The Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Best Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) for Your Music Production Style Choosing the right Digital…
Oct 14
Oct 10
Mixing and Mastering Basics: Elevating Your Tracks to Professional Standards
Mastering the Art of Mixing and Mastering: A Beginner’s Guide to Professional Tracks You’ve finished composing and recording your track.…
Oct 08
Music Licensing and Publishing: Understanding the Business of Music Management
Music Licensing and Publishing: A Guide to Navigating the Business Side of Music In today’s music industry, understanding music licensing…
Sep 29
Lisa Mbali, SCIM Alumni and SAMRO bursary winner talks about her journey with SAMRO
~ if you want to find out more about collecting income from your music, head to www.samro.org.za and join the…
Sep 24
Entepreneurship Webinar with Linda Gamede & Ryan Murgatroyd
Ryan discusses performance rights, writers rights and how artsists can monetize and manage their musical assets.
Aug 21
Test the limits of Live 12.1’s new Drum Sampler and build a track from a single sample with Ned Rush.
Live 12.1 sees the introduction of Drum Sampler, a device designed for – but by no means limited to –…
Aug 20
Jamie Blake’s synth work and Keana’s vocals dovetail beautifully in this Push-powered duet. Watch the walkthrough to learn how it all came together.
Keana’s silvery smooth vocals flow over luscious chords and bubbling beats from Jamie Blake in this lakeside Push 3 performance.…
Aug 13
Create warm, wide, and perfectly pitched vocal harmonies with Auto Shift – Live 12.1’s new effect for real-time pitch correction. Side Brain shows you how.
In this tutorial, Side Brain shows you how to create a custom Effect Rack for rich and immersive harmonies with…
Jul 30
The One Thing video series has reached 100 episodes! Check out this overview of bite-sized tips, tricks and techniques filmed in artists’ workspaces around the world.
Back in 2017, we started the One Thing video series with the idea of bringing you monthly snack-sized portions of…
Jul 16
Electro-techno producer Gesloten Cirkel shares a bundle of racks and devices to work more flavor into your drums and synths.
The difference between a formulaic techno track and music that leaps out of the speakers is all in the details.…
Jun 25
Watch as Seed to Stage walks through some of his favorite new features in Live 12 Lite.
Watch as Seed to Stage guides you through Live Lite’s latest upgrade – building a twinkling, harmonically-rich beat using a…
Jun 04
Pick Yourself and Robert Henke share sound design tips and tricks for Granulator III, Grain Delay and more.
In his latest video, Pick Yourself shares experimental sound design techniques combining smartphone recordings with Live 12’s Granulator III. Learn…
Apr 03
See how Roar turns basic signals into entirely new sounds, with Seed to Stage’s video walkthrough.
Get to know the many faces of Roar – as Seed to Stage transforms simple sine waves and static drum…
Mar 26
Get started using the new Performance Pack with Side Brain’s tips and tricks.
Bring all the controls you need for live performance into one place with Performer – plus learn to create simple…
Mar 21
An introduction to Roar – a new distortion and coloration device for Live 12.
When a sound lacks character, saturation and distortion are two of the most powerful tools in a music-maker’s kit. They…
Mar 12
Explore some of Meld’s unique sound design possibilities with Side Brain, and get his free presets.
Shuddering basslines, Shepard tones, and crafty cross-modulation – in this video tutorial, Side Brain guides you through some of the…
Feb 27
Learn how S1gns Of L1fe builds an ambient piece from percussive artifacts, generative pads and interwoven melodies – and pick up some overlooked arrangement and mixing tips.
Watch as S1gns Of L1fe builds a heady, ambient-leaning track from layers of glitchy percussion, ethereal pads and intertwining melodies,…
Jan 30
Find out the story behind Live 12’s new bi-timbral macro oscillator device and learn tips and tricks to try with it.
Don’t you love it when a sound you make by accident changes your music for the better? Or when a…
Jan 30
Learn the creative techniques Beatrice uses to build rich soundscapes from a small pool of her own vocal recordings.
Watch Beatrice deconstruct a track built almost entirely from her own vocal samples – exploring the creative possibilities of working…
Dec 25
It’s that time again – here’s our recap of the year’s best videos, interviews and tutorials.
Make the most of your holiday downtime with a selection of standout interviews, tutorials and music-making tips from 2023 –…
Dec 19
Learn how Zan Lyons creates immersive audiovisual experiences in Live, plus the sound design techniques he uses to match the movement, depth and atmosphere on-screen.
