Made in Ableton Live: Catnapp on vocal recording and effects, using old projects and more

Watch Catnapp lay down a simple structure for her vocals before turning to an old project to give her new track a tense, hyper-modern feel.
Watch the entire Made in Ableton Live series: www.ableton.com/blog/ground-w...
00:00 Intro
00:15 Template and vocal chain
02:39 Kick
03:19 Percussion
05:42 Melody
07:41 Vocals
10:11 Using an old project
13:06 Arrangement
15:22 Chorus vocals
16:34 Outro
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[@leelinley2112]

This is the clearest lesson I’ve seen so far! Really simple to follow and clearly explained. Catnapp you should do more tutorials for sure! Thank you so much

[@bestkoreanjesus]

NGL I didn't expect to learn much from this but this was probably one of the best and most informative and helpful videos I have seen from this channel in a long time. Thank you so much!

[@thetylersherman]

Yeah with how simple it started I wasn't sure, but ultimately it became a HEATER

[@ThatFilmisGnarly]

ngl. the thumbnail makes her look like a 12 year old boy, and i thought a pre-teen was about to show me up on ableton. instead i learned good info from some cool argentinian chick.

[@learnerslikeus]

Why would you expect to not learn anything when you have gained insight from others in this series?

[@cliftoncameron5632]

Catnapp is amazing. Love the vibe, the pace, and straight forwardness of her approach. Inspiring . . .

[@innerconflictqueen]

This is such a great walk through! The simplicity and accessibility is greatly appreciated as a new learner - really great stuff

[@karlklee9418]

Wow thank you for sharing your workflow! It’s so much more than just a gear jam. A very well constructed/ designed peace of powerful sounding music!

[@pearldiver396]

This is awesome, thanks for making it. Catnapp is so eloquent and her music sounding great def made the tutorial way more entertaining to watch.

[@bryanbosschieter8087]

So cool to visualize the song in the waveform of her hair.

[@PaiganBeast]

I love the pace of this video. It feels faster than usual, but without the unnecessary pauses in speech while explaining something

[@andrehimik]

omg what a discovery, honestly didn't expect anything, now she's in my spotify playlist, cool and powerful energy

[@wega4105]

Yeah, I like it to hope to find it on itunes :)

[@maDByte2]

Great tutorial! Actually, the best I've seen on this channel. Thank you!

[@matthewmagee31]

Ok, teaching gift on full display there Catnapp! Blessings to you for this, I learned so much and am going to put it into use immediately!

[@creatingspacesproducer]

Very cool tutorial! Also love the fact that you put delay and reverb on your voice while recording it in, gives a total different vibe when singing it in in stead of adding it afterwords. Keep on rocking!

[@nannue]

Very relaxing walkthrough. Niceee. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@rayme8550]

That was sick! Really smart workflow, thank you so much for the video!

[@lightfusionproductions4891]

Amazing!!! Thank you for posting this for us. Keep up the good work...love it!!!

[@veronicamaximova3641]

Thanks Catnapp, this was so inspirational. I can't wait to start a new project with these tips! I would only add that you can switch between projects by 'adding a folder' in your browser and simply drag and drop stuff over! x

[@cilafr]

it's really interesting to know the workflow of other artists. i grabbed some great fresh ideas here. thanks a lot for that :)

[@audiooooooo]

Nice and structured Workflow. And a nice vocal chain . 💜

[@nskeip]

Very inspiring (plus so informative!). Thank you very much!

[@StuffOffYouStuff]

Love it. Thanks for the time for doing this.

[@stiiiiiif]

Very nice walk through - I must show it to my kids, very inspirationnal!! well done ;)

[@regmonmusic]

I enjoyed watching your process Catnapp. Thanks for sharing! ~R

[@eferg16]

omg that voice and that info! great for tutorials, awesome on the track. A lot of great information here.

[@federicotortorella4397]

thanks for that catnapp you're such an inspiration for all of us!

[@JoePinOrl]

Catnapp is amazing, loved this video and learned a bunch and definitely becoming a Big Fan!

[@pesnevim1626]

Thanks. I realised by the quality of your sound that the Ab plug ins are great. Ozone crucify my CPU so I tried your chain. Excellent.

[@hambonetunes1988]

This is gold! Thanks Catnapp!

[@jeaandeffense]

Once again amazing work

[@guntherrobles9188]

Thanks Catnapp very interesting the way you work. Congrats!

[@Bunno1177]

I like how you rhymed ahead with head. Genius

[@WeeJoePrice]

Thanks for this lesson very clear and concise.

[@IvarConq]

Super informative and helpful. Many thanks!

[@InIMoeK]

Super calm, super clear

[@atb0007]

her voice and vocals are so seductive.. and damn nice tutorial. I just got into ableton and these videos are keeping me busy

[@jeffwongvancouver]

Great job Catnapp! Like the vibe.

[@MrBrownstoneZepp]

I loved it, please Ableton make more tutorials with her

[@wega4105]

Thanks , nice to see how to work it, I learned a lot from your video. And like the result too! Great 👍

[@99_problems_band]

Thank you for this video ❤

[@knobsstrings]

That was amazing! 🙌

[@jhonatanvelazquez2141]

Fab e2e workflow …. So simplistic and obvious … learned and inspired a lot!

[@mapleneck1520]

thank u so much for sharing!

[@Arthur-zr1vx]

Thank you, Catnapp! Please make more tutorials!

[@uweschnitzler9551]

fantastic lesson!

