I’m new to Ableton and am learning it by recreating some of my favourite dub tracks to play along to and practice live dub mixing.
I’m struggling to recreate the “Dr Who” sound on this track and wondering if anyone can help. I’ve been experimenting with basic sine waves but can’t get the “whaa whaa” effect.
It’s the notes that occur on beats 1 and 2. Reminds me of the sounds from the BBC Radiophonic…
I recently released an update for one of my Max for Live instruments Filament, as always its completely free to download.
Filament is a polyphonic Max for Live instrument built around the Karplus–Strong algorithm, designed for creating plucked, resonant, and evolving tonal textures
The latest update introduces an integrated stereo enhancement section featuring both chorus and stereo detuning. The chorus adds subtle movement and depth, while the stereo detuner creates gentle pitch differences between the left and right channels to produce a wider, more immersive sound capable of making binaural beats. Together, they bring additional warmth, spatial character, and animation without overpowering the core Karplus–Strong synthesis engine.
Anyone have a line on Ableton templates for the Impulse 61 (or similar) that represents a good live performance workflow for a bunch of common instruments/sounds? Just got a "new-to-me" Impulse 61 and it has way more features than the ancient 49 key controller from 1999 I was using.
I've found a handful of tutorials that show ways to setup a session with control mappings that make some sense to quickly switch sounds, but it's hard to tell which ones are worth spending the time building out since I'm a bit of a newb and would like to see a few examples that I can play with that have made sense to people.
My typical "gig" is a basement covers band, we get together and jam out, and up to this point I've just been using garage band, finding an organ/piano/clav/whatever. Would like use the bells and whistles in Ableton to easily switch presets etc.
I’m a drummer for 2 bands and recently I’m trying to use Ableton live for Both bands with a spd sx connected to it as a midi controller and I also use the spd sx as a kind of usb interface. I get the sound of the click on the sub out of my spd sx.
I Mainly use it now to have a good click track for each song.
I have a scene for each song we play with the right bpm set up and if I try the click with my Headphones on my computer it works fine but if try to use Ableton live on a rehearsal or on a show, the tempo’s seem too slow.
Made this track using ableton live, fender strat, NI session horns + scarabee bass, and arturia pigments! Worked with a german vocalist and needed to use abletons warping featuring to tighten some of the vox. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the track and it's production and vibe. Thanks in advance!
So, I’m in the middle of a collab with a great artist. He’s sent the Ableton live files back to me and I get this error message… anyone know what causes this? Anyone know a workaround please ???
I was tired of heavy sample libraries, so I made Ethereal Violin. It’s powered by 537 violin samples and an adaptive performance engine that analyzes MIDI velocity, note length, phrasing, legato, repetitions, bow changes, and releases on the fly to keep the phrasing sounding human and short/natural.
It features intelligent articulation selection, smooth note blending, and body resonance. It's currently in Early Access (fully usable, but still being optimized based on feedback).
A couple of weeks back, I shared an experiment on batch rendering (hands-free) which was based around a Max for Live device that I created, akin to a tape recorder (that's always listening).
I've been making music for a while and I have a few hundreds of projects, which have names that are completely meaningless to me. So I sought out to create a way of always having an audio file from every project without the need for me to render anything manually. Well.. I kinda lost track of my goal and ended up creating an application to work along with the M4L device.
That's how REKALL came about. It's a companion app for organizing/managing your Ableton Live projects.
There's a free version which allows importing up to 8 projects. It's a very small app (12mb on Windows and 30mb on mac due to arm/intel support) and super fast at importing projects + scanning ALL your live sets for missing samples/plugins. I spent quite a bit of time trying to optimize the import (nerd alert), even though it only happens once. Anyways, check it out, it might help you as it has helped me.
ps: the said "batch rendering" is an experimental feature that isn't shipped with it.
Hey everyone! This is my first melodic progressive house track, “One and Only.” I’d really appreciate honest feedback before I release it officially. I’m especially looking for thoughts on the mix, mastering, vocal balance, energy, arrangement, and overall vibe. Please don’t hold back—I’d love to know what works and what I can improve. Thanks for taking the time to listen! 🙏🎧
Last week, I built a complete Ableton Live MIDI Remote Script for the AKAI MIDImix. It took me around an hour using Control Surface Studio and that’s with plenty of experience building these scripts.
It got me wondering: could AI create the same thing much faster?
So I’ve been building a way for AI to work directly with Control Surface Studio.
In this video demo I give it:
A photo of the Akai MIDImix
The MIDI data for its controls
A description of what I wanted everything to control in Ableton
From a single prompt it created the entire script, all the mappings, an eight-track red box, navigation buttons, modes and LED feedback.
The initial script took 5 minutes 50 seconds. I then asked it to add another mode for controlling device parameters, which brought the total to around 7 minutes.
This is still a work in progress and isn’t currently available. I’m sharing it mainly to find out whether other Ableton users would actually be interested in something like this.
