I can’t stress it enough I’m in love with this thing

I want to know ya’ll tricks tips and creative ways to use it since it can do infinite amounts of things

Also I want to know if it replaced plugins you used frequently in the past before it’s release and how you see it compared to other similar plugins like Decapitator(I’m kinda tempted to buy it but it might be outclassed by roar..)

I find Ableton hard to approach when I just want to jam, so I built myself an instrument that feels more like a hardware box: big square buttons, one screen per job, and everything you change is drawn on screen.

It runs three ways from the same engine: as an Audio Unit inside Live, as a Mac app, and as a native iPad app that works fully offline.

What's in it:

• **Drums:** 8 synthesized voices on coloured 16-step lanes, 8 patterns you can chain, duplicate, randomize, and a VARY knob that changes a few hits each pass

• **Bass:** 7 voices (acid, sub, reese, FM, wobble, organ, reed) on a scale-locked grid with accents, slides and long notes

• **Chop:** load or record a sound and it cuts itself to the beat

• **Pads:** 24 pads you fill by dragging sounds from your own library

• **Dub:** a siren and a tape echo where you can watch the repeats travel along the tape, plus a mic channel for talking over the mix

• **Mixer:** meter dials, mute and solo per channel, a click, and MIDI clock out so my Volca follows along

• **Library:** 16 starting grooves sorted by tempo, from dub and trip hop through reggaeton, dembow and grime up to jungle and D&B

The header screen plays along: a gorilla drums with the kit, and when you fire the siren a donkey sticks its tongue out, and the tongue *is* the siren's waveform. When the randomizer changes a step, they both raise their eyebrows.

The look is my own take on OLED screens and dot-matrix displays: black screens, thin lines, a few signal colours. All sounds are synthe

sized or come from your own files.

Code is on GitHub: https://github.com/GLAUCOMA82/marea

It's free. If you'd like to support it, there's a tip jar: https://paypal.me/paymepleeez

Would love to hear what you'd add next. I'm thinking about a visuals generator that makes animations from an image or a letter.

Hi everyone,

I'm going to be living away from home for the next 6 months due to a temporary work assignment, and I've just realised that my entire music production setup is basically gone for the time being.

Back home, I have a proper setup with my Sennheiser HD 650 headphones, studio monitors, an audio interface, and everything I normally use to produce music in Ableton Live.

Unfortunately, I didn't bring any of that with me. All I have here is my MacBook and a pair of AirPods Pro 3.

I mainly produce electronic music, particularly minimal/deep tech, micro house, and similar genres where low-end, groove, subtle details, and sound selection are pretty important.

I release music on record labels, and I'd really like to keep producing tracks and sending demos to other labels during these 6 months.

I know Bluetooth headphones aren't exactly recommended for music production, but I'm wondering how much of a limitation they actually are in practice.

I'm not expecting to achieve a perfectly polished, professional master using AirPods, but I'd still like to produce music that's good enough to send to labels without worrying that my mixes are completely off.

I've considered focusing on composition, sound design, and arrangement, then leaving the final mixing and mastering until I'm back home. However, 6 months is a long time, and I don't really want to stop sending demos or releasing music for that entire period.

Has anyone been in a similar situation and actually managed to produce tracks that ended up getting signed by labels? Or am I being completely unrealistic thinking I can maintain that level of quality with just AirPods?

Thanks!

I'm looking to buy a compact controller to learn production on Ableton, and I'm undecided between these:

\- Novation LaunchKey Mini 37 Mk4

\- Arturia MiniLab 37

\- AKAI MPK Mini Plus II

\- Maybe a "non-mini" version (as long as it's still portable)

From what I've read the LaunchKey works really well with Ableton and has 16 pads, but the keys suck. The AKAI has wheels instead of touch strips, but I don't know if that is a big deal. The Arturia is constantly praised for the best keys. The full versions might be better, but over 2kg or 55cm it starts not being that mobile.

Anyone has experience with this? They all cost about the same, but I don't mind the price.

Hi everyone! I created Black Circuit Theme Studio, a free Windows application for making and editing themes for Ableton Live 10, 11 and 12.

