We had a lot of questions on how the compressor actually works, so we decided to make a small series of videos covering the functionalities from the perspective of the Ableton Live built-in compressor.     Learn more about compression in the mixing stage: NEW PML 5h+ Course: Mixing A Track From Scratch in Ableton (with stock effects)     Keywords: mixing, compressor, how to use a compressor, how does a compressor work

Hey! It’s k-pizza with PML again, and in this tutorial I’ll show you the most basic elements every trap beat must have. 1. 808 Bass It’s very common to call long bass notes 808s in trap. That’s basically what they are - either in synthesised or audio form. Most of the time, they play the root notes of your chord progression. Make sure to throw some distortion after it if you want to fatten it up even more. The 808 most likely will be sidechained to the kick - to give the kick more space. Check out this trap production pack...

Hi! In this tutorial we’re going to take a look at one of my tracks called „Cheerful“. We’re going to go through all the elements from which the track is made. Here’s the end result of it: Get the free project file: DOWNLOAD HERE  (scroll down for video) The full video tutorial including the project file will be at the end - so make sure to stick around!   The elements we’re going to go through are:   1. Pluck group - main melody   The track started out from a simple melody played with a sample in Simpler. I...

    Hi! If you’re a beginner and you’d like to finally make some future bass, this tutorial is perfect for you. Today we’re going to make a future bass drop from scratch. The end result of this tutorial sounds like this: Whether you like the end result or not, I think there will are a couple of good production techniques in this tutorial, which will help you in making future bass for sure. Make sure to check out our 5+ hour video course tutorials on creating the extended full version of this Future Bass track from Scratch! Let’s get started...

In this video, Francois is working on a Melodic Deep House track in the style of artists like Worakls, N'to, Joachim Pastor, Sebastien Leger - mainly artists you'd expect on labels like Hungry Music. Watch Studio Session:    Watch & Listen to finished track - Play back:   You can also grab this finished track as project file / template and load it into your own Ableton version.   .  

. In case you're looking for motivation or inspiration, take a look into the new studio of DeadMau5 and check out one of his live streams. So inspiring! .

In this tutorial, Tom is writing a complete Future Bass track from scratch (similar to the style of San Holo, Flume, The Chainsmokers, Odesza). He starts with chord progressions and later goes over bass and melodies.     =====   If you want to learn more about the basics of harmony and chord progressions, check out our in-depth course: PML Course: "Harmony and Chord Progressions"  

Musicians James Holden, Matthew Herbert, Young Guru and Phoebe Kiddo on overcoming creative writing blocks at the recent Ableton Loop conference. Very interesting talk on how to deal with what will sooner or later affect every music producer / artist.

If you're new to music production / Ableton Live 9, we've put together a little course that might help you starting out - watch this youtube playlist:         Additionally, if you're looking for a profound in-depth course on how to produce a track in Ableton from "Start to Finish" - we've put together an extended 21-studio session paid class with Francois. You can enroll right here:     

We had some requests for a remake on Deepend's style. So here's a remake of Matt Simons - Catch & Release in the Deepend Remix made in Ableton Live 9 using NI Massive.  Steps / Prerequisites: What you need: Ableton Live 9 (Standard is enough) & NI MASSIVE VST A drum sample pack, maybe some bongo sounds as well You can look for some decent Piano and Guitar sounds (eg. The Grand Piano Ableton Pack)  Then you're good to go for a remake in this style! Steps: Constructing the typical deep / future house drumming with bongos (we are relying on samples from our "Deep Premium...