When people ask me what I want for my birthday I often say “Anything that makes a sound”. Once I got a little bell that I sampled and used in my song ‘Paperheart’. I’ve now rediscovered those samples and created
A new beta for Ableton Live 9 was just released, version 9.0.5b1. It brings quite a few bugfixes for Live as well as helpful improvements for Push. If you’ve read my review of Push, then you’ll notice that some of
Christian Kleine, Max for Live developer at Ableton, analogue synth lover and musician has just released his new album called “Shipbuilding”. It only makes sense that it comes bundled with a Max for Live synth called “Tide”. Both “Shipbuilding” and
In the latest episode of the ‘Ableton Insider Tips’ you learn how you can play a MIDI clip tonally with a keyboard and therefore transposing it on the fly. I also show you a little trick to keep it harmonic.
What if you could control any parameter in Ableton Live with just one knob or slider? You can with the free Max for Live plug-in ONE by Yehezkel Raz.
This is part 2 of my review of Push. In the first one I wrote about recording drums, the key layouts as well as its browsing capabilities. So let’s continue…
Over the last two weekends I had the chance to borrow an Ableton Push. I’d like share my first observations and experiences with you so hopefully you can make a more informed decision if Push’s the right thing for you.
Cycling ’74 continue their video tutorial series “Using Max for Live Devices”. This time they provide 3 videos all dedicated to the improved Buffer Shuffler in Live 9.
It’s time for another Live Pack to be left out into the world. The ‘Flageolet Live Pack’ contains four Instrument Racks based on me playing a flageolet tone on my trusted old classical guitar. They’re all macro mapped, work in
In the latest video tutorial in the “Ableton Live Insider Tips” series, I’m back with another tip that most users don’t know. This feature isn’t documented at all. I explain, how you can play an Audio Clip in Live tonally,
Now that Max for Live is part of the Live 9 Suite, more and more users will have it. If you’re one of them and want to start programming with it, there are a few video tutorial series that are
I’m happy to announce that my first Ableton Live course is now online. “Ableton Live 9 Essentials” is designed for anyone who wants to learn how to produce their own music with Ableton Live. I’ve also teamed up with Christian
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