New Max for Live instrument - Kasio-M4L by Oli Larkin We're excited to feature a new Max for Live device on our site - Kasio-M4L by Oli Larkin. The instrument features Phase Distortion synthesis inspired by a classic line of digital synthesizers, and is available as a free download for all owners of Max for Live. Learn more about this ...
Skrillex on Ableton Live Dubstep producer Skrillex recently spoke to Computer Music about Ableton Live, his DAW of choice. In addition to praising Operator, Live's FM synth, Skrillex had this to say about making music in Live: "I think, for laptop producers especially, it's just so intuitive in the box. Everything is laid out ...
The Ableton Cookbook presents "Time Signatures for Dummies" Following his earlier tutorial explaining chord structures, The Ableton Cookbook's Anthony Arroyo is back to cover time signatures for everyone. Learn about how time is kept in Ableton Live, and how to work with it in clips and globally. Check out the video below, and read more about the tutorial ...
Ableton now on Google+, and other networks With the launch of Google+ Pages, we're pleased to debut the Ableton Page on Google+. We's also like to take this opportunity to review our other social media presences - come interact with us on your favorite network! Click through the links below for our official channels: FacebookTwitterGoogle+YouTubeSoundCloudFourSquare
Lush sampled acoustic guitar from AfroDjMac AfroDjMac describes the pad sounds of his latest rack as having "a planetarium feel" - we'd agree that it's pretty spacey and laid back. Incredible, the sound sources for this free Instrument Rack all come from AfroDjMac's acoustic guitar. Learn more about the Rack and download it at AfroDjMac's site.
touchAble 1.3 Update - Beatjump, New Native Templates and More touchAble, a dedicated Ableton Live controller app for the iPad, has just been updated to version 1.3. Check out the video above for a rundown of what's new. touchAble 1.3 includes new loop and beatjump features, native controller templates for Live's Auto Filter, Ping Pong Delay, and Impulse, and a ...
Destroy your sounds with AbletonOp's new Effects Rack Sometimes you want the most pristine, beautiful sound you can get in your productions. Other times, you just need to mangle. When that happens, this new free rack from AbletonOp should be of use. Just be careful with that "KILL" knob!
Brief tutorial on stem mastering from MacProVideo When you're ready to mix down a track, one technique is to process individual parts of a piece - "stems". This brief tutorial from MacProVideo's Gary Hiebner gives an overview of working with stems, and shares some ideas on how to process different common forms of stems with Ableton Live's ...
Tricks for using Simpler as a synth from the Ableton Cookbook In this new tutorial, the Ableton Cookbook's Anthony Arroyo looks at some fun modulation tricks in Simpler. For this tutorial, he's using Simpler as a sampling synthesizer, having loaded up a waveform. Through modulating the start position, Anthony shows how to morph the timbres of the sampling synth. For more, ...
Artists Cut Copy: Ableton Live is the Brain Cut Copy use Ableton Live as a sampler and sequencer that is central to their thrilling live show.
Artists Saturn Never Sleeps: A Galaxy of Sound As Saturn Never Sleeps, King Britt and Rucyl use Ableton Live as the command center of their live and studio setups.
Artists Nicolas Jaar: It's My Instrument To bring his solo productions to the stage, Nicolas Jaar enlisted the help of a live band.
Remix Competition with Loopmasters, DJ Mag, High Rankin and Glimpse - huge prizes and free stems! Ableton Live is a great tool for remixing, so it's only natural that we'd want the Ableton community to be involved in this excellent competition from Loopmasters. Download free stems from Glimpse and High Rankin, and get to work on your best remix. Preview the free stems below: There's a ...
Artists XI: Hands-On Digital For his bass-heavy, atmospheric beats, Christian Andersen - aka XI - takes a hands-on approach. Christian's custom sounds in Operator and loose sequencing in Ableton Live give his music a uniquely human, individual quality. Every synth patch in Christian's music is made in Operator, from scratch. "I like to see ...
Artists Bruno Pronsato: Sonic Character Bruno Pronsato uses Ableton Live's Resonator to color the space between the sounds.
Artists Mike Huckaby: Follow My Lead As a musician, producer, teacher and thinker, Mike Huckaby has made a career of being ahead of the curve. His latest project sees him editing classic Sun Ra pieces in Ableton Live.
