This Overlooked Ableton Feature Will Level Up Your Mix

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Using the Envelope Follower in Ableton Live (or the peak controller in FL Studio) can unlock some powerful and advanced processing options to make your music sound better. These free tools save you time and deliver better results when compared to alternative methods with multiple plugins, parameter adjustments and routing.
I also show you how to automate 3rd party plugins in Ableton and use the Peak Controller in FL Studio.
One of the songs used in my video is La La Land by Kennedy Wilde (available on all platforms)
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0:00 - Intro
0:15 - Setting up the Envelope Follower
1:52 - "Sidechaining" Envelope Follower
2:30 - Automating 3rd Party Plugins in Ableton
3:18 - Advanced mixing techniques
4:22 - FL Studio Peak Controller Alternative
6:08 - Why is this better?
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@inthemix 11 ай бұрын

Don't worry folks, I haven't switched DAWs. I use a variety of software when mixing/mastering for artists and I like to stay fresh with all of them. Plenty more tutorials and content coming soon! Michael

@gtmlsmsc 11 ай бұрын

😂 just had silent attack

@rmn_sxn 11 ай бұрын

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@SchulleHBS 11 ай бұрын

Ich würde mich freuen wenn du mehr Videos über Ableton machst! 😄

@inthemix 11 ай бұрын

@@SchulleHBS Ich mache mir Notizen!

@gtmlsmsc 11 ай бұрын

@@inthemix I thought you are from the UK

@DJPastaYaY 11 ай бұрын

So weird but so cool to see Ableton here haha

@inthemix 11 ай бұрын

Yeah it feels a bit odd!

@bruhmastergachisound 11 ай бұрын

Hi pasta🙂

@DJPastaYaY 11 ай бұрын

Hey there!@@bruhmastergachisound

@sancessounds 11 ай бұрын

Please always do this! I am legit never on social media so this would be amazing content for us and for you!

@inthemix 11 ай бұрын

I’m hearing this quite a lot, I will do!

@mattfrenden1000 10 ай бұрын

Always do what?

@62433N 10 ай бұрын

@mattfrenden1000, what they were talking about right there was Michael making a dedicated video on KZfaq about short tips and tricks that might have gone viral elsewhere on social media, in this case, Instagram.

@KDEADS 10 ай бұрын

Yet again, excellent advice. No gimics, no ego, no waffle - just great advice delivered in a clear and humble way. Thank you.

@Slimmaxmuzik 11 ай бұрын

For thoes of us using Ableton but always come here to learn, its really amazing seeing you doing ableton tutorial.🤝

@ancientmodesty9300 11 ай бұрын

So happy to see you posting more regularly again. Keep it up, your FL content is near unmatched as far as I'm concerned!

@pick_nark 11 ай бұрын

I slept way to long on peak controller in FL but I find myself using it to control all kinds of things nowadays. You can use the smoothing option while linking to controller to make it not so jumpy.

@baymax001 10 ай бұрын

Please do this always, Like taking about a concept and showing it on different daws, Maybe There's more FL users but the main concept is the important part 〽️

@moffatbanda6001 11 ай бұрын

I have always known you as an FL guru, It's nice to see you delve creatively into Ableton live, great tut

@vsp237 11 ай бұрын

Great tip mate! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

@JamesMusicPH 11 ай бұрын

It amazes me seeing you explore Live (Ableton). That's the first DAW I learned after switching from the free LMMS.

@JTUCKTAMAGASTAD 11 ай бұрын

Pure gold content as usual… real talent shows others how to achieve the best…

@jeremyformerlyknownastoken8218 11 ай бұрын

Really nice to see some Ableton on this channel ! Hope to see more

@xnervemusic 11 ай бұрын

Hey Michael can you please make a full beginners tutorial on how to use Ableton?

@inthemix 11 ай бұрын

If enough people want to see that, I'd happily make a beginners guide for how I would approach using Ableton.

@harshitavlogs 11 ай бұрын

I was gonna ask too!

@xnervemusic 11 ай бұрын

@@inthemix Maybe you can set up a poll over your KZfaq or Instagram and let people answer :)

@inthemix 11 ай бұрын

@@xnervemusic Good idea!

