5 Engaging Arrangement Tips Using Variations • Ableton Live

This tutorial shows 5 ways to add variations to any production in Ableton Live 11. Variations are a great way to make your arrangements more engaging!
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00:41 (1) Audio Manipulation Techniques
04:09 (2) MIDI Editing Techniques
10:04 (3) Impact Harmonies
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14:53 (5) Cut Away Stuff
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[@Unquietrecords]

Great tips, thank you! and I love the little chapter title screens :)

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

Thanks! Hah I was just editing and thinking if I need to change the chapter title screens to something different… then saw your comment. Keeping them, I do like them too ☺️🎥❤️

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I screamed when the chorus started at the first tip! XD Sounds SO GOOD! Thanks again for a great video ❤️

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Thanks for this! Lots of useful tips 👌🏼

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Thanks for the video, gave me some cool idea :)

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Such a useful video yet again, exactly what I've been struggling with. Kiitos! 🙏☺️

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I was gonna be lazy and not make any beats today but now I want to go and spice up the arrangements of all my songs I counted as completed. Good video.

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Simple but awesome as always

[@dennistran7734]

I often find myself struggling to make my own mixes appeal to me out of perfectionism. Apparently, I needed to be reminded that I can do so-and-so with this vocal track, chop up that drum loop, surgically manipulate this clip, etc. Thank you for the tips; even though some of them may appear as "easy mode" to a veteran producer who can make variations at the drop of a hat, I feel that even the most monotonous of mixes can be raised to a whole new level with just a couple of implementations. Most importantly, you made them easy to understand, complete with audio examples!

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Hey LNA, I have watched quite a LOT of your videos by this time. This would be one of the MOST helpful ones I have seen! Definitely easy to understand and cool tips I feel like I can try. Lately, I have been working with ARPs. The ones that my midi controller generated for me. They do tend to be a bit boring though! Here are some good ideas of things I can do with them. One question though. With ARPs I do with a string instrument such as a cello. I am trying to vary the notes to make them sound more like a REAL person played them. It does take a long time go through and do that with each note. Is there a way to automate this? Also, is there a place to go where i can study how real string players would play these notes instead of just guessing?

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2:50 My one (of many) Ableton feature request is… I would love be to be able to automate the “amount” while in warp mode. Especially on the Beats warp mode with the ➡️|. To be able to automate the sustain on a drum loop to make it more dynamic would be epic! And yes I know you can resample and do it on the fly but to have that precision would be nice.

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