{"id":20579,"date":"2022-03-26T17:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T21:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=20579"},"modified":"2026-02-13T12:54:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:54:02","slug":"alina-smith-producer-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/alina-smith-producer-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"5 ways to create your own FX in Ableton Live with Alina Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alina Smith is a producer and songwriter who&#8217;s one half of the renowned production team LYRE.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Through both her own solo artist career as well as collaborations with everyone spanning Fall Out Boy and Betty Who to ITZY and Red Velvet, Alina Smith has developed a skillset around sound design that&#8217;s simultaneously broad <em>and<\/em> deep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/1W1Ut3GZQaKtw3pSJQ7s3j?si=d15d0c1ed4b4428f\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the video above, Alina Smith opened up a fresh Ableton Live session to share five of her top sound design gems with the Splice community. 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