The Computer Keyboard as a MIDI Controller in Ableton LIve
If you don’t have a MIDI controller or not handy, you can always use the computer keyboard as one in Ableton Live.
February 11, 2014
If you don’t have a MIDI controller or not handy, you can always use the computer keyboard as one in Ableton Live.
It’s winter here in Berlin and quite dark, grey and grim. The perfect time to create a winter themed Live Pack. “Rub-A-Dub/SnowStep” contains two fully macro mapped Drum Racks, one made with sounds of hands rubbed together to keep them
Fabrizio Poce is well known under his moniker J74 in the Max for Live scene and I’ve written about some of his devices before. While most do cost a little, they’re really fantastic (check them out) and must have taken
New Ableton Live Insider Tip: discover a quick shortcut to adjust the Q value in EQ Eight for faster, precise equalising in your mixes.
A while ago I posted a video explaining how you can quickly convert an Impulse preset into a Drum Rack. Eric, on the Ableton forum known as 8MoreBits, has shared his workaround with me. ImpulseDuo is a Drum Rack that
I came across the “Phase Distortion Synth” because Christian Kleine excitedly told me about it. The Max for Live Instrument is a polyphonic wavetable synthesiser which uses various techniques of phase distortion in a feedback loop.
Did you know that you can quickly copy the envelope of an Operator oscillator to another? Here’s how…
“Auto Flush Notes 2” by Dennis DeSantis is one of those Max for Live devices that once you see what it does, you can’t believe how you could go without it. At least, I had wanted these functions for a
A while ago I wrote about 5 Max for Live devices to further enhance the features of Ableton Push. Now there are two new ones that I find very useful: Push Color Picker and Push Midi Clip Transposer.
This time around, I’ve used sounds from a generic water bottle to create a Drum Rack for you. The “Water Bottle” Live Pack is for Live 9 only. Not sure, if it’s your cup of tea? Have a listen!
The Utility effect in Ableton Live is great when you want to automate volume, but it only goes down to -35 dB which often can make complete fadeouts impossible. This is where the Dmixer comes in. It recreates the mixer
This tutorial of the ‘Ableton Live Quick Tips’ shows you a quick way to zoom into any area in MIDI and audio clips as well as in the Arrangement View. A great addition to your editing workflow.
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