A curated list of awesome Ableton-related resources, including tutorials, communities, videos, and more. To contribute, read the Contributing file. A "†" indicates a resource that contains at least some non-free content. Ideally, I'd like to keep these to a minimum, if possible.

Contents

• Getting Started
  • Official Links
  • Ableton Communities
• Instruments
  • Operator
• Audio Effects
• Packs
• Push
• Max4Live
  • M4L Tutorials
  • M4L Communities
• Scripting Live
• General
  • Tutorials
  • Workflow

Getting Started

Official Links

• Ableton Homepage - Official Ableton news, etc.
• Download Live - Links to downloads for all platforms.
• Official Forums - Ableton's official forum.
• User Groups - Official listing of Ableton User Groups.
• Manual - Official Ableton manual.

Ableton Communities

• Ableton Subreddit - Largest Subreddit.
• AbletonLive Subreddit - Second largest Subreddit.

Instruments

Operator

• Nicks Tutorials - Operator - An excellent video tutorial series covering FM synthesis and sound design with Operator. †

Audio Effects

• Device Tutorials (Deeflash) - Short tutorials for all of Live's audio devices.
• Audio Effects Tutorials (MrBill) - Audio effect device tutorials by the incredible MrBill.

Packs

• Official Packs - Official Packs published by Ableton, many of them coming for free with Suite edition. †
• PureMagnetik - Creators of many quality Packs for Ableton. †

Push

• Push Homepage - Homepage for Ableton Push.
• Learn Push - Videos for learning how to use Push.
• Custom Push Scripts (parabuzzle) - A variety of custom third-party scripts to modify how the Push works.
• 30 Days of Push - 30 Push tutorial videos.

max4live

M4L Tutorials

• Getting Started with M4L - A couple of videos, etc. for getting started with M4L.
• Learning M4L (Eric Ameres) - A video series covering M4L basics.
• Building a virtual analog synth (Eric Ameres) - A walkthrough to building an analog-style synthesizer in M4L.

M4L Communities

• Cycling '74 M4L Support Forums - Official C74 forums for M4L.
• max4live.com - The central repository of user-created M4L devices.
• Max/MSP Subreddit - Max/MSP focused Subreddit. Also discusses M4L.

Scripting Live

• Third Party Scripts - How to install third party scripts.
• Live 9.2 API Documentation - Python API.
• ClyphX - Library of clips that may automate Live itself.

General

Tutorials

• WikiAudio Ableton - A collection of general Ableton tutorials.

Workflow

• Splice - Version control for Ableton projects.