Mr Bill: How To Slice, Beat Mash, and Scratch in Ableton Live

Mr Bill shares advanced Ableton Live techniques using the Midi Fighter 3D and Twister: slicing up clips for finger drumming on the fly, scratching samples, and a few unique ways of applying rapid-fire effects. Read more + download the devices used here: djtech.tools/mrbillMASH

[@mikedevey2748]

This guy is lvl 99 Ableton.

[@Neeuqaul]

no level 1000

[@brandensalah9756]

Mike Devey over 9000

[@prod.fimamaru]

I am still waiting for an asian guy to appear better then him

[@mikedevey2748]

@@prod.fimamaru Your comment is funny simply because it is 100% factual. lol

[@jackdeansohl]

but he has also prestige 99

[@OHMSdev]

the fact he knows his equipment so well to make his physical workspace look so minimal is remarkable and should be something to emulate. Im jealous.

[@jordanjensen557]

Bill is hands-down one of the coolest and most caring producers out there.

[@andersingram]

Thats some seriously clever shit. Love how max opens it up to make it easy for people to invent the ways they want to make music.

[@funkahontas]

And perform !! Max is the shit honestly

[@57ashdot]

I'm a simple man. I see Mr. Bill, I hit the like button.

[@philmarchisotta]

57ashdot it ain’t much, but it’s honest work

[@ItsKingMyles]

wow. mr bill always on some new technique

[@table9music]

Dude...nice! So helpful to see this setup and what's possible with the Twister and Ableton. Thanks Mr Bill!

[@GregLuceMusic]

This is so, so, SOOOOO excellent! One of these days, I’m going to do it with my live looping. I’ll have to watch this about 20 times until I get it.

[@calbostic6565]

GregLuceMusic yeah lol its confusing

[@jsonslim]

So will I. BTW have you implemented it? I'm working on follow actions stuff with Push2

[@niccolowmusic1092]

This is amazing, thank you for walking through this!

[@ErikHawk]

This is brilliant! The best Mr. Bill tutorial I've seen.

[@Moujemusic]

MINDBLOWING, this is absolutely brilliant, DEFINITELY applying this in my live sets FOR. SURE!

[@obezijana]

My god... What a virtuoso... Not my style at all, but the way he performs, i respect that and would love to have his skills, his smoothness. Overall interesting guy...

[@killervirusxp]

Thanks for sharing with us really nice and useable stuff

[@SanVB]

Ok I need to sit down with you and talk about the first 3 minutes of the video for 8 hours and then we can move on. Outstanding Mr Bill!!!!

[@AntandraMusic]

That's a really nice setup.

[@WHYZMAN_]

Damn this the type of workflow i neeeed

[@cyntelsince.8886]

13:23 that fader never stood a chance. RIP

[@davidrobot7818]

Thanks for the info Mr Bill/Techtools

[@alemdos5747]

good work king, love you

[@bartstoppel]

not my kinda style but the fact he was ripping of his crossfader cap at around 13:20 and still beeing able to do his thing witout the listener noticing had me.

[@Reverzi]

I'm pretty sure he's had that happen to him before :D

[@djimma5080]

Lol it happens it's an easy fix just a tiny piece of tissue will fix it

[@Lazerface84]

The equivalent of a drummer dropping his stick and pulling out another without missing a beat!

[@DokterRyConn]

HE THREW IT ON THE GROUND!!!! Lol

[@luminlp]

haha, I just noticed that

[@MrPianoMatt12]

THAT WAS SO COOL. YOUR MUSIC IS AWESOME

[@petercaldwell1624]

I have no idea what he is talking about and I wish I did

[@bboymac84]

Peter Caldwell I do and I applaud his patience to do this!!

[@Jhizzle473]

Same I’m super lost

[@lukeburkett5645]

That looks like a lot of fun

[@JuergenTolksdorf]

crazy stuff. Like it!