Zan Lyons’s audiovisual pieces plunge us into unsettling interpretations of everyday life. With a first look at his new piece,…
Dec 19
TAETRO uses Push 3 to create a complete track from scratch in less than an hour, leaning into the obstacles that crop up during the music-making process.
In his latest transmission, TAETRO uses Push 3 to whip up a complete track in less than an hour. Uncut…
Oct 03
See the MIDI processing techniques Ned Rush uses to transform simple MIDI clips into complex and surprising sequences.
Take a simple MIDI pattern as your starting point and create a MIDI effect rack with multiple chains, each generating…
Aug 29
Learn to make four genre-defining bass sounds using only Live’s stock devices in cnstruct’s video tutorial.
Squelchy 303s, a wobbling Reese, plucky synth hits and booming 808s – learn simple ways to create four essential bass…
Aug 08
Generate random chords for instant harmonic inspiration with Seed to Stage’s new tutorial. Copy the MIDI Effect Rack and try out the techniques.
As music-makers, we can spend hours plugging away at our keys or sifting through MIDI files for an interesting chord…
Jul 04
Learn the many ways you can shape sounds with Push’s pads in this thorough tutorial from Andri Søren.
Press, bend, and slide your way to more nuanced, expressive and utterly oddball sounds with the new Push’s responsive pads.…
Jun 20
Warp longer samples or entire songs to the grid with Live 11.3’s improved Auto-Warp algorithm.
Auto-Warp is the feature in Live that helps you tighten up loose timing and tempo variations, detect the downbeat in…
Jun 13
Get to grips with the basics of recording on Push, looping the audio and arranging it for studio sessions or live performances.
Learn to record vocals and instruments and loop the results on Push. In this tutorial video, LNA shares tips for…
Jun 02
Learn how Jamie Blake brings life to his lo-fi melodies and finger drummed beats on Push’s new expressive pads.
Watch Jamie Blake create a breezy lo-fi hip hop beat in this 10-minute tutorial on Push. Learn how he brings…
Apr 25
Give your beats an edge with cnstruct’s tips for modern UK drum programming.
Snappy, swung and reload-ready: in this tutorial, cnstruct breaks down some key drum programming and processing techniques to put a…
Apr 06
Watch Seed to Stage’s tutorial on Drift, Ableton Live’s new analog-style synth
Part of what makes the sound of a classic analog synth so good is its unpredictability. Play two oscillators at…
Feb 07
Greg Hermanovic, Bileam Tschepe and Ioana Bîlea share their expertise on making audiovisual art with TouchDesigner, the available resources for learning the platform, and its creative potential when used with Live.
An audio wheel by Bileam Tschepe showing a visual representation of the song, "Says" by Nils Frahm Throughout the history…
Jan 31
Improve your arrangements and simplify your creative process with Alice Yalcin Efe’s latest tutorial.
Exit the endless loop and let your ideas unfurl with Alice Yalcin Efe’s tips for better, faster arrangements in Live.…
Dec 28
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…
Dec 20
Check out Ori Moto’s step-by-step guide to preparing a track for performance in Live, including tips on how to get the most out of Live’s performance capabilities with a minimal hardware setup.
Ray Wassef, aka Ori Moto, shares a step-by-step guide to getting a track made in Live ready for performance. Learn…
Nov 08
Learn how George FitzGerald uses Ableton Live to bring the sounds on his latest album to life.
When music makers talk about improvements to their creative flow, they’re usually referring to a new instrument, an untapped sound…
Oct 18
Learn how to send musical ideas from the Note app to Live using Ableton Cloud.
Moving from the exploratory sketching phase of music-making to the part where you roll up your sleeves and get serious…
Oct 18
Watch a walkthrough video of Ableton Note – an iOS app for sketching new musical ideas.
Sometimes musical inspiration feels like it hits you out of nowhere – you’re washing the dishes, and the clink of…
Sep 13
Check out how Reid Stefan uses Ableton Live stock plugins to record, mix and master atmospheric vocals from KARRA for an EDM track.
Watch Reid Stefan bring an EDM vocal track to life using Live’s stock plugins. Get tips on how to use…
Aug 30
Explore Spectral Time’s algorithmic audio processing with the latest video from Seed to Stage
In his latest video, Seed to Stage explores the Spectral Time device introduced in Live 11, walking you through its…
Jul 05
Audio engineer Liz Teutsch gives a deep dive into the basics of microphone technology, and tips on how to make the most of the tools we have available to us.
