Melodic Phrase Generator in Ableton Live 11 = Ned Rush

It's time for some super hot random music generation. Support me on Patreon to download this set plus many many more.
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Ned Rush is an infotaining universe of ideas for ways to make music, including areas of music production, music composition, sampling, synthesisers and sound design in software like Ableton, MaxMSP, Reason, and on hardware such as eurorack modular, Elektron boxes like the Octatrack and Analog Rytm, also visual art strategies using Jitter, focusing on music genres such electronica, IDM, glitch, jungle, breakcore, electro-acoustic, musique concrete, as well as discussing music via interviews and podcasts, and music performances via livestreams.

[@ig88andribs]

Consistently hilarious, grounded and educational. My fave production channel.

[@jolieuke]

Indeed, couldn't say it better!

[@babtasco4266]

Agreeness in alignment

[@bertrandvanasch]

So glad I discovered your channel ! ❤ your fun and passion is so communicative, and your tutorials are just the right amount of dynamic and expert yet accessible ! Brilliant

[@zorankp]

I'm getting a real Guthrie Govan, vibe listening to you mate. Great video. Thanks!

[@walkerjj71]

What an awesome video. I tried this technique and have been having hours of fun and have 3 ideas for tunes straight of the bat..brilliant..thank you!!!

[@arnavbassnandes295]

Been a while since I watched your tutorials and it sure is great to hear your voice again!

[@farmersmith7057]

Another great video Ned. I’m all about randomization. One suggestion: when recording random midi, set the bpm to 999 and it will record faster. You can then play it back at your desired bpm and pause/replay bits you might like.

[@bjorn2970]

i forgot about that trick! noice swarn bruvva

[@adoneran]

This is genius tip.

[@chrisjames3272]

Nice video dude. I've been interested in the randomization stuff for a while and it's great to see something on the topic. It's very interesting how just using a small set of tools, depending on how the order is set up you get so many permutations.

[@dooplisss]

Your tutorials have helped me get back into making music. Thanks man.

[@jussiniemi9560]

I was already hooked to the channel, once i heard him explain away how hot it is. Very well explained the music stuff too...

[@eaAngelmusic]

You are easily the most comedic channel I know that isn’t a comedy channel although I follow your walk throughs for fun I can genuinely just watch you without ableton on all day

[@guitarmogul762]

He's funny as!

[@bjorn2970]

Yes Ned yet another boot skootin beauty of a vid diddler. I bloody love it!

[@Heckler1337]

Instant subscribe! Great work mate!

[@bukaglasna]

Nice one mate! Permutations generator of an already great phrase would be great :)

[@evolvet3k]

yes - pull in your favorite britney spears midi file and let 'er rip. auto-generated teenage engineering atari riot remixes.

[@HumanSynthetics]

Very very very good. Simple stock tools yielding complex and melodically sound phrases. Amazing the variety you're able to squeeze out of these stock devices. It was fucking hot.

[@WilliamHumphreys]

Stupendous and extremely entertaining

[@brianconcannon9358]

"Steve Reich!" - Pure wit and accurate. I'm having a lot of fun right now in ableton following this. Thanks!

[@emmas.h386]

Interesting and relaxing - perfect night viewing after putting the baby to bed. Will practice this tomorrow! Thanks so much :)

[@Blaketownselecta]

Going to watch this.... after I have a cold shower.

[@evolvet3k]

figured out a bug upon downloading and opening ned's set - either in expression control or in arpeggiator ... the mapped values to arp don't modulate them without first removing the mapped value and re-mapping. yet they are "greyed out" on arp and unable to be moved manually until remapped. this only occurs on arp. also, the value names under "mapping" on exp cont don't carry over. they just say, "map." edit - a quick way to combat this and kill it w/ 2 birds, is to "x" out the mapped function, then ctrl+z it back. the name will appear in the map as well.

[@ross_ykm]

Brilliant as ever, thanks Ned. Conducting and recording this in this heat is an achievement (why is it 30 degrees in fucking Scotland, we’re not built for this aaaargh). p.s. arpeggiator to ‘free’ but using the re trigger set to a beat to taste gives an ace mixture of free-running silliness, but free-running silliness that kicks off on a given beat division.