[@xochidelsabor1]

This was so helpful!! Thank you

[@Pherramoo]

The crossfade king. Sweet techniques!

[@allthingsmotion]

Great work!

[@shaboogen]

Mr Bill + DJ TechTools. Sounds like a win to me

[@wadewilliams1892]

Ableton is cool allowing people lots of creative flexibility 💪🏼

[@rodyjewo5049]

thanks a lot!!! so nice reverb

[@vonzo55]

Respect, Mr Bill

[@contraversialmusic]

brilliant, man! Where can we download this?? :)

[@tonybeatbutcher]

Mad Zach was scratching a on a noise_filter, you can do this aswel in simpler/sampler with transpose.

[@toolzshed]

thanks Mr. Bill!

[@jodymcdougle8810]

Would you recommend a few videos on working more in depth with Simpler? Im glad that I found your channel. ::subscribed::

[@natesnyder9703]

Mr. Bill Dope AF!

[@MrManlyBeardyMan]

I really like that music he was doing

[@mialane3886]

ok mr bill im sold

[@fmgtakkesumm9939]

thank you so much dude you're a god

[@bboymac84]

I need to train with this guy!!

[@antoinenioi6863]

Hello Bill thanks for this vidéo ! I have buy this fantastic template but just I have a question … to use correctly with the midi fighter twister what should I do to the mapping with this template ! Normally do it work automatically ? Thanks for your answer

[@hosiecarmona9650]

So any updates to these mappings? Your buddy still working on them any links for download of any midi fighter 3d mappings for Ableton, thanks. Enjoyed the video you're doing things differently I like that.

[@ORACLEBALL]

Damn, you broke the cross fader half way through. Good thing there was a back up haha

[@benzsittisak903]

Works well!! DANKEEE

[@couss8496]

Thanks so much

[@bungeechord1]

Amazing!

[@artsea]

Good stuff man! ~

[@jameswilson9011]

you can make a crossfader with chains and Audio From + monitoring a compressor

[@theinfideluk]

This is so cool and so over my head, but nice

[@chrisharrison809]

Awesome!

[@neaumusic]

I been wanting to do this for a while, but instead of using global crossfade and manual slicing, using live audio pulled into chains via monitoring Audio From in compressors

[@KIDZBOP_VEVO]

I watch this once every year

[@grumpycrumpet6604]

my head hurtz!! good vid tho fam! looooveee

[@arieldesmodue7523]

Well, what Mad Zack showed in that video wasn't exactly muting/unmuting the clips while playing with play position, what he was actually doing was more simple: he played clips with the pads like you normally do in a drumrack, and playing with pitch and filter in the encoder to recreate the effect. What you are doing is better in my opinion, more like actual scratching, just what I was looking for. You are a genius.

[@getatbrian]

Is it possible to do this with Push 2 and a Midi Fighter?

[@SvintMvrcus]

Are there any updates for his slice mode technique in Ableton 11? Thinking about picking up a midi fighter for this but was wondering if there’s an updated workflow and setup since things have changed in ableton since then.

[@collindanaher7873]

good intel mate

[@williamchisholm3562]

Dig that tippery idea✌🏼

[@osovitor28]

Big monster! wow!

[@wernerhaider2338]

How about a follow up with a focus on the hardware? Would be nice to see the hardware rack itself and the wiring.

[@calbostic6565]

they just plug into the computer

[@fakshen1973]

It's probably just a rackmounted computer. You can build a standard PC in a shallow depth server case. Notice how he's using a computer monitor and the USB leads from his controllers lead back to the case?

[@cassiusjb]

Sweet! Are those compatible with the new Mac M1s?

[@MrCreezy7]

Sick!

[@deniscratch]

nice construction

[@ricochade]

So cool :)

[@Fr0mSpac3]

Damn, finally found video I need to watch 5 times to understand

[@gabrieljennings5492]

This is all sorts of slick. Nice work!

