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Next Member Livestream - Tuesday 21st November - 18.00 GMT - LIVE 12 SNEAK PEAK!

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Sorry I had to miss most of the session but caught up later.  Was massively impressed at how you just nonchalantly drew out all the parts for the coventry carol Rob!
Am thinking of going down the slightly more blatant route in my submission, but will see how it goes, when I get catch the inspiration..
Also thanks @deltadio and @Rob for all the Ableton Live info - was really helpful. I also checked other videos about Max 4 live as well and see what you mean about that - it definitely looks like Suite is worth the extra bucks.  I think I may still start with Standard and upgrade later - as I can probably work around the gaps with plugins anyway...  

Next Member Livestream - Tuesday 21st November - 18.00 GMT - LIVE 12 SNEAK PEAK!

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Im thinking of taking the plunge into Ableton Live in this recent sale and wondering if 'Standard' would give me enough to work with, or whether I would end up regretting pushing the boat out for 'Suite'.  Any chance you could outline your thoughts on this on the stream Rob? Any other views from the community would be appreciated as well

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Ding dong, bring it on!
Looking forwards to getting on that vibe and hearing everyone else's versions as well..

@SamuelClouston - maybe both?

Would you admit to using AI in music?

General Producer Chat

I just did an experiment - typed a draft message and then put it in chat GPT and it expressed a much more cohesive version of my point:

Hit the Dancefloor

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Hey @transpire - I really like the build up at the beginning, it really feels like you have nailed introducing parts separately with a good amount of space and leading up to about one and a half minutes in.  Think I would like to hear some vocal harmonies on the woman's vocals.  Also agree with the points Rob makes about making impactful changes between sections and at the end of phrases.  It would be great to hear more presence of additional perc giving variety - for example you bring in claps about 3 mins in, which is exactly what is needed at this point in the track, but I can hardly hear them in the mix.
I really think its a great track though and it get me on the floor for sure

Bam Bam v2

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Ahh - thanks so much for the advice and prod towards a course; just what I needed.  Definitely can hear exactly what you and Sam mean - so thats half the battle..   

Reverb and Delay

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Yeah sounds like a great idea Sam - There are so many plugins that work through different frequency ranges, and Id be keen to get my head around the principles better, so I can make more basic plugins with EQ settings work as well..

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Definitely I echo perc and vocals requests (particularly - Rave vocals).  Im also thinking of building up my own personaly library of Kick and Snare samples 
Am up for anything really
Cheers 

Bam Bam v2

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Hi Sam - I see what you mean about the separation between bass lines - although I wouldn't know what to do to fix it (maybe glue compression and/or finding a new bass part to sit in between the others).  Yeah probably some more balance issues to fix as well between the parts.  Here was me thinking that the track was pretty much nailed, but making some minor tweaks in one element leads to other things not being right..
Well sometimes the best thing you can do is release it and move on and incorporate improvements in the next one
Great learning experience on this assignment and I really appreciate your feedback.     

Bam Bam v2

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Having brought out the bass line more, I realised that it was sounding too repetitive, so had to go back a step and make some musical tweaks off the back of this - so please ignore the previous link which I've deleted:  
https://community.producertech.com/smillington/uploaded_audio/387/bam-bam-v2