HANA: Creative Crowdsourcing
Gamer, artist and producer HANA opens up about live-streaming the creation of her latest album HANADRIEL on Twitch.
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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.
Braids: Eclipse and Supernova
Montreal-based trio Braids discuss lyricism, synthesis, and taking an album from studio to stage. Free download included.
Sebastian Mullaert: Philosophy of Improvisation
Sebastian Mullaert shows how he uses analog and digital instruments in ways that encourage spontaneity and creative flow. Plus, download the Live Set to see his process.
Signature Sound: How to Make Your Own Instruments in Simpler
Video tutorial by Ransby showing how to create your own unique instruments in Simpler
How to Make Unique Sounds in Live: Part 2
Watch a tutorial video that shares inventive ways of making unique sounds using Live’s native Effects.
Ideas and Offers for Making Music at Home
Try Live 10 Suite for 90 days, download some new sounds, and more.
Inspiration Information: Channeling Influences with Yu Su
Vancouver-based producer and sound artist Yu Su discusses her journey into production, her musical influences and more.
Enter the Temple of Boom: Acoustic Kicks
Resonance, boominess and body – learn all about the acoustic kick drum, complete with mixing tips from producer Abe Seiferth.
Live Track Deconstruction with Photay
Photay’s live Track Deconstruction recorded at Loop 2018 covers the process of creating the track ‘Pressure’ through in-project examples and audience questions.
Mixing Textures: Flore on Fluid Club Music
Interview with French producer and Ableton Certified Trainer Flore following the release of her new album, Rituals. Free download 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.
Body Meat: Blending Worlds
Philadelphia-based electronic musician Body Meat shares the method behind his acrobatic fusion of trap, glitch, Chicago footwork and R&B.
Half Waif: Making Space to Create
New York-based songwriter and producer Half Waif takes us through the creative process behind her fourth album The Caretaker.
Clarice Jensen and Sowall: Improvising Between the Lines
Cellist and composer Clarice Jensen joins hip hop beatmaker Sowall for an improvised set based on a small collection of pre-agreed rules.
#LoopAtHome: Loop Music-Making Weekend April 24-26
Loop Music-Making Weekend: Three days of music-making challenges, discussion and inspiration curated by the Loop team – #LoopAtHome
Complex Beatmaking with Seed to Stage
Seed to Stage explores three different methods for using generative and random glitch effects to create interesting drum patterns.
Free Your Fingers, Free Your Mind: A Performative Presentation by DiViNCi
In a Performative Presentation at Loop 2016, acclaimed controllerist & MPC soloist DiViNCi shares some wisdom from his personal creative journey.