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How to Get a Good Guitar Tone with Ableton Live

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In this video I break down how to get great guitar tone using only Ableton Devices. All the racks, effects, and reverb are available as a download (ABLETON 10 or 11 SUITE REQUIRED) at this link: https://gum.co/RAFkVg

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Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro
00:49 – Use the right impedance!
2:05 – Rack Overview
3:20 – What is Cabinet
3:50 – Using multiple Cabinets
5:10 – Pedal Glance
6:18 – Gain Staging and Treble Boosters
9:08 – “Clean” Tone is clean
11:25 – Room Reverb and realism
12:30 – Big Fuzz and Stereo Cabs
15:17 – Hi Quality Mode in Pedal
16:48 – Metal Tone
18:31 – Spanky Compressor Tone
20:40 – Crappy Octavers
22:23 – Ableton Pedalboard
29:05 – Roll Your own Guitar Rack