String instruments are often needed, but hard to replicate. But fortunately for Ableton Live users the difficulty just became easy thanks to Ableton Tension. A physical modeling synth that replicates the sound of strings to a T.
In this article, we are going to talk about Tension and how it works.
Ableton Live comes with many built-in instrument devices. From synthesizers to physical modeling, the native instrument devices in Ableton provide a wide variety of sound options.
This article is a guide that will teach you the very basics of each Ableton Instrument device. Inside each individual article, you will find a more in-depth walkthrough of all of the parameters of each Instrument Device.
We broke each instrument down into 5 categories: Synthesizers, Samplers, Drums, Physical Modelling, and Utilities.
Let’s get started!
Ableton Collision is a synthesizer that uses resonances to create mallet timbres. While there are many different synthesizers in the world. Many of them use already familiar methods of synthesis: additive, FM, subtractive, etc.
There is a form of synthesis that often gets overlooked. This form of synthesis uses resonant frequencies to create mallet sounds. Ableton Live has one of those synthesizers and it’s called Collision. In this article, we are diving deep into Collision.
We’ve all been there. You browse your endless sample library for some knocking drums, but none of them fit the track you’re working on.
Even your favorite kick that you used a hundred times by now just doesn’t feel right.
If you’re like me you will open up the Ableton Live Drum Synths and start creating your own drum sounds. In this article, we are going to talk about the awesome drum synthesis instruments in Ableton Live.
Have you ever had an impulse to just slice up a drum loop and make a drum kit out of it in Ableton Live? Of course, you did! it’s an unavoidable part of producing music in a DAW.
The sheer fact that Ableton Live can transform any sound into a playable instrument makes you start to explore the endless possibilities of sampling. In that spirit, we got an impulse to talk about Ableton Lives drum sampler called “Impulse”.
You’ve heard it a million times “analog just sounds better” or “I only use analog synths”. Well, the devs at Ableton Live heard it too.
They knew analog wasn’t some magic that happens when you power up a hardware synth unit. “Analog” is a texture and like any texture, you can find it in Ableton Live. Today we are checking out Ableton Lives Analog soft synth.
There is no better way to start a song than jamming out on a drum rack with your midi controller.
Drum racks are an essential tool in modern music production. They make life easier for producers and spark up the creative process. Every modern daw has its own version of a drum rack, but we are going to talk about the Ableton Live drum rack.
Wavetable is the latest addition to the suite of instruments and synthesizers in Ableton Live. The new synth uses wavetables as a source of waveform generation. Wavetable can sweep and scan through different waveforms to create insane new synth textures.
There are a lot of moving parts in Ableton’s Wavetable so let’s dive into each section of this modern synth device.
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Need help with Ableton’s Operator plugin? We’ve got you covered!
We give you a quick overview of what each section does so that you can get back to sound design as quick as possible.
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Did you know that you can use Simpler to create your own custom instrument presets in Ableton?
Classic Mode helps you create instruments using samples pitched across the keyboard.
One-Shot mode is great for using with Drum Rack
Slice Mode essentially turns Ableton into an MPC pad style instrument.
Check out the article for even more tips and tricks!