Enhanced creativity, improved workflow. That's what Manifest Audio's Toolkit 003 is designed to give Ableton Live producers with its collection of audio and MIDI effects, generative devices and more.
Boots N Kats 2 brings an incredibly powerful drum machine to Live 10 and Push 2. Here's the low down on what this excellent valued Max for Live drum tool will do for your beat making process.
With the bundled Max For Live device DS Kick in Ableton Live Suite, you can shape and sculpt the ultimate kick drum sound. Noah Pred shows you how it's done.
The Envelope Follower In Ableton Live 10 is a powerful tool that can take your tracks to places you never expected - if you know how to use it. Here's Noah Pred to show you...
Ableton Certified Trainer Noah Pred took his extensive knowledge of Live's rack systems and put it to good use in Toolkit 001. Joshua Casper put them to the test...
Supercharge your Live sessions with 26 audio effect, instrument and MIDI effect racks covering everything from arpeggiators to mixing tools. There's something here for everyone.
Included with Live 10, the DS collection represents a significant yet understated enhancement to Ableton and provides you with a ton of new ways to make beats. Noah Pred explains how.
So you want your drum tracks to sound convincing... or at least good? But you don't have a drummer to hand and your own arrangements leave a lot to be desired? Here are 5 viable alternatives.
OK. Maybe he's slightly exaggerated the age (we won't trust him about his vintage wine collection now), but this Ableton Live Drum rack from AfroDJMac is well worth checking out.
code:MONO has hit this mashup out of the park once again. No surprises there! But, what's really great to see is a Push 2, Livid Minim and MIDI Fighter 3D in the setup.
Kick your weekend off in style with this awesome 4-instrument Ableton Live pack from Flintpope. Even better... it's free! Featuring Simper, Collision, Operator & Tension.
Legowelt, Dutch electronic musician, has released a free drum machine for Ableton Live 9.5 and above based on his old Amiga 909 sample floppy disc. And it sounds great.
When Push 2 & Ableton Live 9.5 were released you might have thought Push 1 owners would be left in the cold. You'd be wrong! Push 1 has benefited from useful new features as AfroDjMac shows here.
Isotonik are becoming prolific in releasing Max for Live devices and Live Packs from talented creators worldwide. Here's the info about their new PerforModule Ionic FX 3 in their own words:
It's easy enough to make your own drum racks in Ableton Live. But getting well mapped, punchy drum racks that fit into any mix is harder. G. W. Childs finds Uppercussion's Conundrum does just that.
Elektron's Machinedrum is about to be superseded by Analog Rytm, but fret not. Noah Pred sampled the original and painstakingly made a Drum Rack out of them. Live 9 users download these FREE here.
There's more portable music hardware available than ever before. If you own a Korg Volca or TR-8, likelihood is you'll want to hook it up to Ableton Live. Noah Pred shows how using racks.
Electronic music is often accused of being stale / repetitive '" but using a few tricks in Live 9's enhanced MIDI editor, it's easy to create dynamic drum loops & get them ready for use in your tracks.