59 Tips Learned in 3 Days at Ableton Loop 2018 Conference
The Tips, Tools and People I learned about at Ableton’s 2018 Loop Summit. Spitfire Audio, Max 8 MC, Isotonix Clyphx, Scientist’s Dub Tips, Google Magenta
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Custom Build Arduino Guitar and Loop trigger Pedal for Ableton
Hey, here’s a picture of this new guitar pedal I am making for Ableton live. I’m going to use an Arduino to trigger midi. I decided this year that I’m going to play my live sets with guitar and sing through a laptop. I want to be able to make loops, trigger songs and be […]
23 New Ableton 10 Keyboard Shortcuts – Free PDF Cheat Sheet
Ableton 10 has a lot of new keyboard shortcuts in it that are great for speeding up your workflow. I made a PDF cheat sheet of 23 of the new Ableton 10 keyboard shortcuts I found most useful. You can download this cheat sheet pdf with all of these Ableton 10 keyboard shortcuts.
Ableton Performance Tip – Keymap the Re-Enable Automation Button
I have a lot of automation programmed in my new album. They control the effects and sweeps which my live guitar and keyboard run through when I perform. I also have a some midi mapped controllers so I can adjust values of filters and delays in realtime. Fun!! Anytime I start knob twiddling, to play […]
Splice – Ableton Project Collaboration / Backup / Sync Tool
I want to share with you my Ableton Chillstep project on Splice. If you haven’t heard of Splice, it’s a really cool DAW collaboration, backup, sample library cloud system for Ableton, Logic, GarageBand, and FL Studio projects. It has a lot of great features, it can automatically sync your Ableton projects in the cloud as […]
How to Make an Ableton Template or Default Set
Hey, this is Matt from The Second Spirit, I’m going to show you how to quickly make an Ableton Live auto-loading default template. You can make one that you fits your needs better then the default Ableton one. The original Ableton default template has a couple things that I don’t like about it. You can make a […]
Ableton – Benefits of a Separate Vocal Return Bus
I just thought of quick tip I wanted to share with you. Unfortunately, I had to learn it the hard way. The Problem: In Ableton, I was finishing a project and I wanted to render an instrumental version from stems I had. Unfortunately, my vocal and instrument tracks were routed to the same effect return […]
11 Things My Mastering Engineer Wished I Did.
I wrote this post before I released Modern Life but I forgot to post it. It is a little late but here it is: I just sent off my EP to a mastering engineer a couple weeks ago. I mixed the whole thing except one song in Ableton Live. Honestly, I was nervous. I wanted to […]
Essential Ableton Live Keyboard Shortcuts Free PDF Download
I made a great Downloadable PDF for the Ableton Live keyboard shortcuts I use the most. I don’t really go into the super basic shortcuts like copy and paste and etc but listed more unique ones. They are listed in order of how much I use them. If you don’t want to download the […]
This Ableton Mistake I Made Created a Catchier Song
This stupid Ableton mistake I made years ago changed my whole approach to songwriting. Learn more:
