Creating with Ableton Live Plugins and Instruments

Explore the broadening landscape of plugins and virtual instruments in this hands-on Ableton Live course, through a variety of walkthroughs, tips, tricks, and examples.

Introduction

• About this course
• What you should know

1. Sampler (Instrument)

• Sampler intro
• Sample playback
• Prepare and load multisamples
• Multisample instruments and key zones
• Multisample instruments and velocity zones
• FM modulation and pitch envelopes
• Filter and amp envelopes
• LFO modulation
• Assign MIDI control

2. Electric (Instrument)

• Electric intro: Hammers and tines
• Damper and pickup in Electric
• Creating classic EP sounds
• Creating wide stereo EP sound

3. Audio Plug-Ins

• FX overview
• Beat Repeat
• Resonators, part 1
• Resonators, part 2
• Multiband Dynamics
• Random
• Vocoder
• Vinyl Distortion
• Working with external devices
• EQ and filters
• Compressors
• Side chain processing
• Using delays
• Echo intro
• Echo advanced features
• Saturator and Pedal
• Drum Buss
• Reverb

4. Collision (Instrument)

• Overview
• Excitator section
• Resonator section, part 1
• Resonator section, part 2
• LFO section
• Creating sounds with Collision

5. Live Mixer

• Overview
• Group tracks
• Sends and returns
• Routing and resampling
• Headphone cues

6. MIDI FX

• Arpeggiator
• Chord and Scale

7. Max 4 Live

• M4L LFO plugin
• M4L Shaper

8. Analog (Instrument)

• Introduction to Analog
• Origins of sound synthesis: Oscillators and oscillator waveforms
• Create a richer sound with oscillator tuning
• Analog's hidden sub and sync oscillators
• Use filters to sculpt the sound
• Use a filter envelope to shape the sound
• Create motion with filter modulation
• Emulate a vintage synth with oscillator modulation
• Create tremolo and stutter effects with amp modulation
• Create a sidechain saw bass
• Create a supersaw and mellow pad sound
• Create a growl bass sound
• Create a vintage lead sound

9. Operator (Instrument)

• Introduction to Operator
• FM sound synthesis: Carrier and modulator oscillators
• Choose an oscillator waveshape
• Create custom oscillator waveshapes
• Add low end with a "sub" oscillator
• Use filters to sculpt the sound
• Use a filter envelope to shape the sound
• Create motion using modulation and LFOs
• Create a processed EP sound
• Create a house bass sound with sidechained sub bass
• Creating an ambient FM pad sound
• Creating a plucked synth sound

Conclusion

• Next steps