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Singing Dog - Free Ableton Live Pack #216

Singing Dog
Free Ableton Live Pack #216

I recorded my dog Vera and built an Ableton Live Instrument Rack out of her voice!

This free Instrument Rack contains 4 different sounds you can use in your music!

Let Vera collaborate with you on your next track!

Requires Ableton Live 11.2.5 or above

With excitement about going outside, my dog Vera let out a soft moan that is now an expressive instrument.

Singing Dog in Your Music!

Vera is a very vocal Shetland Sheepdog. I captured an excited moan as I was letting her and her sister Audra outside.I placed her voice inside Ableton’s Simpler device in the Note iOS app. After a little tweaking, I brought the instrument into Ableton Live and put some finishing touches on it.

Vera playing ball at her favorite local beach!

Sculpt the sound of Vera’s voice using the 12 Macro Controls or explore the 4 Macro Variation Presets I created.

You can use Vera’s voice as pads or electric keys style sounds, or perhaps create a distant howl to give you music some canine flavor!

Singing Dog is Part of the Everyday Sounds Ableton Live Pack

This free instrument is one of the 23 Instrument Racks found in my Everyday Sounds Ableton Live Pack. I created Everyday Sounds by sampling a variety of sounds from my daily routine. They include: my voice, my dog’s voice, machines, power tools, a squeaky chair and door, digital chimes, and more. In total, there are 86 sounds that cover all types of instruments and will add unique flavor to your next track!

Check it out below!


Everyday Sounds included with Music Production Club membership!

Everyday Sounds
Ableton Live Pack

There’s music everywhere!

Everyday Sounds is a collection of Ableton Live Instruments made from samples found around my house and in daily routines. Samples include my voice, piano, guitar, and dog Vera. There are tools and bells, machines and their digital chimes, a squeaky door, and summertime crickets. Each sound is transformed into musical instruments for use in your own projects.

23 Instrument Racks with 86 Macro Variations covering a wide range of playable instruments.

Requires Ableton Live 11.2.5 Standard or Above


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There’s Music Everywhere, You Just Have to Listen

Everywhere we go, we are surrounded by sound. Every sound we hear has potential to become music.

Over the last 12 years, I’be been building sample-based instruments from all kinds of sounds. Sometimes I have a pretty good idea of what the result will be, but often I’m surprised at what I hear.

Many of my favorite creations come from sounds that aren’t musical at all.

For this collection of Ableton Live Instruments, I decided to sample sounds I encounter every day. Household tools, squeaky doors and chairs, electronic beeps, my dog’s voice, my voice, interference sounds, and many more make their way into the Everyday Sounds Ableton Live Pack.

This is a creative noise-making instrument made with a Dremel tool.

A squeaky chair became a surprisingly useful collection of strings and pad sounds.

My refrigerators chiming sound becomes etherial and mystical with a little touch of Reverb and Delay.

I sang a simple “oooo” sound and managed to get electric keys sounds that have organic texture and soul.

Turn My Ordinary Sounds into Your Extraordinary Music

If you want to add something special and unique to your music, don’t reach for the same sounds everyone else is using. Everyday Sounds supplies you with a wide range of instruments that resemble pads, pianos, synths, voices, risers, transitional sweeps, and more, all built from unusual sources.

Each sound has a special personality and texture that can take your music to new places.