Louisville Ableton User Group

Thanks to all who came out to our May user group meetup. We were small in number, but it was a mighty good time!
Also was happy to welcome a new member to the group....Ricky...who shared out some amazing work they do on an Electron Digitakt. Check out some of their music here: https://soundcloud.com/perseverance-attraction

Just reminding any music/tech/ableton interested folks...Our May Meetup is tomorrow. https://www.facebook.com/events/572699840660089

The folks at Rhythm Science Sound are building another sample/loop pack and will be hosting an evening of classical music sample cutting at Louisville Academy of Music. Open to any and all interested. They'll have a few vinyl sampling stations set up with ableton. and/or feel free to bring your own computer if you'd like to join in.

We'll be having a final day of sample cutting to wrap up our sampling course at Louisville Academy of Music. We'll be cutting samples for a few hours, and will have some extra stations set up if anyone wants to come through and join/help us build the sample/loop pack or just learn more about what we do.

One of our fantastic LAUG members Rachel Dorroh recently released a new project. Electronic and acoustic sonics covering a range of genres. Give it a listen, and if you can support and buy it through Bandcamp...proceeds are going towards Out Loud Louisville (formerly Girls Rock Louisville) https://racheldorroh.bandcamp.com/album/normal-schnormal?fbclid=IwAR0qySiLk86iA31QjgSIb08obSacD92g2nZMJ0fHZCElM6ROVmmlwqdV-U8

Normal Schnormal, by Rachel Dorroh 9 track album

Rhythm Science Sound is partnering with Louisville Academy of Music to offer a course in sampling classical music/vinyl. Find out more about the course and get enrollment details below.

Group Instruction — LAM The act of sampling (to cut and paste, version and remix audio) has become a foundational technique of modern music production. While this technique may seem simple, it is an extremely versatile and inspirational creative process which provides musicians with powerful tools for engaging with space,....

Hey everyone! Hope you all have been doing well. Just wanted to remind you that we have a meeting this Tuesday the 26th - feel free to join! We'll be having a discussion about our approaches to conveying darker moods in our music in the spirit of it being a week before Halloween 🎃 Hopefully we can learn some things from each other! To give you a head start thinking about it, do you have favorite music you consider "dark"? This song by the Walker Brothers always comes to mind when I think about darker music!

The Walker Brothers - The Electrician First released in july 1978 on the album "Nite Flights" (Sony Music), this version is from the 2001 release "If You Could Hear Me Now" (Columbia). Composed a...

Hey all! Hope everyone's looking forward to our meetup on Tuesday! We're excited to see folks there.

I thought I'd share something pretty cool - there's a ton of great Max for Live devices out there that can help you in your productions or add new creative layers to your workflow. And a lot of them are free! Here's an interesting one from Suzuki Kentaro, which lets you create drawings that act as LFOs for different parameters! He's got a couple other free devices like this, all just as creative.

If anyone has any favorite Max for Live devices, let us know as well!

Manual: LFO-Sketch v.2.0 How to use LFO-Sketch v.2.0 (free)https://gumroad.com/l/bAufCDev loghttps://twitter.com/szk_1992

Hey everyone! In case you haven't seen our event post, we'll be having another virtual meetup for the User Group Tuesday September 28th, 7-8:30 PM! We'll update you soon about guest presenters, but we'd also love to see what you all have been working on. Does anyone have cool music projects they would like to share? Bring it to the meeting and we'd love to talk about it!

In the meantime, here's an inspiring video Ableton posted this last week as part of their One Thing series. Musician Maya Shenfeld turns Ableton into a deep drone machine using an approach I wouldn't have thought of. Check it out!

One Thing: Maya Shenfeld – Composing with overtones Our One Thing series takes you into the workspaces of musicians, producers and other artists to discover a method they rely on to keep their creative flame a...