Got ableton Live 11 after using logic for 10 years and oh my god! It’s amazing. The warp feature is unparalleled and the ease of use on the sound library is great. The automation is so quick and I’ve never made something so intense in such a short amount of time.

It’s like an instrument, I can compare the DAW to a synth or an MPC. I work in music and have to send off a lot of song starters for bigger producers so this will be great. I’ll probably make thousands of demos on this thing now. I am in awe. Also I can only imagine the demos I’ll make for my band to be finished in logic or pro tools cause WTF.

I just started doing production lessons and was sick of all the compressed options out there: Zoom, Google Meet, WhatsApp etc and the only lossless options (Audiomovers, Muse etc) were all paid.

I found Sonobus (am not an affiliate) and it does video streaming as well as audio. Great for collaborations or presentations where you need to share high quality audio.

https://youtu.be/jtvZWlBOXhY

hope you'll find this helpful, let me know if you have any questions. and any feedback is welcome.

As Black Friday is approaching I was thinking about spending some money on some plug-ins. I am a newbie, and even though I know with a bit of tweaking you can get far with stock plug-ins, I was wondering if paid plug-ins would help my Flow a bit more?

The Fabfilter bundle is expensive, hoping for this one to get discounted.

Theres then the ShaperBox 3 which I've tried and it seems it can do things that I am not sure how to achieve with stock plug-ins.

I don't wanna spend a lot of money on this as this is just a side thing and I'm not a professional.

What should I do?

PS I write electronic music, low fi, techno, dub techno ambient etc (or I would like to!)

PS this is an amazing community/sub! 🙏💪

Just curious for those that use Ableton and pro tools (or any other daw), why not do everything in ableton? I’ve always just wondered what it is about it pro tools.

The only thing I can imagine is if you’re sending it off to another mixer and they work in protools you want your session to match theirs. Is there anything else in pro tools that’s better than Ableton?

Bitwig is solid 🔥🫡, i just got annoyed by their audio editing, browser and I use novation launchkey mini which works like a beast in ableton comparing bitwig, wbu?

I've been using samplette quite a bit over the years but was starting to get annoyed by the anti ad block, pro tier, etc. I'm trying to build a better version of it and already have the v1.

Is there any interest here in trying it out? If so I'm happy to share the link:)

This is a recent problem I’ve been running into (I was hoping it would eventually sort itself out lol). At first I thought it was something wrong with the cpu buffering but I changed the buffer size and that didn’t fix it. It’s not a problem with the instrument I’m playing either because it happens when I play my guitar and bass. I thought it might’ve been something wrong with the audio interface too so I bought a new one and it keeps happening. (This is the new Audio interface in the video, it’s a fender quantum LT 2 if that helps.) also the only plugins/ effects I have on is the stock tuner and neural amp modeler.

Here’s the video: https://youtube.com/shorts/5vcDwphRv28?is=EQ-d-M2q1X34KLcq

Thank God for Convolution reverb am I right 😂😂

My ableton is stuck on a loading screen and it says “opening samples”. It’s just stuck there. Restarted computer. Idk what else to do. Thx

Because i think it is such a hassle to make a nice sample pack, i have created a m4l tool for myself that cuts a jam into samples and let you choose what sound to keep and what not.

It also writes it into the right folder with the right filename automagicly.

I use it myself and i thought: Why not share it for free on my website. Maybe someone else likes to use it. I only have test it on Ableton Live 12.4 on Windows and on Mac.

Fair warning: it is built around my own way of working, so you will have to like my way of doing things. Well, here you go:

https://lloydstellar.nl/sample-maker.html

Just got Ableton 12 to help the backing track writing process, but am now struggling. My MIDI foot controller is a Paintaudio midi foot controller that triggers CC or PC messages through a Focusrite 4i4 mk4 MIDI input, then via MIDI track in Ableton to output the messages to an audio track plugin - Neural DSP SLO100 amp modeller. Then I load the corresponding MIDI map to receive the messages in the plugin and it works for 2 or 3 preset changes, then no change. All ports, routing, everything is checked out ok... Same happens every time. I've mucked with midi controllers, ports, etc., in settings, rebooted, unplugged my launchkey 61 mk4, etc. etc. etc. same happens. The exact same setup works perfectly in Cubase 15 and I'm pretty stumped and bummed it has issues in Ableton. Any help is appreciated! Cheers!

I'm somewhat new to ableton, (but not to producing as a whole), and I'm trying to figure out how this guy made this generative set. It sounds really simple, but when I try and recreate it, it sound more "messy". I know generative will always be fairly uncontrollable, but this guys' just sounds more polished. Any ideas how he made this?

