Ever wanted to insert a sample before beat in Ableton Live and thought it’s doable but kind of annoying as then you’ll have a gap on the timeline and it messes your tight 16-bar section structure? Well, here’s a tip on how to overcome that…place a sample before the beat, do a little tempo trick, and you’re all set!

If you have to use the Ableton Live limiter for your master limiting, you may have noticed it can soften your drums very easily. Well, try this.
Insert a Saturator first, and try, say, 2 dB of Drive; Saturator will always clip your peaks a bit, and this will take some of the stress of the limiter as peaks will be hitting the limiter less.
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I wrote a blog post for CloudBounce about finishing songs / work ethic.
It’s a bit of a “remix” of an earlier blog post of mine.
Peep it…I hope there’s some helpful thoughts. These have helped me!