ableton sound design | DECONSTRUCTION STUDY [ver. 1] Arca Inspired Piano

an examination / deconstruction of ARCA's piano sound-
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0:00 intro
0:28 upright piano
0:45 glue compressor
1:18 pitch vibrato
2:09 chorus
3:10 velocity controlled lpf
4:24 reverb
6:09 brightness control
6:45 piano demo
8:40 creative identity

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[@kyrsive.4293]

holy crap this is honestly so beautiful. it’s really cool to see someone breakdown arca’s sound design workflow + the piano playing was phenomenal!! also that baudrillard name drop was awesome

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[@kozermax]

As someone who only started exploring Ableton and sound design, this is incredibly informative. No fluff, no unnecessary information, no story time, just straight to the information. This was actually so well-presented that almost the entire piano sound design workflow clicked in my head right away, regardless of which artist it's trying to imitate. This is probably the best demonstration of the "put down an instrument + apply various effects + assign macros to taste" workflow that I've ever seen.

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Hands down one of the best ableton channels. Thank you for sharing this knowledge with us, really!

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I love the fluidity of Arcas music especially her work with slower pieces like the feeling of floating, and I have been kinda hiding behind a shadow I think I have made of her- finding the issue of not wanting to copy her but to gain something from the way she plays, to be able to erect the same feeling that her music gives to me. I really appreciate that statement piece you put at the end, as I have just recently been exploring the world of audio production and learning so so much on making not just music but being able to form ideas, aesthetics, and thoughts within a sonic piece. Something interesting is that I don't really like overly simple electronic music like dubstep and just "throw together a few chords, baselines, and drums and there you go" but I love to expierment. Thank you so much asd you have literally helped me so much with your expiermental design approaches.

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