Ableton Tutorial: Generate Unlimited Chords, Beats, Melody and Bass (Part 1 of 2)

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Learn how to use Ableton Live's simple MIDI tools to generate an unlimited amount of chords, melodies and basslines in a few simple steps. This technique works with any version of Ableton Live.
Download a free Template Set you can use to generate ideas quickly (requires Ableton Live 9.7+)
⬇️ DOWNLOAD THE FREE TEMPLATE
elphnt.io/pattern-generator
📺 WATCH PART 2
elphnt.io/midi-generators-part-2
📖 SECTIONS
0:00 - Intro
1:10 - Chord Generator
4:20 - Rhythm Generator
5:35 - Capturing The Generated Patterns
7:25 - Generating Melodies and Basslines
8:37 - Wrapping Up + Template Set
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Hi 👋🏻 my name is Tom; I’m a music maker and Ableton Certified Trainer. I help people be more creative with Ableton Live. Download instruments and effects and watch tutorial videos at elphnt.io
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@Claidheambmor 3 жыл бұрын

You are a hero. I love your mature presentation - no goofy expressions or cringeworthy emoticons pasted everywhere - and how humble you are in your descriptions of your craft. Thank you so much.

@ELPHNT 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, exactly the thing I'm trying to avoid! So good to hear that it comes across that way 🤓

@zachgormley1952 6 жыл бұрын

This is great stuff. Your tutorials are so calm and professional, I feel like I'm watching a David Attenborough documentary. :-D Straight to the point and well thought out!

@ELPHNT 6 жыл бұрын

Hehe, thanks! You're not the first to make the David Attenborough comparison 😂 I'm definitely honoured though! The Attenborough of Ableton 🤣 More coming soon I hope! 🙌🏻

@JamesRamboPearce 5 жыл бұрын

Possibly the best Ableton video I've seen!! I never thought of doing this to help creating chords ♥️♥️

@elProdigio 6 жыл бұрын

Wow. Clever, useful and funny. With this, you can make a 24h music for a waiting room, always different 😀

@ELPHNT 6 жыл бұрын

😂🤣😂🤣

@munteroony4112 5 жыл бұрын

This is a fantastic tutorial! Community knowledge at its very best. Thankyou

@Egonihil 6 жыл бұрын

this is the best tool for creating chord patterns I've seen for a while. Thank you Tom!

@Hevletica 6 жыл бұрын

Love when videos are straight clear & fresh, very nice one ELEPHNT! Just suscribed. Cheers.

@craigolsen612 5 жыл бұрын

This is one of the most ingenious approaches I have ever seen, thank you for sharing how this is accomplished!

@bersi3306 4 жыл бұрын

This is maybe the second video that i'm whatching in Your channel and after years and years of tutorial on KZfaq, and I can tell you that you win!

@SirYuri 5 жыл бұрын

Congrats on 10K - Great video, my friend...off to watch part 2!

@JamesStiff 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this awesome technique. Looks like a fun way to avoid creative block. I’m looking forward to part two!

@PhilippEmilHerrmann 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the great content, I regularly re-watch your videos for inspiration and ideas and for a refresher. The addition of free templates is incredibly generous. Thanks!

@juliancscs 5 жыл бұрын

You've got such an amazing way of explaining and teaching this stuff. Please keep making these videos!

@philipedesouzasantos1201 5 жыл бұрын

I'm following this trick for piano ideas and works like a charm.

@Philtr3 3 жыл бұрын

Just what i needed right now! I suffer with CFS so i hit blocks where i really struggle to come up with ideas and I was looking for a way to explore theory and different keys while coming up with ideas atst but in a really simple way and this nails it. I'd love to see more on creating moods and emotion through the choice of keys and scales and how you take this further in the composition process but i am gonna watch your masterclasses if it's covered there. Cheers!

@azurite6452 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent walk through and ideas. Really interesting and helpful. Thank you!

@thavamuni 6 жыл бұрын

Awesomely Brilliant!!! Thanks for sharing. 5 stars!

@takezzo 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful tutorial. Just tried out on my new track and it worked fine. Thanks for sharing.

@PilzE. 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing the template, tutorials, and lessons.

@melissafewtrellgraham 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely loved your workshop in Cape Town the other week (thanks for the prize!!) and was on the hunt for some reference to your subject of Embracing Random. HERE IT IS!!! More than chuffed. THNK YU.

@ELPHNT 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad you found it 😎🤓

@KelleyFamilyBR 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Excellent tutorial and exciting process! Time to get busy!!!

@lexnels 6 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial, thanks for sharing. There's a lot of fun to be had here. Start throwing arpeggiators and M4L chord generators in the mix it can get really interesting.

@adamrad2220 6 жыл бұрын

Dude, thank you. This is bloody brilliant.

@headbangax 4 жыл бұрын

This is high quality content. Very easy and well explained. Thanks for sharing!

