Chameleon - looping with Ableton Live and VoiceLive Play

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Gavin Castleton performs an epic looping version of his hit song "Chameleon" (not to be confused with all the other songs named "Chameleon") using Ableton Live 8.2.7, an FCB 1010 Foot Controller, a TC Helicon VoiceLive Play vocal FX pedal, a Roland JP-8000, a Wurlitzer, an Akai MPK25, Puremagnetik Kick Bank samples, a TLM 103 microphone, a Sennheiser 602 microphone, an SM58, and a rap hat.

[@evaneightnine5598]

I don’t know if you’ll ever read this, but you have made a profound impact on my life. I needed someone like you

[@gavincastletonmusic]

Thank you, that's very wonderful to hear.

[@sagdey56]

like, if you comeback sometimes to hear again this pure masterpiece of crazy fantasy

[@pianoaround]

Wow this is pretty Intense. It gets so complex later on in the song.

[@Derekberettachem6a]

I don't see how this video doesn't have at least 100,000 views already...talent, straight up talent. From one miniscule looper(myself) to a pro, you are the man.

[@theCHASE87]

It's so fun to click on someone's work after they make a comment like FlavaBomb's. And I'm glad I did... I haven't laughed that hard in a while :-D Just wanted to say after years of following your work Gavin, your craft is on an entirely different level than most and even if you only make fans out of the very few who realize it, I think you should know you're still making a huge difference. I have a true respect for everything you do and the music world owes you a huge thank you.

[@DopamineOverload]

It's criminal that you only have 3000 subscribers, man. I remember Gruvis Malt WAY back in the day, and shit.... dude. More people need to know about you. It's just criminal.

[@Jazzmarcel]

chriscauldermusic he sounds so BLACK it's criminal!

[@nikitarsb777]

Wow, wow, wow! This is mind blowing. Watching this in 2017 with such amazement!

[@tiago110593]

Years later and this is still so inspirational. Genius!

[@ErikaMay]

HELL FUCKIN YEAH. You win all the games. Bravo.

[@AliG-py5dq]

7 Year later still amazing

[@hairyaries1]

Good Looping, good music, good lyrics, amazing singing and a twist at the end. Whats not to like =)

[@a_monte]

Gavin, it’s so good to be back on your KZbin. Thank you again for these gems 🙏

[@steveo31226]

Great music. Great video. The picture of Isaac made me laugh out loud. Keep doing what you're doing.

[@JaimeMoralesDrums]

Awesome! The world needs more stuff like this. Different genres and everything.

[@abrasivetendencies8490]

My personal boogie swings quite a bit wider now. Thanks, Gavin!

[@RoDo14092011]

I have no words to say for you. Just.... perfect

[@MrMazzmosis]

lmao i forgot that I uploaded a picture of mr right to help with your video. great song 12 years later Gavin

[@johnbarrett7777]

Nice to see some sensible Clark's shoes up in this shit for real. Geeeyuh .

[@kreativtverksted]

Great! Getting a thundercat feeling here! Love the vocal sound!

[@Mirceabogdanstanciu]

you should have a million view, and you would deserve all of them...

[@carflagentertainment]

Buddy That is sick , I am trying to learn how to loop , Then found your vid , That is beyond Looping , Not to mention your video editing and camera shots , VFX and colour correction and and going on , I hope people understand how much work went into this Video and song , Just the song alone would make me sleep from exhuastion LOL . Amazing job again

[@gavincastletonmusic]

Thank you for noticing!

[@gavincastletonmusic]

thanks Derek, very kind of you to say. Much appreciated, coming from a fellow looper!

[@CTCNathan]

Damn, you killed it! Now I want to learn how to loop, it seems so fun but can also sound dope as hell, obviously. I would say this is about as good as Kimbra's looping stuff, which is a high honor in my book. Nice Job! Edit: upon relistening, I now realize that this reminds me of SBTRKT a lot, which is also awesome. Oh, and the song is still really good.

[@zaitesushion]

I totally jizzed my pants when 7 Gavins appeared on the screen @ 5:35

[@gavincastletonmusic]

Aww, thank you for saying so! Mr. Conte is an extremely busy artist, I wouldn't dream of interrupting his work to promote my own.

