Music Hackspace Creative MIDI FX in Ableton Live by Mel Uye-Parker TUTORIAL
Ableton Live offers a vast playground of musical opportunities to create musical compositions and productions. Live’s native MIDI FX provides a range of tools to allow the composer and producer to create ideas in a myriad of ways. Max For Live complements these tools and expands musical possibilities. In this workshop you will creatively explore and deploy a range of MIDI FX in a musical setting.
Learning outcomes
Identify and deploy MIDI FX
Explore native and M4L MIDI FX in Live
Render the output of MIDI FX into MIDI clips for further manipulation
Apply MIDI FX to create novel musical and sonic elements
Who is this course for?
- This workshop aims to provide you with suitable skills to utilise the creative possibilities of MIDI FX in the Ableton Live environment.
Requirements
- Access to a copy of Live Suite with M4L (i.e. trial or full license)
Course content:
- Part 1 – Generating Melodies and Chord Sequences
- Part 2 – Creating a Note Pattern Generator
- Part 3 – Creating Macro Variations
- Part 4 – Generating Drum Rhythms with Arpeggiator +Capturing MIDI







