Veteran producer Brendon Moeller on how working in 170 BPM freed his creativity to go beyond his previous dub techno and drum & bass work. Plus he shares a free sample pack of loops, one shots, atmospheres, bass lines and more.
Test the limits of Live 12.1’s new Drum Sampler and build a track from a single sample with Ned Rush.
The One Thing video series has reached 100 episodes! Check out this overview of bite-sized tips, tricks and techniques filmed in artists’ workspaces around the world. Topics include everything from sound design, beat programming and field recording to strategies for starting, progressing and finishing tracks and much, much more.
Electro-techno producer Gesloten Cirkel shares a bundle of racks and devices to work more flavor into your drums and synths.
Give your beats an edge with cnstruct’s tips for modern UK drum programming.
Check out STRANJAH’s detail-focused approach to crafting perfect grooves, lush melodic layers, and driving drum & bass arrangements.
Watch Catnapp lay down a simple structure for her vocals before turning to an old project to give her new track a tense, hyper-modern feel.
Watch Mad Zach arrange a heavy hip-hop beat with banks of his best samples and synths like Wavetable.
Watch Eomac sample sounds from the street on his phone to create a full-frequency sample pack, and make a driving techno track with the resulting parts.
Watch Keychee create a hard-stepping hit of hip hop-flavored funk using Drum Racks, finger drumming and parallel and sidechain compression.
Makaya McCraven discusses cycles of improvisation and merging live instrumentation with sampling techniques.
Resonance, boominess and body – learn all about the acoustic kick drum, complete with mixing tips from producer Abe Seiferth.
Cellist and composer Clarice Jensen joins hip hop beatmaker Sowall for an improvised set based on a small collection of pre-agreed rules.
Explore the history, sounds and techniques of using electronic kick drums. Includes a free download of custom-made kicks.
Four video tutorials that show approaches to humanizing your drums and introducing swing in Ableton Live.
Beat Tools: complete toolkit for beatmaking, now included with Push and Live 9 Suite. Drum kits, instruments, loops and effects – all primed for hands-on play.
Transient Machines: the new Max for Live Pack modelled on transient designer studio tools. Get another level of dynamic control over drums and loops in Live.
Making an album with melodies 100% triggered by drums - we talk to KHOMPA aka Davide Compagnoni about making this dream a reality with Max for Live.