Learns from tutorials
It turns a video into a list of steps you can reuse, each with the minute it was shown. Steps it could not read get a flag instead of a guess.
Ableton Copilot · in development
An AI assistant inside Ableton Live.
Ask for a sound, a groove or an arrangement and it builds it in Ableton Live. It learns techniques from tutorial videos, listens back to the result and explains each step, so you learn as you work.
Add a dark pluck that answers the bass, from bar 25.
Done. New track "Pluck" with Operator, a short decaying saw through a low-pass at 1.8 kHz, and a 4-bar phrase in F minor that plays off the bass on the off-beats.
Why the off-beats: your bass sits on 1 and 3, so the pluck fills the gaps instead of fighting it.
- 01:23Send the kick to a return with a long reverb"keep it fully wet, we only want the tail"Seen
- 02:40Low-pass the return around 200 HzFrame shows EQ Eight, curve at 196 HzSeen
- 03:55Sidechain the return to the kickCompressor, fast attack, ratio 4:1Seen
- 05:10Add saturation before the reverbPlugin name not readable in the videoUnclear
Heard · 2 differences that matter
The low end is heavier than your reference.
Your bass sits about 3 dB above the reference between 60 and 120 Hz, and the top end is darker. On a big system that reads as mud.
Suggestion: pull the bass bus down 2 dB and open the hats with a high shelf. Want me to do it, or show you how?
What just happened
The pad now ducks on every kick. That pumping is the groove of the track, not just a mixing trick.
Attack controls how fast it ducks, release how it breathes back. Longer release, lazier swing.
Your turn · 4 bars
- Set release to 120 ms and listen
- Now try 300 ms. Hear the swing?
- Pick the one that fits the bass
Interface preview. Ableton Copilot is in development.
How it works
A Tuesday evening in the studio.
Ableton Copilot is in development. This is the session we are building it for.
- 20:00
Start a sketch
You open Live and ask for a starting point. It creates the tracks, sets the tempo and writes a first kick and bass pattern, then reads the set back from Live to check that everything landed.
"124 BPM, F minor, rolling techno, start with kick and bass"
- 20:15
Learn from a tutorial
You paste a link to a ten minute video about a hypnotic rumble. It turns the video into four steps, each with the minute it was shown. One step was too blurry to read, so it flags that one and asks you.
- 20:30
Apply it to your track
It runs the steps on your kick: a reverb send, a low-pass on the return, a sidechain to the kick. You hear the rumble come in and keep the settings you like.
- 20:50
Compare with a reference
You bounce sixteen bars and pick a track you love as the reference. It tells you your low end is about 3 dB heavier between 60 and 120 Hz and your top end is darker, and offers to fix it or show you how.
bass bus −2 dB · high shelf on the hats
- 21:10
A short lesson
It explains what the sidechain did to the groove and gives you a four bar exercise: try two release times and pick the one that fits the bass. It saves what you learned for next time.
- 21:40
Bring in your synths
You plug in a drum machine. It routes it through Live so the hearing safety chain covers it too, and the session carries on.
Features
What it will do.
It is being built to work inside Live, listen to the result and explain what it did. You stay in charge of every change.
Protects your hearing
A safety chain caps the level and catches sudden peaks before they reach your monitors.
Voice, panel or phone
Talk to it while you play, use the panel inside Live, or send ideas from your phone.
Sketches you can play
Ideas come in as MIDI on your own synths and as rough arrangement maps you can change.
Your hardware too
It works with the synths, drum machines, mixers and controllers you already have next to Live.
Pairs with DJ prep
Finished tracks go straight into Doors of Harmony DJ, ready to place in your next set.
FAQ
Questions
Does it make the music for me?
It sketches and builds what you ask for. You decide what stays, you play the parts and you decide when a track is finished.
Which version of Live does it need?
It is being built for Ableton Live 12. Exact requirements will be confirmed before early access.
Can I get it together with Doors of Harmony DJ?
Yes. When both launch you can choose either one, or take them together.
When can I use it?
Ableton Copilot is in development. Join early access and we will email you when testing opens.
Early access
Make your next track with us.
Tell us what you produce and what you would want help with. The first testers will shape what we build.