Make Your Melodies FOLLOW Your Grooves (automatically!)

[@ryantheliving]

The control shift leveled me up bro. 🔥🔥🔥

[@lotustunesacademy]

Haha cheers Ryan 😄

[@kipkopkikopog]

it doesn't work for me. what am I doing wrong?

[@ryantheliving]

Gotta chop it with cmd e and hold the cmd and shift and mickey pops up. Make sure you got an audio file I don’t say it works the same for midi files. You can record the midi track into an empty audio channel and then chop it up like it says here

[@kipkopkikopog]

@@ryantheliving Really really appreciate it, Ryan, thank you.

[@djGreenALERT]

Ableton is the DAW that keeps on giving, but I have to hand it to you for finding such an easy to use and inspirational gem! Thank you for sharing.

[@lotustunesacademy]

Thanks for the comment :)

[@sebe6125]

FL Studio has been doing this with the "Peak Controller" for at least a decade

[@djGreenALERT]

@@sebe6125 Really, that long? You'll remember then when it was Fruity Loops? I actually gave it a try before moving to Ableton but I could never get on with the workflow.

[@astralmade]

@@djGreenALERT Fr I can't standing using FL. Waste of $250.

[@knivesout33]

This might be the first tutorial that the demo songs is actually pretty great!

[@mttlsa686]

Ableton Live has the best workflow/workspeed compared to all DAW. Period. For me, Ableton Live with its graphics and all its functions/workflow + reaper workflow possibilities.

[@lotustunesacademy]

Absolutely agree. Wonderful Daw!

[@giok4784]

​@@lotustunesacademy Hands down! I've been using it for two months now, and already have found at least five completely different types of workflow.amazing! And thank you LTA, your videos are super useful!!!

[@nomad1517]

Give Bitwig a try too.

[@hereforthefreewater]

I agree. All of the top DAWs are good in their own right, but nothing matches the intuitiveness of the Ableton UI

[@sliverhandsonbasses]

For electronic music/sample based I definitely agree, but if you need to work with lots of real instruments for me Logic has a cleaner interface.

[@leznets7456]

If you map the Envelope Follower to an autofilter frequency, you get also a smooth rhytmic sound and it´s easier to control the gain. Nice video as always Bro. Liebe Grüße aus Leipzig :)

[@lotustunesacademy]

Absolutely! Thanks for the comment :) Grüße!

[@wesprog9809]

@@lotustunesacademy Are you German? Because I can't hear an accent

[@lotustunesacademy]

@@wesprog9809 Born in US, live in Germany :)

[@wesprog9809]

@@lotustunesacademy Ah, okay that explains it. So English is your mother tongue or were you raised bilingual? It's just really hard to get rid of your accent completely for someone who's mother tongue is German and who learned English probably from non native teachers in school who have an accent themselves.That's why the complete absence of a German accent would've surprised me. What made you come to Germany? Probably the great electronic music scene and the epic festivals and clubs right ;) ?

[@73lube]

I started making music in the late 90's early 2000's. I was working with Cubase and Fruity Loops. I found that a DAW I use has to be very user friendly and intuitive for me to be able to get into my creative flow and not get stuck because of lack of technical knowledge. Once things start getting complicated and I have to read manuals and watch tutorials it becomes agitating and I lose my creative juices. That's me personally though. I got into Ableton a few years ago and while I love it, the amount of things that I don't know how to do is what keeps my creative process at bay and I totally understand that. I know I need to evolve with the times and as tech advances but I guess I am just too old school. I still prefer a simpler DAW and my music comes out better from a creative aspect and it's more fun. After all, those that just do this for a hobby just want to make music and enjoy creation, not spend hours learning how to use the tools. Half the labels I don't even understand what effect it will produce it gets very complex if you know what I mean. Ableton is amazing and extremely powerful but it requires extensive learning. It's a very great tool, but you can't just boot it up and go at it and have fun, I mean you can but then you get to a point where you become very limited because you don't know how to__________.

[@wakinglife7065]

Agreed. I love Ableton and I work with it a lot. But i emphasis the word work. It feels like a job sometimes rather than just getting a flow. I’m really interested in MPC X for this reason

[@billaveda6408]

a lot of these effects can be produced using sidechain, LFO techniques and waveform modulation on VST/sampler parameters.

[@stuxnet3000]

I saw the title of the video and the thumbnail of the envelope follower and rather than watching the video was immediately inspired to try modulating midi sequences with the env follower. Basic flow was skinnerbox sting module - pitch module - scale module feeding an instrument rack. Use the envelope follower on a beat (or subset of a beat) to modulate the midi pitch (pre-scaler), triggered with a kick or transient. This yielded very cool MIDI sequences that track the beat. Depending on how you set up the envelope follower, it could be the kick triggering a high scale note in the sequence, or lower. Either way, after watching your video and seeing the very different direction you went, it’s clear to me that Ableton Live is incredibly flexible and still provides me with new territories to explore. And I have you to thank for providing inspiration with a video title and screenshot. 🙂

[@eafortson]

Such a cool tool, and great explainer video. First time doing this came up with such an interesting riff. then put another EF and mapped it to the Freq on a Distortion unit. Instant life. Thanks for this!

