How To Use Return Tracks- Ableton Quick Tip

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4 жыл бұрын

Learning more about return tracks has been super beneficial to my work flow inside of Ableton!
In this video I will show how I use return tracks for recording and working with vocals inside of ableton!

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@tribecagirl Жыл бұрын

THIS WAS BRILLIANT I AM SO GRATEFUL

@siahwya Жыл бұрын

So glad it was able to help my friend!

@goomba7835 Жыл бұрын

The most wholesome person in a music production tutorial! Thx for this helpful explanation man.

@siahwya Жыл бұрын

Ah that’s the kindest comment! I appreciate the kind words!

@SashankMallya 3 жыл бұрын

Clear cut!

@hendren7913 5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! This was so clear and so useful!

@papaschlumpf1390 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much man. You have no idea how much easier you just made my life.

@siahwya 2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad I was able to assist!

@cyrusnanavati 2 жыл бұрын

An excellent simple explanation - very well done

@nate4732 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Very informative

@evant1572 Жыл бұрын

Very clear and concise. Thank you!

@marcfinger4549 4 жыл бұрын

Best video I found just plain and simple thanks!

@siahwya 4 жыл бұрын

Im glad I was able to help my friend! Best of luck to you!

@aaronball4829 4 жыл бұрын

Well done, thanks for your time and effort!

@siahwya 4 жыл бұрын

Aaron Ball thanks for watching my friend! Always here to help!

@dallinthueson9773 2 жыл бұрын

Love this man! HUGE HELP

@siahwya 2 жыл бұрын

Glad I was able to help!

@mskaggsyt 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for putting this together!

@siahwya 4 жыл бұрын

Here to help! Glad to provide some value! The follow up video will be posted tomorrow!

@whome806 2 жыл бұрын

Best explanation

@siahwya 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that! 🙏🏻

@brvss__ 3 жыл бұрын

best explanation i could find, thank u so much

@siahwya 3 жыл бұрын

Glad I was able to help!

@jamiehutton1825 2 жыл бұрын

Subbed. Straight to the point how we like it.

@siahwya 2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate you! More coming soon 🙏🏻

@selimcanbicer960 3 жыл бұрын

Dude... This is awesome. Your phrase is really really good. You are an articulate speaker. You should keep shooting more videos!

@siahwya 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Luckily I have a job where I actively teach a lot so it translate to the content I’m trying to make. Have been making tutorials and music production vlogs of the tracks we are working on. I think the quality of videos have improved a lot! Let me know what you think if you check any of the new ones out!

@robertotorin289 3 жыл бұрын

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@mosesjonathan1240 3 жыл бұрын

@Roberto Torin definitely, have been using Flixzone} for years myself :D

@crosbybilly8907 3 жыл бұрын

@Roberto Torin definitely, have been watching on flixzone} for since december myself =)

@vincenzogael5483 3 жыл бұрын

@Roberto Torin Definitely, been using flixzone} for since december myself =)

@rushikeshrawool5387 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for the video I was struggling so much to understand this

@siahwya 3 жыл бұрын

I’m glad I was able to help!

@Bellathebossss 4 жыл бұрын

Very articulate goodness thank u

@siahwya 4 жыл бұрын

Bella Meyer here to help my friend

@George-nx8zu 2 жыл бұрын

Is there a way to unsticky the return tracks so that it isn't always showing like that?

@cyrusnanavati 2 жыл бұрын

I would love you to do a video on making a great vocal chain - what are the considerations and what do we need to make vocals sound great

@siahwya 2 жыл бұрын

This is something i am working on myself as of right now. Currently i am using the stock vocal chain template that Kenny Beats gave out in his discord. Once I learn enough about it I will happily make a video on it!

@jbeez321 2 жыл бұрын

got stuck, you helped me so thank you very much

@siahwya 2 жыл бұрын

Love that I was able to help!

@athinagorask Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tutorial! How about the volume of the track in the final master? Because in your video you didn't change the Output Type of your track, which means that the audio is amplified by the Send to the return track. Essentially you have Audio Track --> Master but also Audio Track --> Return Track --> Master . Also, how about the possibility of selecting "Sends Only" for the Output Type of the Audio Track and simply maximizing the Send volume of the track, so that everything comes from the Return Track? Thank you!

@slipped7248 3 жыл бұрын

wow this makes so much more sense

@siahwya 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I was able to help! Hope you have been making a good use out of them!

