How to make LoFi Hip Hop Chords with Ableton Live

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How to create lofi hip hop jazz seventh chords using Ableton Live's stock chord and scale devices, then develop the chords with basic counterpoint, contrary motion, arpeggiation and melodic variation. Create a drum beat with Drum Rack that connects with the syncopated rhythm of the chords and adds groove with ghost notes. Take these chords and turn them into a bass line and ambient melody using Ableton's Analog synth and Echo delay effect.
00:00 Intro/Finished Song
00:52 Piano Sound
01:24 LoFi Tape Effect
02:39 Reverb
03:04 Chords
06:46 Drums
07:29 Syncopation/Kick Drum
08:07 Capture Midi & Super Jazz Mode
09:04 Contrary Motion
10:25 Arpeggio
11:01 Melodic Variation
12:00 Bass Sound
12:32 Bass Line
13:17 Lead Sound
14:00 Echo 1
14:23 Echo 2
14:57 Echo 3
15:25 Lead Melody
16:21 Outro
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[@nicolasnicolas3889]

This tutorial video must have taken quite a bit of work, well done and thanks buddy! I've had Ableton about 1 months and there are so many features, also I love LoFI and there's so much to all this as a beginner, thanks for showing us all this, really, really helpful! ;D I hope you have an amazing year 2023! Blessings

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Lofi beginners, look no further, this is THE ULTIMATE LOFI Tutorial with Ableton

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[@stewyoso]

This video taught me to actually use effects, I have never touched any of the effects and thought I just have bad sounds, but I was very wrong

[@jaronlopez]

Glad to hear you found the video useful Stewy! Indeed, I find that effects processing can be just as important as the initial synth/sample/sound.

[@RaskolnikovR]

I like so much your videos: no lame jokes, hesitation, unnecessary chat. They are straight to the point, yet with great pedagogy. So much consideration for our time

[@BryanMurphy-gh6qe]

This is amazing. So clear with exactly what to do.

[@JuliaWet]

this is hands down one of the best ableton tutorials ever. Not even into lofi productino, but will start now, only because this is so awesome. Thank you dude - so pleasant to listen to, yet so informative

[@jaronlopez]

Really great to hear you found it useful/informative, thanks!

[@jonathasbezerra6574]

This is the most clear, concise, deep, begginer lofi tutorial ive ever seen. Mate, this is some gold stuff and opened my mind for what ive been trying to do. Amazing

[@Taobyby]

The echo of the lead melody it a bit much, at least when i do it in Ableton 11. Maybe I did something wrong, but it stays on for a very long time even after I hit stop and it builds up during the song. No matter what, great tutorial! Thank you so much! I finally found an entry point into lofi without someone trying to sell me 10 different plugins I really(don´t) need!

[@trentcollins1864]

I know this is late but man ive been looking for a tutorial like this for 2 years now, I love that you actually explain what things to so we can experiment on our own and arent just told to copy like other tutorials, I just got my first midi controller and im finally making music I love, thank you!

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20 min masterclass , thank you :)

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Mate this was so awesome I always loved doing music but was too afraid too start and this helped me break that wall... Thanks

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[@jazzsong8566]

Arrived to your channel by chance. And, man, what brilliant tutorials you are making. One of the best in the lofi/jazzy spectrum. Learning a lot from you. Thank you! Keep on working on these amazing tutorials. 💪🏼🙌

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So glad your channel is building. This was a sweet tutorial. As always, thank you for sharing you talent and knowledge.

[@jaronlopez]

Thanks for the kind words Pilgrim Of Light! Really glad to hear you enjoyed!

[@itskrp]

Damn this was awesome. Lots of pausing & rewinding but I learned so much from it. Thanks Jaron!

[@jason_andropolis]

What a fantastic tutorial! Thank you for getting right to the point and going through exact settings/values for everything. I've been learning Ableton and a lot of tutorials go so fast I don't understand what is happening lol. I learned a lot from this one video, thank you!

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Wow! This is a crazy good tutorial, very well done and thanks! You should have at least double the subs that you have already....♥👏👏👏

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Stella tutorial!

[@floatinganarchychannel3204]

Creamy! Amazing way to teach how to create lofi beatmaking and music in ableton. Really dig the chord trick! Dope echo setting

[@jaronlopez]

Thanks Floating Anarchy! The Chord Effect is a fun one! After playing with Echo for a while I realized it's Ableton's version of a Roland Space Echo.

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Great video !!

[@PraneetTulshyan]

absolutely amazing! with only ableton stock instruments.. this was very very helpful! thank you so much🥂

[@jaronlopez]

Glad it was helpful!

[@dbasdog]

Hi Jaron, thank you so much for taking the time to create this video. You mentioned at the end of the tutorial that there would be a part2, but I have not been able to able to find it on your channel, can you help please?

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Wow Your tutorial is so interesting and precise ~! I learned A LOT Thank you very much

[@jaronlopez]

Thanks for the kind words! Great to hear you found it helpful!

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Wowzers!

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[@SaintJATS]

First time Ableton user and this was easy to follow. There were some things I had to figure out on my own like changing piano roll from 1/16 to 1/8 ect, and for the lead sound combining all the effects. Overall better than most of the free tutorials Ive found on YT

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Thanks for the kind words and feedback Jaren! Glad you found it useful!

