https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/Latest entries for ableton.comenWed, 12 Feb 2025 10:58:14 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/brendon-moeller-life-begins-at-170/Sometimes, opening up a whole new well of inspiration is as simple as turning the tempo dial. Having spent more than 20 years exploring deep, dubby house and techno around the 120 BPM mark, nothing could have prepared Brendon Moeller for the shift in his music-making when he decided to…Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:58:14 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/brendon-moeller-life-begins-at-170/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/rachel-k-collier-simplifying-creativity-with-novations-launchkey-mk4-and-ableton-live-lite/If you’re new to music making, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed by the endless choices of production gear available. There's software and hardware, DAWs, plug-ins, interfaces, keyboards and controllers. The sheer variety can leave even experienced music makers feeling confused. The internet is buzzing with articles, reviews, and…Mon, 03 Feb 2025 11:54:51 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/rachel-k-collier-simplifying-creativity-with-novations-launchkey-mk4-and-ableton-live-lite/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-jakob-rau/Peek into producer and engineer Jakob Rau's world as he collaborates on a soulful R'n'B track with singer-songwriter Lindy. Learn how a simple drum loop can inspire a whole track as Rau records layers of vocals and enlists friends to lay down guitar parts, using Live's Take Lanes to create…Mon, 03 Feb 2025 11:53:36 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-jakob-rau/ArtistsTutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/jon-hopkins/Jon Hopkins’s music seems to have a life of its own. Even if you’ve heard one of his tracks a dozen times, you’re bound to notice something new the next time you listen. The complexity of his pieces, which are often constructed from hundreds of individual layers, make for a…Tue, 14 Jan 2025 09:43:23 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/jon-hopkins/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/discover-advanced-reharmonizing-techniques-with-live-121s-auto-shift/See how Hong Kong-based producer Voel uses Live 12.1's new Auto Shift device in combination with Resonators to reharmonize atonal and dissonant sounds into vivid, hyperpop-adjacent new forms. Follow along and try the Rack for yourself. Keep up with Voel on YouTube and Instagram Learn more about Live 12.1, and…Tue, 14 Jan 2025 09:42:22 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/discover-advanced-reharmonizing-techniques-with-live-121s-auto-shift/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/henrique-j-paris-rs-producoes-mapping-batidas-heritage/Blood-red words speckle the photos of six faces: “A memoria não perda ninguem” (Memory forgets no one), “Ser diferente é normal” (Being different is normal), “Sinfônia da Sobrevivencia” (Symphony of Survival). They stare out past these sanguine comments with more than a hint of defiance. “The installation comes as a…Mon, 13 Jan 2025 09:07:40 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/henrique-j-paris-rs-producoes-mapping-batidas-heritage/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/alan-sparhawk-i-made-this-beat/"I made this beat! Those words are coming out of me. It's for real. I'm ecstatic." You can tell Alan Sparhawk means it when he sings 'I Made This Beat' on his new album White Roses, My God. The lyrics are simply the song title, repeated as a mantra through…Mon, 06 Jan 2025 09:28:40 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/alan-sparhawk-i-made-this-beat/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/eight-standout-features-videos-and-tutorials-from-2024/Wrap up 2024 by checking out some of our favorite tutorials, videos, and features from across the year, and head into 2025 with all the music-making inspiration you could wish for. 100 One Things Take a look back at the first 100 episodes of One Thing, the monthly video series…Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:39:39 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/eight-standout-features-videos-and-tutorials-from-2024/ArtistsDownloadsNewsTutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/download-the-live-set-of-polygonias-new-track-neon-oracle/Few artists demonstrate such a multifaceted talent and the poise to balance it all quite like Polygonia, the musical alias of Lindsey Wang. Having risen to prominence with an impressive combination of technical mastery and artistic refinement, her work exemplifies a cross-disciplinary approach marked by a deep reverence for visual…Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:38:52 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/download-the-live-set-of-polygonias-new-track-neon-oracle/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/ben-lukas-boysen-overdoing-it-just-right/Ben Lukas Boysen's plan to study electronic music never materialized, but this turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Freed from academic constraints, he was able to explore and build his own worlds – and with considerable success, whether as a composer for films (The Collini Case, The Lazarus…Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:27:27 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/ben-lukas-boysen-overdoing-it-just-right/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/ebonie-smith-on-the-difference-between-engineers-and-producers/Atlantic Records producer Ebonie Smith talks about the influence of cinema on her work, the blurred lines between technical and creative tasks and the unique demands of working with poets and spoken-word artists. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcast platform. In this episode of Doing Music, Ebonie…Thu, 12 Dec 2024 08:16:55 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/ebonie-smith-on-the-difference-between-engineers-and-producers/Podcastshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/make-a-melodic-house-track-in-10-minutes-on-ableton-move/Watch LNA put together an atmospheric house track from scratch in just 10 minutes on Move. Starting with a simple beat, she adds effects and records live automation to make the lead and bass lines more dynamic. Try out her surprising tip for creating vocal recordings with more character too.…Fri, 06 Dec 2024 09:32:45 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/make-a-melodic-house-track-in-10-minutes-on-ableton-move/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/making-practice-fun-drumming-on-the-move-with-rodi-kirk/There's no way around it, if you want to become a better musician, producer, or beatmaker, you just have to put in the time and practice. But here's the good news: practice doesn't have to suck. In fact, researchers have found that musicians who enjoy their practice have a greater…Fri, 06 Dec 2024 09:09:01 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/making-practice-fun-drumming-on-the-move-with-rodi-kirk/Tutorialshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/berlioz-the-tetris-method-of-jazz-house/2016 was the year that SoundCloud broke through into the mainstream. And for Jasper Attlee, producer, beatmaker and jazz-house auteur, the music streaming and sharing platform came at just the right time. Born in Cape Town, raised on the English seaside and fed a diet of contemporary art and jazz,…Mon, 09 Dec 2024 12:00:02 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/berlioz-the-tetris-method-of-jazz-house/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/upsammy-crossing-strange-meridians/Thessa Torsing’s project upsammy frequently flirts with the stylings of techno and electro, but there’s an open-air fluidity to her output that seems as spontaneous as rushing water. The Amsterdam-based producer and selector offsets bubbly melodies and earthy field recordings with snappy beats and disembodied voices. Edge of Sleep, by…Wed, 04 Dec 2024 09:44:01 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/upsammy-crossing-strange-meridians/ArtistsDownloads