The Most Used Ableton Stock Effects Ableton is a powerful music production software used by many top DJs and producers to create amazing-sounding mixes. For years, Ableton Live has been the go-to Digital Audio Workstation (or DAW) for many music producers, DJs, and touring musicians. Over time, Ableton has gained a lot of popularity among…
Ableton Live 11.1 is now available as a free update for all users. This update adds native support for Apple computers running on the M1 Silicon chip. The new version also includes several bug fixes and performance improvements. Native Apple Silicon Support This update adds native support for Apple computers running on the M-series processors.…
Box Harp – Free Sample Library Free Sample Library: Box Harp (DecentSampler, Ableton Live, Kontakt, SFZ, EXS)
Merrin Karras’ New Track “Still Life” Ireland-born musician and producer Brendan Gregoriy is known for his distinctive style of melodic house and techno under the alias of Chymera, with releases on influential labels such as Cocoon, Ovum, and Delsin. Gregoriy’s more recent, ambient productions under the pseudonym Merrin Karras reflect an evolution of his musical…
Ableton’s Free Webinars Ableton is hosting two Free Webinars on 27th April and 4th May 2021 at 19:00 GMT (20:00 CET), hosted by Ableton Certified Trainers, Anna Lakatos, and Thomas Glendinning. Ableton, makers of innovative software and hardware for musicians, are delighted to announce another TWO FREE WEBINARS demonstrating how to get more from their powerful Ableton Live software. The sessions will…
“I’m the Space in Between” Arushi Jain Indian classical music may date back centuries but it’s in a perpetual state of flux. The tradition revolves around a complex melodic matrix known as a raag, or raga, that has no real translation in the Western classical system. There are countless raags, each of which contains a…
Webinars For Ableton Live & Push 2 Ableton, makers of innovative music software and hardware, are delighted to announce two FREE webinars offering the ultimate introduction to their flagship products, Ableton Live and Push 2. Ableton Live is a unique program for music production and performance, and Push 2 is a powerful, expressive controller which gives users hands-on access to…
Make Sound Libraries from Field Recordings For over 3 years, I’ve been recording and creating sound libraries. At this point I’ve been able to publish 350 Bandcamp sound libraries! With all this experience, I wanted to take you behind the scenes of an upcoming library! First I’ll explain how creating a theme has changed how…
Upcoming Live 11 Starting February 23, Live 11 will be available at Ableton.com, or from retail stores worldwide. Try the Live 11 Beta If you’re a Live 10 Standard or Suite owner, you can try the beta version of Live 11 now: Join Ableton’s beta testing program. Comping Live organizes multiple passes of an audio…
Make Drone Sounds in Ableton How to Make Drone Sounds in Ableton with Geofón and Free Plugins We wanted to show you the wonderful world of drone sounds. In this video, we record audio from the Lom Geofón and use Ableton to create some of the eeriest sounds! Just because drone sounds can sound scary…
One Thing: Cora Novoa – Exploring Structures Ableton’s One Thing series takes you into the workspaces of musicians, producers, and other artists to discover a method they rely on to keep their creative flame alight. In her One Thing video, Spanish producer Cora Novoa uses the structure of a track she likes as inspiration to…
Zoom F6 Audio Interface How to and Settings In this video, we show you how to use the Zoom F6 as an Audio Interface for Mac. You’ll see how I set up everything from the recorder, computer, and important settings within Adobe Audition and Ableton Live! We hope you enjoy this tutorial and please let…
Impulse Response & Ableton Convolution Reverb Pro What is Impulse Response and what is it used for? In this video we show you how to record impulse response and use it in Ableton using the Convolution Reverb Pro plug-in to recreate the authenticity of a space. Thanks to our friends at Zoom for sponsoring this…
Ableton Beginners Complete Music Production Collection This massive bundle combines the Music Production Essentials Collection (6 Courses) and The Beginner’s Guide to Music Production in Ableton Live, to give producers a complete package for learning production with Ableton Live. The Ableton guide covers all the basics of working with Live, from first steps right through to exporting a…
Repeat Pro and Sempler Pro v1.2 Updates Repeat Pro & Sempler PRO by Noiss Coko have been both updated to Version 1.2. For if your product download includes an Ableton Live Pack – To install simply remove the current installation from the packs section within Live and double click the provided .alp file. New in Version…
LDM DESIGNS – Chance TEN Pack TWO Following on from the successful Chance TEN pack, LDM DESIGNS brings you another set of modular tools to load up some controlled chaos into your set. Here you can find devices to create random note sequences, randomize note lengths, humanize, sequence probability values, and randomize chords. This time…
