Tutorials Make Your Own Stutters in Arrangement View There are a number of plug-ins available for making glitchy stutters - including Ableton Live's Beat Repeat. If you don't feel like going the Beat Repeat route, you can get your hands dirty in Live's Arrangement View and make your own stutters by chopping and rearranging audio. MacProVideo's G.W. Childs ...
News Analog Arsenal - Flatpack Share Photos of their Texture Beats Setup For Texture Beats, their most recent Partner Instrument, Flatpack constructed drum sounds with a diverse collection of analog synth modules. They've shared some photos of this collection on Facebook - see above for an example, then head to Facebook for more. Hear Texture Beats
Artists Flying Lotus on Ableton Live After the triumphant explorations of his last album, 2009's Cosmogramma, Flying Lotus's latest album, the just-released Until the Quiet Comes, has been met with major anticipation. In promoting his new music, he recently appeared on Gilles Peterson's show on BBC Radio to play some music and share some stories behind ...
Artists Daniel Miller and the ARP 2600 - A Look at History and a Free Live Pack Daniel Miller is a legendary name in electronic music - first known for his solo releases as The Normal, he later founded Mute Records, a label that has been home to Depeche Mode, Erasure, Fad Gadget, Goldfrapp, and Moby, among others. Daniel recently collaborated with Flatpack on a free set ...
Artists Rave Classic - Orbital's "Chime" in Live Point Blank instructor Ski Oakenfull has been on a roll with a series of videos showing how to re-make classic tracks in Live. Aside from being a cool way to reconnect with great music, these tutorials make an ideal springboard for moving from your influences to your own take on ...
Artists Mike Huckaby on Program Changes in Clip Envelopes Supporting Windows and OS X, VST and AU plug-ins, and a variety of audio interfaces and controllers, Ableton Live is definitely a program that plays well with others. In this video, Detroit legend Mike Huckaby reviews how he uses Program Changes in Clips in Live with his third-party plug-ins:
Downloads Flatpack Texture Beats - New Partner Instrument + Free ARP 2600 Drums from Daniel Miller We're excited to release two new Partner Instruments from Flatpack - including a free download! Texture Beats includes nearly 3 GB of tweaked-out electronic drums, with intelligently designed macros for easy sound design and effect editing. Hear some samples from Texture Beats below: In addition, grab the free pack DM ...
Artists Machinedrum: Sacred Frequencies Over the past 10 years, Travis Stewart aka Machinedrum has honed and refined his sound - a (mostly) instrumental fusion of hip-hop, juke, jungle and house - earning a reputation along the way as an adventurous producer who also understands how to fine-tune his intricate compositions for the dancefloor. In ...
Artists St. Vincent on Tour with Ableton Live St. Vincent and her band documented their last tour with a series of videos that look behind the scenes. In this one, learn how different band members interact with one computer running Ableton Live:
Tutorials Generative Variations - Fun with Follow Actions Ableton Live's Session View is a unique, non-linear environment for creating and playing music. Follow Actions - ways in which Live's Clips play and transition - can be customized in ways that allow for generative composition. In a new, two-part tutorial for MacProVideo, Rory Dow looks at how to do ...
Tutorials Loudon Stearns on the Live Object Model in Max for Live Max for Live allows you to interface with Ableton Live's API to create custom devices. In part two of a new video series looking at Max for Live, Berklee instructor Loudon Stearns demonstrates how to use the Live Object Model (LOM) as a guide to working with Live's API. Check ...
Downloads Recreate the Sine Wave Synth from James Blake's "CMYK" For his latest free download, Ableton Certified Trainer Yehezkel Raz takes a look at the haunting sine wave synth that anchors James Blake's "CMYK". Check out the video below for a quick demo of how to get the timing right for the pattern: Head to 4live.me for a full run-down ...
Tutorials New Max for Live Video Series from Berklee's Loudon Stearns - Starting with Quantize Mapper, a Free Device Berklee instructor and Ableton Certified Trainer Loudon Stearns is back with a new series on Max for Live - expect a new video from him on the Ableton Blog every Monday through September 24. In this first video, Loudon demonstrates the programming behind the "Quantize Mapper" Max for Live device, ...
Dubspot 30|30 Round Two - Another Free Month of Video Lessons Missed the last round of Dubspot 30|30? Want more free lessons? Dubspot is back again with 30 free video lessons on Ableton Live - from DJing to composition to performance, there's a wide range of topics in these lessons. Dubspot 30|30 is a great complement to the free 30-day trial ...
Downloads Experimental Scores in Ableton Live - on John Cage's Birthday Prepared instruments. Noise as music. Field recordings. Randomization. Electronics, tape machines and record players as musical instruments. Even if you have never heard his compositions, it's hard to overstate the influence John Cage has had on modern music. Looking to implement some of Cage's pioneering ideas in your own music? ...
Artists Christopher Willits on Collaboration with Ryuichi Sakamoto Christopher Willits and Ryuichi Sakamoto recently released Ancient Future, their second collaborative album. In assembling this album, Christopher edited his and Ryuichi's parts for all the tracks within one Ableton Live set. In this video, Christopher demonstrates how the closing track, "Completion" was assembled. Watch and learn how Ryuichi's piano, ...
