Ableton Archives - Music Guy Mixing https://www.musicguymixing.com/category/ableton/ Mixing Services and Tutorials Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:53:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://www.musicguymixing.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-music-guy-favicon-32x32.png Ableton Archives - Music Guy Mixing https://www.musicguymixing.com/category/ableton/ 32 32 How to Use Audio Effect Racks in Ableton Live https://www.musicguymixing.com/audio-effect-rack-ableton/ https://www.musicguymixing.com/audio-effect-rack-ableton/#respond Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:53:12 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=5446 I recently talked about how to use sidechain reverb in your mix. In that tutorial, I mentioned how, while you can use a return track for your sidechain reverb, this is typically better used as an audio effect rack in Ableton Live as this is typically a single track specific effect. Audio effect racks allow […]

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]]> https://www.musicguymixing.com/audio-effect-rack-ableton/feed/ 0 How to Create New York Compression in Ableton https://www.musicguymixing.com/new-york-compression-ableton/ https://www.musicguymixing.com/new-york-compression-ableton/#respond Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:31:14 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=5347 As I recently covered, New York Compression is a type of parallel processing which can add energy, sustain, and life to any track in your mix. Let’s talk how to create New York compression specifically in Ableton Live to get that same benefit using the stock compressor in my DAW of choice. How to Create […]

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]]> https://www.musicguymixing.com/new-york-compression-ableton/feed/ 0 Ableton Live Utility Plugin – How to Use It https://www.musicguymixing.com/ableton-live-utility/ https://www.musicguymixing.com/ableton-live-utility/#respond Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:52:02 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=5376 Most of us use a combination of our DAW’s stock plugins as well as third party plugins. I know that’s certainly the case for me with my DAW of choice, Ableton Live as their stock plugins are better than most third party premium plugins in a lot of niches. One of my favorite Ableton stock […]

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]]> https://www.musicguymixing.com/ableton-live-utility/feed/ 0 How to Use Return Tracks in Ableton Live (And Why Do It) https://www.musicguymixing.com/return-tracks/ https://www.musicguymixing.com/return-tracks/#respond Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:45:30 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=4976 Return tracks are the “Aux” tracks of my DAW of choice, Ableton Live. If you press Ctrl+Alt+T in Windows, you’ll see a new return track pop up on the right. Let’s talk what return tracks are, how to use return tracks in Ableton Live, and most importantly WHY you should be using them. Return Tracks […]

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]]> https://www.musicguymixing.com/return-tracks/feed/ 0 How to Mix in Ableton – A Complete Guide https://www.musicguymixing.com/how-to-mix-in-ableton/ https://www.musicguymixing.com/how-to-mix-in-ableton/#respond Sat, 07 Jun 2025 14:22:25 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=3888 Ableton Live has been my DAW of choice for almost 20 years now ever since I got into recording and mixing my own music. When I graduated to mixing other people’s music, I stuck with what I knew and while I’ve tried other DAWs, I’ve always come back to Ableton. With that in mind, I […]

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