From the Ground Up: Watch Tracks Being Built in Our Video Series, Made in Ableton Live
The Made In Ableton Live video series shows artists from different genres taking a track from conception to completion
A collection of production tips and tricks to get you started. Learn about synthesis and sound design, master Live's features, discover the ingredients of different genres, and more.
Pad It Out: 10 Ways to Make Distinctive Pad Sounds
Sound designer Richard Veenstra outlines 10 tips to make your pad sounds stand out. Audio examples included.
Beyond the Echo Chamber: Inventive Effects Using Live’s Delay Devices
In this video, ELPHNT demonstrates creative approaches to Live’s native delay devices to create effects such as chorus, flange, pitch-shift and stereo width.
Keep it Simpler: Tips for Synthesis and Sound Design
Simpler’s not just for slicing and dicing samples. Seed to Stage shares some creative ways to use the device for synthesis and sound design.
Sound Design Tips for Live’s Frequency Shifter
Audiotent shares five creative ways to use Live’s Frequency Shifter effect – modulation, saturation, drum pitch shifting, and more.
Beat Recipes: Learn Drum Patterns for Nine Different Genres
In a new tutorial video, Splice show how to sequence MIDI drum patterns for nine different genres.
Smooth Operator: Watch a Sound Design Specialist Work Live’s FM Synth
Watch Anthony Thogmartin use Operator to quickly conjure up all manner of sounds, from basic drum hits to rich pads and screeching Reese bass.
10 Tips for Making Unique Sounds in Live
Seed to Stage shares ten approaches for designing unique sounds – all using Live’s native audio effects.
Learn Synthesis in Your Browser
Learning Synths is a new, interactive website that puts a synthesizer (and synth lessons) right in your web browser.
Rediscover Classic Effects: Flanger, Phaser and Chorus
Ableton Certified Trainer Tom Cosm builds a track using Flanger, Phaser and Chorus showing how the devices and their controls work in a musical context.
Wavetable: How to Build a Whole Track with Live’s New Synth
Ableton Live 10 video tutorial with Sonic State and Certified Trainer Simon Stokes building a track from scratch with the Wavetable synthesizer.
Everything Echo: Slynk Explores Live’s New Delay
Evan Chandler aka Slynk shares an Ableton Live 10 tutorial video using Echo for synths, percussion, breakdowns, and more.
Learn Music for Free in Your Browser
Learning Music is a new, interactive website that helps you learn the basics of music making for free right in your browser
Humanize Your Drums: Four Videos to Help You Swing
Four video tutorials that show approaches to humanizing your drums and introducing swing in Ableton Live.
12 Live Packs are Now Available for Intro Users
12 Ableton Live Packs are now available for Live intro. Check out the full list of Intro-ready sounds, tools and instruments designed for Live.