Liven Up Your Live Icon
If you’re a little tired of the the default Live icon, you wouldn’t be alone – after all, it hasn’t really changed that much in the last few years. Here’s a selection of the best user created Live icon replacements you can use to brighten up your desktop.
What’s Coming in Ableton Live 9
It’s been a loooong time since Ableton Live 8 was released – 2 years, 4 months and 9 days to be exact. There was a lot of speculation that Live 9 would be released at this year’s NAMM show, featuring 64 bit support and a range of other new features. Still, there’s been no whisper from Ableton as of yet. So: when is Live 9 really coming, and what can you expect from Live 9?
Bear in mind that the following is purely speculation – although, as a software developer myself, I’m prepared to say that it’s fairly confident speculation.
365 Live Tips
Live tips – if you didn’t have enough already, then here’s 365 more! One each day would keep you going for a year. And that’s exactly how it was done: last year, Jon Marguiles started a (crazy) project by writing a Live tip each day of the year.
I don’t know how he did it – 365 tips is a serious amount – but he did. So read on for a year’s worth a Ableton Live goodness.
How To Set Up Sidechains In Live
Some of the effects in Live have a hidden ability: sidechaining. Compression is sometimes used with a sidechain, although you can apply the same technique to other effects too – gate and autofilter effects also have a sidechain option.
Here’s what sidechaining does and how to use it in Ableton Live.
Ableton Live: Mac or PC?
Ableton Live runs on both Windows and OSX – but which one runs Live the best? Here’s some of the pros and cons of using Live on each platform, along with some interesting performance stats.
Here we go again, the infamous debate: Mac vs PC…
Free Audio Plugin Of The Week
Good orchestra sound sets are very hard to find, especially non-expensive or free collections. This week’s free plugin is an orchestra sound library created by Mattias Westlund, and is comparable in quality to good commercial libraries. It really is a one in a million find!
If you want orchestral sound sets to use in your music, don’t waste your cash on expensive sound libraries – check out this great free alternative.
Keep Up To Date With The Latest Live Beta
If you’re one of those “must have the latest” kind of people (I am too!) then you can install Live betas for the latest bug fixes and features. If your Live set seems to be crashing a bit too much, then the latest beta might be worth a look.