Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Shimmer happens when you take a big sound like a drone and chop it up every 16th note: it becomes a curtain of sound that is extremely pleasing to the ear and glues your track together without drawing too much attention to itself. Perfect for techno and other hypnotic styles!

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Contents:
0:00 Examples of Shimmer
1:05 Making a shimmer in Ableton Live
2:30 Using a modular technique in the DAW
8:40 Making it in a modular
14:56 Adding an automation flourish
16:32 The beatfader concept
18:08 I just made that word up btw