Ableton Live Looping Tips: In The Studio With The Livewire

August 31, 2007
The Livewire talks Ableton, Novation X-Station

Danny Gonzalez, aka the Livewire, talks about his home setup and production process. His home studio consists primarily of a laptop running Ableton Live, a Novation X-Station Controller, a Korg Microkorg, and a Samson C03U Multi-Pattern USB Microphone.

Using Ableton, he shows how to create a basic loop, and edit it for live mixing.

Presenter: Bill Holland, Gearwire
Location: Chicago, IL

Bill Holland is a writer/producer for Gearwire.


Ableton / Cycling '74 Max for Live: Max Visual Programming Environment For Ableton Live
Ableton Live Intro: Starter Version Of Live Announced
Ableton Live 8 and Suite 8 Have New Instruments and Much Support
Ableton Live 8 and Suite 8 Prove that Warped is the Proper Way to Be
Universal Music Group and Serato Whitelabel Delivery Network: Digital Music Service For DJs
Denon DJ DN-S3700 Rebate Of $100 For New Purchases Of The Digital Media Turntable
Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol X1: Two-Deck DJ Controller For Traktor, Serato Scratch Live
Pioneer Limited Edition CDJ-400-K And Pioneer DJM-400-K Are The Black Spinoffs Of The Same Gear
Keith McMillen Batt-O-Meter Informs You of the Extent of Your Power!
Guild GAD-50 Demonstration Brings Serene Smile to the Lips of Gearwire Staffer
Aria DMB-380 Ably Demonstrated by Gearwire Staff Bassist
VOX AC4TV is a Hard-Rockin' Little Bundle of Fun
Chicken Systems Instrument Manager Handles Sampler Instrument Files
TimeWarp Technologies Internet MIDI: Performing And Teaching Over The Oceans And Seas From The Comfort Of Your Workstation
Sonic Studio PreMaster CD 1.3.2 Ensures That The Fruit Will Be As Good As The Tree That It Came From
Cakewalk And Ourstage.Com "Your Music Anytime, Anyplace" Songwriting Contest Gets Your Rock And Urban Sensibilities Active
Ableton / Cycling '74 Max for Live: Max Visual Programming Environment For Ableton Live
Ableton Live Intro: Starter Version Of Live Announced
Omar Hakim Interview From 127th AES: Logic And Pro Tools, Living Together, Total Chaos
9 Soundware Voice Code: Presets Collection For Apple Logic Pro EVOC 20

DAMN!

By: Young Pic
LIVEWIRE YOU SUCK! STICK WITH USING LOOPS...HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
Sat, 2007-09-29 00:42

nice caps.

By: bholland
Have you listened to any of the tracks he's had pressed off Kompute? Livewire's a great producer, and has played with acts spanning from Le Castle Vania to Alexander Robotnik.
Mon, 2007-10-01 16:21

Exactly!

By: Young Pic
That electro 80s revival is ...ok. cool production, needs more fine tuning on the engineering side. He worked on 'Latest'? You cant say hes great until he gets his name out there. I never used a computer, engineered or produced until last jan 06. I was locked up for almost nine years in cali prisons. But now i can run sessions on Nuendo 3.2 with my eyes closed and i knock down tracks in Reason faster than you fart. I think Abelton is ayt, i got Live six but it holds you back on creativity. You rely on loops and time stretching to much. You need to pop that metronome on and slap your keys while you bobbin ya head. He did that but it sounded garbage! hahahaha!!! Oh when you say cap, im just tryin to be nice and not cuss. Im a gangsta for real. I just say whats on my mind and that tutorial sucks!!!! Listen to my production on myspace. (youngpicmusic) I got some fire in the lab right now too. droppin some automation on some rhodes and that WESTCOST bassline!! Holla!
Thu, 2007-10-04 13:17

that's cool

By: bholland
I wouldn't challenge Danny to a fart contest, though.
Thu, 2007-10-11 15:50

errr no

By: chij

danny livewire is so bad its untrue
theres no originality, no production values how is he in a position to talk about ableton?

Sun, 2008-06-29 06:40

Livewire

By: Nicholas dont-be-so Ridiculous

hELLO kAPUTA mOOZIC nERDS,

I agree with Young Pic - Livewire's sample video SUCKS. Sorry Livewire, if you're reading this, but, that demonstration really isn't up to a standard of tutoring anybody in Ableton [pronounced AY-BL-TON].

Not really into your Music YoungPics, just not my sound. However, I take my hat off to you for getting into music after spending time in Prison - It can only be a good thing so I wish you all the best.

I'm off to find some proper tutorials on Ableton. If you have any decent links - far better than this - please post below.

Good luck to you all and try make summat a little different.

Word.

Fri, 2008-11-14 02:51

ableton

By: bholland

check out my demos on DJing in ableton:

http://www.gearwire.com/behringer-bcr2000-01.html
http://www.gearwire.com/behringer-bcr2000-02.html
http://www.gearwire.com/behringer-bcr2000-03.html

http://www.gearwire.com/katesimko-abletontracks.html
http://www.gearwire.com/katesimko-abletonsequencing.html

Fri, 2008-11-14 12:08

well

By: bholland

it's not so much a tutorial as it was a visit with an artist to figure out how they are working with technology.

Fri, 2008-11-21 16:15

Post new comment
No HTML Allowed. All links will be set to rel=nofollow

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • No HTML tags allowed
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

More information about formatting options

CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
1 + 4 =
Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. E.g. for 1+3, enter 4.
I need awesome gear... I'd like a free gear catalog!
My opinion is awesome. I'd like to take a gear survey