Tutorials Get Patching - New Series of Max for Live Tutorials from The Ableton Cookbook If you have Max for Live, then chances are you've already spent some time with the wealth of ready-made devices available for it. There's 100+ devices that come with Max for Live, plus over 800 more available for free online. In a new tutorial series, Anthony Arroyo, the blogger behind ...
Guitarist Takeshi Nishimoto on Ableton Live for Performance, Recording, Scoring and Collaboration German web magazine Bonedo recently spent some time with eclectic guitarist Takeshi Nishimoto. From his classical background, Takeshi has made a name for himself both solo and with collaborators including John Tejada, Mike Shannon and others. In this series of videos, Takeshi discusses his background in guitar, then demonstrates how ...
Soniccouture Electric Pianos - New Partner Instrument The Rhodes Stage 73 and Wurlitzer 200A are classics - from psychedelic rock to jazz to hip hop, these warm electric pianos provide just the right sound for any number of occasions. For Electric Pianos, a new Ableton Partner Instrument, the sampling experts at Soniccouture captured multiple velocity stages of ...
Get The Drop - Sound Like Skrillex in Ableton Live Skrillex's meteoric rise has made his rattling, distorted bass drops hard to avoid. In a new tutorial, MacProVideo instructor Gary Hiebner reviews how to get that dirty Skrillex sound using Ableton Live effects. Read the full tutorial at MacProVideo MacProVideo has also released a new iBook, Mashup Essentials by G.W. ...
Mentalist Selector - Instant Breakcore in Max for Live, from Ned Rush We've previously looked at SuparCut, Ned Rush's sequenced beat effects device for Max for Live. Ned's introduced a similar effect - BREAKCORE for Max for Live lets one break (or many breaks) run through a full rinse. Rearrange, loop, pitch-shift and more - check out BREAKCORE in action: Download BREAKCORE ...
EvelopeShaper - Transient Shaping in Max for Live from SubtleSonic We have previously posted about Peter McCulloch's fantastic and free Max for Live devices. Now, adding to a collection under the new name SubtleSonic, Peter has introduced another one - EnvelopeShaper, a free transient designer. Check out this video of EnvelopeShaper in action: Download EnvelopeShaper for free at SubtleSonic.
New Pitch, Same Length - Playable Time-Stretched Samples in Live It's easy to transpose a sample in Simpler or Sampler - but what if you need to preserve the length of the sound? In a new tutorial, Quantize Courses instructor Keith Mills demonstrates how to create a playable Rack of samples with different pitches and the same length of time:
Artists Mouse on Mars – Live für alle Auf der Tour zum jüngsten Mouse-on-Mars-Album Parastrophics suchen Andi Toma und Jan St. Werner gemeinsam mit ihrem Tour-Drummer Dodo NKishi größtmögliche Freiheit.
Downloads 4Live.me - Ideas and Free Racks for Live from Yehezkel Raz Certified Trainer Yehezkel Raz has launched 4Live.me as a new hub for his ideas for Ableton Live. So far, the results are a series of inspiring, easy-to-use and free Racks. Check out a few examples. "REPEAT ME" - Beat Repeat controlled with one knob: "GOING UP" - a Shepard Tone ...
Tutorials Lana Del Rey's Hit "Video Games" - Arranged and Mixed in Ableton Live When producer Daniel Omelio (half of the production duo Robopop) mixed the raw piano and vocal recordings of Lana Del Rey's "Video Games" into a full song, he chose "his" DAW - Ableton Live. The final Arrangement for "Video Games" in Live.Omelio on working in Live: "I did it in ...
Tutorials Miike Snow's "Devil's Work" in Live - New Tutorial from Ski Oakenfull Point Blank instructor Ski Oakenfull's been on a roll in demonstrating how to play popular songs in Ableton Live. In a new tutorial, Ski takes on the thick piano chords from Miike Snow's "Devil's Work":
Controllerist Contest Videos from DJ Tech Tools In anticipation of their new MIDI Fighter 3D controller, DJ Tech Tools challenged users to show off their controllerist skills. Entrants worked with a free Ableton Drum Rack from DJTT's Mad Zach (which you can still grab here), and the results are certainly something - divided into categories based on ...
Get Creative with Live's Reverb - New Tutorial from MacProVideo Ableton Live's Reverb is a flexible tool for adding virtual space to a sound, from subtle coloration to spacey saturation. In a new tutorial, MacProVideo instructor Gary Hiebner looks at some creative uses for Live's Reverb - including reverse reverb effects, gated reverb on a snare drum, and more. Learn ...
Jon Sterckx Makes A Thousand People Dance at a TED Talk The TED conference is mainly known for brief but informative talks on "ideas worth spreading" - here's one that's slightly different. Jon Sterckx mixes traditional music with live electronics using Ableton Live and an arsenal of percussion instruments. Instead of performing in front of a silent and seated audience, he ...
Max for Live for DJs - DJ Tech Tools Dives In "Max For Live has democratized the world of Ableton Live like never before," says DJ Tech Tools' Mad Zach. In looking at the wealth of user-created Max for Live devices, Zach cherry-picks five of his favorites (plus some honorable mentions) for DJing, which you can learn more about in this ...
Hip-Hop Drums Explored - New Video Tutorial from The Loop Loft Ableton's latest Partner Instrument, Hip Hop Drums by The Loop Loft, features the classic sounds of live hip-hop breaks, packaged with Effects Racks and Drum Racks mappings that make things immediately usable in Live. In this video tutorial (the first in a series), The Loop Loft's Ryan Gruss takes a ...