@Laughadaffadil 6 жыл бұрын

super underrated. liked, shared, subscribed. thanks so much for sharing this with us

@onecoinrabbit7714 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent ! Superb ! AmAzInG ! Thank You !

@toddc612 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant tutorial! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.. you are an excellent teacher.

@srTraseroRojo Жыл бұрын

very very nice technique. im a producer and an educator on music production, and i really apreciate the way you express this idea. thank you! subscribed!

@jackshwan2050 4 жыл бұрын

This is so inspiring , Thank You so Much! Peace

@Felix101210 5 жыл бұрын

super cool video, nice structured and excellently explained. thanks!

@Oversampled 6 жыл бұрын

That's pure gold :O

@yvindlind3223 5 жыл бұрын

Absolute pure brilliance! Please make tutorial videos for ever!

@ELPHNT 5 жыл бұрын

Haha, thanks! I intend to do so 🤓

@ThomNagy 5 жыл бұрын

this is great, thanks a lot for the good work.

@elektronenleben 3 жыл бұрын

Ich verstehe zwar nur schlecht Englisch, aber ich liebe die Tutorials von ELPHNT. Eine sehr professionelle und tolle Art der Präsentation, und großartige Inspirationen. Bitte mehr davon.

@charlexguitar 6 жыл бұрын

Endless possibilities, thanks!

@Ferrichrome 3 жыл бұрын

one of the videos that got me to buy ableton. i think this is one of the very first i saw! props to you on the great music and channel.

@HiEnergyMusic 6 жыл бұрын

This is a really great method. And it's clearly explained. Well done, ELPHNT!

@ELPHNT 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 🙌🏻

@Paul-gp5om 4 жыл бұрын

Really clear and easy to follow. This will really help m workflow. thanks :)

@mhediseltana Жыл бұрын

This is the most amazing KZfaq video I ever seen.. great work man.

@annhadtheband138 5 жыл бұрын

One of the most sensible videos ive come across. Cheers man !!

@skelhain Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad I found this channel! Top tier content!

@roym1444 4 жыл бұрын

Your up there with the best tutorial channel. Keep things like this coming, I love hacks

@MichaelHein 6 жыл бұрын

Thx for this video. Very great stuff.

@PeresD 6 жыл бұрын

Wow this is so cool,thanks,subbed.

@TheJohnmartin1975 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing stuff mate, thanks

@DubaPinheiro 4 жыл бұрын

simply brilliant!

@EyEvil 5 жыл бұрын

Simply wow!

@TimSuliman 6 жыл бұрын

This is so great! This is how to get past being stuck for ideas. Thanks!

@ELPHNT 6 жыл бұрын

Always a pleasure ☺️

@johnaina8649 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic video!

@SunnyLicious 5 жыл бұрын

Very useful video. Thank you. I'll be using this tip.

@learnerslikeus 3 жыл бұрын

I found your channel today. Very inspired. Thank you!

@rico1979 6 жыл бұрын

Great stuff, once again :) Really enjoy watching your videos

@ELPHNT 6 жыл бұрын

🙏🏻 Thanks!

@MrVideoBeat 5 жыл бұрын

Congrats! Great content

@GuyTallo 6 жыл бұрын

Very useful. Thank you!

@dadoe 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Very helpful.

@waltertoner4317 2 жыл бұрын

Mind boggling. Great stuff.

@whatevsimbulletproof 4 жыл бұрын

Oh that's amazing! Please do more of that!

@ELPHNT 4 жыл бұрын

Did you watch Part 2? 👉🏻 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nZ-mabGL2qvYYqs.html

@thomasdavis8722 3 жыл бұрын

Wow this is super cool cant wait to give it a go!

@talokiepja5108 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I`m learning with your videos :D

@Akiraloller 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much ! This make so much fun to create music !

@drtyslzy 6 жыл бұрын

Congrats on being featured in Ableton's Newsletter!

@ELPHNT 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! ☺️

@Bistourki 6 жыл бұрын

You are simply amazing, I thank humanity that you exist and share your work !

@ELPHNT 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you! 🙏🏼 I'm humbled 😊 There is lots more to come!

@mattbx 6 жыл бұрын

Blank_ u

@trashcan9001 6 жыл бұрын

Super nice!

@robert__ 4 жыл бұрын

brilliant stuff here. thanks!

@anythingbutcrediblepodcast6149 5 жыл бұрын

Love IT!!

@patrickfrossard1352 Жыл бұрын

thanks for this technique

@weakandwackbeats770 5 жыл бұрын

Remarkable tutorial

@dasive 4 жыл бұрын

This is great! Thanks a lot

@jimrunfola 4 жыл бұрын

Great vid, thank you!

@miguelbarella1173 3 жыл бұрын

Great, very inventive and useful.

@ayoonine 4 жыл бұрын

The best tutorials on youtube by far

@amarks4383 5 жыл бұрын

You are a mad scientist in the best way possible man. NTPD is my favorite !

@ELPHNT 5 жыл бұрын

🤓

@warpcloud 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@StuffOffYouStuff Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this and providing a template without forcing any subscription! Defo makes me want to come back!

