Learn Ableton Live

Create, produce, and perform music in Ableton Live. Read our tutorials on sequencing, sound design, and live performances. Make your music come alive.
  1. A Guide for Creating Ableton Effect Racks

    A Guide for Creating Ableton Effect Racks

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial I'll show you Effect Racks, explain what they are and teach you how to create them in Ableton Live or Suite.

  2. Mastering With Deadmau5

    Mastering With Deadmau5

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial I'll guide you through the master chain of Deadmau5. Besides mastering, I'll show you the Xfer Serum VST instrument for sound design purposes.

  3. Using Voxengo Boogex

    Using Voxengo Boogex

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this lesson we are going to use Boogex to color instrument channels in Ableton. We will use it on drums, bass, lead, pad, vocal and piano. The vocal and...

  4. Making Sounds With Zebralette

    Making Sounds With Zebralette

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this lesson I will show you how to make a short music piece using the Zebralette instrument in Ableton. After listening back to the song, I found that the...

  5. FL Studio vs. Ableton Live - Battle of the Audio Engines

    FL Studio vs. Ableton Live - Battle of the Audio Engines

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this article I will show you a rendering test with both FL Studio and Ableton Live and Suite DAWs to find out the truth about the mixing engines.

  6. Using Sound Plugins Effectively

    Using Sound Plugins Effectively

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial I’ll show you how to use a number of different plugins, from Variety of Sound, for mixing purposes to make your finished work really stand...

  7. Designing Sounds With Ableton Collision

    Designing Sounds With Ableton Collision

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial I will make simple sounds with the Ableton Collision instrument. I will program drums, lead, bass and an exotic sound. This lesson is a...

  8. How to Create a Track With Synth1

    How to Create a Track With Synth1

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this lesson I will show you how to make a short music piece with the Synth1 instrument using Ableton as the DAW program. I will show you how to program...

  9. Creating a Studio Mix Using Ableton Live and Rapid Evolution

    Creating a Studio Mix Using Ableton Live and Rapid Evolution

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial I’ll show you how to make a musically harmonic, electronic style mix. I am using Live and free software called Rapid Evolution. The mix will...

  10. How to Create a Progressive Christmas Song

    How to Create a Progressive Christmas Song

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial I will show you how to make a progressive version of Silent Night, using melodic instrument tracks, drum samples, and loops.

  11. How to Create the Theme of Van Halen's Jump

    How to Create the Theme of Van Halen's Jump

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial we'll recreate the main theme of Van Halen's "Jump" using Ableton plugins.

  12. How to Create D# Fat from Armin and W&W

    How to Create D# Fat from Armin and W&W

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial I'll show you how to make a rough version of the intro block of "D# Fat" by Armin van Buuren and W&W.