Video Tutorial! ‘Producing House Music With Ableton Live: Drums’
by TA on Sep.20, 2009, under General, Promo, TA, Video
Hi guys, I’m pleased to announce that the first in my video tutorial series has been released! This one is all about drums and grooves. There’s close to an 1 hour and 50 minutes worth of video covering how I go about making drum beats from start to finish.
There are 19 chapters full of tips and tricks that you can use in any style of music. I’ve done it all using Ableton Live 8, but the things and topics I cover can easily be applied using any DAW or music software package.
Right now you can get the entire package for 33% off as an introductory price. Check out the full package as well as a free chapter to view at Groove3 !

The chapters included are:
- The Basics
- Woodblock & Blending Pitch
- Hi-Hat & Feeling with Note Length
- Now this Woodblock
- Filtering Fundamentals
- Bringing the Hat to Life
- Adding Life to the Snare
- Ghost Notes & Arrange View
- Shaker Basics
- Shaker – Filter Delay
- Shaker – Sidechain
- Shaker – Final Tweeks
- Reverse Sound – Pt. 1
- Reverse Sound – Pt. 2
- Hi-Hat Smoothing & Cowbell
- Designing Electro Percussion
- Tim’s Clip Naming
- Conga Accents
- Tambourine
















November 19th, 2009 on 3:20 pm
Good one Tim!
November 25th, 2009 on 2:26 pm
Bought this, really in depth, thanks heaps!
January 10th, 2010 on 11:17 am
Hi Tim
Excellent tutorial – really helped a lot. Thanks.
Will you be doing any more???
January 10th, 2010 on 12:45 pm
Yup, it’s being edited as we speak
It focuses on Bass and Synths and should be out hopefully Jan or Feb 2010.
January 30th, 2010 on 7:33 am
Jan/Feb 2010?
Great. Really looking forward to more.
July 24th, 2010 on 1:38 am
is there a newer version out now? I guess the same principles can be used to future versions of ableton
will def check it out
October 14th, 2010 on 11:36 pm
Wow! Great Video!
dauntless
April 15th, 2011 on 2:07 pm
hey timothy do you know where i can find the samples you’ve used in the ableton live videos from groove3?
April 15th, 2011 on 2:42 pm
I don’t think I have that project kicking around anymore! They weren’t anything that you can’t find on any decent sample CD though, just plain ol drum hits from what I remember?