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How to Link and sync with Ableton Live
For any musician or producer running a lot of digital gear side-by-side, synchronisation has always been an issue – an inconvenient necessity. We’ve used MIDI cables and interfaces to connect the black...
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Deeper ways to sync Ableton Live with your hardware
Last time, we talked about using Ableton Link to synchronize software on macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android, over a WiFi network. It also works cabled over ethernet, and even with wifi-enabled hardware...
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Exporting options in Ableton Live
Unless you’re going to keep your precious musical creations trapped in a little bubble, sooner or later, you’ll need to create a finished mix so you can get them out into the real world. There are two...
View ArticlePoint Blank Tutorial: Breaking down Halsey’s Without Me in Ableton Live
Point Blank has released its latest Deconstruction video, this time focusing on Halsey’s 2018 break-up hit, Without Me. Before getting into the deconstruction proper, instructor Ski Oakenfull picks out...
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Updated automation and editing features in Ableton Live 10.1
If the concept of automation is new to you, it basically refers to the way that you can record the movements of controls – such as faders on a mixer, or the frequency and resonance knobs on a...
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How to use Ableton Live with MIDI keyboards
The good old MIDI keyboard might seem a tad redundant when we have so many high-tech ways to control Live, but it can still be one of our best friends. Unlike Push, for example, a keyboard simply works...
View ArticlePoint Blank Tutorial: How to incorporate instruments into your live DJ set
Point Blank has hosted DJ and electronic producer GRiZ for a tutorial on how to fit live instrumentation into DJ sets. The artist, who’s collaborated with Snoop Dogg, also revealed his methods for...
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How to use guitars with Ableton Live 10
For a long time it seemed like guitarists were resisting using computers, and it’s actually quite easy to understand why. However, a new generation of guitarists are far more comfortable with software,...
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Back to basics: How to use Ableton Live 10 and Push
Ableton Live isn’t new anymore and it develops slowly (a good thing, because this keeps it stable and reliable), but there are new users jumping aboard the Ableton train all the time. Live’s most...
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Back to basics: Building beats with Push and Live
Even if you’re not focused on working with beats in a big way, the truth is that nearly any style of music will require some kind of drum part. The advantage of beginning with a rhythmical framework is...
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Working with audio beats in Ableton Live
We’re continuing our journey through the basics of Live. Last time we talked about programming MIDI drum beats, so now it seems like a good time to look at the flip side of that: taking a source audio...
View ArticleLearn how to get creative with audio clips in our new Ableton Live Tutorial
Liam O’Mullane is back for the next instalment of MusicTech’s Ableton Live Tutorials. This week, he dives into using audio clips within Live, exploring ways to edit and manipulate audio samples to get...
View ArticleGet to grips with Ableton Live’s Warp modes in our new Live lesson
MusicTech’s Ableton Live Tutorials series continues, with Liam O’Mullane walking us through the different types of Warp modes available in Ableton Live’s clip editor. Warp modes change the way in which...
View ArticleLearn how to use insert effects in Ableton Live with our latest tutorial
So far in our Ableton Live Tutorials series, we’ve covered the interface, MIDI clips, Audio editing, warp modes and more. This week Liam O’Mullane, MusicTech’s in-house Ableton Live expert, shows you...
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Back to basics: How to build a bass part in Ableton Live
We’re gathered here to have a little chat about why and how to add bass to our tunes – and when I say ‘bass’, I’m including bass guitar and bass synths – any source of low-end rhythmic/melodic...
View ArticleSlicing audio to MIDI clips is simplified in our new episode of Ableton Live...
This week in our Ableton Live Tutorials, Liam O’Mullane shares some pretty handy wisdom with us, showing us how to slice audio clips to MIDI data in Ableton Live 10. This tool is fantastic for taking a...
View ArticleMake instruments from audio clips in this week’s Ableton Live Tutorial
In this week’s Ableton Live Tutorial, Liam O’Mullane demonstrates how to turn audio clips into playable instruments in Ableton Live 10. If you want to snag a sample and replay a melodic part with it,...
View ArticleHow you can group tracks in Ableton Live and why
Liam O’Mullane hosts our twelfth episode of our Ableton Live Tutorials series. In the video, you’ll learn how to combine different tracks in your project into one group, allowing you to control...
View ArticleLearn an alternative approach to sidechain compression in Logic
Sidechain compression was traditionally used in radio as a means to ‘duck’ volume levels of a track for the presenter to talk without interference. This technique got into the hands of us producers and...
View ArticleWatch how to program automation in Ableton Live 10
Once mastered, automation can be an easy way to add variation and progression to instruments, tracks, groups and projects as a whole. Ableton Live has some interesting automation, including creating...
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