As Ned Rush explains in his latest tutorial video, one of the best things about electronic drums is the ability…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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?…