In March I released “24 Scale Presets” that aim to help you stay in key. I’ve gotten some emails from people asking how they differ from the included Scale presets in Live and how to use them. So here’s a
You don’t know any music theory, but would love to compose more harmonic chords in Live? If you have Max for Live, you could use the Schwarzonator or Nordmann‘s “Chord Generator”.
Over the years I’ve created a huge sound library, recording all kinds of different sounds in all kinds of places. I recently rediscovered this folder called “Ding Bangs” with sounds of things that make a ding or bang in the
Knowing the shortcuts to show or hide windows in Ableton Live as needed can save you time, especially on a laptop.
The Key Layouts on Ableton Push are great if you don’t know any music theory, but want to make sure you play in key. Now if you don’t have Push, but a Launchpad and Max for Live, then the Max
Announced earlier this year, Cycling ’74 has now released Mira, its iPad controller for both Max and Max for Live.
If you like glitchy effects in your music and you have Live 9 Suite, then the free Max for Live effect ‘Stutter Slider’ is for you.
I’m back with another free Live Pack for you. This one features bodhrán, an Irish drum that I played and sampled. The Live Pack contains a Drum Rack with different hits, strikes with the beater and brushes as well as
The first Ableton Live Quick Tip shows how pressing 0 on your keyboard can deactivate/reactivate elements—boosting workflow in your music productions.
LiveControl 2 just came out. It’s a Lemur template for the iPad and it’s free for all owners of Lemur. It’s very easy to set up and offers full integration with Ableton Live. If you’re looking for video tutorials for
Push allows you to simply switch between scales, even exotic ones. If you don’t have one, but still want to use this functionality, then you should try the Max for Live MIDI effect “16 Scales”.
Although there is not just one way to use Live and misusing software can be quite creative, there are best practices of when to use Session View and when to use Arrangement View. I thought I’d explain this here since
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Features 28 powerful mid/side audio effect racks for Ableton Live 12.2, each with 10 variations. From precise control in mixing to instantly giving more interest to basic sounds.