[@emutemusic]

Awesome video my man! Waiting for my VoiceLive Play can't wait to start playing with it!

[@TheSheric99]

DAMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!! That was off the chain...I hope you continue to do your thing n forget about those haters! I really like your stuff. P.S. You made me smile on a bad day. :D

[@Jinjer13]

that's absolutely great...many thanx & good luck my friend

[@keetharris2010]

first time hearin, This some dope shit, gonna subscribe and check out your other vidz

[@floyd3068]

Great song!! Fantastic setup....

[@JeromeTrumanClubb]

wicked job bro. dig the D'Angelo vibe.

[@bdevil311]

Awesone song and video Gavin. Thanks for putting out such great music!

[@djinver]

i think its the best video i ever saw

[@mousy0808]

Holy Shit...No Joke, I agree with homeboy above. Why the hell this fool not have more than 20,000. Wish there was strait instrumental with him hittin a chorus. Wish I could write something to this. Love the beat, great singing.

[@derez2112]

Holy Crap ... That was so Kick Ass.

[@Svineinfluenza]

I was a little disturbed by the ice-cream man at 5:40

[@apmccall]

Great job dude! I'm liking the direction your new music is taking.

[@manlandmusic]

Great stuff, man! And nice progression, video skillz, from Sledgehammer. (LOVED that one, btw). Hey, are you using the UNO chip on the FCB or some other setup? Tips on that kind of tech shit could definitely be another income stream for ya. ebook, video course, blog, eList, Yo! Craig

[@frnx0077]

Very well done!!!! I would really love to have that ableton session, trying to nail live looping with just acoustic voice and pedal control to ableton. STRUGGLING TO GET IT RIGHT. Your link is dead, it leads no where. Please be so kind and send a active link.... it would be highly appreciated

[@younghandsome1636]

Great job love your sound & vocals

[@powersmine]

Nice work!!! Great tune... WOW!!

[@gavincastletonmusic]

Hi Joe, for me the TLM was an affordable way to get close to the sound of a U87 (they share the same capsule, I believe). I've used it for 6 years now, and never been disappointed with its clarity and sensitivity.

[@shawnajohnson5350]

Gavin, what an accomplishment this song is! I LOVE it. You are an amazing artist and I would love to see you perform. Are you touring? I visited your band camp site however it only has listings for May. "Doom" is perfect. I get you and your lyrics. You I

[@officialrachi]

Dopenessss..! Pretty Slick Gavin.

[@HungryEyezFPV]

FrÅck'n †UUN∑! Very nice indeed! Well worth the work you put into it.

[@alfiea5]

LOL @ FlavaBomb.....quality stuff, as usual, Gavin.

[@frnx0077]

Nope, seems i havent woken up yet.... got the link sorry. GREAT JOB ONCE AGAIN

[@therealJustBeats]

So dope vocals killin it

[@somica2000]

very well done dude. Love your voice

[@DarkTinman]

Such a great job!! Glad I stumbled upon this

[@discountmadlibs]

Goddamn, Gavin, never stop.

[@GaangusCon]

Dude, you are ridiculously talented! This makes me think of Prince hahaha

[@sclifarilis]

This dude is really feeling it.!

[@DavidIzquierdoAzzouz]

Respect dude, really amazing and creative

[@etph1997]

MAAAAAAAAN ! This is simply amazing. So much talent !!!! Like waw ! :O

[@debjitgain4999]

gavin,i just love it keep making more tracks (Y) all the very best bro :)

[@samifreeman8339]

this is ridiculous! awww I wish I could do that! do you give lessons!? :) IT's AMAZING!

[@jeffreyheartmusic]

this is fantastic

[@tommydavid7753]

you look and sound like patrick watson, this video is really something! Keep up the good job man

[@ChordCluster]

great looping mate

[@grigoridj]

really dig your sound

[@aliensalvation9284]

Nice voice. Thumbs up

[@justinegarcia8424]

/love it! Great voice!!

[@Matus0919]

excellent job! i like your groove

[@beatmac]

Good job!

[@EvaMone]

that voice

[@chetazo]

THIS IS AMAZING!!!