[@timnordberg7204]

another bonkers free-mode Arpeggiator tip is placing an Expression Control *after* a free-running Arpeggiator, setting MIDI in to Random, and controlling the free-running Arpeggiator's speed. Now, every free-timed note played at random speed will seed a new random value for the Arpeggiator's next note. Ground Control to Sun Ra, do you copy, Sun Ra?

[@ross_ykm]

@@timnordberg7204 I love it, have to try, thank you!

[@tessitvra]

Lmao, love it. lots of good laughs and info in this vid, bless

[@vvcv__00]

I live in the NW regions of the US (Seattle), and we get the same way during bad summers. Once the red hits 85-89 F, watch out, road rage and grumpiness becomes the absolute norm. I'm afraid to talk to anyone when it's that hot. I guess it wouldn't be so bad, but MANY public places do not have air conditioner systems. You see fireplaces everywhere, but go to a bar, without A/C on a hot summer night? Nope, I'll patiently wait until the first rain of fall cools everyone down. it's too bad, 'cause i don't recall ever having summers that resemble the hot summers of the past 10 years or so.

[@guitorb]

That was fun!

[@dubraja6469]

Thats new! I'm not from the UK, usually i hear people from UK complaint about how the sun is never out. Looks like the tables have turned lol

[@romyn8726]

this is the best! tysm

[@balamb_gardens]

Thank you for all those videos man, thanks to you my lazy ass has found so many way to work in a way that suits me and my musical needs, now i have a better understanding how a genius, imo, like Skee Mask, use ableton to produce, keep it up man you're really great

[@prodMatsumuraa]

I love you, Ned RUSH

[@michaelcolucci6916]

Love this

[@lalolanda2239]

thank you neddy !

[@practicewhatyouteach]

That keyboard in the music shop one was pretty funny 😄

[@extendedblundering]

Honestly I come here first and foremost for the wacky personality, secondly to watch some of your ideas for inspiration. Cheers

[@jumanjidnbuk6152]

Loving the videos would you ever do a video on cardinal vst

[@rhinocore]

Preemptive like

[@evolvet3k]

i'm thinking that, when using the random function within the expression control module, the "Amt" column being set at 50% by default, means that the probability of any item to choose from in what is basically an array will be completely random, given that the min is 0 and max is 100 - ie for arp type, each item listed is just as likely as all others to be chosen at random. adjusting this percentage will adjust the likelihood of randomization along a line of probability that is set by the min and max. as well, the shape (logarithmic or linear) of the line? what does rise and fall accomplish?

[@CircRhyth1981]

This is great, could you do something around generative chords please?

[@MattHSh4dow]

OH, STEVE REICH

[@DaddaPsy]

You should've tried that Note Echo thing you did in an earlier video in this patch!

[@seamushogan849]

Gosh, I'm grumpy coz it's June and I had to light the sodding fire tonight, aren't we a fickle pack of mercurial fuckers. I'm withdrawing to my chambers with a duvet, your dulcet tones, a soupcon of special k, and a desire to fully internalise the weirdness of commenting on a year old YT vid. Thanks as always for your works of goodness x

[@NedRush]

The video isn’t as sophisticated as special k. Sorry.

[@seamushogan849]

@@NedRush By golly it is! it-s full of rand0m, really helps bring on the wonk

[@airfixx_8952]

3 hours later.....Hot, sweaty and mongin' out with this midi loop and some additional FX.... I may be a while yet.

[@leerobinson8257]

Instant like, for the pants attire

[@armaturesmusic]

So good, but if have also gone with the mini note echo too. Although I think you used that previously...

[@polyluxsystems]

Sure is a hot one

[@N0B0DY_SP3C14L]

This wasn't bad, but to get things a bit more useful, I'd increase not lengths, add better intervals to the chords, and put a zbRandomPass plugin behind the chord to make it more sparse. I'd lose the arpeggiator, set the zb to taste, use 16ths with varying chances in the clip, and play with the scale tool a bit. Grab every 4 bars and some thing cool will appear sooner or later. Depending on the scale, you can get some really funky stabs and accent melodies. Great for cooking up starting points or whatever. And don't be afraid to touch up something that is almost cool.