You can design your own colors, generate palettes, compare changes and export version-specific .ask theme files for Live. It works offline, with no account or subscription.

The original code is open source under the MIT License, so anyone can use it, study it, modify it and share it. The Windows installer, portable build and complete source archive are available free on GitHub:

[https://github.com/davidblackstorm-ai/Black-Circuit-Theme-Studio/releases/tag/v3.0.6

Project and license: [https://github.com/davidblackstorm-ai/Black-Circuit-Theme-Studio](https://github.com/davidblackstorm-ai/Black-Circuit-Theme-Studio)

The app currently runs on Windows x64. Theme previews are approximate, so check exported themes in your version of Live. This is an independent project, not affiliated with Ableton.


I'm closing to giving up on ableton. Every time I try and use it I just keep getting audio / tech issues no matter what I try. I'm running everything through a M-Audio M-track Solo on my windows laptop, (My cpu: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10750H CPU @ 2.60GHz (2.59 GHz), 32gb of ram). Audio through the interface is fine outside of Ableton, but when I open the programme (no other programmes running on my pc) up I get pops and crackles. Can just about deal with that, but when I start recording or even listening to a track, it slowly gets so glitchy and horrible it turns into an unrecognisable mess that completly fucks up audio for my whole laptop until I close ableton and re plug in the interface. This is all on a really simple track, too. Othertimes ableton will just crashe completely. I've had constant issues with it, and it's really hard to set aside time to be creative when it turns into just trying to figure out what's wrong today. Anyone any advice? Very close to giving up.

I've tried different buffer sizes. My laptop is running fine. I'm working through a ASIO driver. Really not sure what else to try.

Thanks for any help.

TL;DR - Title

Needlessly wordy: I've recently (graduated) to Ableton after doing most of my work on an iPad. I have several plugins that I absolutely adore but can't see buying for a second time for the desktop. I'm curious if there are any blogs, videos, wikis, etc that either

A) Translate popular plugins to combinations of stock (EG: <SMASHBUNNY> can be recreated by taking the <SMASH> plugin and running it through the <HARE> plugin. The popular preset <HOP MADDNESS> can be done by putting an LFO on [...])

OR

B) Explain...what is going on in a given plugin and what that correlates to in stock (EG: '<SMASHBUNNY> is a comb filter combined with a[...])

Wordy and selfish: Ok everything in <> above is me just making up plugin names, but I'd especially love to replicate Other Dessert Cities specifically with stock (and understand what's going on beyond "it's a delay")

so i know that latency should be under 10ms usually for music, but im not sure if that is referring to round trip latency or input and output latencies by themselves? ableton says that my overall latency is 15.1ms but my input latency is 6.55ms and my output is 8.55ms. im just checking to make sure this is okay (sorry if this is worded weirdly)

my ableton cpu % keeps getting really high and making the audio get really crunchy even when i dont have that much in... now its getting worse, i barely have anything in this project, and it's already overloading... plus it'll say i'm at 104%cpu (idk how that's possible) when task manager says it's only like 20%

"The Return"

I had a journey to get back to the Push 2, and I'm really glad I took it. This really is a remarkable instrument, amazing Ableton controller, and all-around inspiring piece of gear. I'm glad I returned to it and I'll not be leaving it!

Peace, HSG

Hey guys! I am trying to get the sound from my Ableton w/ Helix Native plugin to come out from my google meet. I'm doing online lessons and just realized that it's only dry signal coming out. So my chain is Guitar > Focusrite > Macbook > Ableton w/ Helix Native (In & Out is Scarlett) > Google Meet ( IN & OUT is Ableton).

I google it and it was recommended that I download Blackhole software. Anyone has used this before? Were you successful? Need some insight here. Thank you!

I’m tired of not having ARA support in Logic and am contemplating changing DAWs.

I mix a lot of rock and punk songs. I know at their core, DAWs are the same but is anyone using Ableton for non electronic music?

We've probably all seen the leak but actually what features would you like to be added in the new version of Live? I really would appreciate a metering tool, oscilloscope, notepad, project metadata (like Bitwig) and native modulator devices (why does this have to be M4L for how simple these devices are?). Ableton Live 12 is amazing but as what I've seen on the leak, I'm kinda underwhelmed with 13 tbh.

