At the top of that particular pile is the amazing Capture function. Shiny new devices are all well and good, but what the Live faithful will be most interested in are the improvements made to the UI and workflow. It’s got Overdrive, Distortion and Fuzz algorithms, three bands of adaptive EQ, and a 250Hz shelving Sub filter. Lastly in the new devices department, Pedal is a stompbox-style distortion that serves as a serious improvement on Live’s aged Overdrive device. The Boom section works rather like a sub synthesiser (trap and hip-hop heads will love it), the transient-shaping algorithm is great for adding punch and/or reducing clutter, and dry/wet mixing enables parallel deployment. The former features more distortion and a low-pass damping filter, and the Transients knob boosts or attenuates transients above 100Hz, also increasing the decay when turned clockwise and reducing it anticlockwise.įor low-end processing, the Boom knob controls the amount of tuned resonant low-pass filtering (30-90Hz) applied, with the Decay control extending the length of the resulting tone.ĭespite its lack of compressor tweaking, Drum Buss is very usable and sounds fantastic. It combines fixed compression, distortion and separate sections for blowing up the high-mids (hi-hats and snares) and low end (kick). Our only complaints are that the Mid/Side mode would be better with level balancing controls and separate feedback circuits for each channel.īilled as an “analogue-style drum processor”, Drum Buss is a multieffects module for enhancing and ‘gluing’ drum kits. Equally at home generating simple repeats and high-feedback modulated soundscapes, it sounds superb and is ridiculously easy to use. Wavetable sounds awesome, offering an infinite playground of hard-hitting and evolving sounds, and is admirably easy to use.Įcho is a triumph of creative effect design. The envelopes and LFOs are incredibly detailed and versatile. Modulation sources are assigned in a straightforward mod matrix, and comprise three envelopes, two LFOs, and Note, Velocity, Pitchbend, Aftertouch and Mod Wheel MIDI signals. The dual filter can be set up for serial, parallel or split routing (Osc 1 to Filter 1, Osc 2 to Filter 2, Sub to both), and incorporates all the fabulous analogue filter models introduced in Live 9.5. Up to eight unison voices are on tap as well, with six diverse modes for randomising, phase sync and more. As well as movement and modulation of the wavetable index, other oscillator-related options include FM, PWM, sync and wave folding. Wavetable’s sizeable library of wavetables is divided into 11 categories (Basics, Distortion, Formant, Vintage, etc), and viewed in linear top-to- bottom mode or polar mode, the second representing the wavetable as a loop, with time running clockwise. Wavetable is Ableton’s most ambitious synthesizer yet, featuring two wavetable oscillators, a sub oscillator, two filters, all the expected LFOs and envelopes, and the ability to expand its UI into the main window for close-up editing, á la Sampler. The morphable noise-generating algorithm is particularly tasty. Gate and Ducking gate the wet signal with up to 3s of Release time and duck it when the dry input is present, while Noise and Wobble emulate the background noise and hum, and timing fluctuations of old analogue delay units. The Character tab contains four further processors. The Echo Tunnel graphic gives at-a-glance visualisation of delay timings and feedback amount in totally intuitive style.ĭelay time and filter cutoff frequency are modulated by a stereo LFO (six waveforms 0.01- 40Hz, plus a x4 option) with phase offset, and/or an envelope follower. Featuring Stereo, Ping Pong and Mid/Side modes, it offers independent offset of its two channels by up to 33% either way (ideal for stereo widening), low- and high-pass filters, optional distortion, an onboard reverb (positionable Pre-delay, Post- delay or in the Feedback circuit), and stereo widening. Live 10’s headline new device might be the Wavetable synth (see ’Tabling motions), but the Echo effect is an instant classic.
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