Paper Diamond on TouchOSC, Ableton, and Mixing Techniques

Written by Dan White on November 29th, 2012 18 Comments

We’ve featured Paper Diamond previously on DJTT, but the interview was too short – so when we had a chance a few weeks ago to have an extended interview with the Colorado-based producer, we jumped on the chance. In today’s video, he discusses how he uses his iPad’s TouchOSC mapping to craft an incredible Ableton set, and some of his secrets behind mixing tracks together. Watch the full thing after the jump!

As he mentioned in the video, Paper Diamond is constantly answering fan questions and chatting up folks on Twitter- so check him out @PaperDiamond! Also, if some of the tracks that you heard in the video interest you, it’s worth cruising over to Beatport to listen to a few and learn more.

Here’s the tracks from the video:

Thanks again to Paper Diamond and the whole Elm and Oak crew for their help in putting together this interview – we’re looking forward to more great things from this crew!

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http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1137292039 Ronald Edwards

This guy is very cool about everything. Sounds like it’d be fun to hang out with him. He seems to me like DJ Shiftee, very knowledgeable yet he doesn’t throw it in your face and actually seems nonchalant about the craft.
RockingClub

Very smart guy.
I would love to listen to his mentionned “one track has a pre-recorded ending that keeps in the same bpm and another track’s scene launch which jumps bpm”-kind of transition. Something like that around there on the internet?
http://www.facebook.com/alex.ground.9 Alex Ground

great interview, i love it when you guys get technical
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=43200665 Speezy Speez

i don’t know any tutorials specific to that technique but it’s pretty easy (and ableton specific).

basically you are just taking your outro clip and playing it upwarped which will cause it to play at its “natural” tempo regardless of the session bpm. you then rename a scene in your session to “xxxbpm” and when you launch that scene the session tempo will automatically snap to the value that you used to rename the scene but the outro clip will keep playing at its natural tempo because it is not warped.
Dan

like the way he uses magazines for info and uses vanguard and nexus also he looks like a cross between ali g and shiftee
Razzlesnaz

Colorado represent baby!
PanPan

So thats how you make dope beats
Guest

So thats how you make dope beats
Random Guy

My friend smoked with him in Alabama. He is really chill.
DeadM1C

No matter what you do, jumping around stage with an iPad makes you look like a twat.
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Local

DTC in the hizzhouse!

Denver EDM fo’ LIFE
Razzlesnaz

find my profile “Razzlesnaz” on the user forum. I am in centennia/highlands ranch. I am Intersted in talking more about colaboration, spinning, etc…
http://www.facebook.com/bluecollarprophet Jim Wilcox

in my area if your not using turntables and serato your lame and i get so sick of hearing that shit being that i’m a controllerist (thanks DJTT for the title). I’m beyond excited to be moving to CO where there are people like this… Great interview.
Mark Quest

what a wanker..seriously, that dude needs a good, hard look at himself & needs tocome down of that pedestal he’s placed himself on.. And what’s with his dancing when putting on a show & holding up the iPad to the crowd “wee-o-wawa! I press button, sound it makes! you like?”.. Dude needs a shave and a new name that isn’t so ghey..and not in the homosexual sense of the word, but the replacement for being a ‘dick’ sense of the word. That guy is definitely a FAG in the Southpark sense of the word..WORD!!!

Paper Dildo, do us a favour and an hero pl0x. kthnxbaii
Mark Quest

YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!! ^^^^^^^^^^ This^^^^^^^^^^
http://www.facebook.com/people/Amy-Pearson/100000090123482 Amy Pearson

no shit. but it’s kinda the state of things these days, all these wankers with their little devices prancing about. perhaps it’s the emasculation of american men?
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