The Rhodesque Live Pack contains 5 macro mapped instrument racks that are all using the same note played on a Rhodes. I created them to show you how many different sounds can be achieved by tweaking the parameter of a
If you use multiple VST plugins and effects in Ableton Live, the CPU usage can quickly skyrocket. With the freeze function you can reduce the amount of real-time processing and thus increase the number of plugins and effects that you
Part 4 of the series “Ableton Live Insider Tips” explains how recorded automation curves can be changed in Live with the command ThinningAggressiveness in the Options.txt file.
TouchOSC is a modular user interface for OSC and MIDI control for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. It’s been my favourite app/MIDI controller in the last years because it is so versatile.*
In the last part of the series “Programming in Max for Live” by Cycling ’74, we finally learn with the help of the Step Sequencer how to use the Live API in Max for Live devices, so that their parameters
Part 3 of the series “Ableton Live insider tips” deals with two other commands that you can add to the Options.txt file that will make working with VST plugins much easier. Particularly the automation of their parameters.
Edit: Updated for Live 10/11, for which the skins were improved and are now called themes. I’ve created 6 new Ableton Live skins that you can download for free. In case, you don’t know how to install them, here are
A week ago I wrote about Eric Ameres’s Max for Live devices that allow detaching the Session View or its mixer and even individual devices. He’s been busy developing a standalone version for OS X that you can use with
Part 2 of my new series “Ableton Live Insider Tips” explains two more commands of the Options.txt file, EnableMapToSiblings and AutoAdjustMacroMappingRange. Both make mapping controls to macros in Racks faster and more efficient.
We continue with the building of a synth in Part 7 of the series “Programming in Max for Live” by Cycling ’74. In the first video they show us how we can program a monophonic synth based on a loaded
While working at Ableton’s as a technical support, I came across a lot of users who’d wanted to have their own folder structure in Live Projects. Most of them simply moved around files in the Windows Explorer or Mac’s Finder
Did you ever want the possibility to detach the Session View mixer in Live so you don’t have to toggle between the views anymore? Well, you can now, provided you also have Max for Live.
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