How to Make Acapella Edits for Your DJ Sets With Ableton Live

[@DJAUDIO1]

A lot of people don't know how much goes into edits, specially Acap In & Acap Out. Great video here Trayze, Beat Refinery & DJ City.

[@djtrayze]

thanks!

[@djromeoneb]

Man thank you for sharing that was super helpful I've been Djing for a super long time and I've always wanted to make my own edits just never got around to it till recently so I'm learning from the ground up but this was very helpful thanks again.

[@djtrayze]

awesome!

[@DJRAPID247]

More tutorials using acapella from dj city please

[@1VMDJAnomalous]

Great Video Sir ! Really valuable information here thanks for taking the time to drop it on the 1 !!!

[@djtrayze]

thanks

[@djdaviddeez]

TRAYZE!!! Wicked Tutorial as per usual!! Any library tutorials coming up tho?? I feel like it's one of the biggest topics that not many people touch on..

[@djtrayze]

yeah we can do one soon. gotta put together some different viewpoints and opinions, though I think mojaxx already did one for DJcity on this channel!

[@marktwyman6412]

Great Video Trayze! The only suggestion I would add is to make sure to turn down the channel volumes on each track (if necessary) until the master volume is consistently showing in the green. I've noticed that when I warp a song in complex or complex pro, Ableton tends to boost the track volume into the red, which results in a clipped master track when exporting my finished edit.

[@djtrayze]

hey dude!! how are you?!!? HA! man honestly, Ive found that a 0db channel level without any layering results in a perfect file export, unless youre adding a bunch of audio effects on the same channel or the master. every audio effect will give you a about a 1db bump each. the master red youre seeing is inconsequential really, when you listen /compare the final output file to the original source file, you shouldnt see or hear any difference, or any clipping. this has been my experience at least. I also try to avoid using limiters whenever possible. now this would be a totally different thing if I was mixing down an edit or project with multiple layers, etc.

[@marktwyman6412]

I'm good brother! Hope you're doing well! Makes total sense...thanks again for taking the time to put these helpful vids together, you're the man!

[@datboyfilmz1826]

Now i see how much goes into putting together a DJ set .😎

[@greenhouse2220]

Nice job on this :)

[@D0CT0RS0UL]

Great tip ! One question please : in the video you're showing a reverb that you named "3 and a Half Second Reverb"... Please explain how you precisely parameters it ? Thanks!

[@jwally94]

cool but where do you find the acapellas......?

[@JoyHoffi]

Jeff Wallace Dj Pools

[@jsolethedj]

Nicely done sir!

[@djtrayze]

thanks!

[@DJOutkast]

Looks so simple till u try it! Abelton makes me pull my hair out!

[@jamesLG1]

Thanks!

[@air_rue23]

I have a MacBook air 13 (i5 8gb ram, 128ssd) all my music is in a external flash drive. I use this laptop for serato only . would u add abelton live app on this MacBook?. or use another cpu?

[@elpidiogranatello5160]

A good place to find acapellas?

[@AB-yh7xw]

Dj pools

[@djalien.official]

good

[@DjAssassin98]

can I use this set up for any song or is this set up specifically for this song because of the BMP???

[@DjAssassin98]

BPM??

[@ClectaSkiMusic]

pretty cool

[@emanueleferrero8095]

You're everywhere i swear

[@ClectaSkiMusic]

+Emanuele Ferrero once it has to do with music. Well yeah pretty much. Lol.

[@ultimatezegger0073]

trayzeee trayzee trayzeeee

[@djtrayze]

yeeeee

[@leonidbier]

Pfff, all looks great, but got no clue what you are doing/how it works !! Need me a Ableton workshop !!!!!

[@johnviera3884]

Too much gap before the drop. Maybe repeat and double up that last “uh” ad lib

[@djtrayze]

yeeaaah :-)

[@IAMDJBLUE]

And to think I've been doing shit like this live and I have ableton -_-

[@djromeoneb]

Is there a way to actually make accapellas from a song?

[@djtrayze]

yes but you have to use audio effect software, phasing, and usually it helps to have studio versions of both the main and instrumental versions.

[@djromeoneb]

Ok thanks

[@viirusone]

WHY are you ripping dj tectools on their blogs and shit?