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FREE Ableton Live BBC Discover Template, including groups and stems PLUS Guy's demo from the video.
Ableton Live 11 is best known in pop and dance music circles, but how does it shape up with orchestral composition? As film composer Guy Michelmore finds out, surprisingly well! This video shows you how to make orchestral music in Ableton Live 11, using Spitfire Audio's free orchestral library, BBC SO Discover. In this video he builds an Ableton Live 11 orchestral template from scratch including stems, and then writes a short orchestral piece in real time so you can see the complete workflow from start to finish. So if you've ever wondered how to write orchestral music in Ableton live, now's the time to find out.
Resources:
Ableton Live Free Trial: https://www.ableton.com/en/trial/
Spitfire Audio BBC SO (Free) Discover: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/bbc-symphony-orchestra-discover
Decent Sampler (Free): https://www.decentsamples.com/product/decent-sampler-plugin/
Piano Book (Free): https://www.pianobook.co.uk/
0:00 Intro
2:10 Building a template in Ableton Live
7:25 Writing orchestral music in Ableton Live
13:00 The harp glissando trick
14:00 The bounce to audio workaround
17:55 adding the brass section
21:55 Building an emotional climax
28:15 Bouncing stems