Get Your Music Heard with SoundCloud - Free Gift for Live 8 Users We’ve teamed up with our friends at SoundCloud to offer a new free gift for the Ableton community! If you own Live 8 or Suite 8, go here to claim your free 5-month SoundCloud Pro account. Learn more about SoundCloud.
"Heaven" Broken Down - New Tutorial from Ski Oakenfull Ever wondered how some of the most popular tracks were constructed? In an ongoing series, Point Blank instructor Ski Oakenfull has been breaking down and recreating tracks in Ableton Live. For the latest, it's the chords from Emeli Sande's "Heaven": Got a track you'd like to see Ski take on? ...
Francis Prève's Workflow and Free Sounds You might know Francis Prève for his label, Academik Records, for his blog, or for his Ableton Live Racks. In a feature with Create Digital Music, Francis expands on his workflow - sending to and receiving from hardware with Live - plus provides some extra production advice. Lastly, don't miss ...
Using Sends in Drum Racks - Tutorial from Rob Jones For the third and final part to his tutorial series on Drum Racks in Live, Producertech instructor Rob Jones looks at sends and returns. Using sends and return tracks within a Drum Rack, Rob shows how to apply effects and parallel New York-style compression to make things really pump:
Detunized Turns Three - Free Operator Racks & More It's been three years of unique Live Packs from our friends at Detunized, and they're celebrating with a free gift for the Ableton community. Head over to the Detunized site and get the exclusive free Live Pack, "Operator 53", featuring 55 Instrument Racks with Operator. While you're there, don't miss ...
Pool Party Vibes: Miami Sounds from Danny J Lewis With the 2012 Winter Music Conference happening, Point Blank instructor Danny J Lewis provides this timely tutorial on getting some pool party vibes in Ableton Live:
Step Recording with a MIDI Controller - New Tutorial from Thavius Beck There's numerous ways to enter notes in Live - you can draw them by hand in a Clip, play them live from a MIDI controller, or even do something generative with a Max for Live device. How about step recording with a MIDI controller? In the latest video tutorial in ...
Ancient Astronauts on Ableton Live We first connected with Ancient Astronauts at SXSW a few years back - since then, they've pushed their take on abstract hip hop even further. Long-time users of Live, the Astronauts had this to say about their experiences with it: "Within 2 years Ableton Live became our number one production ...
New Partner Instrument: Hip Hop Drums by The Loop Loft Numerous classic hip hop tracks have been built around dusty, swinging breaks played on live drums. Hip Hop Drums, a Partner Instrument from new partner The Loop Loft, brings the sound and feel of those classics to a whole new set of breaks, samples and effects. Hear it for yourself:Learn ...
Melodic Drum Racks - Glitch-Hop with Kill Paris When you want to make something really glitchy, sometimes you need to think outside the box in melodic sequencing. In this new video tutorial, Ableton Certified Trainer Kill Paris looks at sampling melodic phrases and putting them into a Drum Rack, then playing them back with a Launchpad.
The Drum Machine: Interactive Beats for All If you've ever been at a show and wished you could tap into the creative energy to make music with your friends, then you have an idea of the itch that The Drum Machine scratches. An interactive installation, the Drum Machine lets users jam out beats together. Check out a ...
Twisted Vocal Effects in Live - New Tutorial from Danny J Lewis The human voice might be the world's oldest instrument, but it's also a perfect launching point for some crazy futuristic effects. In a new tutorial, Point Blank instructor Danny J Lewis demonstrates how to make an Effects Rack for vocals, using Live's devices:
Free Racks Featuring Analog - New Micropak from Puremagnetik Analog is a versatile physical modelling instrument, great for recreating the classic sounds of analog synthesizers, and also a starting point for some wild, otherworldly sounds. Analog Anomalies, a new free Live Pack from Puremagnetik (the sound designers behind Partner Instruments such as Retro Synths and MachineKits), features 54 Instrument ...
Make a Track from a Toothbrush - Sound Design from a Single Source in Live Sometimes, limitation is just what you need to jolt your creative muscles. In David Engström's case, that limitation involved making an entire track using just the buzzing sound from his electric toothbrush. See how the impressive results came together below: Hear the full track: Lastly, if you've got some time ...
Artists Lal: Electronic Tradition Fresh off touring India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Lal share how Ableton Live informs their post-modern productions.
Sculpt Your Kicks - Part 2 of Rob Jones' Racks Tutorial Getting the perfect kick isn't always as simple as throwing down a sample - there's all sorts of tips and tricks to make your kick drum really slam through a mix. In part 2 of his series, "Using Racks in Live", live-courses.com instructor Rob Jones looks at how to use ...
