If you’re in Asheville this year for Moogfest don’t forget to swing round the Ableton workshops held across three days at the Masonic Temple venue, 80 Broadway Street.

Live 9 Tips & Tricks with Mike Huckaby

When: Thursday, April 24th 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Where: Masonic Temple - Downstairs

Mike Huckaby will discuss various techniques when working with Live 9 features such as Audio-to-MIDI, warping, multi-band dynamics, clip envelopes, scene launch tempo change and other useful nuggets of info for upping your production game.

Workshop host: James Patrick

Controlling a DMX Lighting Rig with Live 9 with Dan Deacon, Patrick McMinn & Al Schatz

When: Friday, April 25th 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Where: Masonic Temple - Downstairs

Dan Deacon, joined by his tour Lighting Director Patrick McMinn & Front of House Engineer Al Schatz, will break down how they use Live 9 to control their DMX lighting rig on stage.

Workshop host: James Patrick

Max in the Morning with James Patrick & John Keston

When: Saturday, April 26th 11:00pm - 12:00pm
Where: Masonic Temple - Downstairs

Coffee + food + Max for Live + nerding out = Max in the Morning. James Patrick and John Keston will provide an overview of Max for Live and some devices native to Live 9 Suite, and then put description into context by playing a couple of tunes from their band James Patrick Plays to demonstrate how various M4L devices can be used in a live scenario. Look out for Moogs, modulars, drum machines, iPads, granulation, manipulation, improvisation and more…

Ableton workshops @ Moogfest website