How I Make Generative Music in Ableton Live 11 Suite

Here's an Ableton Live tutorial about my strategies for making generative music. Most of the ambient-adjacent music I've made over the past two years has come to life using techniques and tricks detailed in this video!
Here's a link to download the Ableton Live set I'm using in the video (clicking the link will immediately download the file):
www.masonlynass.com/mason's-g...
Check out the full versions of these songs:
Melody Terrain - masonlynass.bandcamp.com/trac...
Industrial Oasis - • Industrial Oasis - Mas...
Stargazing - masonlynass.bandcamp.com/trac...
Follow the links to see everything else I make -
Bandcamp: masonlynass.bandcamp.com/
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/48n5K...
Instagram: / clashplaids
website: masonlynass.com/epk.html
leave me a tip: paypal.me/mlynass
00:00 - intro
00:29 - about generative music
01:16 - about my generative music
01:48 - input MIDI signal
02:20 - Melody Terrain - Wavetable synth MIDI
04:30 - Melody Terrain - Wavetable synth instrument
05:29 - Melody Terrain - marimba
05:45 - a note about rests
06:10 - Melody Terrain - marimba MIDI
07:29 - Melody Terrain - marimba instrument
08:13 - Industrial Oasis Zen Bowls
10:39 - Industrial Oasis bansuri
12:29 - Industrial Oasis - all instruments in
13:25 - Stargazing guitars
13:55 - Stargazing chords
15:29 - Stargazing electric piano
16:24 - Stargazing - all instruments in
18:02 - about the Pitch device kill-switches
19:09 - outro - thanks for watching :)

[@dwp2659]

whoa - well done!

[@everettmajor]

This just opened up an entire new world for me! I have been on a Brian Eno craze for awhile, and decided to dip my toes into ambient music. This seems to have taken me to the next level. I like how easy your setup is to make the system quickly but unique for the piece!

[@MasonLynass]

hey thanks!

[@joshuacarro]

Thanks for sharing. Love this.

[@danielfishman6799]

Fascinating - I remember playing with Koan, back in the day. Thanks for sharing your Live set - very generous of you.

[@mysterienvril]

Very Cool! Thanks for sharing your process!

[@outerdarkness]

Very nice - Excellent video.

[@sfg206]

Amazing and inspiring ❤

[@dovlev1460]

dude this is so sick. Big thank you for showing us these wicked signal chains!

[@reptilyan]

this is brilliant thanks for the video💕

[@JonDigitalTV]

This is really amazing. So many great ideas. Thank you :)

[@londreslush]

Nice work , useful informative video , thanks for sharing ..

[@roymitchell5894]

Thank you so much for the huge inspiration and for sharing what goes on behind the curtain. Thank you!

[@PoE.Farmer]

That was absolutely amazing, thank you for showing us your workflow/set design.

[@denonmam5836]

so sick i would love to see you live one day

[@lalolanda2239]

you are a midi monster!! thank you for sharing!

[@AlexTrimpe]

Funny coincidence. I am starting to learn how to make generative ambient music. I'm also interested in modular synthesis.. and I'm moving to Seattle in 2 months from the east coast. Can't wait to check out that event! And maybe play some day ..

[@rfj_4337]

Really nice. Would you mind clarifying exactly how you are generating rests? I’ve watched a few times and keep missing the actual devices / process. Thanks!

[@wdekeizer]

amazing. having trouble downloading the ZIP.

[@MasonLynass]

i just changed the link, try again? thanks for the heads up!

[@wdekeizer]

@@MasonLynass thank you it worked. i expect a 1000 viruses :P

[@Septeemberpain]

So this would also Be known as eurorack or modular ?

[@djcharlysayzmusic]

I cant get any sound

[@irishmossdubwise]

Lol

[@undersilentwigs]

you didn't include the samples in the project so 0 sound out

[@MasonLynass]

Right, some of the instruments are sounds I’ve paid for through a third party. Just swap the whole instrument out and you’ll hear the MIDI processing through your own instruments