime 👍 brilliant stuff though.

[@zorrovian]

yes Yes YES! 😍

[@suisjefou]

Fuck yeah !

[@AliasMaurice]

He was amazing at the bluedot a few years ago

[@yungstigmatamanne]

so inspiring!!! watching your videos is the only reason why i ever touch anything breakcore related haha

[@Dekoherence-ii8pw]

I can't accept Geoffrey, we need BUNGLE I'm afraid!

[@sampyannotti]

My psychology just exploded.

[@nos_leN150]

i always listen to squarepusher during breakups. why? idk. but here we are again

[@aanguss]

I don't inderstand at 15:21 why you do that, the "follow action" is still set at half a bar, no ?

[@voteutopia7548]

I learned loads from this ! nice one

[@aanguss]

how do you slice to sampler ??? I can find it

[@Fabian-cl6ru]

Viva la ned

[@danielsolomon63]

The gift that keeps on giving. This is how i see you mate! Your channel will stand the test of time! Thnak you for sharing the knowledge!

[@23FalseProphet]

@40:20 - lol....

[@tyeblee23]

Another awesome tutorial ! thanks Ned, Still working on writing a whole song in one sampler. Much love everyone

[@DespairQuietlyPlease]

Consumate Abletonist

[@airfixx_8952]

Abletonista Deluxe

[@sonikboom007]

Ned when I try to slice to new midi track I don't have the basic slice to sampler in the list of presets. And all the presets I have just mangle the sound so I can't follow along in the process any ideas?

[@sonikboom007]

I figured it out

[@mr-iz8cx]

Don't bite the funk that feeds ya

[@dhbehk5339]

Superb. So much stuff to work with.

[@evanpincus2203]

Ned, you’re cool cuz you can make the drums go fast! Had a ticket to see him that got cancelled by Covid, but I don’t think he was bringing his bass on tour, so really, what would be the point? :P

[@deferlow]

I saw Squarepusher in April of 2004 in NYC and I was never quite the same after. His sets are consistently awesome. North Circular has helped me blow out a car stereo or two.

[@treat_audio]

❤"age has nothing to do with when u are chopping breaks" ❤

[@AkashGamana]

I think a lot of other artists get my attention like squarepusher if they put an iota of the work he did into his music. When I first heard Go Plastic in 2001, I put the headphones down and walked out with a sour look on my face like i'd just been kicked in the nuts. I thought it was terrible, but then.....all I could think of was all of the sounds i'd never heard before and I had to go buy it!

[@joshuacarro]

Man, I do a lot of these techniques but this vid just showed me some awesome extra tricks I haven't used yet. Thank you. You rock dude.

[@joshuacarro]

This vid really inspired me and brought me out of a block. thank you my dude. also have squarepusher's album vinyl coming in this week. Killer album! I'm actually more of an aphextwin fandude than square but love both so much.

[@bertrandvanasch]

well man squarepusher and autechre, 2 musical treasures for sure, and not to be an asslicker but you're quite yourself the treasure in regards to those crazy videos you put out, so fun and educational ! have to check that patreon of yours ffs ! cheers 👊 🖤

[@PretendPassing]

the midi envelope trick is genius. damn man. i really should bingewatch everything you ever did and internalize it. 😮 i wonder if you planning to do a video about arranging this beautiful mess into something like a tune. like different aproaches to track this with either bounce or recording. and how you would edit this in the timeline, making more sense out of it, creating a hook. i feel like i should become a patreon. ❤

[@JadeEyeland]

I learned more about ableton midi effects in this video than any other. Brilliant and I think you may be my first patreon sub!

[@easementh]

Did you see his day for night performance ? I thought it ended abruptly but was worth it for tundra

[@_senib_8114]

Ned creates the PIMP method(parallel inline midi processing)

[@kron520]

2:10

[@michaelfitzsimmons6273]

Yeah it sounds awright m8, sounds like Goldie 😁

[@pericvictory]

Amazing I’m going to watch this proper tomorrow when I’m not having a few to good to take in now :) class

[@crushdesign]

Bloody hell! This made me laugh so much. Losing your mind!

[@squareinsquare2078]

I.m drunk but i promise ill watch this tomorrow. cos i love it.

[@ambientmusic5734]

where do you get the samples?

[@NedRush]

The Internet.

[@MrFrenzyBox]

So we're some kind of.. square pusher?

[@yorec1.618]

Mr Ned Rush, thank you for all these tut. Keep on creating, greetings from Greece, George

[@jorgepascual3901]

thxxx for thisss NED, cheers from Spain mate

[@Thom.1502]

I cannot find the option 'slice to sampler' in the drop down menu of 'slice to midi track' Can anyone help me ?

[@NedRush]

Yes. Google slicing presets.

[@Thom.1502]

@@NedRush ???

[@Thom.1502]

@@NedRush I did not understand what you meant in your message. But i have had to work my way around it by performing some adjustments in the sampler. If I could send you a photo of the drop down menu of 'slice to midi track' I think you would see what problem I am having? Cheers for this vid by the way. I have been wanting to learn how slice and dice up my beats to make my tracks less boring. 👍

[@EzraKnickelbine]

bah gawd that's beat repeat's music!

[@JezNashMusic]

Utterly inspirational, sir! I

[@metadaat5791]

Absolutely incredible! You really nailed it like usual

[@Cybercowboy_69]

I'd vote you for president mate.

[@KvetaURL]

i love broken beats, ty i love you

[@jeanvcharro]

This is great, thank you, sir.

[@3Modeloz]

this video made me so happy. Thank u Mr. Rush

[@cuevable]

I can't say much more than this : ❤

[@LaPlant_Mastering]

Ok. You got yourself a new sub

[@debbygrupp6401]

Ned, you CANNOT outfan ME!!!!!!!!

[@rawchops]

pure class as always sir Ned, cheers you nutta!

[@Dekoherence-ii8pw]

"Hello everything!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ongakuyaro]

oh boi

[@AkashGamana]

you had me at SPLOOOIIIINNNNNN

[@LazyWretch]

Thanks so much for this!

[@asherstewart156]

Could you per chance give the breaks used in this? 😅😅

[@NedRush]

Check out my Patreon.

[@asherstewart156]

@@NedRushnah don’t worry i found it rather quick (i was looking for the think break by lyn collins)

[@idontcantbeable]

I can't help loving this channel