Resources

Welcome to our songwriting resources page, a curated list of links that we find useful as a collective when writing songs.

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Sounds

Ableton Live

Digital audio workstation (DAW) used by the collective. Compatible with both Windows and Mac operating systems. Sign up for a free 90-day trial via the above link.

Default project template used by the collective.

Default user library used by the collective.

Comprehensive user guide for Ableton Live. The manual can be used as a guide for beginners who are just starting to learn how to use the software, as well as for experienced users who want to learn more about its advanced features and workflows.

List of keyboard shortcuts that allow Ableton Live users to perform tasks more efficiently.

Collection of videos that the collective have found useful or interesting.

Free stand alone app that allows educators to incorporate their lesson plans directly into Ableton Live via Ableton's Lessons format, which appear in the collapsible Help View panel along the right-hand edge of Live's user interface.

Online community where Ableton Live users can ask questions, share knowledge, and discuss all aspects of using the software.

Music Theory

Musicca

Popular music learning platform. Learn the skills essential for understanding music, reading music and playing an instrument.

Learning Music

Interactive website created by Ableton, designed to help beginners learn the basics of music production and composition. The website includes a series of interactive lessons and tutorials, which cover topics such as rhythm, melody, harmony, and song structure.

Learning Synths

Interactive website created by Ableton, designed to help beginners learn the basics of synthesisers and synthesis. The website includes a series of interactive lessons and tutorials, which cover topics such as oscillators, filters, envelopes and modulation.

Useful Tools

BPM to ms Converter/Calculator

Used in music production and audio engineering to convert tempo values expressed in beats per minute (BPM) to their equivalent duration in milliseconds. This can be useful for setting delays, reverb, and other time-based effects that are synced to the tempo of the music.

Circle of Fifths

An interactive circle of fifths chart, a very useful music theory tool to help visualise scales, notes, chords and keys as well as the relationship between them.

Music Calculators

Random collection of musical calculators.

Music Interval Calculator

Simple musical interval calculator to get the interval name and the number of semitones between two notes.

Note Frequency Chart

Reference table for musical notes and their frequencies, middle C is 161.63 Hz.

OpenAI's ChatGPT

A chatbot powered by artificial intelligence.