Ableton Live has two distinct views which allow for different workflows. For composition, arrangement, and mixing most people use Arrangement View. When sketching out new ideas on the fly and live performances most people use Session View. For live performances you want to set up scenes to play next scene automatically. Unfortunately the selection of … Read more
This Max for Live device connects the Kit Change of the Roland SPD SX (get yours here!) *affiliate link* and the Chain Selector concept within Ableton Live. This way sound changes in Ableton Live can be monitored via the SPD SX. The +/- buttons of the SPD-SX can access to chain selector and the name … Read more
Teaching and presenting Ableton Live online has got a massive boost since Covid and contact restrictions. As I was using ZOOM meetings for teaching online long before the pandemic – I got a little head start here. I thought it would be great to add some ZOOM meetings control via Ableton Live and made a … Read more
Cymbal Choke with electronic drums has become a common standard for current electronic drum kits on the market. Drum sample apps, plug-ins and VST are supporting this feature as well. Ableton Live support Cymbal Choke from Version 11. How to set up a cymbal choke for e-drums with Ableton Live Unfortunately to make this all … Read more
Updated to Version 2! History of the Nord Drum 3P Editor for Ableton Live I released an editor for the Nord Drum 3P back in late 2017 as one of my first Max for Live devices. As this was one of my first devices I obviously didn’t make everything as nice and clean and didn’t … Read more
How to use and set up Ableton Live’s FOLLOW TEMPO feature Ableton Live 11 came with some exciting features. One feature has some potential to change the click-track paradigm – the TEMPO FOLLOW for Ableton Live will change the BPM of Ableton Live to your / your drummers live-tempo. After doing some in depth testing … Read more