Download a free set of spooky Operator patches
Download a free Live Project full of haunted Operator patches by Francis Prève. Creative sound design that’s ideal for Halloween and for Free Stuff Friday.
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Polyphylla: deep additive synthesis made easy
Polyphylla by Mellsionic is a powerful Max For Live instrument that makes additive synthesis accessible and fun.
Download essential Live devices for monome
Download an essential collection of Max for Live devices for monome, including a cyclic poly-rhythm music box, a step sequencer and a clip launcher
Recreate Roots Manuva’s ‘Witness’ in Live with Point Blank’s Ski Oakenfull
Recreate Roots Manuva’s ‘Witness’ in Ableton Live with Point Blank’s Ski Oakenfull
Patter: a freeform generative MIDI tool
New Max for Live device Patter: a creative MIDI effect that generates inspiring and experimental musical ideas.
CTM: On Curation and Creation
Loop concert organizer and CTM co-founder Jan Rohlf discusses curating a festival of cutting-edge music and sound
Giraffage: Sweet Details
Giraffage explains his workflow and describes what’s changed and what hasn’t on his rapid rise from bedroom producer to globetrotting performer
Heavyocity brings its flagship drum collection to Live
Heavyocity brings its flagship collection of analog and organic drum samples to Live.
Money Mark: Constructing Creativity
Ableton interview with Beastie Boys and Beck collaborator and keyboard player Money Mark on the topics of creative strategies and studio workflow
Craig Leon: From Bach to Moog via Sirius B
Craig Leon discusses performing Nommos live, his early days in the punk and new wave scene and provides free downloads of stems from his Bach to Moog album
BeatSeeker syncs Live to your drums
BeatSeeker is a Max for Live device that adapts Live’s tempo to stay in time with a drummer or other rhythmic audio.
Skrillex, Diplo, Bieber & Live in the New York Times
Diplo, Skrillex and Bieber show the New York Times how they used Ableton Live to produce Where Are Ü Now
Stavros Gasparatos Takes Us Inside the Piano
Stavros Gasparatos uses Max and Live in a multi-channel prepared piano piece which places the audience ‘inside’ the piano.
Free Max 7 Pack from Cycling ‘74
Max 7 Pitch and Time Machines is a free Pack of Max for Live devices that utilize new real-time intonation, pitch and time correction capabilities of Max 7.
Free OSCiLLOT Lite and OSCiLLOT 1.1 Update Out Now
Max for Cats releases OSCiLLOT Lite – a free version of powerful polyphonic modular synthesis system for Ableton Live
Berklee’s Michael Bierylo on Designing a Modern Music Curriculum
Michael Bierylo discusses the challenges and opportunities of designing the curriculum of Berklee College of Music’s Electronic Production and Design course.
Jace Clayton: Global Citizen
Jace Clayton discusses mixing global sounds as DJ /rupture, his work on Sufi Plug-Ins and the ideas behind his upcoming book
Sonic Faction: Polytek and Beyond
Taylor Martyr of Sonic Faction explains concepts behind Polytek, a new polyrhythmic groovebox based on Max for Live.