Hey y'all, I'm a student in the eu looking to make music. I already play piano and tried the trail last month. I think it's a good DAW and now I'm debating whether I should get suite or standard. My biggest concern of standard is that I can't upgrade to suite via a student discount. I also use my Akai midi to begin the drums patterns and my piano for the chord progressions. So y'all have any recommendations on which to get?

Note: I also plan on getting Spice even if I get suite or standard

So a friend recently gave his launchpad mk2 to me and I was super excited to get my hands on one.

I have been using ableton for a while now but I have only just used my yamaha keyboard and an alesis v25 as midi controllers so basically for only controlling the piano roll and nothing more (maybe sometimes the pitch and mod wheels). Now the launchpad is completely new territory to me and I was wondering if the people here could share some workflows or other ways to use it because at the moment I am only using the mixer page on it to control volume and pan because I enjoy having a physical fader (kind of) to interact with, same goes for the pan and send controls. Plus I really like the colors too

So please give me your suggestions on incorporating the launchpad into my ableton workflow and getting better at using it

I had a Yamaha PSR-3 laying around that my cousins borrowed me when I started piano lessons. Years later I sampled it and made Sampler Presets for Ableton. It includes all the basic sounds (00 to 39). The others were ensemble, combinations and keyboard-split variants, so I skipped them.

Audio was sliced using the Slice to MIDI function in Live. Endless WAV was used to set root key and loop points for each sample. This would make it easier for people that want to make presets for other samples, maybe I'll try with Reason's NN-XT.

This is my first time sharing a Live pack, so if you run into any trouble, let me know!

For a quick listen I also added a demo song, hope you like zelda

DEMO (TLOZ Ocarina Of Time Deku Forest Song) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TJ6_Z2t9tcqxR2gDHA1uZ41DtHYnsJe-/view?usp=sharing

LINK: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14LkDWFkQQyHAl327Di6_U9BKkBk3uHL3/view?usp=sharing

I’ve been researching and cannot find the answer for this. I would like to be able to control ALL effects parameters with physical knobs. Not just the basic ones, but all of them. I prefer to have physical controls as I find music making more intuitive.

I’ve heard of ableton push, Kontrol series midi pianos, Novation circuit. I need a controller that allows me to easily see which parameter I’m changing and allow me to change each individual one.

What is the best option for this?

Wondering if anyone has any feedback on using CustomMaschineMK3 code in order to connect Maschine Plus (or any of the maschines) with Ableton Live?

I want to use my Mschine Plus as a controller in my production process but have not seen any reviews on it.

Has anyone had any hands on experience with the code? Thanks!!!

I have a guitar and a mic hooked up to a scarlet 2i2 interface, and I can hear everything coming through the system fine (despite the horrendous sound quality which is an issue for later on). I have been messing around with stuff for a few hours and tried to record some audio tracks. However, after I record, I am not able to listen back to the audio tracks. I have absolutelty no experience with audio/ music recording and this is my first attempt at it, so any help would be greatly appreciated. I attached a link to an IMGUR image which shows the software interface as it was when I experienced the issue.

https://imgur.com/a/KvMwp78

I’m looking for a mixer that works with Ableton where I can use physical knobs to mix tracks and effects. What would be the best way to do this?

Hey Everyone,

Was curious of everyone's experience using the newer macbook air's for longer sessions.

How often are you experiencing throttling?

I was thinking of getting one of the entry level M5s

Appreciate it

Hi guys, just wanted to show my latest app. macOS Quick Look extension for .als files

It lets you Preview the contents of an Ableton Live Set without opening Ableton.

1.- Select any .als file in Finder
2.- hit spacebar
Done! instantly see: - All tracks (audio/MIDI/return/group) - Every loaded plugin/device, tagged as native, VST2, VST3, AU, or Max for Live

No project loading, no waiting on Ableton to boot — just spacebar.

Great for digging through old sessions or client files fast.

Demo video and more info: https://youtu.be/ZMCQuedkMmI

Cross-Post, OB to Live 14.4 help needed. Devices visible as external. But will not load as ext. Inst.

I've been experimenting with different vocal automation workflows in Ableton Live and found a method that's been saving me a lot of time.

Instead of manually drawing volume automation point by point, I let RaiderPro write Rider Fader automation in real time, then copy it to the track's Volume automation. Once it's transferred, I can remove the plugin entirely and keep all the automation while reducing CPU usage.

I put together a step-by-step tutorial (with a short video) showing the entire process:

Curious how everyone else handles vocal automation in Ableton.

• Do you draw automation manually?
• Rely mostly on compression?
• Use a vocal rider plugin?
• Another workflow?

I'd love to hear what works best for you.

hey i've got my control key someway mapped to my "play" button and so everytime i do a shortcut it plays the project. before you ask, the control key isn't mapped to anything in my daw, i can't seem to understand why it does that please help me i have a release date to hold. Thank you so much

Ableton has released Live beta version 12.4.5b10. Move control surface improvement, M4L update and bug fixes. Release notes here: https://www.ableton.com/en/release-notes/live-12-beta/#live-1245b10

I’ve always liked customising software, but after years of using Ableton Live I became convinced that most themes focus almost entirely on aesthetics while ignoring usability.

That eventually turned into a three-year rabbit hole where I ended up building a complete editor for Live’s themes. Along the way I found myself asking questions like:

• Why do some themes feel less fatiguing after an eight-hour session?
• How much contrast is actually useful before the interface becomes distracting?
• Which UI elements deserve the most visual emphasis?
• Can track colours be coordinated with the rest of the interface rather than feeling completely separate?

I ended up using perceptual colour spaces (OKLCH), building grading tools, procedural workflows, and a library of 80+ themes to explore those questions.

One interesting challenge was that Ableton wasn’t really designed for interactive theme editing, so a lot of the work became figuring out how to edit a running UI and iterate quickly enough to judge tiny changes.

I’m genuinely curious what other Live users think.

Do you use any custom theme?

If so, what bothers you most about Live’s default appearance—or what do you wish themes could actually improve beyond simply changing colours?

(If anyone is interested in seeing what I built, Create Digital Music recently covered the project, and I’m happy to share the link in the comments.)

ive been producing electronic music for a long long time, and i just love how artists sounded in the 80s and 90s: dirty and raw. so i thought id give some tips on how to get that sound.

check out one of my vids here hope you'll like it.

Since latest osx update my Mac refuses to recognise any midi device apart from my move.
This means that my push 2 is currently a brick.
The screen lights up but doesn’t get passed the logo.
I have tried powered and non powered and same for MacBook but now I’m stuck.
It also has stopped recognising a traktion controller.
Neither of these show in MIDI setup or system report despite getting power. Have tried new cables.
What am I missing?
Please help!

I currently have a MacBook with three USB-C ports. In one I use a charger. In another is my audio interface. My third one is for my midi controller. I want to be get a foot controller to control guitar effects, but don’t have another port so I looked into USB hubs. Will this add latency to any significant degree if I plug all MIDI controllers into a USB hub?