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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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 loads stock instrume...
RĂśFĂśS DU SOL drums don't sound like a loop.
They sound alive, like something that keeps moving and shifting underneath the track.
If you want to make your drums sound like RĂśFĂśS DU SOL in Ableton Live, the first thing to get straight is that the sound doesn't come from 1 plugin or 1 clever trick....
Back in lockdown, Cassian did a live stream and revealed something the production community considers borderline criminal.
Reverb on a kick drum.
Now before you go and call the producer, please, he's not doing what you think.
Reverb on a kick drum has a bad reputation for a reason.
Get it wrong a...
If you have been using Ableton Live for a while, you have probably seen the word Rack pop up in the browser.
Audio Effect Rack.
Instrument Rack.
Drum Rack.
MIDI Effect Rack.
You can use Ableton Live Racks to save your favourite plugin chains, build custom presets, layer instruments, create drum k...
Ableton Live is free, but not in the way most people think.
There is a free trial.
There is also Ableton Live Lite, which some beginners already have sitting unused in an account somewhere because it came bundled with a MIDI controller, audio interface, or plugin they bought.
But the full version...
Installing plugins in Ableton Live 12 is easier than you think. Whether you’re using VSTs or Audio Units (AU), this guide will walk you through every step to get your instruments and effects running smoothly.
Key Takeaways
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Ableton Live supports VST2, VST3, and AU (Mac only) plugins
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Use the Pl...