@OMNICHROMATICA 11 ай бұрын

man your videos are always excellent!

@Babelfish112 11 ай бұрын

Awesome tip, thanks!

@Astral-Sine-Techno 11 ай бұрын

Very useful! Thanks for including FL as well.

@r3ttgaming177 3 ай бұрын

I can be farily creative when routing the envelope follower to stuff... But holy... Using the envelope follower to sidechain with an EQ. OH MY GOD!! That's some of the most big brain shit I have ever hear anyone say!!!! My brain is officially blown! 🤯 BRAVO!

@surmeetdhaliwal8735 10 ай бұрын

thank you so much bro for sharing it🎉

@bighosnl 11 ай бұрын

omg, I switched to ableton a while back for a lot of different workflow reasonings but the main thing I always missed is having a peak controller! I didnt even know this was a feature! Thank you so much!

@HumanMotives 6 ай бұрын

Great stuff 👌🏼🤘

@DJChonguito 10 ай бұрын

Still loving your content. Keep up the good work! Also your plugin is amazing!

@inthemix 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@leeanedominic 11 ай бұрын

Man, this channel is the best.

@djvar94 10 ай бұрын

This is really cool! Thanks a lot for sharing :)

@kid.forever 11 ай бұрын

Sick! Thank you!

@inthemix 11 ай бұрын

No problem!

@Reggi_Sample 11 ай бұрын

Can probably do a whole KZfaq series on what can be done with the envelope follower and lfo options in Ableton. Love to see more, even though I already use the thing it’s still cathartic to watch and always new ways to implement. A big reason why I no longer have a Digitakt as I ended up mainly using it for similar features

@itstommy135 11 ай бұрын

Id love to see that

@flikelpipd 11 ай бұрын

Loved it!

@DanBris 10 ай бұрын

this is so helpful tysm comrade

@crazyfluke 11 ай бұрын

This is awesome, always wondered what that fl plugin did.. anything this useful that doesn't cook my potato CPU is gold! Thanks for another great video 👍

@bhargavdobhal5327 11 ай бұрын

Thank You Bro🙌🙌Very Helpful Video🔥🔥.

@lincelukose4683 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for this Ableton video

@adrianclarke7935 10 ай бұрын

Great video as ever. A very useful method simply explained, thank you. (b.t.w. colour coding the plugins/effects/devices in Ableton makes them easier to find)

@leowalless9328 11 ай бұрын

Excellent! Thanks :-)

@norand022 11 ай бұрын

Another way of having kind of dynamic EQ and stuff 😁👏🏻👍🏻

@Zombies8MyPizza 11 ай бұрын

Always used this techique on FL to scoop some bass out of my 808 basslines whenever the kick is hitting, very effective for avoiding horrible low-end clashing and muddiness!

@DarkTrapStudio 11 ай бұрын

Very boujee way to do it rather than multiband ^^

@Zombies8MyPizza 11 ай бұрын

@@DarkTrapStudio Just find it a lot easier to visualise I guess

@DarkTrapStudio 11 ай бұрын

@@Zombies8MyPizzaAlso !

@Silentnarcotic 11 ай бұрын

THANK YOU!!! I was doing this using the FabFilter MB and my trial ran out. So simple but sometimes it's hard to wrap your head around the most effective way to do this.

@ChrisM541 11 ай бұрын

Very well explained. Envelopes are, in effect, gates, and we can already assign tracks to any number of gates. Simply use the gate as a function input to whatever you want to do elsewhere...affecting separate track/tracks/busses etc.

@losmandu 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip. Double thanks for showing Ableton.

@SonicDephect 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the ableton tip! Game changer

@skjortan 11 ай бұрын

I love theese eco friendly vst tips

@JoeyGodsey 10 ай бұрын

The return of the King!

@omarwhite3627 11 ай бұрын

I’d love to see you do more Ableton videos

@bpm-hz 9 ай бұрын

brilliant!

@abletonproducer0014 11 ай бұрын

Just discovered it a few days ago and lovin it

@Maximoltz 11 ай бұрын

I was kind of doing the same thing using Fabfilter plugins Sidechain feature but this one is quite CPU friendly, Thanks for sharing!

