Ableton Live has become a wildly popular DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) especially among DJ’s and electronic music producers. With its arrangement and session window Live has a unique interface and design that might take a little time to get used to. However, familiarizing yourself with its features and workflow will provide you a powerful and professional audio production platform for both studio and live.



Here’s a couple of interesting sources and tips to boost your learning and get more out of Ableton Live.



1. Making your first tune

A great four-part video course designed to help any DJ produce their first song in one of the most popular DAWs, Ableton Live. It’s the songs that count after all.



Check out this production guide for DJs (via Digital DJ Tips)

2. Best of 2015 Ableton Live packs

Some of the best treats of 2015 for Ableton users. A host of new instruments and sound libraries to play with in the Live Pack bundle format.

Here are the Live highlights from 2015 (via Ask.Audio)



3 . Oneknob filter control in Live

A powerful technique to map different plugin parameters to the macros in Ableton Live.

How to make a powerful one-knob DJ filter Rack (via Music Radar)



4. Unleash these nifty “secret” features in Live

Fantastic little tweaks for Ableton Live to uncover truly useful features to improve your workflow.

Enable 4 more features in Ableton Live here (via Blend.io)



5. Sonic Bloom – All Things Ableton Live & Max for Live

One of the most ultimate resources for all things Ableton Live. From online lessons for Live and Push to tips, tricks, freebies and beyond. Madeleine Bloom’s website and blog are a jewel.

A truly feature packed site & blog for the Ableton enthusiasts (via Sonic Bloom)



Get those creative juices flowing!

Kristian Haapasalo

Artist Happiness Officer

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