In this video Francois demonstrates an amazing patch in U-he Diva. It’s used really heavily by artists such as Stephan Bodzin, Ben Böhmer and Lane 8 (Anjunadeep, Afterlife). Check out this Diva bass/lead pluck sound for Melodic House and Melodic Techno. We’re going to be making this sound starting only with Diva’s Init Patch. Let’s get started! If you want to take a deeper dive into music production in Ableton Live, check out our PML Academy - with over 35 full-length online courses, spreading over topics like writing chords and melodies or arranging your songs, to producing entire songs from start...

  In this video with Ben Böhmer we’re taking a look inside the original Ableton Project File and following along sound by sound how Beyond Beliefs (Cercle set opening track) came together. We’ll go through the Arp Theme, the main theme of the track, as well as all the essential elements - bass and chords, kick and drums. At the end we’ll take a look at the arrangement of the track (released on the label Anjunadeep). In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create tracks like Ben Bohmer (melodic house and techno). See How Ben Böhmer Produces Music Learn how...

In this video Ben Böhmer creates a track idea from scratch in 20 minutes using our “Acoustic Orchestral Sounds” sample pack. He uses a loop from our pack and the synthesizer U-he Diva to create chords. He quickly adds strings, a kick and some drum elements. By the end of the video, Felix Raphael adds his amazing vocals on top to finish off the track. Check out this amazing session to learn how Ben Böhmer comes up with amazing track ideas really fast!   See How Ben Böhmer Produces Music Learn how Ben's tracks are created - from the first...

In this Ableton Tips video tutorial our instructor and professional mixing and mastering engineer Guido from Catandbeats shows you his mastering process using only the effects available in Ableton Live 11. The track is called Stellenbosch - it'll be down in the video description.“This video is going to be set up a little bit different than my usual videos. We are going to first do the mastering and then after I'm going to explain why I did certain things to just help you guys out. I also only have 20 minutes so let's get started right away!” If you want...

  In this studio session music producer DAHU shows you his process of creating melodic techno tracks in Ableton Live. He goes over his technique of using bass loops to create amazing lead sounds and effects. You wouldn’t be able to create sounds like that just with a synthesizer! He also goes through creating atmospheric synth pads, risers, impacts and other FX. Learn to create powerful sounds w/ Steyoyoke, Radikon producer Dahu. Dive into his intricate effect chains and get inspired!    Learn To ProduceMelodic Techno Take your music to the next level today!Professional Melodic Techno Ableton Template. Get Here...

In this Ableton Tips video tutorial our instructor Boris is going to demonstrate some of the greatest free contact libraries out there - instruments like pianos, strings, as well as world instruments: “The first library I would like to show you is the free orchestra from Project Sam. There's another orchestra that is worth your attention and it's called The Alpine Project. As for pianos a popular option is the Amore Grand Piano. I also really like this piano from developer called Ivy Audio called “Piano in 162”. There's also a trombone, solo vocalist and a drums instrument - all...

  In this Ableton Tips video tutorial our instructor Julian from Bound to Divide is showing you how to make a really nice lush evolving pad using Ableton’s native synth - Wavetable. The whole point of this was just to make really big chords with lots of voices being used. They’re really nice and spread out across the octaves. In this video you’ll learn how to create professional-sounding pad sounds in Ableton Wavetable and in any other VST synthesizer. Let’s get started! If you want to take a deeper dive into music production in Ableton Live, check out our PML Academy -...

In this video our instructor Boris is going to show you very simple techniques to get you started with making melodies in Ableton Live. He starts with showing you some concepts for writing melodies easily. After this video you'll be able to write melodies yourself. In 3 levels we'll go from making very basic melodies to making something you can hear in our track “Sun Vibes”. Don't get discouraged by any terminology - it's all very basic stuff. Even though some music theory words may sound a little bit strange at first, the concepts i'll show you are all very...

  In this Ableton Tips video tutorial our instructor Julian from “Bound to Divide” is making 3 common types of bass lines you would hear in Melodic House. The first one is going to be this plucky, groovy bass line similar to the one that you'll hear in “Lost in You” by Marsh. The second one is this sustained perfect fifth bassline that you'd hear in “Ruby” by Enamour - especially in the final section of the track. The last one's the rolling kind of bass line that you'd hear in Tinlicker’s “Children” remix - it's also in a ton...

  In this video our instructor Julian goes over 3 basslines from Afterlife artists: “Walking” by Anyma, “Obnoxious Desire” by Colyn & Innellea, and ”Magic Order” by Argy. Julian uses Ableton’s native Wavetable synthesizer as well as Analog. In this tutorial you’ll learn how to layer synthesizer basslines the right way. They’re simple but sound really effective. A lot of what the sound does has to do with automating certain parameters. So let’s get started with this tutorial on how to make basslines in Ableton Live. If you want to take a deeper dive into sound design and music production...