We’ve all experienced being struck by a musical idea or a compelling sound but without access to the high-quality audio…
Jun 15
Seed to Stage shows you how to create experimental sounds using feedback loops.
In his latest tutorial, Seed to Stage shows you how to control, shape and experiment with feedback loops. Feedback loops…
May 24
Check out STRANJAH’s detail-focused approach to crafting perfect grooves, lush melodic layers, and driving drum & bass arrangements.
Watch STRANJAH shine a light on the art of slicing breaks and see how he builds an evocative drum &…
May 17
Kenyan-born electronic producer Jinku reveals his creative process, with a free Live Set download to see directly how he works.
Nairobi has long been a center of musical diversity and experimentation – a place where global influences meet regional traditions.…
Apr 12
Watch Brazilian composer Rossano Snel build an emotive neoclassical remix using some of Live 11’s new features and effects.
Watch Rossano Snel build an emotive neoclassical remix around piano, synth, and violin recordings. See how he uses comping to…
Apr 12
Learn how Luke Pretty, aka Tennyson, uses Ableton Live to bring the sounds on his latest album to life.
Luke Pretty, aka Tennyson, has discovered a foolproof way to harness his productivity. “If people are watching me, I feel…
Mar 22
Slynk shares some creative tips for experimenting with Slink Devices.
Slink Devices is a collection of Max for Live devices modeled on the natural movement of water. Built for anything…
Mar 01
Explore Live’s new pitch shifting, frequency shifting and ring modulation device in a video tutorial from Chuck Sutton.
Playing with frequency is one of the most versatile techniques available to modern music makers. Whether it’s crafting strange, high-pitched…
Feb 17
Ableton Certified Trainer Ski Oakenfull shows you how to make a track with Ableton Live Lite in this introductory video tutorial series.
In this video tutorial series by Computer Music Magazine, Ableton Certified Trainer Ski Oakenfull shows you how to make a…
Jan 25
Watch Tom Cosm layer buzzing neurobass over hard-hitting drums as he crafts a dynamic, richly textured arrangement for a drum and bass track.
Tom Cosm crafts a richly layered neurofunk track using call and response as the basis of his arrangement. He shows…
Jan 19
Ned Rush demonstrates how to create complex, randomized beats using drum synthesis and MIDI and audio effects.
As Ned Rush explains in his latest tutorial video, one of the best things about electronic drums is the ability…
Jan 11
Slynk demonstrates the best practices for remote and online musical collaboration using Ableton Live.
Remote and online collaboration means people from anywhere in the world can make music together, but there are lots of…
Dec 07
Ami Dang, Xosar, Niall McCallum and Sofia Nicolas Melero explain how they created the sustained sounds and drone-making devices found in Ableton’s Drone Lab.
Drones have existed in sound-making for centuries. On a basic level, they’re just long-held or continuous notes and tone clusters,…
Nov 30
Watch Catnapp lay down a simple structure for her vocals before turning to an old project to give her new track a tense, hyper-modern feel.
See how Berlin-based songwriter and producer Catnapp gets started crafting a tense slice of hyper-modern rap. Watch her lay down…
Nov 23
All You Need Is Live presents two tutorial videos looking at specific features in Ableton Live’s Wavetable device.
Digging into the finer details of Live’s Wavetable device can open up a world of sonic possibilities, and the filter…
Nov 02
This tutorial explains some of the terms and techniques used in creating sound for movies and trailers.
When you think about the sound of a blockbuster trailer, you probably imagine all kinds of exciting, high-definition sounds. These…
Oct 12
Watch Mad Zach arrange a heavy hip-hop beat with banks of his best samples and synths like Wavetable.
Mad Zach uses homemade samples to piece together a heavy, futuristic hip-hop beat. The San Francisco producer quickly maps out…
Oct 11
In a new video tutorial, ELPHNT presents an overview of the sidechaining possibilities in Ableton Live
Sidechaining is a technique that’s used in almost all styles of music, from chart-topping pop to hard-hitting techno. Frequently, those…
Sep 14
California-born electronic musician Jamaica Suk reveals her creative process, with a free Live set download to see directly how she works.
Have you ever felt like you’ve woken up inside a dream, or that you regained consciousness while still actually dreaming?…
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