In Ableton Live’s Session View you can create and trigger short phrases of MIDI or Audio called clips. For Doing and performing you can add whole tracks and tunes as ‘clips’ in the Session View. Whether you’re producing music in the studio or performing arrangements live on stage it is important to keep these clips … Read more
As a music producer, it can be easy to get lost in your work and forget about your health. However, taking care of your physical and mental well-being is crucial for creating good music. If you are an Ableton Live user you can get a free / pay-what-you-like Max for Live plugin which will force … Read more
Ableton Live is a Digital Audio Workstation which lets you expand known concepts of performing music. You are able to create and program new techniques. I always wanted to be able to trigger MIDI note sequences via my drums and created the Melody Trigger Max for Live device for this purpose. But I wanted to … Read more
MIDI Sustain in Ableton Live can be recorded and edited into a MIDI clip. You can as well use an external MIDI controller to send a MIDI Sustain Message into a MIDI track in Ableton Live. Unfortunately Ableton Live handles MIDI Sustain messages in a way which can lead to MIDI notes sustaining indefinitely. I … Read more
Ableton Live has two distinct views which allow for different workflows. One is called Arrangement View and is often used for composition, arrangement, and mixing. The other one is called Session View. For sketching out new ideas on the fly and live performances you want to use Session View In this post we’ll be looking … Read more
Have you ever wanted to create locators in Ableton Live based on clips positions? Or create clips based on arrangement locator positions? Now you can do both with the Arrangement Locator + guide Clip devices from Ableton Drummer. If you work in the arrangement view of Ableton Live, using arrangement locators, can help your workflow. … Read more