What do you get if you take the adorable Zendaya singing "smile" and chop it up into some kind of melodic techno track? Well, you're about to find out. 😊

This is a vocal chopping technique that's just about the simplest possible approach to get fun and effective results in Ableton Live, using the Simpler device.

The final song:   / zendaya-smile-face-the-sun-edit  
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Contents:
0:00 techno rumbles refreshed
1:13 what's beyond rumbles?
2:49 let's get to work
3:55 setting up the slicer
5:04 setting up a sequencer
7:45 weird rhythms
10:45 mixdown advice
11:11 adding more techno elements

Content:
0:00 Why use vocal chops?
1:18 Making it happen in Ableton Live
4:18 Finetuning your chops
6:28 Taking it a step further