How to Export from Ableton Live (The Best Ableton Export Settings) ableton live ableton live 12 Oct 18, 2026

In this article, we'll look at how to choose the right Ableton export settings for your track.

We'll look at what every option does in the Ableton Live 12 export window.

Then I'll show you the settings I use depending on where the file is being sent.

I've had my fair share of experience exp...

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Monomono Console 40 Review: SSL Plugins on Ableton Push 3 Standalone ableton push 3 Oct 11, 2026

In this article I'm going to take a look at Console 40 by Monomono.

It's a suite of 7 Max for Live devices modelled on the SSL 4000 console, built to run on the Ableton Push 3 standalone as well as inside Ableton Live, and this article goes through each device, what it is, what it's good at, ...

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8 Best Free VST Plugins for Ableton Live ableton live Oct 04, 2026

In this article I'm going to take a look at the 8 best free VST plugins for Ableton Live, covering what each one does and the settings I reach for when I use it.

Between them they replace nearly £500 of paid plugins.

None of these sound rubbish.

Some of them cost real money not long ago, an...

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Best MacBook for Music Production in Ableton Live ableton live ableton live 12 macbook music production workflow Sep 27, 2026

In this article I'm going to walk through the best MacBook for music production in Ableton Live, covering the chip, MacBook Air vs MacBook Pro, screen size, RAM, storage, and whether to buy new or refurbished.

Apple gives you a lot of ways to spend too much money on a laptop.

By the end you'...

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15 Ableton Live Tips I Wish I Knew 15 Years Ago ableton live Sep 10, 2026

This article shows you 15 Ableton Live tips I wish I'd known when I started.

We'll look at finding sounds faster in the browser, the shortcuts worth learning, mixing tricks with stock devices, racks, templates and Ableton Cloud.

These took me 15 years of producing, touring and teaching Ablet...

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Grip Review: Control Ableton Live From Your Phone ableton live ableton live 12 Aug 30, 2026

In this article I'm going to take a look at Grip. It's an iOS and Android app built to control Ableton Live from your phone over Wi-Fi, covering setup, session view, arrangement control, voice commands, and whether it's worth using day to day.

Grip isn't the first app to try this.

TouchOSC a...

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Free Ableton Live Template: How I Built My Default Set ableton live ableton live 12 ableton template workflow Aug 28, 2026

This article shows you how to build an Ableton Live template you can trust, and gives you mine as a free download.

We'll look at how the template is put together track by track, from drum rack snapshots and Drift sounds through to a sidechain that is already routed and a complete master chain...

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How to Finish More Music in Ableton Live: A Simple 3-Step Workflow ableton live ableton live 12 ableton note finish music workflow Aug 16, 2026

This article shows you how to finish more music in Ableton Live.

It is built around a simple system you can repeat around a full time job, a family, and whatever else the week throws at you.

We will look at a 3-step workflow that runs from sketching ideas in Ableton Note, through building them up...

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How to Organise the Ableton Live 12 Browser and Workflow ableton live Aug 10, 2026

This article shows you how to organise your Ableton Live workflow.

The kind that stops you losing 20 minutes at the start of every session hunting for sounds you already own.

We'll look at the Ableton Live 12 browser, tagging, saved searches, and the user library, and how they work as one system....

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How to Write Chord Progressions in Ableton Live (Without Music Theory) ableton live ableton live 12 Jul 19, 2026

This article shows you how to write chord progressions in Ableton Live.

We'll look at using Ableton's built-in Scale Awareness feature and a 4-step system built to create professional sounding chord progressions with minimal to no music theory required.

The same 4-step sequence I have taught to t...

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Ableton Move vs Ableton Push 3: Which One Should You Buy? ableton move ableton push 3 Jul 12, 2026

I've taught Ableton Live for over 10 years, online at Push Patterns and in universities, and I've lost count of the people I've watched buy the wrong Ableton hardware.

The Ableton Move vs Ableton Push 3 decision is where most of them go wrong.

On paper it looks like a price question.

The Ableton ...

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Auriteq Flow Review: The Ultimate DAW Controller for Ableton Live, FL Studio & Logic Pro ableton live Jul 05, 2026

You know the feeling.

You open Ableton, you want the compressor you used last week, and you spend 5 minutes scrolling plugin lists to find it.

You always meant to sort your favourites out.

Be honest, who does?

That's where the Auriteq Flow controller comes in

The Auriteq Flow loadsĀ stock instrume...

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