Open a DAW from the year 2000 and it’s highly likely you’ll recognise the vast majority of the features — both functionally and visually — from any...
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Emerging technology has left the DAW at a crossroads. A combination of legacy code, compatibility restrictions and a user base who expect their favourite tools to remain familiar has left music-making software lacking innovation. As the pandemic, cloud-computing and generative AI shift expectations of how music-making tools should look and feel, Declan McGlynn asks: will the DAW adapt or die?
During the pandemic, music tech thrived as the wider music industry fell to its knees. Declan McGlynn explores the possibilities and implications that stemmed the...
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Point Blank are back with another deconstruction, this time with their Head of Education and Curriculum and master of Track Deconstructions, Ski Oakenfull. In the video...
The latest public beta also updates some native devices
Ableton has updated Live to version 11.1 and with it, have added support for Apple’s new Silicon M1 chips. The new chips were announced in...
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For this tutorial, Point Blank show how you can sidechain your reverb sends in Ableton Live using a few simple techniques.
Sidechain compression is a ducking effect...
Loraine James, rRoxymore, Russell E.L. Butler, and KMRU are all involved
Black Artist Database (B.A.D.) has launched a series of free production masterclasses for aspiring Black artists, in association with Ableton.
The series will run through...
The cutdown version of the popular DAW gets its latest update
Ableton has launched Live 11 Lite, the latest major update to Live Lite, the cutdown version of Live often included with hardware purchases like soundcards...
Loop Create is taking place June 26 to 27
Ableton is hosting an online event called Loop Create, a one-day virtual conference for music-makers. Designed to bring people together from all over the world...
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For this tutorial, Point Blank demonstrate how you can add gorgeous textural percussion to your tracks, giving your song a more organic feel.
Much like the...
The long-awaited major update to the popular DAW is here
Ableton Live 11 is available for download as of today. The long-awaited new update to Live was first announced back in November 2020, with the...
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Point Blank are back with another deconstruction, this time with PBLA’s Jonie breaking down the BTS track, ‘Dynamite’.
‘Dynamite’ was written and produced by David Stewart and...