Developer Will Marshall sent word of his DJ Template for the Livid OhmRGB:
I’ve just released a new version of my existing Ableton DJ template for the Livid Instruments OhmRGB.
While my APC template has been quite popular (it even showed up on Synthtopia a couple of times), I’ve had numerous requests to add support for the Livid controllers, so here’s the first one 
The DJ Template Pro is available now for $20 at Marshall’s site.
Marshall adds, “Enjoy das blinkenlichts”.
Reader AfroDJMac has a tip for Ableton Live users for saving CPU in Session View:
I discovered a little trick that saves on CPU in Ableton Live’s Session View. Remove unused stop buttons! Life Saver!
If you’ve got set that’s pushing the limits of your CPU, give this a try and let us know how it works for you!
via AfroDJMac
It’s Friday, so we thought you might want to start of the weekend right with some music-making freebies:
If you try out one of the freebies, leave a comment and let us know what you think of it!
AfroDJMac sent word of another freebie for Ableton Live users, Vinyl Crackler:
I’m writing with news of Free Ableton Pack #56: Vinyl Crackler. I made this effect rack to emulate the vinyl crackles and pops inherent to samples recorded straight off a record. It’s based around Ableton’s Vinyl Distortion plug in and is perfect for adding vinyl crackle to drum samples and having that crackle cut off as soon as the volume of the drum sample reaches a specified threshold, emulating the cutoff created when sampling from vinyl.
The macro knob assignments allow you to customize the vinyl sound and how it begins and cuts off. I hope you like it, I think it’s super handy.
You can get more details and the download via the AfroDJMac site.
This sound design tutorial, via DJVespers, takes a look at how to make a nasty filtered bass in Massive & Ableton Live – starting with a ‘crapallicious sound’.
Along the way, he looks at unisono detuning and pan spreading, filters, macros, pitchbends, and filter frequency automation.
Can you make music with iPad apps?
In this video, Ableton Live instructor Danny J Lewis demonstrates one approach, recording a variety of iOS apps with Ableton Live.
iOS apps used include:
Check it out and let us know what you think of Lewis’s approach…..and his results.
via pointblankonline
Back in 2009, Ableton surprised many people by announcing that they had ceased development on Live so that they could focus on bug fixes:
Dear Ableton users,
Some of you have experienced and reported problems with Live 8 several months ago that we have still failed to fix.
We have now decided to suspend all development towards new features while the whole team joins forces to address the current issues; and make process changes to prevent similar situations from happening in the future.
Bug fixes are important and Ableton has released several updates to Live 8 that address stability.
But, after three years of bug fixes, the biggest question that Live users have is “When is Ableton Live 9 coming?” Over at the official Live forum, users debate “Will Live 9 be released before year 2015?”
We haven’t heard any official word on Ableton Live 9 or when it will be coming. But, if you’re a Live user, you’ve obviously had some time to think about it.
What would you like to see in Ableton Live 9? And what do you think are the most important things for a major update to live to address?
Reader Tracy Evans has put together a tutorial that looks at how to recreate David Gilmour‘s “Sound on Sound” effect, within Ableton Live.
David uses a dual amp setup to perform Shine On you Crazy Diamond and achieve an infinite sustain over which he can play solos.
Here’s an example of how he does this in a live performance:
And here’s Evans’ approach to achieving similar effects with Ableton Live:
In this video tutorial, producer Alexander Mars looks at vocal processing with Melodyne in Ableton Live.
Abel Flaubert has released Pasto, a 32 step sequencer suite built in Ableton, TouchOSC and OSCulator.
Here’s a video introduction to Pasto:
Pasto is a free download via Flaubert’s site. He notes, “If you enjoyed Pasto or you are about to enjoy it, please consider making a donation to keep this alive.”