Ableton Live 12
Creative tools for music makers.
Music EDnet is an authorised education partner for Ableton Live in schools across Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia.
Build your sound with Live’s rich range of instruments and effects, or shape a diverse collection of curated Packs into something new.Â
The software lets you do everything in real time and is endlessly customizable, so it’s perfect for live performance and hands-on play, whatever your setup.
Live is fast, fluid and flexible software for music creation and performance. It comes with all kinds of effects, instruments, sounds and creative tools – everything you need to make any kind of music.
Online interactive learning with Ableton
The education team at Ableton have created some excellent teaching resources that you can use in your classroom today, including online interactive music creation tools. If you haven’t had a chance to check these out yet, explore the links below. Many of the teachers we work with at schools that use Ableton have tried these resources and highly recommend them!Â
Classroom Activities
Boost your music program with short, engaging exercises created by fellow educators, ready for use in your classroom today. Each activity comes with everything you need—Live Set templates, teacher-friendly guides, and clear, step-by-step instructions.
Classroom Projects
Learning Music Playground
Turn your ideas into a musical performance. With the Learning Music Playground, you can experiment with Beats, Basslines, Chords, and Melodies, then shape them to fit the music style of your choice. Just like preparing for a gig, you’ll learn how every musical element connects — from sound to feel, and from classroom to stage.
Step 1
Create Beats, Bassline, Chords and Melody using the Learning Music Playground
Step 2
Press Export to Live on the top right of the web-widget. Then the Download button.
Step 3
Extract All / Unzip the .Zip file, so you can access the Idea->date.als file. Don’t double click on this!
Step 4
Instead….open the Live Set and drag the Idea->date.als file directly into it Live’s Session view, so that the colours match.
You are ready to go! Your Beat, Bassline, Chords and Melody will be instantly transformed into your selected music style.
Step 5
Further refine each Instrument by playing with each instrument’s Macros parameters.
Choose between these music styles:
Click the styles below in order to get their download link.