[@DaddaPsy]

Such an obvious but genius approach once you start thinking about it! Well done!

[@lotustunesacademy]

Thx!!

[@nOne_Dubz]

wow this is really effective! Thanks Lotus!

[@lotustunesacademy]

Glad this helped. Thanks for the comment, Kyle :)

[@spotz.media1]

THANK YOU BRO IM AMAZED WHAT YOU CAN DO ON ABLETON

[@joeyschumans]

And again you provide us this with simple and effectice techniques for the most essential aspects of producing 👌💪 thanks for sharing

[@lotustunesacademy]

Cheers Joey, grateful to hear that! :) Thanks for the comment.

[@Serge_Era]

Good technique for groove

[@Enskyver]

This trick is a life changer 🙏🏼

[@chadr4206]

this is dope. Need that Tulum action!

[@lotustunesacademy]

Thanks! Gotcha :)

[@przmatic_]

This was cool. Thank you

[@sandwich-breath]

So simple and yet so effective. The groove options are limitless, especially layered under a pluck or other effects. Very inspiring!

[@lotustunesacademy]

True! Thanks for the comment :)

[@810karel]

This great man, reminds me of the gate side chain but smoother

[@derekcarney]

I was wondering if there was a way to do this outside of Ableton. You just answered my question before I asked it! Thanks!

[@forrestcarlson9117]

might be the coolest device in Live!

[@BenAngMusic]

Ahhh this is so useful! Gonna use this in my next production, thanks for sharing!

[@lotustunesacademy]

Cheers Ben :)

[@tiimm0002]

Really sick tip!! thanks for sharing

[@josipvulic5471]

So love this

[@subhanirfani3785]

Thanks legend ! Looking forward to the Release of Tulum pack too 😊

[@lotustunesacademy]

It’s been released;) cheers for the comment! 😉

[@nachomanrandysauvage8257]

As an aside: on my Mac, in Ableton 11 suite, holding down CMD+Shift alone did not turn my cursor into the Mickey Mouse to hand thing. I hand to toy with it and hold down CMD+Shift+Option. Amazing video and technique outside of that!

[@patricknikola_]

Good point! CMD + Shift does not show Mickeyhand, but Option + Shift does (you don’t also have to use CMD)

[@am5790]

you are a cheat code, mate. thank you.

[@LeoGoneAcoustic]

Bless your heart my dude! amazing stuff

[@lotustunesacademy]

Bless you too!

[@brettshrekington]

Amazing video! Great information. You’ve earned my sub

[@lotustunesacademy]

Welcome aboard!

[@mikegannu]

WOWWW! Super trick here :-D Thanks a lot and keep teaching us amigo

[@fullcircleaudio]

Never knew you can sync delay settings. Cool

[@DJIconTV]

Great tutorial as always!

[@lotustunesacademy]

Thanks!

[@sela8304]

i understant nothing what he does but the output is awsome

[@rawbinmo]

Love it!

[@lotustunesacademy]

😉

[@rkeewiflavour]

Dude my NECK😭THIS VIDEO HIT THE SPOT😭

[@marcophez6907]

Top content as always dude- this is another golden nugget for sure

[@lotustunesacademy]

Thx Marco :)

[@SayajinKanak]

Really cool tutorial

[@lotustunesacademy]

Thx!!

[@florentinazot709]

thx a lot ! full of inspiration !

[@lotustunesacademy]

Cheers Florentin 😉

[@DirkHagen]

soooo nice! Thanks for sharing ... love it!

[@casnikdj329]

💥🙏🏾 Thanks Lotus for the content! Amazing ! Peace!

[@lotustunesacademy]

You're welcome. Thanks for the comment!

[@HiUnidentified]

ah hey, you finally got a feature FL had since at least 2008 :P peak control is amazing

[@karacoldmusic]

Absolutely love this trick ty!

[@Tom-tv4ok]

another great tutorial! love your channel

[@lotustunesacademy]

Thanks so much Tom :)!

[@corelli58]

Very useful!

[@lotustunesacademy]

I'm happy to hear that. Thanks for the comment! :)

[@erlibanese1072]

the shortcut he's talking about in. 1:22 in Mac is actually: alt + shift ( ⌥ + ⇧ )

[@gutterg0d]

Technically on a Mac it's option, not alt. 😊

[@phillywonkz1297]

Love this man thank you

[@madebyrabie]

And if you add another utility after the envelope follower, drop the gain to zero, now your sample has the groov without the percussion playing

[@CarlosCastilloMusic.]

Amazing content as always!

[@lotustunesacademy]

Cheers and thanks Carlos! :)

[@nirguna-rajah]

Genius, maaan!🎉

[@ryanjoris5913]

Bro this is awsome

[@ViN-EzL]

Dope stuff! Good voice too, subbed!

[@lotustunesacademy]

Thanks for the sub!

[@The_Slowburn]

Very helpful, cool and informative video as per usual my good man!

[@koexistmusic]

Dope! nice one!

