Dennis DeSantis

I wrote a book. makingmusic.ableton.com

@future_music @Ableton Sounds good! Let's do it.

@Ableton @dennisdesantis @dennisdesantis is a treasure! We need a sequel to his fantastic book: Making Music: 74 MORE Creative Strategies for Electronic Music Producers // futuremusic.com/2015/07/book-r…

We spoke with @dennisdesantis, head of Ableton’s Learning Team, about guilty pleasures, the importance of play in learning and making music, tuning systems, and more. Listen to the full episode of Doing Music: ableton.com/en/blog/dennis…

@RiotEns @amygreensax @samwilson323 @ThirdMan_P @woolwich_works You sound great!

@allygatorr2002 Cheers!

@dennisdesantis ur my hero

Dennis DeSantis appreciation post youtube.com/watch?v=HxDAgn…

Doing Music is a new podcast about the techniques and strategies behind musical ideas. In the first episode, @CAVETOWN explains how he mishears other songs and accidentally writes his own – plus much more. Listen to the full episode on your favorite podcast platform or find out more on ableton.com/podcasts.

This is from Tim’s sister Anna. Tim’s cancer treatment and knock-on collapse of his business Endlesss have plunged his family into crisis. I’ve started a Gofundme for them gofund.me/15bf38ef. Donations and retweets are hugely appreciated ❤️🙏

Making Music - 74 Creative Strategies for Electronic Music Producers. Wonder why I haven't seen this book by @dennisdesantis before? Looks great for anyone making music on a computer or just making music in general makingmusic.ableton.com #ableton #electronicmusic

New episode with @DennisDeSantis from Ableton is out talking about his iconic book 74 Creative Strategies for Electronic Music Producers, favorite max devices, the future of education, and much more. Link in bio 😎👏 Special thanks to @BabyAudio for supporting this episode.

@trajectoirex Possibly!

@dennisdesantis hi, will you port (some of) your device tools to the new MIDI Tools way ? They would look quite fit to me :)

Ableton has released their internal tools for developing and maintaining the Max devices that ship with Live. Learn more about Ableton’s in-house guidelines and resources here: github.com/Ableton/maxdev… #ableton #maxforlive #live12 #maxmsp #abletonlive #computermusic #sounddesign

Explore the various tunings that come with Live 12, and even make your own with our new free site: tuning.ableton.com

Really cool site by @Ableton lets you play around with different musical tuning systems. tuning.ableton.com I especially like this sonic code editor! 🎵 #musedchat

A fun way to explore tuning.ableton.com: Start some drones using the editor, and then noodle on pads to listen for beating patterns and interesting intervals. Here's an example with a 7-EDO system.

@chuck_suttonn @Ableton It's great!

SURPRISE!! I made the @Ableton Live 12 demo song! My vocals, custom presets, I made a world just for you to explore. Breakdown video on the way! Without twitter I wouldnt be where I am for real, thank you so much 🌳🪕

@poplesz @Ableton Ah, right! This is something different. Live 12 now supports different *tunings*, not just different *scales*.

@dennisdesantis @Ableton Open a set in note. Top right corner: set settings. Key & Scale.

To accompany the new tuning features in @ableton Live 12, we've created a companion website - tuning.ableton.com - that lets you explore Live's tuning presets, and even make your own.

@poplesz @Ableton I don’t think Note supports tuning systems. Do you mean the tuning of an individual sample?

@dennisdesantis @Ableton I have a vague memory that If I set the tuning in Ableton Note, all the inatruments and kits I load will be turned accordingly automatically. Is that true for Live 12?

@PauRosello_ @Ableton Yes, Live will display whatever note names are in the file, providing they're using symbols that Live can display. Many of the presets use ASCII characters to modify note names, for example. There's a 31TET file in the library!

@dennisdesantis @Ableton So for example, loading a 31TET file would show the 31TET note names over the 12TET keys?

@PauRosello_ @Ableton The piano roll updates to show the notes names in the loaded tuning file.

@dennisdesantis @Ableton Does that mean that the piano roll can be customized?

@MartynEhm @Ableton No, the device in Live currently shows tunings relative to 12edo. But the website has a tuner as well, which can listen to mic input. And it can switch between showing tunings relative to 12edo or the current tuning system.

@dennisdesantis @Ableton Thanks, I didn't get around to trying that on the beta. Are tunings reflected in the tuner plugin? It would be interesting to also use the setting to tune a real instrument.