Ableton Live

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 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.

We look at how Live handles control surfaces, and offer some tips for configuring and using them.

We explore some side-chaining techniques using Live 8s Compressor.

An introduction to elementary DJing in Ableton Live.

The expanded audio clip slicing introduced in Live 8 is a powerful creative tool. We show you how it works.

MaxMSP neednt be as scary as you might think, as we demonstrate with some basic Max For Live programming.

The introduction of MaxMSP adds an entirely new dimension to Live. We take a look at whats already been created in the three months since its release.

We look at a different use for Lives celebrated time-stretching engine.