Here’s a succinct, quick and practical guide on how you can get the best of your Ableton Live stock plugins, by transforming them into easy to modulate own effects.

Regardless of your Ableton version, you should be able to replicate each of these quick tips effects. Also, some of them might be applicable with any other DAW, as long as you follow along and parametrize them in the same manner.

In the world of audio software, the CPU has traditionally been responsible for handling all the heavy lifting when it comes to processing audio. However, a recent development has emerged that aims to revolutionize this paradigm by utilizing the power of GPUs.

Here's a very short trick you can easily program in Ableton, using only envelope follower and EQ 8.