@mrbass093 3 жыл бұрын

Great video!! But I have one question... I just had an H delay in one of my return tracks, and I exported it in audio but I don’t hear my delay feedbacks, do you know how to fix this issue

@tossowain8963 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! This Is pretty much what I've been doing when putting tracks into a group and putting the chain on the group. Just wondering if there is any difference in this method to using a return..? I'm guessing it's just being able to dial in the DB

@siahwya 3 жыл бұрын

Yep you got it! That’s the only thing I’ve seen to be the biggest benefit! If I’m using the same chain over and over but I want to apply it at different levels, almost as using the wet/dry knobs. I see this a lot when working with vocals. With delays and reverbs and at different timings or spaces. If imma be sending it over and over it’s gonna be nice to have that distinction between a group and an individual track getting the effect

@mshl114 4 жыл бұрын

Tqsm

@eghbalatmani 3 жыл бұрын

helpful / thanx :)

@siahwya 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped! Thank you!

@Jenny-mr8tq 4 жыл бұрын

fire

@siahwya 4 жыл бұрын

Sean thanks for checking it out my friend!

@tomguarente 9 ай бұрын

Don’t groups do the same thing ?

@alberto-martino 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! Why not using Groups for that purpose? They seem to be more practical, are they less efficient?

@irc1414 3 жыл бұрын

i have the same question ...

@siahwya 3 жыл бұрын

So here’s my thinking when it comes to groups/returns. If there’s a certain thing I want to use multiple times I’m gonna want to have it in a return track. For instance if I’m recording vocals I’ll have several return tracks set up with specific reverbs or delays that I’ll want to send to. But I might want to send from the main track differently then a set of backgrounds. Or maybe I’ll want to differentiate in a way that would take more cpu power if I just set up groups and copy and pasted the same plugin to several tracks. I hope that makes sense!

@alberto-martino 3 жыл бұрын

@@siahwya I've never thought of it this way, but it definitely makes sense! I'm gonna try make use of return tracks from now on... Thanks again 🙏🏼

@Gabykk 4 жыл бұрын

Good job boi

@siahwya 4 жыл бұрын

offshore glad you enjoyed it!

@TheApostleofRock 4 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't the same thing be accomplished by putting your vocal chain on a bus? You still avoid having multiple instances of the same chain. I'm trying to understand reasons to use sends that are unique to sends. I know a lot of people set up reverbs and delays on sends, but I'm not certain why. I can see perhaps the use of having a send for something that you use periodically throughout a session. But I suppose technically you could automate that given plugin being on or off.

@siahwya 4 жыл бұрын

I think for myself the speed and ability to mix the volume of the affect, almost like a wet and dry knob, are the reasons why I find myself using them. Being able to quickly slide a knob on any track that routes to a reverb/delay/effect that I have prearranged allows me to move faster in experimenting. Whatever allows you to be creative without slowing you down is what I would shoot for!

@ianmichael4019 4 жыл бұрын

@siahwya - When are u going to make more vids again? this coronavirus got me next to ableton more

@siahwya 4 жыл бұрын

I've been taking too long! Going to film something today! Thanks for the extra motivation!

@bidhanry9740 2 жыл бұрын

hi sir, i hope u and yr family are safe, sir i want to learn how to add reverb while u record your own vocal (in the headphone u get that effect only not to be applied that in original track) in ableton live, please sir reply, i have searched a lot but didnt get any suitable video regarging these.

@siahwya 2 жыл бұрын

Hey there my friend! Would love to try to help you out. Having a little trouble understanding exactly what you are trying to accomplish. I haven't finished my coffee yet so that could explain things haha. Are you saying you want the actual track that is then recorded to have the revert inside of it? As in the reverb not coming from the plugins but printed to the track?

@bidhanry9740 2 жыл бұрын

@@siahwya simply, when I will record my vocals, in my headphones the reverb effect will be there. But it should not apply to the recording as I only need the raw version.

@siahwya 2 жыл бұрын

@@bidhanry9740 can you email me a screenshot of what your setup looks like inside of Ableton?

@siahwya 2 жыл бұрын

siahwya@icloud.com

@bidhanry9740 2 жыл бұрын

@@siahwya Sir i have sent you an email, thanks for helping me out, very few people take the headache to solve doubts for noobs. Thnks again, may god bless u sir

@DarioDaGiovane 4 жыл бұрын

does it work when you export the track?

@siahwya 4 жыл бұрын

Dario M indeed it does!

@DarioDaGiovane 4 жыл бұрын

And separeted tracks?

@siahwya 4 жыл бұрын

@@DarioDaGiovane yep, you shouldn't run into any problems! Go ahead an test it yourself for some good practice!

@DarioDaGiovane 4 жыл бұрын

@@siahwya I was testing your knowledge.... You didn't pass the test

@siahwya 4 жыл бұрын

@@DarioDaGiovane what specifically were you trying to do with your "separated tracks"

@timaaan 5 ай бұрын

Why don't you use groups? The method that you showed is not entirely correct, since you do not process the original signal, but simply overlay the processed signal on top of the raw one.