Sonic Bloom

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Philip Meyer, who has created a number of MIDI tools, has teamed up with Ableton to bring you five more: three generators and two transformers. If you have Live 12 with Max for Live, you can download the pack for free. I've made a video explaining the MIDI tools in detail, as they can be really helpful when producing.
https://sonicbloom.net/midi-tools-philip-meyer/

I thought I'd bring the Ableton Live Quick Tips back as regular tutorials. Short tutorials, quick and to the point. Highlighting little features that are often overlooked or that you may have forgotten about again. Here's the latest: quickly create a Follow Action through a shortcut or a context menu entry.
https://youtu.be/h2NrHGhCvKk

Check out the new video tutorial on Ableton's Live 12.1 update, which introduces three new MIDI transformation tools, Chop, Glissando and LFO, as well as a filter and select feature for MIDI clips. We're looking at all of these features with use cases.
https://sonicbloom.net/new-midi-tools-in-ableton-live-12-1/

I've got a new set of 12 new free themes for Ableton Live 12. All dark grey with pops of colour, since most of you seem to prefer darker themes. Download them now and get a "change of scene" in Live.
https://sonicbloom.net/free-ableton-live-12-theme-set3/

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Everything you need to know about the new tuning systems in Ableton Live 12. How to load, adjust or remove them. What changes when loading a tuning, where to find more and even how to create your own. Included are also 16 tunings from Asia, Africa, Ancient Greece as well as 432 Hz tuning.
https://sonicbloom.net/tuning-systems/

Risers are a crucial element in the transition between parts of a track. They can create tension and anticipation for what's to come. In this video tutorial, I show you how to quickly and easily create a continuously rising tone, even over many bars, using virtually any instrument in Ableton Live. At the end we'll also look at the oscillator shape in Meld, which is designed to create uplifters, downlifters and even drones.
https://sonicbloom.net/risers-downlifters/

Ableton have announced the public beta for Live 12.1 today. Lots of new features and even devices. Including - drum roll - finally its own pitch-correction and harmoniser effect. For all editions of Live 12 to boot. You can check it out now if you're already a beta tester or join the programme now. I've made a video about Auto Shift's features. Love it!
https://sonicbloom.net/auto-shift/

With the changes to the browser in Ableton Live 12, some were happy, others not so much. After feeling stuck, I finally sat down and found the perfect setup for my workflow. The tutorial shows lots of little tips and tricks how you can make the browser your own as well, incl. undocumented ones.
https://sonicbloom.net/optimise-ableton-live-12-browser/

With a Little help from Max for Live is back with a fresh episode. This free device that lets you easily create a list of all the plugins, Max for Live and Live devices in a Live Set, neatly arranged per track. The list can be saved as a text file, too.
https://sonicbloom.net/list-all-plug-ins/

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I've updated and remixed more themes for Ableton Live 12, but this time half the themes in the set are brand new. The theme of the themes (pun intended) is a retro style. They range from very light to very dark, but always with a slightly tinted background instead of just plain grey. As always, they are free to download. If you have the means and would like to say thank you, please consider making a small donation. I hope you'll enjoy these new themes for Live 12!
https://sonicbloom.net/free-ableton-live-12-theme-set2/

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New Shortcuts in Ableton Live 12: Clips (Part 2) is out now. There are a lot of key commands just for clips, so they got its own video. You can download the updated version of the free PDF here: https://sonicbloom.net/new-shortcuts-ableton-live-12-2-clips/

There are a lot of new shortcuts in Ableton Live 12. So here we're going through all of them except the ones for clips (part 2 next Tuesday). You can also download the handy free PDF so you can always look them up until you've committed them to muscle memory.
https://sonicbloom.net/all-new-shortcuts-ableton-live-12-1/

This week I'm back with a new Ableton Live Quick Tip. We're looking at how you can quickly transpose specific parameters by an octave in various Live devices with a simple key command. It works for quite a few of Live's devices, but the names of the parameters can be quite different from each other, so it often may not be obvious even if you know that this works in others.
https://sonicbloom.net/transposing-octave-live-devices/

If you want to keep using the device slots in Ableton Live 12, watch this tutorial. I also cover which other of the Options.txt commands I popularised in 2013 still work (also in Live 11), and four new ones for Live 12 specifically. And if you've never heard of the Options.txt commands, most definitely watch. You can also download the Options.txt file with all operational commands and find instructions where it needs to go.
https://sonicbloom.net/show-device-slots-options-txt-commands/

New version of Live, new themes from me. This theme set contains 12 themes for Ableton Live 12, from very light to very dark ones. 11 of them are remixes, so complete reworks of themes I'd already made and released previously. One's brand new. Let me know, which one's your favourite if you download the set for free.
https://sonicbloom.net/free-ableton-live-12-themes1/

Most people think comping is just for audio recordings of instruments or vocals, but it's so much more. I share six ways how you can use the feature creatively in my latest video tutorial. Incl. little known and completely undocumented features, and I'm sure you'll have plenty of aha moments even if you make use of comping in Ableton Live already.
https://sonicbloom.net/6-creative-ways-to-use-comping-in-ableton-live/

Since I got a lot of questions after my last video tutorial, here's one that answers all of them. The file structure of Ableton Live, what things to consider when updating, upgrading or downgrading Live, or when upgrading your OS to make sure everything works as smoothly as possible.
https://sonicbloom.net/upgrading-downgrading-ableton-live-os/

My Roar tutorial has been included by Ableton as one of their favourites on Live 12 features. Check it out if you haven't yet. And don't forget to watch the ones by others as well. There are some truly interesting nuggets in there.
https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/ableton-live-12-out-now/

Ableton Live 12 – Out Now Live 12 is out now. See what some of our favorite creators are already doing with it.