Ableton Live 11 is coming Ableton today announced the coming release of Live 11. The latest version of their music creation and performance software lets you create your perfect take with comping, compose with more feeling using MPE, experiment with new devices, and much more. Ableton is currently offering a 20% discount on purchases of…
How to Write Film Music I normally write film music in either Logic or REAPER, but the feature I just finished scoring was written completely in Ableton Live. In this video, I go over everything you need to know about how to write film cues in Ableton Live: how to import video, how to sync…
LoopAtHome | Cinematic Laboratory | Saturday The Ableton Live Loop team has developed an awesome sound library by curating the collection of the Polish Radio Experimental Studio (PRES). These sounds are created between 1957 and the ’80’s, so they’re pretty vintage, but still very modern. Now this collection will also be incredible if you have…
SONG:LOOPER:MODE KB LIVE Solutions first release through the Isotonik store was SONG:MODE, a unique way to use a Push or a LaunchPad to perform your Ableton Live set with a Push or LaunchPad. Taking scenes or arrangement view locators and grouping them together into selectable songs based on their names meant you could perform spontaneously…
HOW TO PRODUCE MUSIC WITH ABLETON LIVE Join Mary Spender in learning how to produce original music within Ableton Live; an incredibly versatile and intuitive Digital Audio Workstation made for macOS + Windows users. Hosted by Ableton expert and electronic music producer, Rachel K Collier, start your producing journey here. This course is for anyone and is a complete…
Enter the Temple of Boom Late last year, David Abravanel took us on a journey through the history of the electronic kick drum. Now, he’s back with a look at acoustic kicks. This article also features insights from Abe Seiferth, a producer, engineer, and musician whose credits include Yeasayer, Neon Indian, RAC, and many others. The thud.…
The Spellbook – A Modulation Device Inspired By Sacred Geometry The Spellbook is a Max for Live device inspired by sacred geometry. It converts esoteric symbols into LFO signals, enabling you to weave the fabric of nature into your projects. Spellbook outputs 8 mappable modulation signals based on the X/Y position of a dot moving…
40% Off Brian Funk’s Ableton Live Packs This weekend you can get any of Brian Funk’s Ableton Live Packs for 40% off the normal price. Just use the code: memorial here. This offer ends Tuesday at 12:01 am EST 2020.
Live Performance in Ableton Live Video Course by Brian Funk is Free while you Stay Home Brian Funk is supporting producer and composer while we stay at home with his Live Performance in Ableton Live Video Course. The coronavirus has challenged our way of life and put people around the world in real danger. We…
Review of Launchpad X and Launchpad Mini mk3 Over the last year or two years, I started to perform more and more with Ableton Live. To be honest, in the beginning, it was a struggle to learn Ableton Live mainly as I was used to DAWs like Studio One, Logic, and Cubase. The concept of…
Free Ableton Live Pack: Isolation Instruments by Brian Funk Hainbach gave Brian Funk his blessing to make some Ableton Live Instruments using Hainbach’s incredible Isolation Loops Sample Pack. In total, there are 3 Instrument Racks and 2 Audio Effect Racks inspired by our conversations. You can download Brian Funk created here: Isolation Instruments Ableton Live…
UPGRADE THE AKAI FIRE TO EUCLIDEAN! Originally designed to integrate with the AKAI Fire via the Crossfire control surface script from native KONTROL, Mark Towers Euclidean Mode sequencer has been very popular. Whilst it’s completely controllable using the mouse Isotonik Studios had plenty of support requests asking us to make it compatible with the Ableton…
Ableton’s Loop Music-Making Weekend On the weekend of April 24–26, 2020, Ableton brings the Loop spirit to you. Ableton was more than a little disappointed not to be able to host the Loop summit in person this year. Every day of the Loop weekend, Ableton is entertaining a music-making challenge, sharing downloads, and curated pieces…
Ableton Ideas and Offers for Making Music at Home Ableton updated their Ideas and Offers for Making Music at Home (Update: April 8, 2020) Ableton reduced the price on all editions of Live by 30%. This offer includes new licenses as well as upgrades. Log in to see your available upgrades. In collaboration with Max for…
Free DRONEPADS FOR SIMPLER by Nick Dwyer aka Flintpope Nick Dwyer aka Flintpope released a FREE set of 8 SIMPLERs loaded with some fruity toothy drones that actually sound nice. You need Ableton 10. CONSIDER SUPPORTING FLINTPOPE ON PATREON BY CLICKING THIS
Free TANGLED ANALOG by Nick Dwyer aka Flintpope Nick Dwyer aka Flintpope released Animating ANALOG by pairing it up with either TENSION or SIMPLER in 8 evolving presets. If you like weird you’ll like this. Click here to download it and Consider Supporting Flintpope On Patreon By Clicking Here
Free ANALOGIKA by Nick Dwyer aka Flintpope Flintpope launched the free ANALOGIKA with 30 vibrant presets for Ableton’s ANALOG. As this is a free release from Flintpope also ALSO CONSIDER SUPPORTING FLINTPOPE VIA PATREON HERE. ( I did start supporting Nick Dwyer) Download ANALOGIKA FREE BY CLICKING here.
