Simple Ambient Soundscapes in Ableton Live

[@TonyShaw-kl8qo]

You're an excellent presenter - this video is so easy to follow, and I've remembered more in this one video than weeks of watching loads of other channels. Well done!

[@matttinklermusic]

Thank you for the kind words! I'm really glad this video stuck with you and helped out. 😁

[@360misc]

Fantastic - I was skeptical, but following along gave me some super results - thanks very much - subbed!

[@matttinklermusic]

So glad that you got some good results! Thanks for watching and for the sub. :)

[@Hoghoof]

Wow, creating ambient soundscapes simple and cool. Using this effects setup as a template is pretty awesome. Even with Ableton Live 12 Intro, this goes a long way. Thanks for sharing.

[@matttinklermusic]

You're very welcome! Thank you for watching and I'm glad you found this video useful. :)

[@iamthetinkerman]

Great video, thanks for sharing ❤

[@matttinklermusic]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching. :)

[@ronnie_cutmore]

awesome. learnt a lot. thank you!

[@matttinklermusic]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching. :)

[@scottaugust]

Lots of really nice techniques. Thank you!

[@matttinklermusic]

You're so welcome! I'm glad you got a lot from the video. :)

[@ndwknss]

gorgeous my friend! loved these ideas! so many overly complicated tutorials on youtube or tutorials that use a million plugins that no one has...this is refreshing! glad it came across my feed! subbed!

[@matttinklermusic]

So glad you enjoyed and found this tutorial useful! I had a lot of fun putting this one together. :) Thank you for the support!

[@GrillChillDavis]

Good stuff Matt! Thank you!

[@matttinklermusic]

You're so welcome! Glad you enjoyed it. :)

[@mickhell1]

thanks for making this video nice and easy to follow Thank you

[@matttinklermusic]

You're very welcome! Thank you for watching. :)

[@Chetubesca]

thank you for the video!

[@matttinklermusic]

You're very welcome! Thanks for watching. :)

[@tsotne_von_chikobava]

Thanks a lot Matt, I'm learing a lot from your videos. Huge Respect

[@matttinklermusic]

You're welcome! Thank you for watching and I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. :)

[@colejohnolson]

Wow, very impressive, high quality video. Awesome ideas and suggestions. Ty v much

[@matttinklermusic]

So glad you like it and found it useful! Thank you for watching. :)

[@Zeisslermusic]

Wow, that sounds great. I’ll have to try it tomorrow-it's half past 3 in the morning now. I have to sleep 🙂

[@matttinklermusic]

Definitely give it a try and let me know how you go! But yes, sleep is more important 😂

[@_f_n_]

Great video, just getting to learn Ableton, it helped a lot.I have two comments: - an octave is 12 semitones (in the video you set 7 at 12:20) - a fifth is 7 semitones (you set 4 in the video) But thanks again for the video

[@matttinklermusic]

I'm glad the video helped! Yes you're correct with the semitones, but on this video because I'm using the scale awareness system, all of the intervals are set in scale degrees rather than semitones. This means that when using a simple major/minor scale 7 scalded degrees is an octave and 4 scale degrees is a diatonic fifth. Using this method means that everything stays in key, rather than having it all just related to the incoming note. I apologise if that wasn't clear in the video! 😊

[@servvo]

@@matttinklermusic um actually, since you're using a pentatonic scale, the octave is 5sd, and the fifth is 3sd (except for the third of the scale, here A, because a fifth above that is E, which isn't in the major pentatonic scale)

[@matttinklermusic]

You're right! I forgot I was using a pentatonic scale in this video, I guess I should have actually checked the timestamp and video before commenting 😅

[@PanopticMotion]

Brilliant, thank you!

[@matttinklermusic]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching! 😁

[@TDC10000]

Fabulous, thank you!

[@matttinklermusic]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching! ☺️

[@HugoCaron]

Great ambient tips Martiln, thx a lot!

[@matttinklermusic]

Really glad you found it useful! Thanks for watching. :)

[@sokoleski]

THIS was great..

[@matttinklermusic]

So glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@jopmens6960]

Your content is great

[@matttinklermusic]

Thank you so much! I'm really glad you like the videos. :D

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Great video buddy. Do you have any vids explaining how to create ambient soundscapes to match horror and sci fi images and animations please? I'm looking to create a track of winds howling, debris hurling through the air and distant natural noises etc. Imagine a horror ambience, that sort of thing, where perhaps some subtle music with a few notes and chords sometimes appears. If so, please let me know. Thank you

[@matttinklermusic]

Thanks for watching! I don't have any videos like that at the moment, but I can look into it. In the meantime I'd recommend checking out the Krotos Studio plugin, which is a really great sound design plugin for that kind of stuff!

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

@@matttinklermusic thanks very much. I'll defo check it out and just play around. Appreciate the tips and your clear and precise vids will absolutely help 👍

[@breakbeatonline]

Crack !!! 😊

[@matttinklermusic]

Thank you for watching! 😁

[@breakbeatonline]

@@matttinklermusic your videos are aweson !!

[@bobdevore24]

Sorry my version of ableton doesn’t have drift

[@matttinklermusic]

Drift was introduced in Live 11.3. What version of Live are you using?

[@thelastaesthete]

The sound he's making is possible to replicate on Wavetable