@ELPHNT Жыл бұрын

For sure! You're welcome back anytime 😃

@pabloloumusic4138 5 жыл бұрын

this is awesome!!

@soundofruins0sor861 6 жыл бұрын

Great!!! trhx you please more more of those kind :)

@dinfluence30 6 жыл бұрын

Was very useful and interesting.. I already subscribed.. Hope you make more of these video tutorials

@ELPHNT 6 жыл бұрын

There will be more soon! 🤓

@ChrisCorrado 6 жыл бұрын

very nice!

@gesslr 3 жыл бұрын

This. Is. Brilliant.

@makinenandreas 4 жыл бұрын

This is... GOLD!

@umanoid1523 4 жыл бұрын

Great chord generator.

@sean8015 6 жыл бұрын

Keep This Coming. 👍

@ELPHNT 6 жыл бұрын

Will definitely do 😊

@cameramon 4 жыл бұрын

Okay, you got my attention, nice tut, you got a subscriber.

@DIIICKFOOL 4 жыл бұрын

amazing tutorial

@vxd 4 жыл бұрын

I think your very talented trainer and also very creative

@kaisinzinger5521 6 жыл бұрын

thats very mega cool!! thank you and kisses! 😉

@Flamieee1 2 жыл бұрын

VERY usefull, thank you. I'm not a musician or have any background in it. Im producing techno and right now im at a point that the building blocks are good in my track but i miss that melodie too lift it up. Would like to see you make some raw melodie material!

@emilioalvarezargamasill7543 5 жыл бұрын

Excelente!!

@Rgdonaire_07 5 жыл бұрын

Pure gold

@rodolfo_ballesteros 5 жыл бұрын

This is really great mate. Thank you for all your videos and tools all the ones I've seen have proved incredibly helpful. I was just wondering if something similar could be done but for generating drum patterns, I struggle with them and often find myself having to use preset grooves or midi clips and modifying them to get my drum beats...

@ELPHNT 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the compliments! 🙏🏻 And yes, it will definitely work for drums. Try using pretty much the same technique as above but instead route the MIDI to a track with a Drum Rack. You might just need to refine the note ranges so that it triggers whatever drums you've got set up, but it will definitely work. You probably also won't need any of the MIDI effects like Chord and Scale 'cause they won't be as useful with drums, though you can get some interesting results. The key for generating rhythms would be the unsync'd / polyrhythmic trigger loops. I hope that makes sense.

@johnhajdar 6 жыл бұрын

Good job. Think this is where Live and other DAWs can evolve by adding generative elements like this.

@ELPHNT 6 жыл бұрын

I don't know about other DAWs but I think Live is already very good for things like this. Follow Actions and Dummy Clips are amazing for generative stuff (see Part 2 of this video), and obviously things like this technique are possible because of the routing system. MaxForLive also has some incredible options for generative stuff - there are some crazy sequencers and then also things like the LFO, Envelope Follower and Shaper devices too.

@airfixx_8952 3 жыл бұрын

It just got even easier with the newest version; Abelton 11. :)

@in_10z 5 жыл бұрын

Wow this is great! Now I'm going to continue sucking at chords b/c Ableton has got me covered!

@ELPHNT 5 жыл бұрын

Haha, oops. That was definitely not my intention! 😂

@philbertius 4 жыл бұрын

Try plugging random velocity into a MIDI Effect Rack with velocity chains - I had C major and A major as two chains with equal chance, fed with 7th chords, and I love what I'm hearing. Just having the computer do chord borrowing for me :)

@mxncrvlmnnts 4 жыл бұрын

Can you explain how to do that? Sounds like a really interesting idea !

@philbertius 4 жыл бұрын

mxncrvlmnnts Look into MIDI Effect Racks and Velocity-based chaining. Combined with the “Velocity” MIDI effect, with “Random” set to max, it should be fairly obvious from there. Just put different scales in different chains (or whatever you want, actually.)

@dman030 2 жыл бұрын

Just messing with this tonight, bet we can do even more with Ableton 11 now. :-) Thank you.

@spectralknights2 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Thank u

@naconaco1 4 жыл бұрын

Just what I needed for a drunken night of producing!!!!!

@6020fsk 5 жыл бұрын

man this is awesome trank you

@ELPHNT 5 жыл бұрын

Anytime 😉

@diversekcox 4 жыл бұрын

You are a life saver!!! I’m Litty over here lol

@RoboticusMusic 6 жыл бұрын

It would be great to do this with drums too and then have an LFO controlling the global randomness and "intensity"(perhaps note density, more or less notes), and/or assign it to a knob rather than an LFO, and also have knobs for these parameters for individual tracks in the song. That way you can control the general flow of the track live.

@ELPHNT 6 жыл бұрын

Have you tried routing the triggers to a drum track instead of an instrument track? 😉 Try routing individual trigger tracks though, as opposed to the bus track. You might be able to set up what you're looking for.