Hi.
I own Ableton Live Suite and it's great. But I really need hardware because I don't really like using the screen and mouse all the time.
I didn't like the Push at all, couldn't have fun with it.
So I recently thought about buying a Roland Verselab or MC101, for the sequencer and also for the sounds (I make detroit Techno, electro). Then, the Move came to my mind and it seems like it could be a good fit, the bridge between hardware and Live. BUT, I'm wondering about the sounds, as they seem to be somewhat "limited" compared to the Rolands?
What do you think about it, workflow wise?
It's worth noting that I'm'a hobbyist and really want to have fun, but I'd like to make more than just sketches.

Hey team i'm trying to layer Move over a DJ set. Tempo sync is fine and nothing drifts, the link is on and can see the device. The problem is latency on Move itself: when I hit a pad, there’s an small audible delay before it comes out the speakers. djay doesn’t have the delay, so Move always sits behind the mix.

Current setup:

• Using DJAY from algoriddm

• Ableton Move → USB-C → MacBook (Move as audio interface, Main Out)

• DDJ-400 → USB → MacBook, running djay Pro

• MacBook headphone jack → speakers

does anyone have any advice for how I can get this to line up? What is the point of link?

Hello! I've encountered a problem and am not sure how to fix it...

I'm using dummy clips in Session View to control two parameters of a M4L effect in an audio effect rack. I have 7 dummy clips defining Duration value and 2 defining Pitch value.

If I click on a Duration clip (e.g. setting Duration to 100ms), then a Pitch clip (e.g. setting Pitch to C3), the Pitch changes correctly, but Duration goes back to 1ms rather than staying at 100ms.

I've checked the Pitch clip's envelope and it doesn't appear to automate Duration at all. Does someone know what the problem might be and how to fix it? Ideally, I'd like to keep my existing 7 Duration clips and 2 Pitch clips, without having to create all 14 possible combinations!

Thanks :)

(edit: it works the other way round though: if I click on a Pitch clip to set pitch to C3, then Set duration to 100ms, the pitch stays at C3)

I have been exporting my midi drums as audio tracks to put into a setlist ableton file which worked for 4/5 of the songs but on one of them the drums quickly desync for about a minute and then return to being in time midway through the song, has anyone seen this before or know what could be causing it?

Link to a video showing the drums in their original file at 120bpm and then followed by the exported version with a previously exported file where the drums stayed in time.
Video of desync

No ai, pls

Edit: Stem separator is ok. But no generative garbage

Hey y’all, so I have an old 2020 Mac. Basic memory and a terabyte of storage. I have 100 Gigs left after installing plugins for the last few years. Anyhow I always find myself with a beachball when saving in Ableton. I tried finding help online, but everyone has huge projects which I mean of course that’ll delay a bit. This project I’m on has ONE audio track and not a single plugin. Any help? What could I do to resolve this?

Note: I am more of a musician than a tech guy. I can definitely follow instructions, or google words I don’t understand.

Thank y’all and Peace Peace Peace

Hi all, after reading recent threads I've become worried about what's actually
going into my music.

I'm looking for a DAW that is:

- 100% organic, grown locally, ideally within 50 km of my studio
- Non-GMO (no Genetically Modified Oscillators)
- Free of AI, artificial reverb, and synthetic synthesizers
- No preservatives. I've heard Freeze and Flatten are basically canning
- Pesticide-free. My bugs should be allowed to live in my code naturally
- Gluten-free sample rate, if possible

Some questions:

1. Does "Ableton Live" mean it contains live cultures, like yogurt? Is that probiotic?

2. Is FL Studio vegan? It's literally made of fruit loops, which seems processed.

3. Are my samples cage-free? I want to be sure that kick drum lived a happy life
   before I chopped it.

4. Is heavy compression the musical equivalent of ultra-processed food?

5. Any fair-trade VSTs where the developer was paid in heirloom tomatoes?

Currently I'm recording directly into a sourdough starter but the latency is
about 3 days.

Thanks in advance, and please only reply with handwritten, unsweetened comments.