I will be doing an online presentation for the New York City Ableton Live User Group on Tuesday, April 14th at 7PM EST. You can tune in from all over the world!

My talk will be about how we can make Live’s timeline grid follow our performances, rather than forcing our performances to follow the grid. Instead of quantizing your playing to the grid, we can quantize the grid to your playing. It helps you to create more human performances. Then you can program sequences that will follow those performances.

Also presenting are Sesamii, who will break down one of her remixes, and dolltr!ck, who will discuss setting up your first live performance. It promises to be a nice night of fun and learning, as well as a much needed dose of human connection.

Live Stream the event on 343 Labs YouTube Channel.

Here’s the official writeup from the NYC Ableton Live User Group:

Brian Funk: More Human Music: Quantizing the Grid to You

Normally, we adjust the timing of our performances to conform to a strict musical grid. What if we could adjust the grid to fit our performances? We can do this in Live, and Ableton Certified Trainer Brian Funk will show us how! This underused feature allows us to have natural and subtle fluctuations in timing, characteristic of real human playing.

Bio: Brian Funk is a musician, producer, and Ableton Certified Trainer. As a curious sound designer, he has released over 200 Ableton Live Packs filled with character and personality. Brian hosts the Music Production Podcast, a series running since 2017, featuring informal conversations about all things related to making music.

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Electronic music producer sesamii will break down her award-winning remix of Pysmbionic's "Hypnotoad", released on Gravitas Recordings as part of the "Carbon Based Lifeform Remixed" album. This is a track deconstruction, including a breakdown of arrangement, sound design, and creative thought processes throughout the making. 

Bio: Maddy Kong, also known by her alias sesamii, is a melodic bass producer based in Brooklyn, New York. A graduate of the Electronic Production and Design major at Berklee College of Music, she continues to experiment with different genres of electronic music whilst incorporating performative aspects in her production.

Instagram: instagram.com/sesamiiofficial 
Facebook: facebook.com/sesamiiofficial 
Twitter: twitter.com/sesamiiofficial 

dolltr!ck: Building Your First (Online) Live Show

In the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ableton Certified Trainer Claire Marie Lim (dolltr!ck) will share best practices for creating your first long-form performance set with Ableton Live, and preparing it for virtual events and streaming. Solo artists and groups alike will learn tips and tricks for creating a cohesive musical experience for your fans, even from the comfort of your home.

Bio: Claire Marie Lim is a music technologist and live experience designer who has worked with Grammy-nominated and Billboard-charting artists. She is an instructor at 343 Labs and is certified with Bitiwg, Ableton, and Apple. Under her artist project dolltr!ck, Claire performs dynamic sets of live electronic music with controllerism and vocals, blending genres across the dance music spectrum from electropop to drum 'n' bass.

YouTube: https://youtube.com/dolltrick
Instagram: https://instagram.com/dolltrick
Facebook: https://facebook.com/dolltrick
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/dolltrick
Spotify: https://tiny.cc/dolltrickspotify

Unfinished Ideas in Ableton Live

Here’s a recent presentation I did for ADSR, and what became the basis of the Graveyard of Unfinished Ideas Free Ableton Live Pack.