Using Live’s Tap Tempo can be quite clunky and it’s also not what most singer/songwriters have in mind. What if you want Live to follow your tempo, not vice versa? This is where “Relative Tap Tempo” comes in.
When arranging, the time commands (Duplicate, Delete and Insert Time) and Insert Silence are vital for a great workflow. Yet, a lot of users don’t regularly use them.
Recently I had set aside some time to make music, but when I opened a Live Set I wanted to continue working on, nothing came. Total writer’s block. Luckily it rarely happens to me and when it does I look
This Max for Live instrument is a replication of the famous Skinner 2049 drum synth. It comes with six drum synth modules you can add to Drum Racks. Don’t let the name fool you. You don’t need Ableton Push for
Spring has sprung here in Berlin and I thought it’d be time for new looks for Ableton Live. Yes, I’ve made 5 brand new skins. They’re all dark ones, mostly grey with dashes of colour, one dark teal with rust.
This week, the Musikmesse is happening in Frankfurt again. There are some products directly aimed at the use with Ableton Live and since this is a site about Ableton Live, I’ll focus on those.
This is the video version of the second most checked out written tutorial. It explains how to set up any MIDI controller with Ableton Live.
Looking for some pumping side-chained sweeps for your drums that are also sync-able? Try “DopeySidekick”. Did I mention that it’s mappable to any parameter in Live?
Jangly keys are the basis of this Live Pack. “Keyed Up” contains 4 fully macro mapped Instrument Racks. Their sound ranging from bell-like keys to mean synths. Works with Live 9.
For me, actually making the beats I heard in my head was the hardest part when I got started with producing. Liquid Rhythm, a beat generator made by WaveDNA, makes building beats and adding variations and breaks very simple.
If you’re a drummer who wants to play electronic beats or just feel like a bass drum needs to be played with the foot, check out “Sustain Pedal Kick Drum”. This simple Max for Live MIDI effect allows you to
This video of the “Ableton Live Insider Tips” series shows you some very useful shortcuts that allow you to adjust the parameters of the Multiband Dynamics much faster.
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