Ableton Live

This month, swot up on Live’s library and discover what it can do to make your life easier.

If you’re mystified by Live’s complex-looking Multiband Dynamics plug-in, let us offer some help...

Setting up an old-fashioned step sequencer in Ableton Live is easy.

Reason 6 and Live make a great double act, and now it’s even easier to Rewire them together...

Live’s outwardly simple Auto Filter has a lot more to it than you might think...

We demonstrate that there’s more to Live’s Grain Delay than bizarre effects.

Explore some creative uses for Live’s Device Racks.

We round up the best iPad apps for controlling Live.

We show you how to document your projects, sets and custom devices with Live’s Lessons facility.

There’s more to Live’s Vocoder than meets the ear: it can generate all manner of unexpected effects.

There’s more to Live’s Resonators effect than you might think...

Discover how to make the most of Live’s Effect Racks.

Discover how to use side-chaining effects in Ableton Live in this month's Live Notes column.

Things get gritty as we take a tour of Live's varied distortion effects...

Discover how to control your hardware synths using Max For Live.

Mid/Side processing is a clever technique which once learned will probably find its way into your mixes.

It's thermal underwear time as we look at the vagaries of track freezing in Live.

All you need to know about Live's idiosyncratic preset management...

We show you the most modest of feats: a wonderful way of repeating your beats.

DJs can really get clever with Ableton Live. We explain how.

We explore a cunning workaround to enhance Ableton Live's already powerful 'Follow Actions' feature.