Free SOUNDS FROM THE TUNNEL by Nick Dwyer aka Flintpope Inspired by the Long Wire drone instrument by composer Robert Charles Mann, Nick Dwyer strung a 3m harpsichord string along a beam of wood and recorded it inside a tunnel in The Secret Garden in Kemp Town, Brighton. Rather than going for long and deep drone…
FlexGroove by Martin von Frantzius FlexGroove is a Max for Live device for off-the-grid MIDI sequencing. Give parts an expressive push and pull, fluidly transition from one-time signature to another, or play with unconventional swing patterns. FlexGroove gives music makers the ability to speed up and slow down the timing of MIDI clips, experiment with…
Covid-19: Loop Summit for Music Makers Postponed Until April 2021 The Loop Summit for Music Makers is postponed until April 2021. The Berlin Health Administration has already announced a ban on large-scale events until mid-April 2020. Up-to-date information on Covid-19 World Health Organization Q&A on coronaviruses (COVID-19) Robert Koch Institute
MANTRA by W.A. Production – LIMITED FREE DOWNLOAD MANTRA (Affiliate Link) by W.A. Production weighing in at 8GB, MANTRA packs a punch with the included Construction Kits & FL Studio / Ableton Templates, Vocals, Melodies & Drums. MANTRA Features Genre: EDM, Trance, Vocal, Electro House, Psytrance Type: Construction Kits, Samples & Loops, MIDI Loops, Presets Serum, DAW…
Alexkid Returns with a BANG – ALEXKID – SEQUENCER BUNDLE the ALEXKID – SEQUENCER BUNDLE A Alexkid original Sequencer Bundle appealed instantly to many people with its analog inspired MaxforLive sequencers that had a simple approach to achieve instant gratification when working with MIDI. Now you can get your hands on the Alexkid’s Sequencer Bundle…
Ableton CV Tools Workshop @SchneidersLaden Ableton and SchneidersLaden present a workshop about integrating modular synthesizers with Ableton CV Tools. Ableton’s Matt Jackson and Skinnerbox came to teach you how CV Tools works and how it can expand the possibilities of your studio. On November 28th 2019 Ableton and SchneidersLaden presented a workshop about integrating modular synthesizers with Ableton CV…
As Loop draws closer, Ableton wanted to let you know about some of the events and formats Ableton is particularly excited about. Coming back to Berlin in 2020, Loop is three days of talks, performances and hands-on workshops aimed at sharing ideas on music, technology, and creative practice. Bringing together artists, technologists, educators, and other creative…
Dystopian Signals by Mind Flux Dystopian Signals hold the sounds of a dark future. Balancing brutality and beauty, this synth-focused Pack is for creators of cinematic soundtracks, ambient moodscapes and darker shades of dance music. Balancing brutality and beauty, Dystopian Signals is a synth-focused Pack for creators of cinematic soundtracks, ambient moodscapes and darker shades…
Ableton Live 10 Sale For five days only, Ableton is offering a 25% saving on all software. The offer is available from now until Monday, December 2nd and applies to new purchases of Ableton Live 10 Suite, Standard and Intro, upgrades to Ableton Live 10 Suite or Standard, Max for Live, Ableton Live Packs and crossgrades…
Ableton releases first artist names for Loop 2020 Ableton has given a first look at some of the artists coming to the Loop 2020 summit for music-makers, held on April 24-26th in Berlin, Germany. About Loop Launched by Ableton in 2015, Loop is three days of performances, talks, and interactive workshops aimed at exchanging ideas…
Real Drum Machine for Battery, Ableton + WAV REAL DRUM MACHINES is a Sample Pack of 28 Classic Drum Machines Sampled and reconstructed for Ableton Live Drum Rack and NI Battery 4 The Pack contains 28 Ableton Drum Rack for each Drum Machine and 4 Combo Pack For Kicks, Snares/Clap/Rimshot, Hi-Hats and Toms 26 Battery 4 presets with color-coded Cells…
Loop – A Summit for Music Makers (Berlin, April, 2020) Loop is for music makers: artists, technologists, educators, and creative thinkers of all kinds. It is a gathering of individuals interested in not just observing, but also in participating and joining the conversation around music, technology, and creativity. Ableton has opened registration for Loop, to…
