One of the biggest features in Ableton Live 12 are the improvements to the Browser inside of Live to organizing samples & presets Ableton Live 12 is on the horizon and I was fortunate enough to get invited to the beta program. In this article I'll dive into a few tips, quirks, and quality of life improvements I expect to see in future updates to Ableton Live … [Read more...] about Organizing Samples & Presets with Ableton Live 12
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Max4Live Creativity Unleashed: Top 5 Devices
Max4Live is a custom version of Max/MSP, a node based programming language that allows you to build custom devices for Ableton Live. I rounded up my top ten most used Max4Live devices that I use for writing any style of electronic dance music. 1. ACDGEN If you've been on Youtube you've no doubt seen countless producers discuss writing basslines using a Max 4 Live device … [Read more...] about Max4Live Creativity Unleashed: Top 5 Devices
Nail The Mixdown
I've been producing music for twenty years at this point, and long gone are the days of only finding forum posts telling you to "Use your ears" when I tried to find information about mixing tracks so they would sound good. It wasn't until the last few years with the explosion of the creator economy has there been a plethora of information (good and bad) regarding how to nail … [Read more...] about Nail The Mixdown
Ableton Announces Note for iOS
Ableton Note was just released for iOS, but this mobile application is not a compete port of Ableton Live onto iOS. Note is a playable app featuring a curated selection of Live’s drum kits, melodic instruments and synth sounds. Use them to come up with beats, chords and melodies, or create your own sound palette by recording the world around you into Note’s sampler instruments. … [Read more...] about Ableton Announces Note for iOS
Generating Random Percussion Loops
Do you ever listen to tracks and wonder how their random percussion loops groove in weird and chaotic ways but still remains cohesive? In this article we cover generating random percussion loops that you can use to add variation and ear candy to your music in Ableton Live. This will be done with all stock Ableton devices, Random and Sampler. Random Percussion Loops Rack … [Read more...] about Generating Random Percussion Loops