https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/tags/ableton-product/packs/Latest entries for the tag PacksenTue, 28 Mar 2023 14:53:04 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/learn-to-build-your-own-max-for-live-devices-with-our-new-free-pack/Building Max Devices is a new pack for anyone who wants to create their own instruments and effects in Live. It allows you to learn as you go along, with step-by-step instructions built into the Live Sets and Max devices themselves. First, take a tour of Max’s wide-ranging possibilities; continue…Tue, 28 Mar 2023 14:53:04 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/learn-to-build-your-own-max-for-live-devices-with-our-new-free-pack/DownloadsNewshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/slink-devices-creative-tricks-with-water-inspired-tools/Slink Devices is a collection of Max for Live devices modeled on the natural movement of water. Built for anything from subtle modulation to head-spinning spectral effects, these LFO-based tools can transform sound in both gentle and dramatic ways. In his latest video, Slynk – tutorial maestro and coincidental namesake…Wed, 16 Mar 2022 11:06:29 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/slink-devices-creative-tricks-with-water-inspired-tools/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/drone-lab-creating-sustained-sounds-in-live-11/Drones have existed in sound-making for centuries. On a basic level, they’re just long-held or continuous notes and tone clusters, but the belief that these sounds hold some transformative power spans communities, continents and generations. Today, drone-based ASMR video playlists are advertised as productivity hacks, while traditional sound meditation practices…Thu, 02 Dec 2021 13:56:58 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/drone-lab-creating-sustained-sounds-in-live-11/ArtistsNewsTutorialshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/pitchloop89-what-goes-around-comes-around/Picking up a new tool can change the way you create. You never know whether trying out a new piece of hardware, or dropping an audio effect onto a track for the first time is going to open up a new workflow, new rhythmic possibilities, or a whole new sound…Wed, 28 Jul 2021 10:08:42 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/pitchloop89-what-goes-around-comes-around/NewsTutorialshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/playing-spitfire-audios-new-instruments-in-live-11/Among the new sounds available in Live 11, sonic specialists Spitfire Audio have created three bespoke, Sampler-based instruments. Using expert recording techniques, they’ve made a string quartet, brass quartet and upright piano accessible for you to play from the comfort of your own project. As well as faithfully recording the…Mon, 19 Apr 2021 14:20:05 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/playing-spitfire-audios-new-instruments-in-live-11/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/world-of-sound-explore-live-11s-inspired-by-nature-devices/Electronic music always rests on a tension between the precision of machines and the irregularities of the natural world. Artists, engineers and product designers have often strived to add groove, nuance and mystery to sequencing and synthesis in a bid to sound more ‘natural’. But what if nature’s influence on…Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:24:49 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/world-of-sound-explore-live-11s-inspired-by-nature-devices/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/going-granular-slynk-experiments-grain-scanner/It’s easy to get lost in experimentation with granular synthesis; micro-slicing samples and reconfiguring, repitching and stacking them to create all kinds of sounds. In his latest video Slynk explores Grain Scanner, putting the device to the test on spoken and sung vocals, and then some vocal percussion. The output…Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:28:15 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/going-granular-slynk-experiments-grain-scanner/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/little-help-max-live-free-devices-performance-and-jamming/Madeleine Bloom runs Sonic Bloom, one of the best online resources for music makers who want to expand the way they work with Ableton Live, Max for Live, and Push. Or, as the internet’s Peter Kirn has colorfully described it: “It’s like a spa-slash-university for your Live-using self; you’ll come...Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:41:44 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/little-help-max-live-free-devices-performance-and-jamming/DownloadsTutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/probability-pack-sonic-faction-new-live-10-suite/Probability Pack is a set of five innovative step sequencers and ideas generators that allow you to add controlled randomization to your composition and performance process. Each sequencer has a unique way of adding subtle or extreme randomization to patterns for unpredictable outcomes. Use these sequencers to generate new ideas,...Thu, 23 Aug 2018 08:33:29 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/probability-pack-sonic-faction-new-live-10-suite/DownloadsNewshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/tutorial-video-creative-extensions-tips-and-tricks/Creative Extensions is the new addition to Live 10 Suite with eight tools suited for experimental sound processing and generative composition. With five new audio effects, two revamped synthesizers and a slick melodic sequencer, the Max for Live collection offers much to explore and combine. And in the tutorial video...Wed, 06 Jun 2018 09:21:44 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/tutorial-video-creative-extensions-tips-and-tricks/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/curated-packs-collection/For the release of Live 10, we created six Packs based on specific sonic themes. Rather than focusing on genres, the Curated Collections capture the musical threads that tie together evolving styles and scenes. The sounds in these Packs were designed with the specific intent to stand the test of...Wed, 28 Mar 2018 16:08:25 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/curated-packs-collection/DownloadsNewshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/midivolve-evolution-and-revolution/UK electronica pioneers, founders of the legendary Ninja Tune label and renowned tech-heads Coldcut – aka Matt Black and Jonathan More – are having a very big 2017. Not only does this year mark the 30th anniversary of their formation and debut single release, ‘Beats + Pieces’ (swiftly followed by...Tue, 04 Jul 2017 09:06:47 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/midivolve-evolution-and-revolution/Newshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/microtron-puremagnetik/Now available from the Packs page, Microtron is a new Pack that captures the dream-like wind, string and brass sounds famously heard in tracks like the Beatles’ ‘Strawberry Fields’ and David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’. If you’re searching for a source of realistic orchestral sounds for your music, well… frankly, these aren’t the sounds you’re looking for.Tue, 21 Mar 2017 16:52:45 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/microtron-puremagnetik/Newshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/beat-tools/Now included with Push and Live 9 Suite, Beat Tools is a new creative toolkit with all the sounds you need for beatmaking. The Pack is a complete collection of drum kits, instruments, loops and effects that’s set up for hands-on creation.Wed, 15 Feb 2017 16:55:09 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/beat-tools/Newshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/12-packs-for-intro-users/Sounds, tools and instruments designed for use with Live, Packs can provide a source of inspiration whether you’re searching for synths, writing a film score, or exploring genre-specific styles.Thu, 05 Jan 2017 16:33:42 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/12-packs-for-intro-users/News