https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/categories/videos/Latest entries for the category VideosenFri, 27 Oct 2023 15:50:01 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/loop-session-discover-machinas-approach-to-performing/When she’s in the studio, machìna’s primary goal is to write music that satisfies her own creative urges. But when she’s on the stage, she performs her personal, idiosyncratic creations with the dazzling presence of a pop star. In July 2023, she met with Ableton’s own Craig Schuftan in Berlin…Fri, 27 Oct 2023 15:50:01 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/loop-session-discover-machinas-approach-to-performing/ArtistsLoopVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/learn-midi-comping-in-live-with-ned-rush/Take a simple MIDI pattern as your starting point and create a MIDI effect rack with multiple chains, each generating different arpeggios and articulations from the same melody. Record the results into different take lanes, and then choose and consolidate your favorite bits – or follow Ned Rush’s approach and…Mon, 02 Oct 2023 10:57:33 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/learn-midi-comping-in-live-with-ned-rush/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/low-end-theory-make-four-classic-bass-sounds-in-live/Squelchy 303s, a wobbling Reese, plucky synth hits and booming 808s – learn simple ways to create four essential bass sounds in Live with cnstruct’s latest tutorial. Add character using Live’s Audio Effects, and save the Instrument Racks to your library for later use – or download the free project…Fri, 25 Aug 2023 10:58:33 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/low-end-theory-make-four-classic-bass-sounds-in-live/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/loop-session-see-wayne-snow-in-songwriting-mode/Wayne Snow’s studio sessions are physical, expressive, and often a lot of fun. When he’s in songwriting mode, he deploys acting techniques to explore and recall his experiences, and teams up with a producer to resurface them into creative energy for his music. In March 2023, he and producer Golo…Thu, 17 Aug 2023 09:09:40 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/loop-session-see-wayne-snow-in-songwriting-mode/ArtistsLoopVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/chord-inspiration-with-seed-to-stage/As music-makers, we can spend hours plugging away at our keys or sifting through MIDI files for an interesting chord progression. Once found, the right combinations catalyze the creative process, set the mood of a whole piece, and loop on in the memory long after the first listen. But even…Fri, 04 Aug 2023 09:20:29 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/chord-inspiration-with-seed-to-stage/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/contours-of-expression-andri-soren-on-push/Press, bend, and slide your way to more nuanced, expressive and utterly oddball sounds with the new Push’s responsive pads. In this detailed video exploration, Andri Søren shows you how to tune the MPE settings precisely to your playing style, before experimenting with modulation and different Scale and Pitch Bend…Thu, 29 Jun 2023 09:22:58 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/contours-of-expression-andri-soren-on-push/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/good-timing-beatmaking-with-auto-warp-in-live-113/Auto-Warp is the feature in Live that helps you tighten up loose timing and tempo variations, detect the downbeat in any kind of audio and snap it all to the grid. In Live 11.3, you can drag longer samples or even entire tracks into your Sets and let the algorithm…Thu, 15 Jun 2023 09:50:48 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/good-timing-beatmaking-with-auto-warp-in-live-113/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/loops-and-live-takes-with-lna-on-push/Learn to record vocals and instruments and loop the results on Push. In this tutorial video, LNA shares tips for staying in tune, playing to the beat, and setting up and arranging your projects – whether you want to perform, or to develop your recordings in Live. Keep up with…Thu, 08 Jun 2023 07:46:47 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/loops-and-live-takes-with-lna-on-push/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/beat-generation-making-lo-fi-hip-hop-on-the-new-push/Watch Jamie Blake create a breezy lo-fi hip hop beat in this 10-minute tutorial on Push. Learn how he brings an organic feel to his drums, instruments and effects by mapping them all to the new expressive pads, and builds out the percussion section by auto-warping a polymetric loop. Keep…Thu, 01 Jun 2023 10:17:01 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/beat-generation-making-lo-fi-hip-hop-on-the-new-push/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/know-yourself-gafacci-on-respectful-collaboration/Solo music production can lead us to create problems we can’t solve on our own. Out of nowhere, the track demands something - a beat, a melody or a vocal - that we know we could never produce. If you’re lucky enough to know someone who can, the solution might…Mon, 08 May 2023 15:25:12 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/know-yourself-gafacci-on-respectful-collaboration/LoopVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/drift-exploring-the-new-synth-in-live-113/Part of what makes the sound of a classic analog synth so good is its unpredictability. Play two oscillators at the same time and you’ll often hear them going in and out of sync with each other or detuning, creating sonic artifacts that make the instrument feel like a living,…Mon, 27 Mar 2023 15:43:20 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/drift-exploring-the-new-synth-in-live-113/NewsTutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/word-music-composing-using-text-scores-with-maya-shenfeld/Whether you’re an electronic producer, a pop musician or a classical composer, you likely have at some point found yourself feeling hemmed in by the impression that there are some intangible rules that music-makers must follow. We might feel that we should try and fit into a certain role; that…Thu, 16 Mar 2023 15:03:23 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/word-music-composing-using-text-scores-with-maya-shenfeld/ArtistsLoopVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/circuit-breaking-five-creative-tools-for-arrangements/Exit the endless loop and let your ideas unfurl with Alice Yalcin Efe’s tips for better, faster arrangements in Live. Learn intuitive ways to structure and record your music directly from Live’s Session View, or generate instant arrangements with Max for Live. To polish things up, block out your sections…Wed, 25 Jan 2023 13:12:35 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/circuit-breaking-five-creative-tools-for-arrangements/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/a-look-back-at-eight-standout-features-and-videos-from-2022/Our recap of the past year is here for some extra inspiration over the holiday season. Take a look back at eight features and videos containing some of the best creative insights, tips and tricks from 2022. Afriqua Presents Principles of Black Music Adam Longman Parker, aka Afriqua, gave us…Fri, 16 Dec 2022 11:11:21 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/a-look-back-at-eight-standout-features-and-videos-from-2022/ArtistsDownloadsNewsTutorialsLoopVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-ori-moto/Ray Wassef, aka Ori Moto, shares a step-by-step guide to getting a track made in Live ready for performance. Learn how to prepare and clean up stems and clips so that they’re easy to trigger and tweak on the fly, and see how to make the most out of Live’s…Wed, 18 Jan 2023 12:32:38 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-ori-moto/ArtistsTutorialsVideos