[@discodalle]

Always good stuff you post hermando !!! big hugs from Discoshaman

[@lotustunesacademy]

Thanks for the support, my friend!

oh my god dude, thank you for realizing this for me xD

[@RetroPlus]

Wow that's brilliant, what a great tip!

[@BRUNOTRANTO]

Super top. thanks!

[@Loagz_Beatz]

this is fantastic

[@JumboDubby]

Thanks! This sounds a lot like Iorie.

[@nlevelmusic]

Excellent video

[@monat_son]

very cool brother, thanks for sharing.

[@lotustunesacademy]

Thanks for watching!

[@matthewgear]

This is inspiring stuff mate!

[@shuffle5678]

Holy shit ctrl+shift + changing grid size. Ive been "scrolling" samples the manual click/drag/ method for 5 years 😭😭😭😅. Overwriting stuff before and after, making duplicate channel to rearrnage then removing the duplicate. This is an insane shortcut lol

[@cavedwellersound]

very cool thank you

[@pablodagnino9608]

Excellent, ty !

[@lotustunesacademy]

You're welcome!

[@ProducerToolsVideos]

Superb ❤‍🔥

[@oliverarsic4864]

Lovley and authentic - me gusta!

[@SuperRingoffire1]

So many great concepts thanks man 👌☮ (just need to know where I can buy some time) 😅🖖

[@tilmannjarmer]

@lotustunesacademy Alternative to resampling: duplicating the track and the do "freeze track" and then "flatten track" is another way to resample. I would even go so far and say: it's faster, thus better...

[@lotustunesacademy]

Yes, absolutely!

[@IRONIXX]

Nice. Thank you for idea ;)

[@lotustunesacademy]

You’re welcome! 😉

[@johnymst]

Great tip

[@lotustunesacademy]

Thanks!

[@chillcomputerguy]

Excellent content. Subed

[@derdehv]

recently did something similar but with the gate effect, sidechaining the percussion. Essentially the same I think, or is there a significant difference?

[@3danR]

You can absolutely do the same thing by sidechaning the gate

[@skyboundzoo]

this is my approach!

[@marcusagain]

you can do this with gate too i love it

[@tomas7617]

Wow! sin palabras

[@majdishaladi7854]

Niiicee ❤

[@lotustunesacademy]

❤️

[@Ash808s]

Oh how many times I could’ve used this lmao

[@OmarP8]

I like very much the Mickie mouse trick🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@paramaomao]

what's the keyboard shortcut you used when you edited one clip and then applied to the rest of the clips? like how you apply the fade in to each clip?

[@tgoodjenkins]

should see how far Bitwig takes that concept. I remember having a dedicated envelope follower in ableton was an instant hit for me. Bitwig does it 1000000x better.

[@indstrl_raw]

what software do you use to capture screen recordings?

[@plutostube]

always tried using things like this with map but I always had a small delay and need to record it as audio and change the start the fit the original tempo

[@dmitry13th77]

Cool😎

[@mayson2669]

is there a third party plugin equivalent to envelope follower?

[@hakanonal9349]

hello, I wrote to you before, but I can't find the tulum deep organic production suite, I would appreciate it if you could help me, please is there a link? 😊😊

[@lotustunesacademy]

Out sooon 😉

[@lucaslavaine1287]

when will the sample pack will be release ? Thanks

[@lotustunesacademy]

In the next 2 weeks I’ll make it possible :)

[@АлександрПрохоров-я6у]

Where can i find Tulum deep tribal organic production suite?)

[@lotustunesacademy]

Not yet released ;) coming out sooon

[@dj-7154]

Hi, does anyone know how to use this method with Bitwig's Envelope follower?

[@ACABSTUDIOS]

I can't believe I didn't know about CTRL-SHIFT drag

[@FelixJepson]

Is there an fl studio version of this?

[@jonathanaffat4202]

How do you do this in FL?

[@aaronbazil]

YES! THANK YOU! Now I'm gonna make music that sounds like THE FIELD, one of my favorite producers! 😄 One of my favorite songs of his from this hypnotic albums, if you've never heard it is: Arpeggiated Love kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGmQhoegjMyAgMU and Over The Ice kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaDFqZyfoJ6taNU

[@everybodyhasoul5438]

Anyone know a VST that does this? Not an Ableton user!

[@dnsideumop]

What’s the shortcut to reverse an audio clip? Is it just R? I have R set to record but can’t remember if I set that up or if that’s default

[@lawkig]

Hey, so this is different from gating how?

[@Bthelick]

Nice idea though I have to point out Technically pads are not melody, they're chords. I think your confusing "tonal" with "melodic". Melody is a moving single note, typically singable.

[@jz77_777]

Are u professional musician producer???

[@joeyrabz1616]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@EQUiDiES]

at 1:34 does anyone know f you can do this in logic too? thx alot :)

[@markkens9]

Ctrl-Z a few times....you had it. a trance open if you twisted its balls.

[@lost.empathy]

shout-out to my peak controller bros)

[@samekahn3785]

Where can I find that Tulum-Deep Tribal Organic sample pack?

[@lotustunesacademy]

Coming out soon on lotustunes.com ;)