important patreon update & how to make a melody generator in ableton

currently in the process of setting up the store page there :)

00:00 - preview
00:22 - intro
03:33 - basic arp setup
07:20 - 8-notes melody
13:26 - 16-notes melody
16:48 - adding velocity
19:00 - note range control
21:41 - smart scaling
25:01 - multiple parallel patterns
29:39 - simple arpeggiator fun
32:07 - batch-exporting loops
41:23 - example 1: beautiful chords & melody generator
47:45 - example 2: polymeter static loop generator
51:04 - use case example
54:30 - outtro

[Laxrax_Music]

Saying "This is still a rather basic setup" 30 minutes into an hour long video that has more effects than I use in a normal project shows the amount of knowledge you have lol.

[zeussesions]

I love these videos so much because if you are used to VR just being a genius you start to notice that he just genuinely enjoys talking about nerdy shit like this

[timtimch]

Ableton definitely needs to pay attention to Virtual Riot because it uses all the functionality of the program 100%. He would make a great demo track of Ableton Live for the next version.

[DIXERION]

- What is your favorite programming language?
- Virtual Riot: Ableton Live.

[oklol]

“B# is a C” VR HAS CONFIRMED HIS STANCE ON THE DRAKE BEEF

[BigBruhh]

This is god tier Ableton user engineering!

[coffeebreakstudios]

As someone who has struggled with writing chord progs/melodies automating MIDI parameter is such a god send. While online generators are great I 100% agree programming your own provide infinite flexibility. The only downside is the amount of time it takes to build these types of generators, but I guess you can't have you're cake and it it too :b

[xrenynthemusicmage]

I'm just waiting for that day when Virtual Riot builds an entire song generator in Ableton and starts pumping out infinite albums, each one corresponding to a different "breed" of random seeds xD

[bassti-music]

omg, a 1 hour long video! let's goooo, thank you, Val!

[stillremain.artwork]

Bless you Val, thank you for maintaining internet's purpose alive

[bobroberts]

Mans just like fuck ai i will generate melodies myself lol this is absolutely insane man, hope you have fun making your new album and these patreon drops have been nuts ive been messing with them over the past week now and feel like ive barely scratched the surface of the stuff in there but gonna give this a go now this blew my mind!!!

[PretendPassing]

thank you so much for the devices.❤ i am glad i don't need to do them from scratch and can have starting templates.

little addition from my side and in case you are not aware:

if you want to use the midi for another instrument instead of exporting a audio loop, you can actually capture the midi on a empty midi channel and save the midi information. so you can customize the note lenght or pitch and velocity even further to your taste or apply midi clip automation to it and use a completely different instrument.

[thatreddot]

This is cool. You can also add MIDI note length as well as instead of rendering it to wav, render it to MIDI notes instead. Then just drop in any sound you wish

[SjarMenace]

I love your personality you’re so kind and humble

[tralfmusic]

You're unbelievable. Seriously man, you're truly something special.

[jaimecolon]

This is absolutely stunning~~ Upgrading to Live 12 tonight 😅

[KordTaylor]

You are so great at showing the power of Ableton. They should have you on retainer. 😊

[min]

Yes! More content from you, right before my birthday month too! I’m so happy to hear you’re working on an album, just cranking out tunes. Take your time with that stuff, will be patiently waiting and supporting your craft!! Hoping to hear some of the insane generative stuff you’ve been doing in full with that album / singles! Also, question if you read this VR, will new merch be coming soon…? 👀

[sammtavv]

you are the most helpful yet incredibly talented music artist

[DRGONITmusic]

Ich bekomm jedes mal bock Musik zu machen,
wenn ich deine Videos sehe :)
Kanns kaum erwarten, deine neuen Tracks zu hören :D
Danke für deine Tutorials, sie machen nen Unterschied <3