Sonic Academy How To Remix Ableton Live

Get inside the mind of remixer and Ableton expert Phil Johnston to find out how he used (and abused) Ableton Live 8 to put together this massive remix.

Videos Overview

Tutorial 0 - Playthrough

Tutorial 1 - Setup
We take a look at our remix parts and get them synced up with our project.

Tutorial 2 - Finding Chords
A look at how the chord pattern from the original parts can be used as our main synth

Tutorial 3 - Synth One
We program our main synth part using the Sylenth 1

Tutorial 4 - Synth 1 FX
We add the some reverb and FX to our main synth part

Tutorial 5 - Drums
Now that we have some of our sounds sorted we bring in the beats

Tutorial 6 - Arrangement 1
We start laying out some basic structure

Tutorial 7 - Harpsicord
We use the harpsichord part that our chords came from as an FX bed

Tutorial 8 - Arrangement 2
We continue to layout our arrangement

Tutorial 9 - Arrangement 3
We continue to layout our arrangement

Tutorial 10 - Arrangement 4
We continue to layout our arrangement

Tutorial 11 - Arrangement 5
We continue to layout our arrangement

Tutorial 12 - Bass
We add our bass part using Abletons simpler and Studio Devil Amp Simulator

Tutorial 13 - Strings
We Duplicate our main synth part and use it program a lush string sound using Sylenth 1

Tutorial 14 - FX Sweep
We add some mega sweeps to really lift the build up.

Tutorial 15 - Fills
We use hi pass filters in our transitions to make or sections more effective

Tutorial 16 - Top Tail
In our final video we add a DJ friendly intro and outro to our track
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