[@JAYg33t4r]

Could you assign the expression control to modulate the key filter so the arpeggios would switch keys?

[@fasdaky]

Yes pretty sure you can

[@TheXHypno]

Daddy is back.

[@csselement]

starts around 2:30

[@pongtrometer]

4king Genius...keep cool...

[@evolvet3k]

thanks ned. always thought live was capable of something like this from a generative standpoint given its various components. just needs a nudge. i mean, max is truly capable of even deeper degrees of this. but who can be bothered with programming max?

[@NedRush]

Me! :)

[@evolvet3k]

@@NedRush i have no idea what you're talking about.

[@StevenJamesBurks]

@@NedRush we have a very good idea of what you're talking about. in fact, we still want to offer you grips of cash for gregarious maxiful exploits.

[@StevenJamesBurks]

@@NedRush i also noticed the legacy expression control from the max essentials pack lacks random, slide, and incremental MIDI IN, MPE, and others.

[@scotfree7702]

I agree UK is not setup for hot weather, but c’mon its not the whole summer is it! Glaswegian in Sydney have to deal with 100F+ and 80% humidity most summers

[@jesse154]

Hey Ned, or anyone: is it possible to get midi cc out of the Simpler device, so that the slices played can also trigger something else?

[@NedRush]

Just route the midi track with Simpler on it to another midi track.

[@jesse154]

@@NedRush unfortunately it only sends midi for the notes you draw in, not from the simpler device itself. For example if you set it to play 'thru' so it plays all slices from that note, then routing the midi only gives you that first note that is written in, and there doesn't seem to be midi data for the slices. Was just a leftfield idea I thought would be cool. Maybe its not possible though.

[@redirishmanxlt]

@2:23

[@aaronlyttle775]

So sorry about the heat you're all getting over there. 😕 Great video though

[@aaronlyttle775]

Ableton thought it was slightly too hot for 120 bpm

[@isaacanthonydj4124]

my Behringer TD-3 random patterns forever, is like free acid house, you just have to patiently sort thru a bunch of rubbish and polish some turds.

[@HumanMotives]

“Contemporary” 😂😁💅

[@theFloxie]

Ned: "The fact that we're using probability in order to instantiate the entire process means that sometimes....." Me: Ah yes i see - hmm, indeed quite correct yes.

[@RAFAELLO077]

I just want to have freedom like ae in their music , somehow connect possibilities of max and structure of ableton.

[@_zhenitch_]

Make ringtone😊

[@armaturesmusic]

119.93 BMP

[@timnordberg7204]

it's the notes the computer's *not* playing

[@romannietoperz4675]

> little bit of probability > chance: 100%

[@romannietoperz4675]

you got fan that is blowing? - too many details, dude, but good for you xD

[@romannietoperz4675]

sorry, we got heat here as well, my brain melted somwhere around 1pm and i am now at12 y. o. level :v

[@Boxhemia]

0:00 when its room temperature in britain

[@ArmoksHolyBeard]

18:16 Mario eats a mushroom

[@alexoswald2399]

Brits: it's soooo hot! 🥵 Australians: say what?

[@MF_Naah]

Ned Rush appropriation

[@fredkennedy8435]

I can't hear the fan noise over my own fan.

[@eonz8]

yolo hahahahha

[@FairuzOsman]

But you really should’ve gated the fan noise

[@gooseman616]

oh my god i cant believe you didnt gate out the fan noise blowing to your dingle dongle unsubscribing right now so unprofessional

[@michaelfitzsimmons6273]

Ha ha ha Steve Reich...

[@CNTRRNDM]

Dude! Why didn’t you gate out that fan noise? Super annoying!!! I'll unsubscribe immediately😂😂😂 nah, seriously...great tutorial, mate!!!

[@YoungNino2017]

kek... that was horrible... all that time wasted for that?

[@desoconnor7445]

Actually the best thing going on here is the silence between any of the sounds here ….🫣

[@ndf3]

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