We had some requests for a remake on Robin Schulz' style. So here's a remake of David Guetta ft. Sam Martin - Dangerous in the Robin Schulz Remix made in Ableton Live 9 using NI Massive.  Steps / Prerequisites: What you need: Ableton Live 9 (Standard is enough) & NI MASSIVE VST A drum sample pack, maybe some bongo sounds as well You can look for some decent Piano sounds (eg. The Grand Piano Ableton Pack)  Then you're good to go for a remake in this style! Steps: Constructing the typical deep house drumming with bongos (we are relying on samples from our "Deep...

If you're producing with Ableton Live (or any other DAW) on a regular basis, you should start preparing a customized quick start default template. You can easily save the first 10 minutes of every session and jump right into the creative process. Grab our "PML Default Template with Mixing Racks" here: http://bit.ly/pml_s_tmp_default We are going to share our personalized default template with you:   PML Default Start Template - Contents: Sidechain: Regardless of the type of track, we always use sidechaining at some point, so we have a special "ghost" sidechain track prepared. Drums: If you're continuously working within the same genre...

Whats new? Improved sampling with a fully renewed "Simpler" Great new analog-modeled Filter algorithms  "LINK" option - Midi-Clocking via WIFI RMS and Peak values on Meters More precise waveforms New coloring options New Max for Live essentials Library of included sounds Ableton Push 2 Walk-through video on our youtube:     Improved sampling with a fully renewed "Simpler" Simpler received almost a full rework, a new interface, a bigger break-out display, new warping, filtering and slicing options and it now offers 3 different modes.  1. Classic Mode - playback sample, loop mode, automatically warped (pitched samples keep their length) 2. One Shot...

Looking for this one missing piece? Go to freesound.org and search for free samples. Samples over there can be uploaded by users, are fully tagged and searchable, offering a great resource for producers. We especially like heading over to freesound.org to look for 3 types of sounds: atmospherical sounds  background sounds / field recordings vocals (shots, talks, etc) Still, they cover other recordings of all sorts, so its always worth a visit. -  We also offer free stuff at Production Music Live: Grab our PML freebies here.     Looking for awesome Massive Presets? Massive Future Bass Presets   Buy MASSIVE...

We had requests for a remake on the funky bassline in "The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face" with Ableton Live 9 and Massive. Their style might be described as something funky between Jamiroquai and Michael Jackson. We've put the video of the tutorial below:     Grab some of our MASSIVE presets for Future Bass over here: http://bit.ly/pml_s_massive_vol8     Keywords: Ableton Live Template, .als file download, the weeknd Can't Feel My Face, the weeknd, the weeknd, can't feel my face remake, how to produce like the weeknd can't feel my face, how to sound like the weeknd can't feel my face, how to produce fat beats like the...

Exclusive beatport charts track tutorial: Walking through Francois Rengere's Remix of Mahfoud - The Giant.     You can grab our drum sample pack here:  "Deep Premium Vol. 1" Pack: http://bit.ly/pml_s_deeppremium   Keywords: how to produce a track for the beatport charts,  how doz I chart on beatport, how to chart on beatport, producing a beatport top 10 track, how to produce a beatport chart track, producing a beatport charts track tutorial, How to make a track for the beatport charts make it to the beatport charts produce for beatport charts in ableton producing for the beatport charts

Your track or song is too long? In this tutorial we are showing you how to cut audio in Ableton Live 9 using the warp mode. Keywords: (Beginners) How to warp and cut a Track in Ableton Live / Audio Editing Trim Delete, Quick song cutting, Cutting audio, shorten track, how to cut a track, audio editing, trimming a track in ableton  

Flume Sound Massive Synth - Designing the Sound from Lorde - Tennis Court (Flume Remix) We sat down to take a shot at recreating the sound of flume's lead synth in his remix for "Lorde - Tennis Court (Flume Remix)". We're working with our Ableton Live 9 Suite version, Operator and NI Massive. After rebuilding the chords in the first step, we're dividing the sound into 6 layers in the second step:   Sub-Bass: We're using an instance of Operator and select a sine wave for our sub bass frequencies (update: we now put this together in a template and...

We had some requests for a remake on EDX. So here's a remake of EDX - Belong made in Ableton Live 9 using NI Massive.  Steps / Prerequisites: What you need: Ableton Live & NI MASSIVE VST A rather versatile drum sample pack (we need a variety of small percussion sounds here, there are around 25 different drum elements) Look for some decent Piano sounds (eg. The Grand Piano Ableton Pack) and a good (open) guitar sample Then you're good to go for a remake in this style! Steps: Signature Bass Sound Layering (using several instances of MASSIVE & a couple of our Future House...

Ableton is a great tool for many things, for example creating your own "synth“. If you combine several Simpler or Sampler devices through Instrument Racks, plug in recorded synth audios and add some audio effects, you essentially create your very own basic "synth“.   Tutorial:  Steps: Find a great sound, take off all effects and modulations, making sure you get the raw sound and record it on several octaves (C1, C2, C3, C4 for example). Plug the C1 recording into a simpler device on a new MIDI channel.  Set your sampler device on Loop mode (optional) - adjusting the fades for...