Dubspot Presents: Mr. Bill vs. Ableton Live Part 2: Vocal Edits & Track Composition!

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In this second video of a two-part series, Sydney-based producer and educator Mr. Bill takes us inside one of his productions and demonstrates his approach to cutting up and editing various acapellas to create melodic vocal melodies. Mr. Bill also shows us his approach to creating unique layered chords, as well as demonstrates how to edit and process them with various effects to add depth and movement. Learn how to transform basic vocal loops and chord progressions into complex rhythms and melodies sure to excite your senses.
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[@milhouse777]

Such a beast! all hail Mr. Bill

[@aljowen]

Wow, Mr. Bill and the Ableton dev team should get together and work on some new features.

[@luciandamian3913]

instablaster

[@djdancealone3419]

I gotta say ... every time I get jaded, I watch this video and get inspired ... I was never really into this type of Glitch Hop, but watching him work is always fulfilling.

[@slimbocker73]

Who in the hell would thumbs down this? This is one of the best Ableton videos on the youtube! Props Mr. Bill!

[@gkunz3]

Never fail to learn something from Bill. Thanks much

[@LogicDaBeatman]

both parts 1 and 2 have opened my eyes up to so much when it come to production in Ableton. a am fairly new to ableton (switching over from logic pro ) and i didn't know a lot of these shortcuts and tricks. I'm so hype lol. thank you so much for sharing this content!

[@musicbyAnu]

Mr.Bill is Ableton guru

[@mrfop6952]

Mr.Bill, also known as the best musical producer ever

[@HyunSaiHan]

Bill is suuuuuch a genius xD Thanks for these videos!

[@gautreaux]

Mr. Bill is unbelievable!

[@ericwang_art]

so impressed with his fast workflow. awesome vid.

[@RockstahRolln]

Damn, he's so fast!! I loved this vid! Brilliant Mr. Bill!

[@louiss.w1944]

I could watch this for hours

[@nofacenomedium]

This is gold.

[@Jm20375]

Dope as usual. Feeling super claustrophobic though by the fact that he's writing/editing using such a TINY window of the grid haha damn he has the browser open super wide and the track info as well. He's the man though, nothin but love and respect.

[@PistaKralovic]

incredible production speed btw. this kicks me like redbull man!

[@ericjohnson260]

this guy is amazing.

[@DubbelM072]

This guy is a master :) wauw! Cool dude!

[@Veskymusic]

magistral

[@salexmatei]

u pro... thanks for the placeholder tip, that´s a great one!

[@KlooslessMusic]

My god you move fast, love it!

[@JUELZWDG]

the placeholder sample is really nice ! :D

[@8o8inSquares]

Hey look! A legend!

[@sammiller2187]

Genius!

[@Gorflaxsack]

really good

[@-__-_-_--__--_-__-_____--_-___]

Did he say a fancy way of being haywyre quickly? Lol

[@kyledekramer1873]

+MinecraftBysup69 i commented the very same thing and then read the comments and had to delete mine ha

[@chefpunjab]

this dude is straight thug. he can probably slip in the word "fuck" while talking to the president.

[@hiZeph]

SHOUTS OUT BILL

[@DOPHA_MIN]

Bill you best, you one of a little who makes qualitative the lessons (Moscow))))!

[@gonzaraloriki]

hahahahahahahahahah you make me trip my mind!!! learned a lot in 15 mins thank you!

[@mappyLS]

What a wizard

[@Aktunes47]

Does anyone know what type of patch he's using at 6:38 (inside of zebra)... is that just a saw wave with a VCF? sounds beautiful... i want that...

[@tybsman]

Hes a fucking machine.

[@Denolc]

How can i reproduce the midi resampling technique so the resampled midi notes are chords all of a sudden? Didnt quite catch that. in any case, I'm looking forward to the next part!

[@Pleeze.]

This dude is the shit!

[@8o8inSquares]

Oh there is another legend sitting in audience! C418! Holy shit

[@jdc6954]

where does he get his acapellas from?

[@kevinsmith9586]

J DC acapellas4u

[@wateredkirby]

Full songs anywhere?

[@marko-lazic]

I need Live to be ported to Linux. Missing it so much now. :-(

[@obscurepotato]

+Marko Lazić You can always dual boot Linux and Windows :)

[@marko-lazic]

+Obscure Potato not an option if i have to use and configure Windows in order to run Live.

[@SettlingTape33]

+Marko Lazić bitwig is very similar to ableton and has a linux version

[@DuncanEscNJ]

FUEGO JOHNSON I didn't know bitwig has a Linux version. that's good to know for the future. thank you :)

[@graxx1451]

linux is for ducks

[@amphitheatre]

12:55 how do you automatically have the fadesin on when you draw them?

[@LarsWilms]

rss313 Right click on the clip then click show fades

[@fuzywazacolin]

+rss313 Options>Preferences>'Record, Warp, Launch'>Then enable "Create Fades on Clip Edges"

[@-__-_-_--__--_-__-_____--_-___]

Sounds deluxe af

[@volk7471]

Excelent, but to quickly for me haha!

[@dudedaman4]

anyone got an id on the song in the intro?!

[@Darkdrop18]

on the top of the project you can see the name

[@6xXamyXx6]

amazing skills! but i honestly don't understand a word of his mumbling :/

[@rocketpoolpki]

What the fk language is he talking...Mumblese

[@Swindo2]

+david perkins What language do you speak? I heard everything perfectly.

[@nano7586]

For my taste there is way too much randomness in Mr. Bills songs. There isn't much structuring and catchy harmonies in his songs.. I kind of miss that. Anyone agrees?

[@ElMoShApPiNeSs]

+Maggy Banner Don't need to be a chef to judge a dish.

[@DamianBrantley]

Mr. Bill is far from random... while I understand that Mr. Bill veers away from the pop/traditional style of arrangement...other greats have shared this exact approach to their musical styles. Art Tatum was a very explosive jazz musician that made colouring outside of the lines musically, AMAZING! There is NOTHING random about Art Tatum...there is NOTHING random about Mr. Bill. Don't over think...

[@nano7586]

+Damian Brantley I watch most of Mr. Bills streams on twitch and I follow his stuff on almost a daily basis. Don't get me wrong.. I love Mr. Bill, but his old songs had lots of random elements and it is true because he is driven by trial and error most of times. Many other songs tho are very well composed and generally speaken I can't think of a better producer than him. Not sure why I wrote that comment back then.

[@DamianBrantley]

I understand where you're coming from... I guess you're looking at things purely from a song point of view. Personally, I never write or create tracks anything close to Mr. Bill, but I love to pull from his out of the box type of thinking. He's definitely not a traditional arranger; set measures, consistent melodic structure bla bla... Nonetheless I listen to his point of production like I would listen to a jazz solo. I can't say a lot about his music/songs, but I love his ideas on how he creates textures and very slick chaining.

[@nano7586]

+Damian Brantley I agree 100%... I do also really enjoy his music approach and he really is a cool guy that I've learned so much from already.