If you're new to production (as I was when I began using Live), synths like Operator and Analog are incredibly easy to work with. Instruments, Audio/Midi Effects and Max For LiveĮarly in my Live journey, I decided to limit myself to the stock instruments and effects bundled in Live Suite, and I can count on my hands the number of third party instruments and plugins installed on my machines.

The speed and ease with which I can access and edit sound keep me inspired. It makes going from concept to full production far easier, recording the output into the Arrangement View. The ability to produce by building, auditioning and experimenting with clips and scenes is a quick lay down ideas. Quickly combining audio, midi, loops and phrases into clip slots, from here you can create infinite combinations of clips into sections of music, called scenes, triggered in real-time. My background is dj'ing and live performance, so the non-linear approach to music production you get from Ableton's Session View is perhaps the most significant feature that sets Live apart from other DAWs.Īlthough similar features have since been incorporated in to DAWs like Bitwig and Logic Pro, Session View was unique to creating music in Live when it launched.

In this article, PJ discusses 5 reasons why he loves Ableton Live and why it is his DAW of choice. Ableton Live is a digital audio workstation designed to be an instrument for live performances as well as a tool for composing, recording, arranging, mixing, and mastering.

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