Category: ableton live 10
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Ableton as a Modular: Max for Live Envelope Follower Driving an Arp with Push 2
Here is a brief video illustrating how Max for Live transforms all of Live into a modular. Max for Live allows you to override the normal left-to-right signal flow and patch Max for Live Devices to any mappable param in any track. I’m using Max for Live Envelope Follower on a a track with a…
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Congrats to Brian Funk on his 200th Live Pack – Birds of Prey
My friend and Certified Ableton instructor Brian Funk has just released his 200th Live Pack. Whoa that’s a lot of packs. A huge congrats and thanks to Brian for years of creating so many packs filled with inspiring and expressive sounds! I also want to mention that if you “pop the hood” on these packs…
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Using Ableton Push 2 to Live Sample and Slice Vinyl and Audio
Lately I’ve been getting back into live vinyl sampling & slicing sessions using Ableton Push 2. The Push 2 workflow lets you slice by beat division, region, transient, and has a rapid flow for manually slicing. I know quite a few people who own the Push but in past conversations I learned some of them…
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Spending More Time on My Music Laptop & Dusting Off Some Original Presets for Synths like U-HE Zebra 2
I find I’ve been spending more time making music and sound with my laptop while in isolation than with hardware. Of course I’m still making music and sound with my Elektron boxes, but I’m just noticing the laptop is getting more use in my day-to-day. Perhaps it’s because I can just take it anywhere in…
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Pink Floyd is Streaming Full Length Concerts as Part of the @YouTube Film Festival + Making “On The Run” with @MaxForCats OSCiLLOT Modular
Some weekend listening and patching ideas for for you. Pink Floyd is streaming full length concerts as part of the @YouTube Film Festival. Plus down below find a link to how to make “On The Run” with OSCiLLOT by Max for Cats. Head over to the Pink Floyd channel on YouTube now for PULSE which…
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Video Original Ableton Wavetable Preset “Numbers” on Push 2
A quick post to share a video of a new original preset that’s in progress on the most amazing @Ableton #Wavetable#synth. This one is inspired by Kraftwerk and it called “Numbers” 😀. #SaturdayNightSoundDesign. This was made entirely with Push 2 without using a mouse. As I’m using Push I incorporate the touch strip, velocity and…
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Stray Cats Collection Free in Collab with Ableton, Max for Cats and Sonic Bloom
In collaboration with Max for Cats and Sonic Bloom, we’ve made the Stray Cats Collection, a free Pack of Max for Live devices. (Note: this Pack requires Max for Live, which is included in Live Suite or available for purchase for Live Standard.) https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/ideas-offers-making-music-home/ More Links from Sonic Bloom and Max for Cats Sonic Bloom…
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Ableton “Spectral Textures” Live Pack is Now Free
Ableton released a new Live Pack called Spectral Textures. The Spectral Textures Pack is now free. New sounds can bring new ideas, so we’ll be offering more free sounds soon. https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/ideas-offers-making-music-home/ You can download the pack here https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/spectral-textures. One part field recordings and one part additive synthesis, Spectral Textures is a unique instrument that blends…
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Get All the Features of Ableton Live 10 Suite Free for 90 Days!
Ableton has just extended the free trial the Live 10 Suite free from 30 to 90 days (including the ability to save and export). So whether you are running Live Intro or Standard and were curious about awesome synths like Wavetable or Operator or Max for Live devices – or you are new to Live…
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Improv with Ableton Live, Push 2 and Max for Live Devices FlexGroove and Granulator II
Here is video of an improv with Ableton Live and Push2 I streamed to Facebook Live earlier today. The video is a download from my FB live stream so low rez but you’ll get the idea. I improvised it all on-the-fly. Prior to playing I setup a few tracks such as a Simpler containing a…
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New Microsoft Surface Announcements Including Surface Laptop, Pro, Neo, and Duo + My Journey with Surface for Music Production and Performance So Far
My Journey So Far with Surface I’m a big fan of design of Microsoft Surface computers and have a Surface Laptop and Surface Pro 4 that I use for every day computing and for music applications like Ableton Live and virtual synthesizers. I literally have trouble using computers that don’t support touch displays and pen…
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Video My Set at Beat Cypher July 25, 2019 Performing New Song at 382 BPM.
This week I composed a new pieced called “Press 3” which starts of at 80 BPM and makes it all the way to 764 BPM 😯. He Here is a video snippet where I’m clocking along at 382 BPM. Thanks J.L. Kane for hosting and Mechant Metrique for shooting this on his phone. Soon after…
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Ableton Releases CV Tools + View Mind Map Summary + Links to How-To Videos from Moog Demo Library
Heads up, Ableton just released a free set of Max for Live devices called CV Tools. In this post I’ll offer some info on overview videos, a summary mind map I made to give you a one-page perspective on all this, links to a collection of videos just released on Moog’s Demo Library YouTube Channel,…
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Recommended Video – “What Is MaxForLive… And Why Aren’t You Using It Yet!?” by ELPHNT
Max for Live is an incredibly helpful solution that allows you to further customize and extend Ableton Live. While you can use it as a development tool, many people I’ve bumped into don’t realize it’s also extremely useful to artists who don’t develop. For example, I’ve been using it for years now to use Ableton…
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What’s New in Ableton Live 10.0.6 and 10.1 Beta
Live 10.0.6 Now Available Ableton Live 10.0.6 is now available. For me the biggest news here is they “updated the bundled Max application to Max 8.0.2.” This means some advanced Max for Live devices ( ex. Isotonik Studios Signal) no longer require you to download Max 8.0.2 and point to that version in Preferences. More…
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Video: “Predator” – An Original Ableton Wavetable Preset by Mark Mosher
Check out this video of new Ableton Wavetable preset I’m working on from “init”. I call it “Predator”. FYI – Back in February I contributed 5 original presets to FREE The Round Wavetable Pack by AfroDJMac with sounds by AfroDJMac, Isaac Cotec, Thomas Glendinning, pAtches, Josh Spoon, Mark Towers. Some super cool presets in the…
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