In this tutorial, we are learning how to make a beat from scratch in Ableton Live Session View, following the "Deadmau5" writing process (as seen on his streams and the deadmau5 master class). We are only using Ableton Live 9 Standard elements and Xfer Records Serum.     FREE Download: Ableton Project from this Tutorial (requires Serum) Drum Samples used: Deep Premium Vol. 2    Learn more about our FULL Start To Finish courses: Learn the foundations of Harmony & Chord Progressions Learn how to produce music in Ableton Live     Available courses: Beginners: Producing A Track From Start To...

  Here's a list of our youtube Future Bass tutorials for Ableton Live. Signature sound remakes for artists like Flume, The Chainsmokers, Grant Bowtie, San Holo, Drum Programming and sound design tutorials, there's a bit of everything inside. If you're looking to learn how to make a Future Bass track from start to finish like a pro, check out our full online course: Producing a Future Bass Track From Start To Finish   List of Tutorials: Chainsmokers Don't let me Down Style with Ableton & Massive - Drop Tutorial (Illenium Version) Future Bass Melody Vocal Chop - Ableton Tutorial (San Holo, Diplo,...

In this tutorial, we are designing a Moderat style track with Ableton Live and NI Massive. Its a very groovy style and we are programming interesting drum loops like we know from tracks like "Moderat - Bad Kingdom (DJ Koze Remix)" and "Moderat - Eating Hooks (Siriusmo Remix Solumun Edit)". Ableton Project available in our templates section.  Additionally you can get this very bass sound and more Massive presets with our latest pack Boiler Production 2 for NI Massive. Drum Samples used are part of Deep Premium Vol. 2 - Drum Sample Pack.     Also new: 6h+ Course: Producing a Deep House Track...

 (picture: ableton.com) Ableton Co-Founders Robert Henke and Gerhard Behles gave an interesting interview for thump magazine Ableton Co-Founder Robert Henke on showing the first version of Ableton to Hans Zimmer at a trade fair without knowing it was him: "I showed him the product and he had a German accent, but I didn't take note of that because at a trade show you meet all kinds of people, and I was too busy explaining to him what the product was all about. He had a lot of intelligent questions, and at some point he asks, "so you can just put in a drum...

Written walk-through guide - coming alongside this Youtube Tutorial:   What we used: Ableton Live 9 Suite Also available: 4h+ Course: Track from Start To Finish   Hey! In the last parts of this tutorial we focused on the Instruments and Drums. If you haven't seen it yet make sure to check them out (Part 1/Part 2). Anyways, in this part we'll focus on the arrangement and we'll expand our ideas into a full track! Here's what the full arrangement is going to look like: Basically: we're introducing the elements at the beginning, then we've got a break, a drop, and we're...

Written walk-through guide - coming alongside this Youtube Tutorial:   What we used: Ableton Live 9 Suite Also available: 4h+ Course: Track from Start To Finish   Hey! In the first part of this tutorial we focused on the drums. If you haven't seen it yet make sure to check it out. Anyways, in this part we'll focus on instruments which will add some life into our track! Here's what we're going to create:   I. Bass 1. Let's make a new MIDI track and throw an Operator instrument onto it. We'll quickly change the oscillator type (under "Wave" on the synthesizer)...

Written walk-through guide - coming alongside this Youtube Tutorial: Subscribe to Production Music Live on YouTube   What we used: Ableton Live 9 Suite Also available: 4h+ Course: Track from Start To Finish Part 1 - Drums - Steps: Setting up a side-chain track Adding a Kick Adding a Snare Adding in another Pre-Snare Closed Off-Hihat (1) Closed Off-Hihat (2) Dynamics Hihat 16ths Hihats Blip Noise Ride Hey! Today we're going to make a Deep House track from scratch using Ableton instruments only. Here's a quick preview of the track we're going to be making: Alright, let's get into the production process! In this...

In this tutorial, Francois is making a track from scratch using only elements of Ableton Live 9 Suite edition. Here's a rough table of contents: Table of Contents: 00:00 Play 01:11 Sidechain + Basics 04:46 Kick 05:14 Clap 06:52 Pre Snare + Effects (EQ, Redux) 09:24 Closed Hihat 10:00 First Beat play 10:25 2nd hihat + Send Effects (Return Channel) 12:40 3rd Hihat 14:03 Fast Hihats 16:58 Blip Sound 18:20 Ride Sound 19:15 Bass with Operator 23:00 White Noise 26:30 Pad Sounds + Instrument Rack + Effects Setup 33:35 Operator Lead Sound 34:44 Arrangement + Transitions (Automating Filters, Levels) 43:10...

   In this 80 minute session, Berlin-based producer Johannes creates a straight forward Techno track from scratch using Ableton Live 9 and a handful of third-party plugins. After designing a dark driving drum pattern, he’s focussing on coming up with a club-ready arrangement layout.   Hey Johannes, thanks for sharing one of your sessions at PML! Feel free to introduce yourself.  I’m a techno producer based in Berlin. Influenced by the city and its nightlife I’m producing tracks between tech house, melodic techno and also deep and rough techno since 2014.   What are your main musical influences? I’m heavily...

We had a lot of questions on how the compressor actually works, so we decided to make a small series of videos covering the functionalities from the perspective of the Ableton Live built-in compressor.     Learn more about compression in the mixing stage: NEW PML 5h+ Course: Mixing A Track From Scratch in Ableton (with stock effects)     Keywords: mixing, compressor, how to use a compressor, how does a compressor work