[@SanplerVarondaro]

Champion

[@codih1716]

Cool 😮

[@jpf566]

Mr. Bill is God

[@duel5071]

so cool! and so gratuitous!

[@SweetScaleTV]

how do you get to this level??

[@XsaiLOVE]

Genius

[@Onkarr]

Did you ever live in Shrewsbury?

[@Simrasil_]

what is the name of the song that starts at 0:20 really cool tech I always like "electronic artists" performing on stage rather than just pressing play

[@blahblah101]

Simrasil a bit late but I’m pretty sure it’s “articulate this” by mr.bill and au5

[@gwmechanical7402]

whats the rapper rapping over the top of the beat? i know the beat is morko by mr bill

[@vhollund]

Our favorite nerd

[@gogae22]

By the way this can be achieved using python for ableton (without m4l), which I guess is more reliable. Even splitting the track into several clips will not be necessary

[@256k_]

i dont really understand how he makes the 16 midi clips taht he controls as a sequencer control "any" track that's playing? how is he routing all of those tracks to be controlled by that 1 midi channel?

[@askthefishcurry2543]

13.23 ~ The Cross Fader decides to dump all the available jet fuel and whiz off into outer-space (Probably under the table). Meanwhile Mr Bill continues to Slice, Beat Mash and Scratch. Love this video!

[@LuizCarlosJesusdosSantos]

Monster!!!!!!!!!

[@cwzimo]

First standing ovation I gave a youtube video.

[@RoboticusMusic]

This comment gave me autism :^D

[@jbucku324]

bro thats fucking sick! brilliant

[@nryn777]

hi. what the name of small color controller? thank you

[@liorsilverstein9802]

oh it looks good but can you autreche with it? not in this video

[@LukeBranson8]

anyone know how to get a pc case like that???

[@kennyschachat]

The Woulg Scratchy Max For Live device is available at the link below on Bandcamp: woulg-related.bandcamp.com/album/scratchy-and-chain-selecta

[@spencercappiello7589]

goin hard @13:21 w that chroma cap smashing 👌🏼

[@l..o..v-895]

13:20 quality fader caps lol mine always get launched in to oblivion too

[@Kriptickhaos]

Does anyone charge to help midi map a set? Id love some help!

[@hardgainer7396]

I just realized Im too stoned to comprehend this next level shit. My brain is boiling, will come back later for sure.

[@claudioramirez_]

Why is that MF3D mapped upside down? And most importantly... how can I do that to mine? 🤔

[@alexanderpressler5364]

dude your setup & how much you got out of it is really dope - thx for shari with us :)

[@alexanderpressler5364]

i especially like the way of scratching ;)

[@TruestQuest]

Can someone tell me what he said in minute 2:00? He said ableton doesn’t have any other way of dealing with points like “trackdemi” or track what lol?

[@JJ1NE]

traktor, a dj software

[@pawliednb]

Where can we get that WR-Scratchy device? Sooooo cool!!!!! WANT! Can donate beer money.

[@pawliednb]

Found it! woulg-related.bandcamp.com/album/scratchy-and-chain-selecta

[@daeRomero]

did you get Scratchy after all??

[@antoniofiore6871]

👍

[@CrazedTeenz]

I wonder how sweaty Mr. Bill got when he made 10.8 with deadmau5

[@nervousneighbour]

It has to be the opposite. Mau5 probably had to pick back up the jaw he dropped after seeing Mr. Bill produce.

[@paulmcmc4005]

@@nervousneighbour Facts!

[@BopalotBarnes]

does anyone know a more simpler video of whats going on here. like a beginners version to the techniques he is using here?

[@vaughnwilkinson595]

i would start by watching the mad zach videos he references.. but he doesnt go too in depth about creating the whole session, he def kind of jumps in

[@herrbasan]

"i suppose..." .. gotta be the name of Mr Bills biography ..

[@mateoconk]

I have questions.

[@phillipmichalowski]

this is voodoo shit. love it