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Ableton Live 12 guides
How to do it by hand in Live 12, step by step, and the one line that has Amable do it for you.
Beats, by genre
- How to make a reggaeton beatThe dembow on a 16-step grid, then hats, bass and chords.
- How to make a trap beatA half-time snare, rolling hi-hats and an 808 under the kick.
- How to make a house beatFour on the floor, a clap on 2 and 4, off-beat hats and an off-beat bassline.
- How to make a boom bap beatSnare on 2 and 4, a kick that bounces around beat 3, and swing from Live's grooves.
- How to make a techno beatA kick on every beat, sixteenth hats with off-beat accents, and small changes over long loops.
- How to make a UK garage beatSpeed garage and 2-step drums, heavy swing, an organ bass and off-beat stabs.
- How to make melodic house and technoFour on the floor, a rolling bass under the kick, Am–F–C–G pads and an arp that opens up.
- How to make a hard dance beatA saturated kick, the double off-beat bass of hard house, supersaw stabs, and the Eurodance version.
- How to make a drum and bass beatThe two-step at 174, ghost snares, a jump up bass over a sine sub, and liquid chords.
- How to make amapianoA soft kick on every beat, swung shakers, a log drum built from a sine, and minor 9th chords.
- How to make a Brazilian funk beatA groove to build the tamborzão on, a distorted 808, a cowbell melody and a blown-out mix.
- How to make an Afro house beatFour on the floor under congas and toms, swung shakers, a rolling bass and seventh stabs.
Mixing, and Amable
- How to sidechainA Compressor on the bass, the kick as its sidechain source, and the four settings that make it pump.
- Writing MIDI with an AI assistantChords, basslines and beats written as clips in your set, in key and with groove.
- Ableton MCP, without the setupWhat the do-it-yourself MCP route takes, and Amable beside it.
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