Creating Eighty Four’s effects in Ableton Live

Joal processes and resamples his existing synth parts to create risers and atmospheric effects

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“I usually make risers and those kinds of sounds using delays, for example, here I have picked one of the main melodies of the song,” begins Joal. The melody he’s describing is a bright, euphoric lead from his Nord Rack 2X.

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“I add a delay with a lot of feedback, and use an automation or several automations that will make the sound repeat itself several times,” he adds. Joal automates the delay effect to activate at the end of the melody’s audio clip.

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“I’m using the Valhalla Delay, but sometimes I use the Echo from Ableton Live. It creates this super highfeedback resonance sound that I record into audio,” Joal continues. The output of the delayed signal is recorded onto a new audio track in Live.

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“Sometimes I just do it like this, other times I might reverse the sample, change the pitch, and so on,” Joal reveals. He demonstrates another example of the effect, where the signal moves between the speakers thanks to Live’s Auto Pan effect.