Jul 26, 2017 Working with Instrument Racks in Ableton Live for live performance. This series is designed to give you some ideas and pointers to incorporate Live into your own live. Creating an instrument rack in Ableton Live Today we are going to learn how to create an instrument rack. Racks are some of the coolest Live’s features because it’s possible to combine multiple sources of instruments, drums and effects and build a unique sound. Effect Racks is a collection of over 200 sophisticated audio effects engineered for instant sound sculpting. It comes packed with an endless variety of Channel Strips, DJ and Live PA effects, Glitch Racks, Amp Racks, Modulators, Filters, Beat Processors and Noise Boxes.
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Puremagnetik's collection of free Ableton Live Packs represents a hand-picked assortment of goodies sourced right from our catalog of analog synths, digital beat machines, vintage keyboards and hacked gizmos.
Welcome to Free Stuff Friday - a new weekly post that does exactly what its name suggests: sharing cool freebies, every Friday. Each week we'll be picking the best sounds, packs, patches and instruments we've seen from the Ableton Community, and passing them onto you to take into your weekend of music-making.
Taishokoto from Fidelitarium
The Taishokoto is harp-like instrument from the Japanese Taisho era in the early 20th century. Strummed with one hand and keyed with the other, it features both plucked and sympathetic (drone) strings. Phillip Jackson at Fidelitarium has shared a free Instrument Rack made of samples from the Taishokoto - preview it above and head to Fidelitarium to download for Live.
Noise, Hiss & Crackle from SampleRadar
Modern digital recording and playback might have eliminated tape hiss, vinyl crackle, and other analog noise, but sometimes you want that special character in your tracks. For example, listen to how sampled (and filtered) vinyl noise adds a gritty character to Burial's signature tune, 'Archangel':
Get an arsenal of analog noise samples for free with MusicRadar's sample pack - featuring 502 different samples of warm hiss, crackle, and other audio blemishes.
Techno & Funky House Loops from Loopmasters
Our friends at Loopmasters have shared some free sounds from their latest packs. Above, preview sounds from UMEK's 'Sounds from Behind the Iron Curtain', with a focus on slamming techno. Download free sounds from UMEK.
On a smoother tip, Sebastian Léger's 'Funky Tech House' collection does exactly what it says on the cover - preview it above and download 90 MB of loops for free.
Be sure to come back next week, for more free stuff. Got something to share? Hit us up on Facebook or Twitter and used #FreeStuffFriday.
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Effect Racks compiles the vast sound manipulation possibilities of Puremagnetik's RackPak series and includes the complete RackPak 1, 2, 3 and AmpPak collections. Effects Racks' presets are grouped into the following categories:
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From overdriven metal to crunchy glitch percussion processors Amp Racks contains a specially programmed selection of all things amplified and distorted. Plug in a live guitar feed, process audio loops or create lo-fi beats with this versatile collection of tools.
Channel Strips
Includes custom multiband compressors, voice, guitar and drum channels, tone coloring, imaging and mix controls.
Crush & Destroy
For annihilating all of your audio quickly and safely. This category includes guitar cabinets, distortion menus, overdrives and bit reduction racks.
DJ & Live PA
Add instant dynamicism to a live set with this collection of beat parsers, DJ channel strips, compressors, EQ and filtering effects.
Glitch Racks
A selection of 11 rhythmic dissection racks, stuttering effects and real-time beat tweaking tools.
LoFi & NoFi
8 expertly programmed distortions, bit crunchers and sample massacring racks. Derange and overdrive whatever you feed these effects.
Noise Boxes
The noise boxes category is unique in that it contains 9 white noise instruments that can easily be replaced with your own instruments or soft synths. Use them as is, or as a template for texture generation, feedback processing and more.
Space Modulators
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Includes 9 advanced audio racks to explore the sonic stereo spectrum, widen your mixes or freak out your drums.
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Time Machines
Throw 4/4 out the window with this collection of 15 slapbacks, meter crunchers and echo filters.
Weird Filters
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Banks of 8 band split filters with independent time based effects and dynamic processing per band.