@inthemix 11 ай бұрын

Fabfilter users are already a step ahead with that! But this is handy for other effects too!

@ShineDj-zt1vt 4 ай бұрын

Need more from Ableton micheal!!

@JunMan 11 ай бұрын

THANKS!

@lattetown 11 ай бұрын

I started out with Ableton Live 10 years ago, and I have never used that plugin...so thanks for the tip!

@yurtch3862 11 ай бұрын

I actually use this feature in FL for a little bit over a year now. I usually find out where the kick in my mix hits the loudest. Then I load in a peak controller and let it cut out the frequence of the kick in the bass.

@juliansvidal 10 ай бұрын

Dude that’s sick. Ima try this now 😂

@bigfuzzztv787 8 ай бұрын

DAUM,... GREAT EPISODE BRO,...

@baymax001 10 ай бұрын

I like your wooden headphones stand 😍

@imwitdeschyt 11 ай бұрын

I just purchased the final 2 editions of my FL studios, so I was interested in how to use that peak controller. Good looking out!! It's still a lot I don't know, but I'm learning as I go on.

@DSWL_ 11 ай бұрын

good luck bro it 🤘

@aro7975 11 ай бұрын

Funny (great) to see ableton here now. I main FL but actually picked up the Standard Live 11 for some of its benefits with audio warping.

@CherubimMobileProductions 10 ай бұрын

This is FANTASTIC, Love from N-E India

@grin_vod 11 ай бұрын

ur so cool and helpful! ; )

@h_endal 11 ай бұрын

MORE ABLETON TIPS PLEASE YEAHHHH

@AG_before 11 ай бұрын

Good stuff! 💯 Anything similar in Audition? Thanks.

@prodMukut 11 ай бұрын

Please make a video on manual vocals tuning

@apatsa_basiteni 11 ай бұрын

The best way to avoid guessing the values for eq mid value is just to type value 0.5 for the FL studio's peak controller, then you can adjust volume and tension knobs to your heart's content. ❤

@aka_ghost1897 6 ай бұрын

how did you even find this thing??? this is awesome 😲

@gepmrk 11 ай бұрын

The first time I saw someone do this was 6 years ago in a Live session by Russian DnB producer Nami. I could see the EQ8 nodes jumping up and down but it took me a while to work out how he was doing it. BTW the Envelope Follower that appears in the Audio Effects folder in Ableton IS the M4L device.

@inthemix 11 ай бұрын

Oh I must have made a mistake there. In the M4L folder, there is a different one that is blue and doesn’t quite have the same controls? Luckily this method works for both!

@ezencrow 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for amazing tips! Do you know any similar plugin for Logic Pro? Many thanks!

@niallmcconnell6776 11 ай бұрын

🔥

@StudioDirector 11 ай бұрын

Upload full video tutorial for Abaltone live .

@paweld9745 11 ай бұрын

dope. thank you

@Kleinebombair 11 ай бұрын

Please Show us more Ableton Stuff

@JontieDesario 10 ай бұрын

Hi Michael, I love your channel and have been following you for years. Hands down the best channel for FL Studio on YT. I have a question that I can't seem to find an answer for. I'm using Native Instrument's Noire Piano in FL Studio. The problem is that during playback, it tends to peak and cut out (it gets worse as the track goes on). When playing exported files, a lot of the longer midi notes are also cut off prematurely. Do you know why this is happening or what I can do to fix the problem. Thanks and take care.

@inthemix 10 ай бұрын

Honestly I have never heard of this issue but have you replicated it in an empty project? I used to have issues with Kontakt and FL compatibility in large projects.

@bobdevore24 11 ай бұрын

Very cool. Unfortunately the envelope follower effect is not included in my version of Ableton (Intro).

@igglue7671 9 ай бұрын

This seems like a more advanced sidechain. But very cool techniques!

