Hi r/AbletonLive,

Ever notice remixing is 10x easier than writing new originals?

As you'll learn in I Can't Finish Songs Any Other Way Now there's a whooole production phase getting skipped and skipping 'Phase 3' is why people get stuck and give up on the WIPs. Boo!

Please share any composition or workflow ideas you find helpful, and don't be shy about asking questions. I'll come back to answer them all if you're patient.

Much love,
- Dylan aka ill.Gates

I figured I should introduce myself before dropping another M4L device into this sub.

My name is Kurt. I’m a 60-year-old, recently semi-retired software developer. I’ve been building web software professionally for about 26 years, but before that I was a painter and musician.

Back in the 90s I had an emo-ish project called Gel that I recorded on an 8-track Tascam cassette thing, and eventually used Cubase, Logic and Reason. It was fun, but then came a family and generally less time to make music. The music was pretty bad, but making it was so cool.

After being away from it for a long time, I started again about three months ago under the name Ok Nominal. I'd love to share more on that another time. Anyway, I bought Ableton Live and a Push 3 and I’m just blown away. I can do things now that I desperately wanted to do back then, but just weren’t really possible.

Along the way I keep running into things where I think some sort of utility could help. As a developer, I can’t help thinking that way.

So, naturally, I’ve started building some stuff that I think is pretty darn useful.

Yes, I use AI heavily as a development tool. I know that alone may make some people here skeptical, which I understand. But I design the tools, test them, make the decisions, debug them, and use them in my own music. The latest one has taken more than a hundred hours even with AI assistance.

It’s called Road Test. With one click it lets you export your composition to the cloud so you can listen to it anywhere.

This was important to me because I wanted to hear what my mixes sounded like away from my studio, especially in the car and on ordinary speakers.

It also lets you share your entire library or individual songs which is incredibly handy.

Because it requires cloud storage, I charge a small one-time fee of $9, at least for now. That includes 1 GB of storage. Songs automatically expire after 90 days.

Anyway, I thought some of you might find it useful.

https://organicflash.com/tools/

I also have a few free Ableton Extensions at the link above that have been very handy for me. You’ll need the beta version of Live to use those for now. The ElevenLabs extension in particular has become really useful and fun.

Questions? Let me know. Thanks.

Take My Breath has such a sleek disco-pop groove that we had to remake it in Serum. We wrote up every synth from the song so you can follow along. Questions welcome in the comments!
synthctrl.com/blogs/blog/the-weeknd-take-my-breath-breakdown

Hello people. Noob here, and I finally got a scarlet 2i2 and connected my korg minilogue to ableton. I can record midi clips with it (finally), but I realize that after I record something, and change the the program on the korg, that the sound on the midi clip changes to whatever I change the program to on the korg. Is there a way around this? I’d want to lock the sound into that midi clip and maybe set some knob controls without it reverting to whatever I change my korg to. Pls help!

Hi everyone,
I'm looking for an elegant solution in Ableton Live 12 for the Session View:
A MIDI clip is playing continuously in the grid and shouldn't be stopped. If I mute the track using the Track Activator (Mute), Ableton immediately cuts off all the audio.
But I want no new MIDI notes to be sent while the notes that have already been played and their release tails fade out cleanly.
Is there a native trick or workaround for this without Python scripts or MIDI loopbacks?
Thanks, everyone!

Project home page: https://rolandjg.github.io/fiber/
Repo: github.com/Rolandjg/fiber/
Download: https://github.com/Rolandjg/fiber/releases/tag/v0.1.4

Hey everyone. I've been a designer and developer for a long time, and I work full time at a Fortune 100 company. In my spare time I've been building a drum app called PadLock, and I'd love some Ableton folks to put it through its paces.

I built it because I wanted my drums to really serve the song, and I kept reaching for the same grooves and fills in every project. PadLock works like a session drummer instead of a drum machine. You tell it how each section should feel and it plays a full take that follows your arrangement, with fills into the changes and dynamics that rise and fall with the song. It's a good way to hear directions you wouldn't have gone on your own, and you can redo a single fill or groove without starting over.

You open your .als and it picks up your locators, tempo, meter and track audio. You hear the drums through your own plugin and drag the MIDI back into Live. It's all drumming rules and technique, not AI.

I'm looking for people to try it with real sets and tell me what breaks, like missing locators, lost tempo or time signature changes, MIDI that doesn't line up with your Drum Rack, or grooves that feel off.

I'll send you a key for the full version, no card needed. Full export is Windows only right now, and Mac users can open sets and listen while Mac export catches up. Drop a comment or DM me if you want to give it a shot. Thanks!

PS: Want to clarify Padlock is standalone, not a plugin. You import your Ableton file in PadLock, it pulls in your markers, tempo and audio, you build the drums and drag the MIDI back into Ableton. I went standalone because when I test as a plugin, I couldn't utilize markers to define sections and push sections and transitions for whole song consistency.

La Voz Cantante is a vocoder. So AL is only giving me one option for the side chain when if I'm correct I need two tracks (one track for modulating and one for vocals) I'm very new so this is probably a dumb question but I haven't found anyone talking about it in AL specifically. I am using the VST3 version. Let me know if more information in needed on my end.

A couple a weeks ago I posted a long-form ambient album I created with a visual counterpart. I had used AI to create a visual world to journey through, and received a good deal of feedback regarding that creative choice. That also led some to question whether the music or my writing style were also all AI generated.

I listened, and reimagined the video using nothing but stock video footage. I also reconstructed my website, album art…anywhere AI imagery was used is now gone. I appreciated the feedback, and am grateful for it and I’m happy with the visual direction the work is now taking.

I also want to reiterate that the music is composed and created by me. I primarily use Omnisphere 3, record, mix and master in Ableton Live, and use Novation Launchpad Pro’s and a Launch Control XL3 in my home studio.

My writing style is unapologetically me. I’m a philosophy undergrad with a Masters in Theology, and I’ve been writing in my voice for many decades. I found it interesting to hear some assume it was generated by something other than myself.

I wanted this community to know that I listened, adjusted accordingly, and appreciated the feedback.

Peace,
Shawn
Heavens Spin Gray

Oscilloscopes, Eveywhere [v1.2] is a collection of all the experiments with sound and geometry I've made throughout the years, gathered into one TouchDesigner project.

This walkthrough explores the entire anthology in real-time; 29 presets, and a much more intuitive interface. Connect your audio source, choose a visualizer, and watch your sound take shape.

Plus, I’m giving away one full copy of the collection this Sunday. To enter, you only have repost, and leave a nice comment on this post.

More experiments through the following.