[@Aliksmyth]

That groove!!!!

[@tipstosoar]

astounding talent

[@gavincastletonmusic]

Yes I did. If you are an Ableton user, you can download the workfile (linked in the description) to see how I had it laid out.

[@sapofrio]

Ah dope, I just did. Gracias hombre.

[@awinpaech]

wooooooooooooooooow...That´s AMAZING...sorry it is more than unbelievable...

[@MrGefman]

Hi,. can you, please, reupload the Ableton workfile? Thank you!

[@rickteixeira8463]

Good job man!

[@whinchacha]

two keyboard at a time and singing! Ur good.

[@gavincastletonmusic]

The looping is all happening within Ableton - the Voicelive Play does have looping capability, but I needed to be able to also loop all the synths and drum samples, so Ableton was the best way to go for that. The Voicelive Play is particularly awesome for vocal effecting - I used it for all the different voice effects.

[@tsubow]

Definitely a fan! Bad Bro.. fo sho.....

[@alejandromg4186]

Hello from Argentina. I wish to record my live performance but I do not quite understand how. No record audio as you are playing ableton

[@alejandromg4186]

Hello from Argentina. as you do to record the live performance with Ableton Live. I do not quite understand how to complete performance to record my live, I read somewhere that you can capture the internal PC audio. Thank You

[@paperino0]

You just gotta record the audio of the master channel mixer. dont know how its done in ableton, im a fruity guy

@@paperino0 you create a channel and route all your channels to go through that one and record it.

[@paperino0]

@ i mean, the master channel already does that by default so why create a extra channel for it?

[@EarthVsJazz]

This is great!

[@rathersharp]

great stuff

[@zennboogie9152]

Gavin, I love the music. Thanks for sharing. Are you looping inside of Ableton or the Voicelive..? I'm thinking about buying a Voicelive and I came across your music looking at reviews for the Voicelive. Again great job on all the layers and the funky groove.

[@bigfatdrum]

badass everything!

[@acidroll]

Superb chanson !

[@gavincastletonmusic]

I have many albums! You can find them on iTunes, gavincastleton.bandcamp.com, Amazon, and CDbaby.com

[@zugel]

Really nice

[@michael_harren]

fuck....that keyboard solo....

[@KNHSynths]

Certainly a B3 lover... a very cool funky/jazzy way to play. Hammond-like keyboard touch, clavinet sound, all is here :-) Very impressive. And good.

[@michael_harren]

Olivier Dahan I need to learn that style. Looks like so much fun to play!

[@KNHSynths]

Michael Harren Just listen a lot of jimmy smith and other great B3 players and try to imitate. It's easy (to tell, to do that's another piece of cake) :-) Like Bach was saying it "organ is easy, just have to push the right touch at the right moment". ! I agree jazz/funk is a style giving a lot of pleasure. Making correctly a B3 screaming is a joy that's a bit animal, perhaps even sexual.

[@AYNAMAOK]

awesome bro!!!

[@jluvtx]

Hello! I am HUGE fan! :D

[@Iansdaboss]

Could you do a tutorial for the behringer fcb1010 in ableton, I'm having troubles :)

[@MrChinner118]

the imperfections are the best part

[@DramaSydETV]

did you hook the voicelive play directly to the laptop or just an amp or pa?

[@gavincastletonmusic]

+Official DramaSydE direct to laptop

[@DramaSydETV]

thanks for responding, I've had mine for a year and can't get it to work I don't know what i'm doing wrong, I've written tc about how to hook it up numerous times and they never answer, great music, I subbed bro!

[@stephenwemyss5396]

truly amazing stuff!

[@LEOPORT5]

Awesome!

[@tomastroia]

Perfect! Just a little tip: maybe it`d be good to put de lyrics in the subtitles. :) Cheers from Brazil!

[@subtexthiphop]

Can you point me in the direction of setting up my FCB to do what your doing? Is it a lot of work?

[@noahofficialmusic]

Great work! YES!

[@lawsonjohnson7154]

this is so sick! lovin it

[@Airoo8]

Issssss Goooood man !!!!!

[@Beggsnacon]

dig ur voice!