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Thanks for the positive feedback &e!

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This was fantastic !

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15:33 This one little nugget of advice - to build melodies based on the top note of the chord - has worked wonders for me. I've been playing instruments forever, attempting to compose for the past 4-5 years, and somehow this never quite clicked with me - my solos and melodies were always so dull, too focused on the key center. It's been a game changer. Thank you so much for all of your videos, they're all incredible. Your presentation style is so welcoming it keeps me inspired to make music 🤘

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Thanks! Glad you found it useful and easy to follow!

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How's it goin, I just found your channel.... and I'm so happy I did! I'm really Impressed by your mentoring style, "the devil is in the detail," which you've consistently shown us throughout this tutorial. Thanks so much, for the extremely helpful tips. Peace!

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Great tutorial. Keep up the good work. Subbed. 👍

[@jaronlopez]

Thanks Josh! Welcome to the channel!

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Thanks Osiji! I am working on a release coming soon!

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Master Class!

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Super appreciate these lessons using stock sounds and showing how to tweak instead of watching 20 minutes of promos for some plug ins

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Glad you found it useful Julian!

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Amazing tutorial!

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this is an awesome tutorial and channel in general. Im a fan and subscribing. I think getting the feel of a sound down is really important and it definitely comes with tiral and error. When it comes to sound design- the parts where yous ay " Make this knob this value". can you pepper in WHY we're doing that?

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Please release this beat it’s so relaxing

[@sammikinsderp]

This was super informative on many different levels. I've had nearly two decades of experience on other DAWs and ended up purchasing Ableton Live because people kept telling me it's amazing. I had no idea that the bundled instruments and effects were so robust! Ableton Live is so vastly different from anything I'm used to, I need to sit down and really dig into what it can do.

[@jaronlopez]

Glad you found it useful Sammikins! Ableton is pretty different from other DAWs but once you get the hang of it there are a lot of great things it offers!

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crap cassette is a max for live device that is free that streamlines all the tape effect stock plugins in ableton live 10.1 for me! fascinating way to recreate it.

[@10000rajaram]

Very Cool ! Where can I find part 2 ?

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nice

[@anatolybukatin1458]

very helpful. thanks. can you make similar tutorial for a "corporate" track?

[@jaronlopez]

Glad you found it helpful Anatoly Bukatin! I'll add a corporate track tutorial to the list.

[@edgarkretschmann4753]

where is the second version of this?. Thank you

[@jungalist117]

Yoooo could you do vapourwave or ukg next? Loved the beyond vid

[@jaronlopez]

Glad you enjoyed it KodjoVI! Thanks for the suggestions, a Vapourwave video would be a fun one and UKG is great as well, breaking down/recreating one of Floating Points tracks could be interesting. Thanks for tuning in!

[@jungalist117]

@@jaronlopez thank you aswell just started prodding learning so much from your vids and shorts !

[@Sevetamryn]

Great Video, thanks, however - this nice echo seams to be suite only :( ... think i successfully build something similar with LFO to standard delay and LFO to LP in standard edition.

[@Raphswondersbeats]

How do you know how to do this lol thank you

[@MrStetsonator]

Great vid...one problem I'm having is I can't get the blank midi track at 8:46 to record all of the midi notes...it still records only the root note that plays. Any ideas?

[@jaronlopez]

Hey Stetsonator, thanks for checking out the channel! You'll need to set the blank midi track's input channel to Post FX right below the track selection. You can see this pictured at 8:13 - the default setting is usually Post Mixer which is probably what you had it set to. I hope this gets it working!

[@MrStetsonator]

Thanks for being so quick! So yeah I have post fx set, I’m in arrangement view, hit arm on the new midi track and hit record. I get the midi notes coming out but it’s only the single notes still…

[@kbowman0016]

@@MrStetsonator -I was having the same issue, but under the Post FX dropdown there were many choices, all had similar names, so I kept selecting ones until finally I found the one that worked.

[@dennisbernard1503]

I don' t have echo because I only have standard.

[@MikeKeyMusic]

Is the chord and scale effects built into to suite? I couldn’t find those when trying to follow along.

[@jaronlopez]

Hey Mike, they are the stock Chord and Scale Effects from Ableton Suite. You should be able to find them in the MIDI Effects Category in Ableton's Browser.

[@MikeKeyMusic]

@@jaronlopez thanks for the reply, apparently i wasn't paying enough attention and was looking the max folder not the midi. Thanks! super fun video. well done.

[@cronicasdelaraza3793]

i dont have the echo plug :(

[@esahm373]

Slightly mechanical approach, but well explained!

[@edgarkretschmann4753]

can't find the "default analogue". Under what name does it go?

[@DudeWithADrone]

I only have Live Standard 11 so no Echo. Oh well. :(

[@c3cris2]

What software is this?

[@jaronlopez]

Hey this is Ableton Live

[@c3cris2]

@@jaronlopez didn’t finish reading the title, I’m embarrassed. Thank you.

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Bro why cant all the tutorials be like this.

[@wielandsiebke1008]

Is this an actual track?

[@Mintteacup_]

i got so confused at 8:09, idk what's going on