https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/tags/instruments/strings/Latest entries for the tag StringsenFri, 15 Dec 2023 15:58:02 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-zan-lyons/Zan Lyons’s audiovisual pieces plunge us into unsettling interpretations of everyday life. With a first look at his new piece, Terminal, Zan explains how he prepares synchronized snippets of sound and video using key mapping and a Max for Live device – then adds panning and reverb to place sounds…Fri, 15 Dec 2023 15:58:02 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-zan-lyons/ArtistsTutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-rossano-snel/Watch Rossano Snel build an emotive neoclassical remix around piano, synth, and violin recordings. See how he uses comping to sculpt the perfect take and adds space to sounds with devices like Spectral Time and Hybrid Reverb. He also shares some tips for creating energy in your mix through layering,…Wed, 18 Jan 2023 12:12:21 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-rossano-snel/ArtistsTutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/marysia-osu-harp-jazz-angel-sound-and-beyond/The harp is having a moment. There’s new Warp signing Nala Sinephro who combines harp and modular synth, Chicago’s Brandee Younger who records with beat scientist and drummer Makaya McCraven, and now, Londoner Marysia Osu. The harpist-beatmaker is an embedded part of London’s producer-inspired jazz scene: she played with rising…Thu, 06 Jan 2022 11:21:17 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/marysia-osu-harp-jazz-angel-sound-and-beyond/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/playing-spitfire-audios-new-instruments-in-live-11/Among the new sounds available in Live 11, sonic specialists Spitfire Audio have created three bespoke, Sampler-based instruments. Using expert recording techniques, they’ve made a string quartet, brass quartet and upright piano accessible for you to play from the comfort of your own project. As well as faithfully recording the…Mon, 19 Apr 2021 14:20:05 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/playing-spitfire-audios-new-instruments-in-live-11/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-bad-snacks/Bad Snacks uses live takes from her electric violin as a starting point for a warm and melodious house track. With methods like creative panning, MIDI effects and lo-fi processing, she brings warmth, vibrancy and character to her creations.Wed, 18 Jan 2023 11:32:02 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-bad-snacks/ArtistsTutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/clarice-jensen-and-sowall-improvising-between-lines/In a first-time meeting at Loop 2018, cellist and composer Clarice Jensen joined hip hop beatmaker Sowall for an improvised live set based on a small collection of pre-agreed rules. Despite distinctive and contrasting musical backgrounds, Jensen's improvised cello loops are complemented by intricate beats provided by Sowall – first…Thu, 23 Apr 2020 09:55:44 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/clarice-jensen-and-sowall-improvising-between-lines/ArtistsLoopVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/christopher-tignor/The cold snap has arrived here in the Bronx. Feral cats huddle together for warmth beneath old Chevys. It was on such a winter's day that I began experimenting with the violin loops that I record live while playing the song "Wood, Metal, Bone" off the new Wires.Under.Tension record Light ...Sat, 18 Dec 2010 10:35:51 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/christopher-tignor/ArtistsDownloads