https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/categories/tutorials/Latest entries for the category TutorialsenMon, 02 Oct 2023 10:57:33 +0000https://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/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/freshly-chopped-program-modern-uk-beats-in-live/Snappy, swung and reload-ready: in this tutorial, cnstruct breaks down some key drum programming and processing techniques to put a fresh spin on the rhythms of UK techno, garage and breaks. Learn how to use Live’s groove and choke features for shuffling hi-hats, create an Operator patch for tweakable rhythmic…Thu, 20 Apr 2023 09:43:52 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/freshly-chopped-program-modern-uk-beats-in-live/Tutorialshttps://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/visualizing-sound-a-beginners-guide-to-using-touchdesigner-with-live/An audio wheel by Bileam Tschepe showing a visual representation of the song, "Says" by Nils Frahm Throughout the history of electronic music, audiovisual art has been integral to its aesthetic identity, both in live performance settings and more recently online. As a result, ever more music makers are incorporating…Fri, 03 Feb 2023 13:12:58 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/visualizing-sound-a-beginners-guide-to-using-touchdesigner-with-live/ArtistsTutorialshttps://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/ArtistsTutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/george-fitzgerald-personal-stamp/When music makers talk about improvements to their creative flow, they’re usually referring to a new instrument, an untapped sound source or perhaps a fresh approach to processing. They’re rarely referring to the unfinished sketches and dead ends that litter their hard drives. But for George FitzGerald, these eight-bar loops…Thu, 03 Nov 2022 09:49:46 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/george-fitzgerald-personal-stamp/ArtistsTutorialshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/start-in-note-continue-in-live/Moving from the exploratory sketching phase of music-making to the part where you roll up your sleeves and get serious is exciting! It’s when an inspired idea becomes something bigger and more complex. This transition should be a smooth one. Ableton Cloud sends your ideas straight from the Note app…Tue, 11 Oct 2022 10:54:06 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/start-in-note-continue-in-live/TutorialsVideos