I think this is exactly what I was looking for! Synthwave is awesome! I have no Ableton, no instruments, no nothing, but a desire to learn all this stuff!! Love you!!!
I recently purchased Ableton Live 12 but ended up returning it after watching your video-it seemed as complicated as flying a plane! Jokes aside, although I felt a bit discouraged at first, I’m not giving up. I’m committed to continuing my journey and learning how to use Ableton.
Don’t get discouraged! My videos are definitely more on the intermediate to advanced side. Ableton takes a while to learn. Just take it piece by piece and it will become second nature.
Really like your channel, nice and chilled with a different style from the usual. I saw one channel (estuera) saying synthwave was an 'imaginary' genre and wasn't a thing in 80's mainstream music. I looked into this, and it's possibly memories from older 80's movies. I've pinned the style down to a guy called Alan Silvestri, who wrote soundtracks for a few of the 80's 'feel good' PG and under 18 rated movies.
Thanks so much! I do think a lot of modern synthwave is a mash up of a lot of nostalgic (and probably overused) elements from 80s music and culture. Especially offshoots like Vaporwave that are almost a mockery of the culture. Either way, I enjoy all of them 🙂
it's so wonderful to see how you just make music. Seeing the whole picture is the best way to learn, instead of teaching small, random tips, because there is no need to fill in the gaps. For the first time I see results when I try to simulate the tutorial from start to finish, I feel like I'm really learning. Although I still have the newbie mistake: I do things to make something sound good (and it does sound good) but I don't understand why. Hahaha. It happens to me with eq, comp, gate, but you have already motivated me to look for information about it. I thank you so much!
I’m glad the video is helpful! I always liked full process videos more than “tips and tricks” for this reason when I was learning, too. Thanks for checking out the video!
you are AMAZING, thanks for your work, definitely learned a lot. everything you show and teach is right at the level i need, where its not too overwhelming with tech sound design stuff yet super informative and applicable
yo, wanna collabarate? I also use ableton but I make harmonic ambience melodies and such. If we could collab you could create a fitting synth track. Drop your e-mail if you are down to try it!
learned a lot with this video thanks ! i had to adjust the gate for snares a little bit cause they were causing me trouble and the chain for effects was obscure to me but it's a start to undesrstand the daw and make a full song without paid vst.
yo, wanna collabarate? I also use ableton but I make harmonic ambience melodies and such. If we could collab you could create a fitting synth track. Drop your e-mail if you are down to try it!
I come from a rock music background using Pro Tools etc, but only just now getting my head around creating MIDIs in Ableton so this helped a lot, thanks 😊
I've been using Ableton for a little over 4 months, and the midi is so much fun to play around with. Once you get comfy in there with hotkeys and stuff it's so easy to mess around and experiment
This is great. I was liking some vst plugin sounds, but I wanted to make those kinds of sounds in Live with stock plugins. Five minutes later, I had some really great stuff. It took me so long to learn some of the other things like Simpler. I’m really glad to hear your concise explanation of these tools.
Thanks! I started on GarageBand, so Ableton was my first "real" DAW. It definitely has a steep learning curve and took me a while to develop a good workflow.
As an amateur who doesn't always want to spend $ on all the latest gadget software/plugins beyond the already expensive DAWs (even though I have and continue to spend lol ), your videos give me a lot to learn from, just with the stock plugins, and this is soooo rare! Thanks!
Nice video, and do you have your finished tracks somewhere? This is the second video I’ve seen of yours where you hit play at the end and it’s a really great melody and vibe.
Thanks for sharing! I love synthwave. I'm still a beginner with Ableton, does anyone know how she dropped the 707 kick on each 1/4 note so fast, what are the steps to do this, thanks!
Hey, thanks so much for checking out the video! Unfortunately, I don’t know a way to put the kicks down as quickly as this…I edited the video to cut that part out. Quickest way is to duplicate, so select the amount of time (like a bar) and then cntrl + D to duplicate it across.
@@khartbeats Thanks for replying. Ok, I know how to do that. I thought there was some more advanced technique that I was not aware of 😆. This is the first video of your channel I have watched and will check out more!
