Nick Hook: Collaborator In Chief
Producer Nick Hook talks about collaborating with Run The Jewels, Azealia Banks, Action Bronson, Novelist and others from his New York studio.
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Bonobo: The Path to Migration
Bonobo talks to Ableton about the Migration album, his sampling techniques, workflow and career evolution.
Searching for Sound: Return to Palenque with Simón Mejía
Colombia’s Simón Mejía shares a free library of tropical samples and remix stems collected as part of Red Bull’s Searching for Sound documentary series
Los Guaqueros: 100 Years of Sampling
Los Guaqueros on sampling their way through 100 years of Colombia’s recorded musical history in their experimental audio-visual collage La Tragedia Rustica
Insights and Inspiration: Five of our Favorites from 2016
Our favorite 2016 articles, artist features and movies include production insights from Grimes, free sounds, strategies for collaboration and more.
Searching for Sound: Listening to Bombay with Sandunes
Bombay, India’s Sandunes shares a free library of samples she collected as part of Red Bull’s Searching for Sound documentary series
Searching for Sound: Mitya explores Tatarstan
Kazan, Russia’s Mitya Burmistrov shares a free library of samples he collected as part of Red Bull’s Searching for Sound documentary series
Push Performances: Five of our Favorites
We selected our five favorite Ableton Push performances from the past 12 months.
Marc Houle Presents Buji Tek: A Free Live Set of Techno Tools
Marc Houle shares a free Live Set full of beats, bass lines, and breakdowns perfect for adding extra punch to your tech-house tracks.
Copy Right: Imitation, Inspiration, and Creativity
Imitation as a tool for learning often gets overlooked in the rush for originality. We look at sampling, editing and copying techniques as a path to creativity.
A Brief History of The Studio As An Instrument: Part 3 - Echoes From The Future
Part 3 of A Brief History of The Studio As An Instrument features King Tubby, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Conny Plank, and Patrick Cowley and other audio pioneers
A Brief History of The Studio As An Instrument: Part 2 - Tomorrow Never Knows
Part 2 of A Brief History of The Studio As An Instrument features George Martin, The Beatles, Delia Derbyshire, Raymond Scott and other audio pioneers
A Brief History of The Studio As An Instrument: Part 1 - Early Reflections
Part 1 of A Brief History of The Studio As An Instrument traces the beginnings of sound manipulation, sampling, looping and creative recording practice.
Don’t DJ: Exotica On The Dancefloor
Don’t DJ aka Florian Meyer on Euclidean rhythms, non-Western percussion timbres and Ableton’s Collision instrument
Swarm Intelligence: Striking The Balance
Swarm Intelligence aka dark ambient techno artist Simon Hayes explains strategies and techniques of performing live with Ableton Live and Push
Picó: Colombian Sound Systems Forge a New Global Beat
Ableton Certified Trainer Harvey Cubillos brings the flavor of Colombia’s Picó sound systems to Ableton Live in a free downloadable Pack
Creativity in the Engineer's Chair with Young Guru
Jay Z’s engineer Young Guru discusses his creative approach to making records, sculpting sound, and how he draws on life experience for his work in the studio
Grimes: 808s, Bird Calls and Dentist’s Drills
Ableton interview with Claire Boucher aka Grimes about producing music, studio techniques, finding sounds and playing live