Einführung in generative Musik
Lesson time: (3min 5sec)
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This lesson is part of the course Schnelles Songwriting mit Ableton Live
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Lesson transcript:
Exploring Generative Music
In this video, I'm going to be talking about generative music and how you can use randomized effects and MIDI effects to really begin to come up with new ideas that you might not have.
I like to think of this as "the moth in the machine" or letting the computer speak for a little bit. Because sometimes, when we're making music, we can get a little stuck, right? Especially if we're alone, making a track, we've got a melody, and we don't quite know where to go with it.
That would be a great instance to collaborate with some other music producer. Well, using generative music is a way of collaborating with the machine, with randomization as a tool.
A Deeper Look
To look at an example of this, I'm going to go deeper into it.
- We have just this one clip right now, and it's a C note.
- Then I have another one here that's also a C note.
If we look, there's a bunch of randomization happening in these MIDI effects before it goes to the instrument. So, if I press play, there's already some interesting things happening there.
Defining Generative Music
Let's talk a little bit more about generative music.
Generative music describes music that is ever different and changing and is created by a system. By balancing random machine-generated content with logical constraints and human editing, we can quickly create new ideas.
Key Concepts
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Randomization: Using the MIDI tools in Ableton Live.
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Logical Constraints:
- Mini scale
- Min/max settings on velocity or note range (like only from the bass end or only the mid-range)
- Chance control on certain parameters
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Editing: This is the human part where we utilize our aesthetic and choices. This includes:
- Splicing samples
- Resampling
- MIDI editing
- Stretching and rendering these things out
Getting Hands-On
That was a basic overview of what generative music is. But we're really going to get our hands dirty with making generative music by using effects.
We can also use Max for Live device randomization. All these different parts contribute to random new variations that we can edit and use in our production.
In the next video, I'm going to show you how I built that example set. It will also be a free download for you to get. Then, you can go through the exercise if you want to really start getting your hands into generative music.
About the instructor
Isaac Cotec ist wohl einer der besten Ableton-Trainer der Welt! Während er an seiner eigenen Musik arbeitete, begann er, Privatschülern Aufnahmetechniken, Sounddesign und Ableton Live beizubringen, und seit seiner Zertifizierung als offizieller Ableton Certified Trainer hat er Tausenden von Produzenten geholfen, ihr Niveau zu steigern und als Musiker erfolgreich zu sein. Isaac begann 2005 mit Psyche Sonics elektronische Musik zu produzieren, einer experimentellen Gruppe, die sich mit der Wissenschaft und Erforschung binauraler Beats und der Bewusstseinsveränderung durch Klang beschäftigte. Nach dem Touren schrieb er weiter Musik unter dem Alias Cotec und trat später als Künstler Subaqueous hervor, der seine elektronische Vergangenheit mit zukunftsgewandten wie organischen Produktionstechniken verband. Bis heute hat er 3 Alben und 4 EPs veröffentlicht. Isaac ist außerdem Gründer und Manager des Plattenlabels Invibe Music, das einige der besten Elektronik-Künstler des Pacific Northwest vertritt und sich auf Midtempo-Dance-Musik spezialisiert. In seinen Ableton-Live-Kursen teilt Isaac die Produktions-, Sounddesign- und Songwriting-Techniken, die er über Jahre verfeinert hat – genau jene Fähigkeiten, mit denen er aus dem Funken einer Idee einen fertigen Track macht. read more