[@thegeenius]

Harsh as hell! Love it,, i'm an instant fan-,, , great & thorough breakdown also,, 👊🏾

[@milesofwhite]

Great video, thanks Catnapp 😽

[@heatnationwpb]

Thanks for this walkthrough. I actually use Logic, but your vocal effects chain was very useful for me and I've already started playing around with a similar chain using the plug-ins available to me in my collection. Your use of saturation was particularly helpful. 💯

[@712beckv8]

her sound is amazing

[@Ronenlahat]

Loved this

[@jocepheremanon7731]

Catnapp you are adorable! And very good at what you are doing. Very much help. Thank you

[@ForNika]

Great techniques. Keep up the good work. Snoop Dog and my Cats took a Nap after this🙂

[@johnghadimi]

You don't have to be an Ableton user to appreciate this video. Catnapp needs to do a master class series. :)

[@matthewmalabuyoc3533]

Catnapp is an amazing artist hands down

[@zogthedoomed]

That was great. Felt like a 1 to 1 lesson.

[@hshx1n]

She came alive after explaining ger routine was nice to see. I like the idea of color coding the new and old projects differently within the arrangement definitely going to use that.

[@segerer]

Wow :) thank you.

[@SjarMenace]

What i beautiful voice to listen to so relaxing

[@reinaldogonzalezreyes5579]

Genia Catnapp!! 🙏

[@drzirkle]

Thanks for the detailed explanations. VERY informative! (I might suggest starting on the left side of the screen for your "ctrl+R" shortcut. If you do, you can use the "Tab" button to move to the next one instead of clicking backward.)

[@Kyle-wb7wx]

That was a great break down. Love the idea of grabbing an old track like that.

[@martinezdecap]

I opened up two ablation projects side by side and I wasn’t able to drag and drop the files from my old project to my new one. I also tried to copy and paste and it didn’t work. Any ideas?

[@Kyle-wb7wx]

@@martinezdecap hmm. I haven't tried to copy and paste like she did. I was surprised when she said she did it. Maybe save the each individual wav (also known as "stems) in a specific folder.

[@armstrong.r]

@@martinezdecap You can do it all easily with only one instance of Ableton open. Use the browser on the left to navigate to the project you want to pull from. Click the drop-down arrow to reveal the project files, then you can either drag-and-drop the .als or open the next drop-down if you only want to grab a single track from the project.

[@martinezdecap]

@@armstrong.r that’s interesting you just replied. A few days ago I realized I can open up previous projects in the sidebar and load up anything from previous projects. The midi, instruments, and plugins all remain intact.

[@martinezdecap]

@@armstrong.r thank you for sharing. I always try to create something new and on the spot, but for the sake of creativity and time it can be useful to drop in something that you’ve used before

[@redbirdsaraceno]

This is awesome.

[@ratioking7213]

This is a good lesson!

[@ehnmusik]

love catnapp!

[@nais138]

daleeeeee!!! geniaaa gracias x esa datikiii!

[@olstrombeats]

Very informative, would love to see a follow-up for the in depth part (the months that were skipped 😅)

[@spacey_jones]

Awesome 🔥

[@ricardodsavant2965]

Thank you...🙂

[@francoantonettimusic]

AWESOME!

[@williewill167]

This lady right here, wow!

[@NerdyFrames2000]

File under Don't be deceived by the looks: Huge fan of Catnapp since day one. Wonderful person, great talking voice too

[@orrystephens7578]

I just fell in love

[@eljamusic7700]

Probably the best of the series, made me think about switching to Ableton again lol

[@user-ip2fk7ul1z]

Wonderful!!!!!!!

[@JuanBautistaSastre]

Genial, Amparo!

[@KeemiKaze]

I Love catnapp and Like she is explaining in every of her Studio Videos. This Video ist so impressive THANK YOU and btw. I Love her haircut. It reminds me on my childhood when i Cut my Hair with a paperscissor in the dark of the night YaY ☀️

[@magnusschimmel2614]

Wow... Cool, calm and extremely educational. My favorite song is "No Cover".

[@martflexx481]

Orgullo argentino catnapp 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@treat_audio]

Thanks!

[@ASMRNordic]

That first old project demo you played sounded so good! 10:53

[@jayeyoungson3483]

Well done babe, clear and concise, enjoyed the rapid-see what works flow and appreciated the vocal layering ideas! Thank you, look forward to the next one of yours. 😁

[@danieklerr]

Good stuff, thanks.

[@nachodiaz4837]

bajando linea con calma. grande catnappppppppp

[@BernardFate]

The video certainly give me some inspiration on how to create a song - thanks to Catnapp how she's doing it. As for Ableton Live, I am more interested how to use the session view in creating more ideas.

[@blancobalam]

love dat catnapp!!

[@yy6u]

wow congrats!

[@boomhousemusic9045]

Helpful video !!!!!!!!!! Thanks so much!

[@martinr8115]

Catnapp thanks so nice tuto

[@alexiscabreramusic]

Genia!

[@loopsks]

catnapp sos una genia

[@kalubandali2241]

nice vocal chain

[@deasunja1367]

Wow. Catnapp is accomplished, creative, beautiful and a very good teacher. Thank you.

[@Lezdoval]

Gracias por esos tips

[@DennisMC1974]

Cute And Awesome!🎶🎵💥👍☺️

[@marianoviedo]

Buenísimo!!

[@LXdogmoney]

very good

[@nigadje]

Good job

[@misMEGAVIDEOS]

"and now it's ready to go into the unfinished songs 2022 folder"

[@gimmenames9039]

Very cool!! Learned a lot from this. Also curios about that diffusor in the video. Any idea where to get one of those?

[@kinderrbeats9089]

fire

[@jocepheremanon7731]

Yep. that was dope as hell. Ive got a fat crush on you. Thank you for a great video.

[@user-co3pj3yz6q]

Catnapp with the tricks! Bigup...