Atmospheric send/return effects with Resonator and Live devices

To create atmospheric effects from existing track elements, Tom places a bespoke Audio Effect Rack effects chain on a new Return track. “These are all basic Live devices – I’ve got a Ping Pong Delay focused on a really narrow band, so I can restrict the frequency spectrum. I usually try between 1-3kHz, because that’s where I find the tension of a sound can really build. Then, I’ve got Auto Pan, which I’ll adjust to get a little bit more stereo movement.

“After that, Resonator has a bunch of nice presets based on chords that can give you additional harmonic layers. At the end, I bandpass the signal again, this time using EQ Eight. All the parameters that I want to change are mapped to this Audio Effect Rack’s Macros.” Tom routes the Jup-8 V to the return track, experiments with the EQ Eight’s parameters, then bounces the results to a new audio track.

Tom creates FX by placing this chain of devices on a return track, then sending elements of his track to this return