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Richie, aka Dirty Secretz shows us a cool tip using Ableton's Enevlope Follower plugin to spice up any element in your creation, whether it be a pad or vocal, to groove along with the track.
Once set up, you can drag in any percussive groove, tweak to taste, and get your different elements to 'copy' the rhythm to get an instant bounce to your track.
Check it out!
00:00 - Introduction
00:22 - Initial Loop
00:59 - Pad
01:26 - Percussion Loop
02:06 - Adding Envelope Follower
02:38 - Increasing Envelope Follower Gain
03:00 - Mapping to an Auto Filter Frequency
03:48 - Result
04:06 - Tweaking Envelope Follower Parameters
04:52 - Result with Other Elements
05:37 - Reversing Envelope Follower
07:18 - Mapping to Other Parameters
08:13 - Vocal Example
08:58 - WARNING!
10:10 - Multiple Mapping
11:45 - Changing the Percussion Loop
12:40 - Conclusion
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