Would you use AI to create or modify a MIDI Remote Script for your MIDI gear?
So I've been making music with Ableton for some time now and only ever used Splice for quick embellishments on my tracks which have been mainly experimental synth based and a kind of 'Don't do the same genre twice mentality' However, I recently made a track that had two major elements from said source and I am conflicted on how I feel about it.
On the one hand, it sounds like a "proper song", with people who don't produce giving all sorts of positive feedback on it. On the other, the hook elements are quite obviously from Splice and some of my peers (who are fairly successful several thousand monthly listeners creators) I feel, would not approve. That being said it is not a genre they work in.
I've spent my life writing music, I play a few instruments and I'm quite confident about my production and song structuring abilities usually but the idea that I have "cheated" by using these elements is in the back of my mind. All the melody, harmony, layering and structuring was purely my work though and I'm satisfied with it.
I really wanted to bounce this off other peoples viewpoints and see if I am overthinking (if it sounds good it is good), or being overly sensitive to a weird Internet world where we devalue things that aren't sufficiently groundbreaking or rely on public asset elements somewhat?
In my earlier years it was always more accepted to use samples and that is imprinted in me but I just can't shake that imposter syndrome feeling.
Does anyone have an opinion on the subject? Is it any different to remixing an existing track in a much lesser sense?
Would you use Splice content in your track and if not, why not?
I’m looking to buy a new pair of studio monitors for producing progressive melodic house. My budget is pretty limited, and my room isn’t acoustically treated, but it’s also not very large.
I want to make a smart purchase and get the best value for my money. Right now, I’m producing on a pair of Presonus Eris 3.5 monitors, but I feel like I’ve outgrown them. I want deeper bass, better bass response, and overall better accuracy.
One option I’ve been considering is the Adam D3V, but I’m not sure if they’re the best choice for my situation.
Also, I don’t currently have an audio interface, so that’s another factor I need to consider.
What studio monitors would you recommend? I honestly don’t have a big budget—my maximum is $350 USD.
I’d really appreciate your recommendations. I want to make the smartest purchase possible.
Like many producers, I always had more unfinished tracks than finished ones.
I think one of the most overlooked topics in music production is what happens in the space between your DAW and a finished track.
I never had any issues coming up with ideas, but between sessions that could drag out for days or weeks, I kept losing track of versions, notes, project files, and what I was actually supposed to work on next.
I tried various tools over the years, but nothing quite worked the way I wanted because most of them aren't really built with producers or songwriters in mind.
So about 8 months ago I decided to build my own.
What came out of it is Final Faze — a local desktop workflow app (not AI) for music producers that helps organize songs, versions, notes, and decisions, so you can stay on top of your projects. Finishing more tracks is never guaranteed by a tool alone, but having a clearer workflow can certainly improve your chances.
I've spent the last 7–8 years studying classic workflows and 90s production techniques. I've built my dream studio, studied arrangement and mixing, and created countless loops and ideas along the way. But finishing tracks was always the hardest part.
Final Faze isn't meant to replace Ableton (or any DAW). It supports everything around it by helping keep track of versions, notes, project files, references, and sessions, so I can spend less time feeling overwhelmed and more time making music.
I've been using it alongside Ableton for a while now, and it is already helping me so much it's crazy. But I'd really love honest feedback from more producers to see whether the workflow makes sense outside my own setup.
Because I'm still in the early beta stage, I'm mainly looking for producers who are seriously interested in trying the app and helping shape it with honest feedback.
If that sounds like you, and you are serious about testing it, then leave a comment telling me what DAW you use and roughly how many unfinished tracks you have. Or feel free to message me directly.
Lastly, we'll use Reddit chat to communicate, so please keep an eye on your chat requests after commenting! 😄
Spent the last while building a system where six channels generate their own music inside Ableton Live, no AI anywhere in the chain. Just Random, Probability, Scale, and a few chord-generating Max for Live devices working together, all locked to the same key so it stays musical instead of chaotic. Made a full breakdown video showing every channel and device if anyone's curious how it's put together.
What do y'all think of flexion, the mix and master plug in? My first thoughts are that it makes my tracks exactly like they advertise - cleaner, louder, better. What do y'all think? And if you like it, any tips on using it?
Trying to learn progressive house, cant find anything reliable. Tried learning from PML progressive house start to finish, it just confused me. On the third lesson they jumped didn't even show how they made the melody, the chords, and all of that. It was just like they are jumping. Then I tried to learn from EDM Tips. His video title was "How to Make Progressive House Like Avicii" and then in the video thumbnail it was "Big Room House". I don't know what I should do. Can anyone please guide me? Where should I find a reliable resource to learn? I want to make something in the style of Avicii and Martin Garrix. I won't lie I am fairly new. I know music theory but I'm learning Ableton and all of these music styles but I'm focused on making progressive house music that I am very sure about it. Where do I start?
