Creating Generative Ambient Soundscapes with Ableton Live & Pigments (Tutorial)

[@jake6766]

well that was a dark and relatable intro about life at the business factory.

[@vladimircerovic]

Man this was amazing and convincing and nicely narrates. Opened my eyes today. Im back to making music again, and this is just what I needed

[@younganderson7777]

Don't be so nervous man! This is an awsome video! The soundscape is super pretty!

[@itinerantghost]

I really enjoyed the breakdown as it has given me a ton of inspiration! Great job on this video.

[@bo215]

Beautiful work. Inspiring. Thank you! Look forward to more….

[@lanwerker2023]

great presentation, keep it up...

[@DetlefRecktenwald-Healing]

I would like to see more from your stile of music. I started a year ago playing with Ableton Live 11 and would like to learn more. So, please do more videos and show me a bit more how you create it in Ableton. I prefer the plugins that comes with Ableton, there are so many plugins on the market which are overwhelming for someone like me.

[@EldarBaruch]

That’s a wonderful video. Thank you for taking the time and delivering it, attentively. ✨🌱 I wish there was a shared template! 🙏

[@roland4507]

Awesome way to use live.

[@garaughty]

Lovely work on this, awesome tutorial Dr B !

[@buddingsignal]

thank *YOU* very much Dr Brown. this looks like endless fun. 🙏

[@frankenmizer828]

I would enjoy learning more about othe other generative tools you mentioned in the outro section. I really enjoyed this video/tutorial. Well done! ETA: ah! just found your Inspired by Nature video.. :)

[@geolectric_universe]

Great video. New subscriber here and I would love to see more content covering generative and ambient style production techniques and tools. Love the patch btw, made me feel like Im out for a midnight walk on the rainy streets of Neo-Tokyo among the replicants.

[@drbrownmusic]

Thanks for listening. I am planning to do another one of these since there's lots of other generative tools in Ableton that I didn't talk about yet.

[@rayderrich]

Gonna try this using UVI Falcon as my sound engine, should sound awesome as well. Thanks for sharing.

[@eliasoster7335]

Wow, this is sooooo cool! Definitely gonna try this out!

[@TheRealTeebz]

Love your opening words and as a lover and follower and maker of generative music myself I found your video very helpful in the way it stirred my creative soup pot some more and ready to try a few things that are new. Thanks. I have a site here with examples if you're interested. cheers.

[@dexjuno1772]

Amazing video and really conforting dude :)

[@kimmolaine665]

Very nice. Thank you for sharing

[@drbrownmusic]

Thanks for watching!

[@maggowitschwittbronsky8222]

thx for sharing this useful insights

[@iamelohym]

Good work here.

[@ModuSpaSm]

Lovely introduction, so recognizable (except for the drinking: I never support alcohol). But, very interesting video and keep posting these! Thank you!

[@drbrownmusic]

Yes. It's better if you don't drink. But....yeah.

[@ModuSpaSm]

@@drbrownmusic But you do love farts in Ableton!

[@MaTTiiBeaTz]

0:11 Bro you sound like me😊 music creation after work is the way and brings balance to my life 🙏🏻

[@drbrownmusic]

Ableton Suite is cheaper than therapy too! (Seriously - we all need something to help us through the grind).

[@MaTTiiBeaTz]

@@drbrownmusic 🙏🏻💯🔊believe me, I know.

[@williamlittlejohn5929]

Well well…in the beginning ,I start to open my window ,took a knife to cut my veins and jump out …😂 but then ,you start talking more and more about what you like and I feel the « joy » coming on your tone …if your life put you in such depress mode mate :then change life I tell you !!!! Otherwise ,very nice soundscape ,beautiful ambiance ,love your style …give me inspiration ! So ,thanks for that !Looking for more !

[@arturpolonski6234]

Great movie

[@NexxuSix]

@Dr. Brown Music this is really awesome! =) Do you offer this Ableton set?

[@androidfarmer8863]

This is awesome. Just getting started with Ableton - any recommendations in place of Pigments? Maybe I'll pick it up if it goes on sale...

[@drbrownmusic]

I like the Ableton synths just fine. Wavetable, Drift, and Operator are all great tools. Maybe try out Vital because it's free. All of those together can make any synth sound you can imagine.

[@androidfarmer8863]

@@drbrownmusic Thanks - Great news. So far all the Ableton synths kinda look the same, so I have some homework to do. I do have a couple of the free 3rd party ones, including Vital, & will try to work them in.

[@refinedrapture_]

I love your vids …my biggest challenge has been figuring out if my version of Ableton can actually do some of this .. I have lite which I don’t think has the random or the follow features? I sometimes don’t even know what I need to pull off these tutorials

[@drbrownmusic]

I don't have Lite installed, but it looks like it should have both the "Random" and "Scale" midi effects, which will allow you to randomize notes and quantize them to a scale. I think all versions of 11 will have follow actions and the chance function built into MIDI clips.

[@refinedrapture_]

@@drbrownmusic really appreciate the reply..I’m going to look it over more this weekend..😊

[@refinedrapture_]

What’s really awesome is that 11 intro now has lfo’s

[@ModuSpaSm]

The biggest limitation in the free version is the 8 tracks limit. But, certainly for a beginner, that can't be a problem to learn Ableton. Once you get acknowledged with Ableton, you'll need a paying version, but you can have fun during a lot of hours before buying it...

[@ModuSpaSm]

Check their site for the comparisons of the different versions!