How to Produce Music in Ableton (using stock plugins)
Published on HivePostify by @sunsethunter · Fri Sep 04 2026
Hello everyone!
This is a bit of a long one, so just giving you a heads up! I go through the basics of how to produce music with a FREE DAW - in this instance, Ableton Live Lite (all free/stock plugins etc).
https://youtu.be/KY-7QKD-b7U
This tutorial is a follow up from my recent cover of blink-182 feeling this. I thought I would upload a lesson to help guide anyone who wants to get started, for free! This skips over the actual recording or how to play the song, but gives basic recording, mixing, and mastering tips.
Here is a link to my cover of Feeling This: https://youtu.be/i0nMJDA7MA
For the guitars, I go through panning, effects, EQ and compressors, and more. Then for vocals, we look at the same plus a few additionals like autotune.
I mention at the start how this is all free in Ableton, and I do end up using the Focusrite Red EQ and Comp - honestly, you can get the same for a basic mix and demo with the Ableton stock EQ and Comp (I should both and explain all in the video!)
I will say that this is the Ableton free version (live lite), so it has its limitations but still gives you a good understanding of what to do!
Please check out my original music - that would be amazing! It is all available for free right here on YouTube. Here are a few links:
🎵 ORIGINAL MUSIC VIDEOS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0X7nJY1BuvKMuYK3lJKzSQSYp4Fy1c
🎧 ORIGINAL MUSIC https://www.youtube.com/@CHOEYGMUSIC/releases
🌐 Everything else (to stream my albums) https://linktr.ee/choeyg
TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro 00:38 GUITARS 01:58 Guitar Tone 03:00 Guitar 1 sound 04:40 L & R panned guitars 05:25 Guitar 2(L) and 3(R) sound 06:46 ALL guitars sound 07:29 Backing Guitar layers 08:34 VOCALS 10:22 Vox 1 sound 11:22 Panned group vocals sound 12:58 Chorus vocals sound 13:51 Harmonies (2) sound 15:01 Lofi telephone vocals sound 16:29 outro harmonies (4) sound 16:55 Automation 18:25 Master... done!
Thanks everyone! \m/
Tags: #hive-193816#music#guitar#recording#production