HOW TO BUILD AN ABLETON LIVE WORSHIP KEYBOARD RIG

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Free Worship Leader Training - https://worshipleaderschool.com/free-training Join Worship Leader School - https://worshipleaderschool.com/ Download Free Churchfront Pads - https://www.churchfrontpads.com/ Download the Worship Ministry Toolkit - https://www.churchfront.co/worship-toolkit Download the Ableton Live Toolkit- https://www.churchfront.co/ableton-toolkit Purchase Sunday Keys for Ableton (use the discount code Churchfront10) - http://bit.ly/sundaykeysableton Download Free Ambient Worship Pads - http://bit.ly/free-worship-pads Download the Worship Ministry Toolkit - http://bit.ly/worship-toolkit-youtube Follow Churchfront on Instagram - http://bit.ly/churchfront-instagram Visit the Churchfront Website - http://bit.ly/churchfront In this article, I’m going to show you a worship keyboard setup that runs on Ableton Live. This setup works on Mac and PC, and I'll walk through everything you'll need including hardware, software, and Ableton templates. You'll also learn some advanced tips for automating patch changes in Ableton Live. Ableton Live is an advanced and versatile digital audio workstation. I use it every week to run a click, tracks, and automate lyrics and lighting in worship. Did you know you can also use Ableton Live for your worship keyboard rig? Whether you have Ableton Live Intro, Standard, or Suite, all three versions come with built-in instruments to play piano, pads, and synth. I’m a huge advocate that worship teams use software to generate keyboard sounds rather than buying an expensive workstation like a Nord. The tools you need for the setup Whether you are looking to build a new keyboard rig or you want to learn how to use Ableton, here is what you will need. 1. Laptop - Ableton can run on both a Mac or PC. You can check out the system requirements at Ableton.com. One of the advantages of Ableton is it is a CPU efficient software, so you do not need the most powerful computer on the market. 2. MIDI keyboard you can plug into the laptop via USB. Here I have an M-Audio Keystation 49es. It’s really up to you how many keys you have and whether or not they are weighted. 3. Gear for routing the laptop to your sound console. You have a couple of options for getting the sound from the computer to your sound system. You can use a 3.5mm to dual 1/4 inch cable into DI box, or you can use an audio interface. Audio interfaces are ideal because they help relieve the audio processing load from your computer running Ableton. That’s a brief overview of the hardware, now let’s focus on optimizing Ableton Live for a worship keyboard rig. I am not a keyboard rig enthusiast or expert. I’m a worship leader who knows what sounds appropriate for a worship context, but I don’t want to spend all day building patches in Ableton. That’s why I’m using Sunday Keys for Ableton by sundaysounds.com. My friend David and his team at Sunday Sounds continue to impress me with their products for the worship keyboardist. The Sunday Keys for Ableton template is available for Ableton Live 9 and10 in all three versions, Intro, Standard, and Suite.