Live looping with Ableton Live has become a quite big thing for instrumentalist and vocalist. During the pandemic music performers were able to practice social distancing and music making on the same time. Long before the pandemic live-acts like Marc Rebillet, DubFX, Rachel K Collier and Binkbeats (to name a few) were already doing incredible … Read more
Do you find yourself constantly clicking the arm button every time you switch tracks in Ableton Live? There’s a cleaner way to handle this. In this guide, you’ll learn exactly how to automatic arm selected track in Ableton Live using the Automatic arm selected track Max for Live pack. Whether you’re in the studio developing … Read more
Want to change note pitch via CC in Ableton Live depending on where you hit a drum controller? This guide walks you through exactly how to do it using the CC To Note Pitch Layers Pack V2 — a set of Max for Live devices that turn incoming MIDI CC values into dynamic pitch selection … Read more
Ableton Live’s native MIDI mapping only lets you trigger minimum and maximum values with buttons—you can’t jump parameters to specific intermediate values like -6.5dB or 50.2%. The Trigger Specific Values via MIDI Controller pack solves this limitation with Max for Live devices that let you assign up to 30 custom parameter values to individual MIDI … Read more
Ableton Live 12’s scale awareness only reacts to selected clips, which creates a problem in Arrangement View where no clip selection occurs during playback. The Advanced Scale Awareness pack solves this limitation by letting you automate scale in Ableton Arrangement with breakpoint automation, enabling automatic scale and root note changes as your transport plays through … Read more
Ableton Live doesn’t give you direct control over how incoming MIDI CC messages translate to parameter movements. Fortunately, the MIDI CC Value Modifier device lets you modify CC values in Ableton by remapping and reshaping how your controller dials and faders affect Live parameters. This means you can create custom response curves, limit ranges, and … Read more
Ableton Live forces you to set up fixed MIDI button to control parameters with fixed values which is a downside for Ableton Live users who want to set up multiple controllers buttons to control multiple parameters – flexible + triggering custom values. The Multiple Parameters MIDI Control – Pack lets you control multiple parameters simultaneously … Read more