Here's an Ableton Live tutorial about my strategies for making generative music. Most of the ambient-adjacent music I've made over the past two years has come to life using techniques and tricks detailed in this video!
Here's a link to download the Ableton Live set I'm using in the video (clicking the link will immediately download the file):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N6NTJqKfEGbCBIVM70a-G-46eD4i_-89/view?usp=drive_link
Check out the full versions of these songs:
Melody Terrain - https://masonlynass.bandcamp.com/track/memory-terrain
Industrial Oasis -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe6RULJeJkU
Stargazing - https://masonlynass.bandcamp.com/track/stargazing
Follow the links to see everything else I make -
Bandcamp: https://masonlynass.bandcamp.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/48n5Kvyc836Olg4pp0GIX2
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clashplaids
website: masonlynass.com/epk.html
leave me a tip: paypal.me/mlynass
00:00 - intro
00:29 - about generative music
01:16 - about my generative music
01:48 - input MIDI signal
02:20 - Melody Terrain - Wavetable synth MIDI
04:30 - Melody Terrain - Wavetable synth instrument
05:29 - Melody Terrain - marimba
05:45 - a note about rests
06:10 - Melody Terrain - marimba MIDI
07:29 - Melody Terrain - marimba instrument
08:13 - Industrial Oasis Zen Bowls
10:39 - Industrial Oasis bansuri
12:29 - Industrial Oasis - all instruments in
13:25 - Stargazing guitars
13:55 - Stargazing chords
15:29 - Stargazing electric piano
16:24 - Stargazing - all instruments in
18:02 - about the Pitch device kill-switches
19:09 - outro - thanks for watching :)