Krikor Kouchian: Free LinnDrums for Live
Krikor Kouchian reveals the gear and ideas behind his Pacific Alley album. Plus he shares a free LinnDrum Instrument and Effects Rack for Ableton Live.
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Jason Grier: Download his Unique Sound Library
Jason Grier’s new album Demonstration Disc is a collection of over 1800 free downloadable audio samples and unique generative Ableton Live music tools
Vocoder: Not Just for Vocals
Evan Chandler aka Slynk shares an Ableton Live tutorial video on using the Vocoder with bass, drums, chords and vocals.
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
A/V Interchange: Performing Music with Visuals
A survey of approaches to playing music live accompanied by visuals. Includes excerpts from the Ableton Loop summit and videos of artist performances
Rhythm Roundup: Five Inspired Sample Flips
Five favorite episodes of Rhythm Roulette – featuring Stro Elliot, DJ Dahi, Brasstracks, Rahki and Nick Hook flipping samples using Ableton Push and Live
Switching Moods and Stacking Layers – Inside the Track with Clockwerk
Watch German beatmaker Clockwerk perform live on Push. The complete kit used containing drums, bass, and synth is available for download.
MidiVolve by Coldcut: Evolution and Revolution
Matt Black of Coldcut tells the story behind MidiVolve Max For Live generative MIDI composer
Monolog & Subheim: Collaborate With Conviction
Interview with Monolog and Subheim about their collaboration on the Conviction EP, plus a free download of samples and devices used in the track Sumo Rimi.
From Studio to Stage: Daedelus, Kimbra and Quantic on Playing Live
Filmed at Loop 2016, Daedelus, Kimbra and Quantic discuss their strategies for playing live and how they translate studio productions to stage performances.
Watch a One Take Push Performance by Clockwerk
Ableton Push performance video featuring German beatmaker and producer Clockwerk. Free download of drums, synths and one shot samples included.
Ableton and Cycling '74 Form a New Partnership
Ableton and Cycling ‘74 – makers of Max – announce a new long term partnership
Sélébéyone: Taking Jazz from New York to Dakar
Saxophonist and composer Steve Lehman discusses Sélébéyone, a band that fuses Senegalese and English rap, jazz and electronics
Invisible Jukebox with Gudrun Gut
The Wire Magazine’s Invisible Jukebox session with Gudrun Gut live at Loop 2016 in Berlin
Invisible Jukebox with Morton Subotnick
The Wire Magazine’s Invisible Jukebox session with Morton Subotnick live at Loop 2016 in Berlin
Sougwen Chung, Daedelus, Jace Clayton, and Deantoni Parks on Who Inspires Them
CRUMB 2.0 follows a chain of inspiration from Sougwen Chung to Daedelus to Jace Clayton to Deantoni Parks to Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry at Ableton Loop 2016
Thomas Piper: This Is My World
Ableton video portrait of independent singer, producer, beat maker, videographer and blogger Thomas Piper.
Visible Cloaks: Synthesis and Systems
Ableton interview with Spencer Doran of Visible Cloaks discussing the influences, processes and sounds that went into the making of their “Reassemblage” album.