Deep Dub Techno Stabs in Ableton with Stock Devices Wavetable & Echo | making our own presets

In this video I show you how I like to use Ableton's own Wavetable, Echo & Hybrid Reverb to create my own custom Dub Techno Stab Instrument Racks from scratch.

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This is an edited excerpt from my Dub Techno Sound Design Session Livestream on January 8th 2025, which you can watch in full here: https://youtube.com/live/N76LEQgoRJM

As you’ll see, it’s actually pretty simple to get some really deep, dubby stabs in just a few steps. The key is keeping things modulating to give that hypnotic, evolving vibe so essential to dub techno.

Echo does most of the work. I really like the ducking.

If I were making these again, I’d definitely map the filter frequencies of both filters to their own separate macros, or at least one of them.

If you enjoyed this, you might like my video about making pads:    • Deep, Atmospheric Pads in Ableton with Sto...  

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NOTE: those more eagle eyed viewers might notice a quirk with Wavetable when I first load it in and play a note - the wavetable jumps from sine up to square wave. In the MIDI modulation matrix, I have Osc 1 Pos set to 100, so every time I play a note, the wavetable jumps up to its full value. I’m not sure where this has come from, possibly when I saved my own default for the device! I don’t think I’ll keep it on, but the MIDI mod matrix is cool to mess with!

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0:00 Setting up our MIDI devices to create our dub techno chords
1:33 Exploring Wavetables filtering & unison modes
3:26 Creating our MIDI rack for generating new chord voicings
6:35 Adding basic drums for context
7:08 Adding in our second oscillator & creating our Instrument Rack
8:02 Adding Echo & creating our Effect Rack
11:17 Adding in our macro controls
14:24 Adding Hybrid Reverb to our Effect Rack
16:04 Mapping our final macro & saving our rack
16:45 Let’s create our own macro snapshots
18:27 Quickly creating new snapshots with randomization
22:36 Create additional new racks easily
23:53 Playing out & credits