Microtuner by Ableton is a MIDI device that lets you import, edit, and generate microtonal scales. Load scale files, create custom scales, and morph between tunings in real time – all with polyphony, MPE, and Lead/Follow modes to sync your scales across instruments.
Set the scene with a collection of sounds for making music with a modern narrative feel. Evocative layered instruments combine organic and synthetic sounds with textural elements to add mood, space and movement to productions. Developed by Ableton, with contributions from sound designers including SonArte, Comakid, Aimée Portioli, Arovane and John Valasis, this Pack strikes a balance between delicate and dramatic to inspire compelling moodscaping and sonic storytelling. Designed to invoke different spaces and settings, these cinematic sounds can create a feeling of intimacy, add tension and suspense, or suffuse productions with movement. Drive tracks into the darkness with creepy experimental noises and tense rhythms, or foster a feeling of wonder with shimmering synths.
Voice Box invites you to get inventive with vocals. This Pack features a comprehensive collection of contemporary vocal samples from multiple voices, a set of playable vocal instruments, and Effect Racks designed for vocal processing. The human voice is the original musical instrument, and through sampling and audio processing we can use it in even more creative ways – from chopped and repitched hooks to inhuman arpeggios and experimental glitches and jitters. Voice Box contains both the vocals and the means to transform them.
Inspired by Nature is a playful collection of visual Max for Live devices created in collaboration with Dillon Bastan. Produce generative soundscapes, unpredictable melodies and evolving modulations with devices inspired by physical forces and the natural world.
Ableton Live is fast, fluid and flexible software music sequencer and digital audio workstation for music creation and performance. It comes with effects, instruments, sounds and all kinds of creative features – everything you need to make any kind of music. Create in a traditional linear arrangement, or improvise without the constraints of a timeline in Live’s Session View. Move freely between musical elements and play with ideas, without stopping the music and without breaking your flow.
If you’re new to Ableton Live 12, you’re in the right place. In this comprehensive Ableton Live 12 video course, production expert Thomas Cochran will guide you through all the features that make Ableton Live 12 one of the most popular DAWs out there. You’ll learn everything you need to know to get up and running quickly, as well as plenty of information that will come in handy once you’ve gotten your feet wet with the basics. These Live 12 videos are designed for new Ableton Live users. Thomas begins by welcoming you to the course and showing you how to properly configure your inputs, outputs, and MIDI controllers for use with Ableton Live 12. You’ll also learn how to create your first song and see how the use of templates can help save time for future projects. Thomas then discusses the various views (session, arrangement) you’ll use in standard projects, as well as how Ableton Live differs from other DAWs in this regard. Next, delve into the browser’s features and content, and learn how it can enhance your production workflow. Thomas then moves on to some basic functionality (transport control, etc.) and gets you started with some commonly used key commands for time-saving efficiency.
Session Drums Club is a multisampled library of world-class acoustic drums recorded with plenty of natural room ambience to impart realistic depth and an organic vibe in the rhythm department. The 4.5 GB of sampled drums in this Pack are divided up into eight Standard Drum Racks and eight MPE Drum Racks. Each Rack represents a complete kit captured in a great-sounding acoustic space, reminiscent of classic recordings of the past. The individual Drum Hits include kicks of various sizes played with felt or plastic beaters as well as snares, sidesticks, rim shots and toms. The ride, crash, splash and china cymbals as well as the hi hats come in a variety of sizes and articulations played via the pedal and tip or shank of the stick. Tambourine and cowbell samples are also included. The kits load as Drum Racks with eight Macro Controls for tuning, envelope and EQ for each individual Drum Hit. Each drum in the Drum Rack also has its own channel and can therefore have its own effects and routing. The MPE Kits are designed specifically to play well on MPE-enabled controllers like the new Push, where users can add extra depth and control by varying their finger position and pressure during performance.
