The Lazy Producer

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Preface
What do we mean “Generative” music?
Recipe - Changing chords
Process - Note-wise probability
Process - Follow Actions
Tools - MIDI tools: chords and added notes
Process - Routing MIDI and Audio
Recipe - Doing more with less using MIDI tools and plugins
Tools - Modulators
Process - Tuning Parameters
Process - Balancing the unexpected and the predictable
Recipe - Balancing the unexpected and the predictable
Process - Workflow: capturing generative ideas
Tools - MIDI Generators
Recipe - Using MIDI generators
Tools - Audio Generators
Tools - Creative use of audio effects
Tools - Extreme audio stretching with PaulStretch
Recipe - Making a drone using some audio generators and effects
Process - Using Scales
Process - Using Field Recordings
Recipe - Audio clip or Sampler into effects
Process - Unsynced loops
Recipe - Using the Fibonacci sequence to create loops (after DivKid)
Tools - Live 12 Overview: MIDI and compositional tools
Tools - Live 12 Sequencers
Tools - Live 12 Modulation
Tools - Live 12 MIDI Generation and Transformation
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The Lazy Producer: Making Music with Randomness and Probability in Ableton Live

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The Lazy Producer - Starter ideas for generative music

The Lazy Producer - Starter ideas for generative music

by Mike K Smith

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Rendered on 2025-05-16.

Album cover for Mike K Smith's album "The Lazy Producer". The cover shows a generative art image created by Danielle Navarro which has two concentric circles white on indigo and black with many white slashes and whispers. The image has four quadrants. Near the centre are three V-shapes — Image by Danielle Navarro - https://djnavarro.net

Image by Danielle Navarro - https://djnavarro.net