Christmas Bells: Free Ableton Live Pack #114
Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas!
It's Christmas time again, and to celebrate I've created a very special Free Ableton Live Pack for you! It's the Brian Funk Christmas Bells Instrument. This instrument is actually two instruments in one!
The first layer is made up with samples of church bells from SoundBible.com. The coolest part about this sample are the singing birds in the background. As you play the instrument across the keyboard, the pitched up and down birds create a really interesting texture underneath the melodic content.
The second layer is an instrument from my Yamaha DX7 Ableton Live Pack, the Digi-Bells. It's a classic 1980s FM synthesized bells sound that blend perfectly with the real-world church bell sample. This particular part of the instrument contains a couple layers as well. There are samples recorded directly from the DX7's output, as well as samples that were run through a Fender Tube guitar amp. Each of these signals can be mixed together to create some unique tones.
There's a lot of layers and racks within racks in this instrument, so check out the video below for a complete walkthrough, then download the pack and start making some Christmas music!
More Christmas Themed Ableton Live Packs
It's become a tradition of mine to make Christmas style Live Packs, so in case you missed it, here are the ones from the past!
This week I created an Ableton Live synth especially for Christmas. My Christmas tree has lights that play little Christmas songs, so I sampled the sounds coming out of its tiny little speaker and created this instrument for Ableton Live. I hope you enjoy it!
Free Ableton Live Pack #69: Charlie Brown Christmas Tree Synths. This Ableton Live instrument collection is made from samples of a snow globe featuring Charlie Brown and Snoopy with their infamous Christmas tree. It contains three synths that range from a traditional music box sound all the way to glitchy reversing pads and leads.
Merry Christmas! I've created a bunch of instruments using samples of sleigh bells. They sound like realist jingle bells from Santa's Sleigh, and can be twisted into experimental and ambient sounds. Free Download: http://bit.ly/freesynth98 Visit my site for more stuff like this, including Live Instrument downloads, tutorials and music!