Made in Ableton Live: Zan Lyons
Learn how Zan Lyons creates immersive audiovisual experiences in Live, plus the sound design techniques he uses to match the movement, depth and atmosphere on-screen.
Learn how Zan Lyons creates immersive audiovisual experiences in Live, plus the sound design techniques he uses to match the movement, depth and atmosphere on-screen.
Check out Ori Moto’s step-by-step guide to preparing a track for performance in Live, including tips on how to get the most out of Live’s performance capabilities with a minimal hardware setup.
Check out how Reid Stefan uses Ableton Live stock plugins to record, mix and master atmospheric vocals from KARRA for an EDM track.
Check out STRANJAH’s detail-focused approach to crafting perfect grooves, lush melodic layers, and driving drum & bass arrangements.
Watch Brazilian composer Rossano Snel build an emotive neoclassical remix using some of Live 11’s new features and effects.
Watch Tom Cosm layer buzzing neurobass over hard-hitting drums as he crafts a dynamic, richly textured arrangement for a drum and bass track.
Watch Catnapp lay down a simple structure for her vocals before turning to an old project to give her new track a tense, hyper-modern feel.
Watch Mad Zach arrange a heavy hip-hop beat with banks of his best samples and synths like Wavetable.
Learn how Afriqua uses MIDI editing techniques to build a summery jazz-funk track from an initial Rhodes part.
See how Bad Snacks slices up live takes from her electric violin and works with lo-fi effects processing to make a warm and melodious house track.
Check out Rachel K Collier using looping channels and intuitive audio routing to make an uplifting club track shaped by the sound of her own voice.
Watch Eomac sample sounds from the street on his phone to create a full-frequency sample pack, and make a driving techno track with the resulting parts.
Check out Abayomi’s approach to making a detailed, melodic techno track using unique presets and creative arrangement techniques.
Watch Keychee create a hard-stepping hit of hip hop-flavored funk using Drum Racks, finger drumming and parallel and sidechain compression.
See Novaa remix one of her own tracks using layered vocal treatments, pitched percussion and more to make a brooding slice of modern pop.
Watch Underbelly demonstrate the importance of energy levels and how to engineer monstrous montage basslines using a range of sample sources.
Learn how to convert your own voice recordings into MIDI data to generate new musical material as Anna Disclaim creates a distinctive strain of pop-noir.
Freddie Joachim chops up some Rhodes samples, slices drum breaks and lays down some live guitar in Ableton Live.