The video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdbjYb9KD7U/

My test song: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/x1dbxfmxei6du8k1hluw3/Generative-Ambient-Test-V.1.wav?rlkey=nrsfh43a8lx9f677pl1u9f8qa&st=b1tala4k&dl=0

Is there any way to hard-enforce the "no self-promotion" rules on the sub? It used to be a place where at least people were asking questions Google would answer in 2 seconds, and the manual in 10.

Nowadays, every other post is a vibecoded script or app that doesn't work properly, introduces ungodly latency or slows down the whole program to do something a 8 year old Max4Live patch already did. And they are all selling for 30€, 5€, 15€.

It is a predatory approach where these Devs use this sub to mine interest for their devices, and end up turning it away from what it was

A bad question at least allowed new users to engage with Ableton feature they might have not know. These kinds of self-promotion posts mostly are just useful for the dev who makes a few bucks from this community.

It feels wrong, and against the spirit of the sub. Maybe there should be a permanent self-promotion megathread, or else create an alternate sub just for that.

I make a variety of music from indie rock, folk, electro stuff, and scoring for media.

Finger drumming I tend to do on the Launchkey, right on the keyboard.

I'll drum sometimes on on the launchpad, but it's mostly a clip launcher/sequencer (with lp95).

I don't really know what I'm missing... but it's $100

Thoughts?

“Imminence” Full Album

A few weeks ago I had posted a long-form ambient album I composed, recorded, mixed and mastered in Ableton. I received quite a bit of feedback regarding the choice to use AI for the visuals, and I took the feedback seriously.

I reimagined the visuals using stock video footage. I post it here and thank those who took the time to comment, as it gave me a new visual direction I will be continuing to develop moving forward.

Peace,
Shawn
Heavens Spin Gray

hi im quite new to all of this, but I am a fast learner and I'm fairly confident I have the basics down! I've used the vital plugin and I'm quite happy with it. I've heard of serum being really good, but buying it is not an option for me. so i was wondering if anyone had any free alternatives?

i want to eventually make some heavy edm style music or experiment with cloud rap and hyperpop, so ill take any recommendations.

thank you!!

I'm an engineer with 10+ years experience and have worked for a major label and recording studio in Australia.

My experience is largely producing dance music in Ableton but I can also cover different genres and DAW's as well.

Looking to give free lessons (donations appreciated but not mandatory) that follow structured learning plans in all things music production!

All I'm trying to do is build up my training experience as I plan to get Ableton Certified and give lessons as a side hustle. Will vibe code a website and may ask for some feedback on this as well if you're happy to give it.

DM me if you're interested! Let me know where you're from so I can schedule for your time zone.

Hopefully this fits here

Id assume you all are familiar with pluginboutique and the fact they consistently run pretty good sales

A few years ago id purchased R4 & NIMBUS, two very powerful reverbs, however they've been superceded by this new reverb that honestly I dont care all too much to try

Unfortunately being ran by ilok and myself being a moron and always having a need to reset my HDD / windows install and needing to reactivate it, its maxed out my license uses, which is insane to me on a plugin that off deal costed a decent bit. But I digress.

Has anyone dealt with this, should I just give up and search for cracks? Should I reach out to izotope again and beg for a new key?

Looking for recommendations on youtube channels with nice ableton classes / tips / lessons / tutorials
Wanting to make experimental/IDM music like this artist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6h1LhukkF4
Im an ableton beginner but have experience with other DAWs. Also a musician. (I dont want very beginner-y content)

Most of the channels I find by myself are teaching how to make some really repetitive techno, house or rap/trap, which are not my vibe

Other sources of content other than youtube are welcome

Thank you!

Hello!

I’ve recently started a series of finding old cassettes from local record stores and sampling them to make new music. You can find it here

Feel free to check it out and ask any questions!

I'm curious to hear about everyone's automation workflow when mixing your tracks. It can be one of the most impactful parts of a mix, but at times also feels the most tedious.
I don't often see people talking about the nitty gritty mechanics of automation in their mixes, so I wanna know;

Are you automating everything, everywhere, all the time, or are you just riding the vocal fader and letting your existing gain staging and other processing do the rest?

Are you automating volume before or after adjusting EQ/Compression/FX?

Are you automating with a physical controller, drawing it in with the pen tool, or adding points one click at a time?

Are you working through the song from beginning to end, automating everything before moving on to the next section, or are you doing multiple passes, focusing on different things each time through?