Build a dependable foundation in Ableton Live.

The Basics: Ableton Live Foundations

Build a clean foundation in Ableton Live, including tracks, clips, Session and Arrangement View, MIDI editing, navigation, and the shortcuts that keep ideas moving.

File Management & Music Elements

Organize your Ableton projects, protect your audio files, save useful versions, and build a dependable system for capturing musical ideas.

Arrangement View

Turn loops and sketches into a developing song by learning how Ableton’s Arrangement View handles structure, timing, editing, and musical momentum.

Recording Audio

Record clean audio into Ableton Live and understand the routing, monitoring, takes, and workflow decisions that make a session feel effortless.

Recording MIDI & Automation

Capture performances, edit MIDI with confidence, and use automation to bring movement, expression, and polish to an Ableton Live production.

Rhythm: Duplicate & Vary

Use repetition without getting repetitive: duplicate rhythmic ideas, introduce purposeful variation, and develop beats into longer musical phrases.

Rhythm: MIDI & Mangle

Start with downloadable MIDI rhythm material, reshape it inside Ableton Live, and quickly generate fresh beat ideas of your own.

Rhythm: Building Beats with Audio

Transform audio clips into playable rhythmic material and use slicing, timing, and repetition to create beats that feel less predictable.

Rhythm: Sample Slicing Randomizer

Slice samples into surprising new patterns and build a repeatable Ableton workflow for generating rhythmic variations from almost any sound.