@hamedroshan8960 11 ай бұрын

did you use Carla or pedalboard to get that real-time tuning sound?... you asked me how can you use krisp as a plugin... you can use any plugin (vst & vst3) along with some software like krisp with those software i mentioned before ❤

@cirusraskil 10 ай бұрын

Thank you buddy. Quick question: Do we have he equivalent in Pro Tools?

@hoossembechiri6136 8 ай бұрын

U r the best bro ..wich daw is best for u pllllz ...about ....beatmaking ......recording .... Vocals tracking ......mixing ....mastering

@cybermousey 10 ай бұрын

YES FL studio stuff, always interests me. Though you should hear that. ^_^ TY

@amigazo3972 10 ай бұрын

The ultimate betrayal!! 😂 Using Ableton!!

@hashbolt 9 ай бұрын

Bro! your thumbnail gave me a heart attack for a moment 😇

@casinomann 7 ай бұрын

0:25 Just a minute correction: the envelope follower you are using is indeed a M4L device, you can tell by the symbol of the effect itself. So just a heads up, people will not be able to use this without Live Suite or purchasing M4L.

@clickbaitpro 11 ай бұрын

Fruity Peak controller does the same and you can go wild with formula controller and envelope controller inside the patcher

@eggladoid2215 11 ай бұрын

Is there a way we could do this but with selected frequencies such as when sibilance hits it ducks the low pass on a reverb or something

@G1ne303 11 ай бұрын

or should I just grab your newest one? and thank you for doing these videos im learning a lot of essential information about what this stuff is and why its to be used in their respective ways

@saucythighs 11 ай бұрын

@inthemix What might be the purpose of using this vs. dynamic EQ?

@lioneltall7219 11 ай бұрын

Bro! for a sec i thought you've change DAW to Ableton. Phewww. 😅

@lushinjilo 11 ай бұрын

I came here because of Ableton, slowly expanding my DAW selection from just FL and Pro Tools.

@Grid21 11 ай бұрын

I have a question, I have TDR Nova EQ, and I think I saw a feature like this that auto cuts parts of the audio without linking it to any other controller, are you familiar with that plugin? And am I correct that it's built into it?

@rajivmodha3693 11 ай бұрын

Is there something similar in Studio One? Thanks.

@G1ne303 11 ай бұрын

bro Im interested in your template but which one is best to grab for parallel processing

@hv1461 11 ай бұрын

Can you do anything this in Logic Pro ?

@delirivm0000 10 ай бұрын

omg it exists for fl

@noone_3.0 11 ай бұрын

Thank you Cillian Murphy!

@djsevans87 11 ай бұрын

How can I do this in Logic Pro X?

@kuvasik 11 ай бұрын

I there any free semilar plug-in like this for Qubase??

@Adsha316 9 ай бұрын

Hi guys . I had a question, I'm new to making professional music and i want to make music in ncs style or dubstep gutter, which daw you think suits me best based on your experience, fl or Ableton?

@imasured 10 ай бұрын

Doesn't TDR nova do the same trick? You can choose a certain frequency range & u enable threshold it will sorta balance it out. Or unless im confused😅

@ElectroHouseProducer 11 ай бұрын

Thank you Mike, More Ableton Live tutorials please 😊

@kamizzard3721 11 ай бұрын

Can I map this to a sound on another track?

@nunyabizfam106 10 ай бұрын

(In FL) Can you do this with 3rd party plugins?

@ShantnuBhardwaj-ug3sh 10 ай бұрын

Soundcore q10 better or oneodio pro 10/50

@playmakersmusic 11 ай бұрын

I'm relearning music production especially mixing and also switched from FL to Ableton. This will come in handy, thanks Michael!

@coolborndj 11 ай бұрын

I think you can do something similar with the Peak controller in Fl

@inthemix 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely, I show that method at the end of the video. In some ways I prefer the Peak Controller (more links, more fine adjustment) but the Envelope follower is more simple and quick. Both are great!

@coolborndj 11 ай бұрын

@@DarkTrapStudio Yeah sorry I noticed it later 🥲

@DarkTrapStudio 11 ай бұрын

@@coolborndjOh sorry when I posted the comment his response to you were not there :)

@coolborndj 11 ай бұрын

@@DarkTrapStudio No problem man :)