@@pennyc7064 sorry for getting your hopes up 😂 only other thing I could think of doing is saving a premade clip in a template if it’s a simple pattern like this you’ll use repeatedly. Hope you enjoy some of the other vids!
Haven't Been on the channel in a while and it is awesome to see the growth on the channel! Well deserved and earned. Great vibes K!!! This is vibes of my favorite show Stranger Things and I am an 80s kid! Blessings!
@@khartbeats Always! Have to support you sis! You have been doing a great job and I appreciate seeing that consistency! That's what makes it here! Blessings!
I love the video, however I noticed you were trying to drag the values of the materials. Did you know you can just type it in if you hover over it then press the number you want? Love your work, keep it up!
This is basically just a way of doing parallel processing. So instead of setting up a return track for one channel, I usually just do it on that channel.
There seems to be a brief pause with the Gated Reverb effect on some of the Snare Hits when I try to recreate these drums. Not sure if I had some parameters wrong, pls help!
Best ideas I can think of without seeing it... maybe mess with the gate settings? Changing the threshold settings to allow more of the reverb through. Or could be something with the reverb's pre-delay? I'd mess with those and see if it helps!
@khartbeats After doing some research, I think it might be some latency caused by the Compressor effects. Some videos suggested changing the Output Buffer Size, but it either makes the latency worse or causes a clicking sound in the audio.
Thanks! And unfortunately, no ALS. I was trying to clean up my Ableton installs and somehow deleted all of my older projects and this was among them. It was a sad, sad day.
I have a problem.... I don't look as cool in the shades, need advice!! :"( Great video.. I've been making music on my phone with FL Studio 3 and I needed something better
Hey, thanks! So the instrument is actually Wavetable…that’s the name of the synth. The bass and keys are pretty similar. They both use sawtooth waves in the Wavetable instrument.
Synthwave track I put together a long time ago…this is the full song. Thank you! Stranger Things Meets Funk - Synthwave ua-cam.com/video/adkLKPRBFgo/v-deo.html
@@komnerfrantornet I showed it kind of quickly around 2:17 in this one. Basically using the compressor on side chain mode to drop the volume of the track based on the kick. I did this same thing to almost every track here.
Intro is pretty limited…if you see yourself continuing music production, I’d say go for Suite. It really has a lot packed into it. You could also stick with Intro and pick up some free or cheap 3rd party plugins to fill some of the gaps.
Thanks. I think I’m going to just get suite. I’m just doing this as a hobby but it really makes it easier when watching videos like yours to be able to just pull the things up that you are. I really enjoyed your video! I’m going to be doing a deep dive on your channel. Already subbed.
@khartbeats Ahh ok, I JUST bought ableton for school so maybe down the line I can buy something like that as well. Maybe for now I can try to use one of the preloaded synths?
The only preset I used was the one with Drift. If you open the instrument in the side panel there’s an arrow to open up different presets that way. Hope that helps.
My biggest problem is chords. I can make basslines all day. But trying to make chords that go along with what the bass is doing kills anything I have going on with a track. Thank you for the chord explanation
It’s the davy preset from the free themes pack from Sonic Bloom. If you search for her name on here, she has a video showing them with a link to download the pack.
Im assuming that only a fraction of this is possible with the Intro version? Like Wavetables just dont exist in Intro *edit: I just now caught that you're using 11, not 12. doh!
Yeah, this was an older video so I was still using 11. Live 12 added some new stuff for the lower versions, but you could also get something like Vital, which is a free wavetable synth, to use inside Ableton.
I think this is exactly what I was looking for! Synthwave is awesome! I have no Ableton, no instruments, no nothing, but a desire to learn all this stuff!! Love you!!!
Synthwave is indeed awesome! Glad you enjoyed and have fun learning 🙂
The simplicity of this was exactly what i needed to start learning the synthwave genre!!!! Thank yoou sooooo much!
Thanks! Happy to help!
I CAME TO SAY THIS.
MANY THANKS!
Fantastic video. Simple, to the point, no BS. A+, no notes.
Thank you!! I really appreciate it.
thank you for replying to all of our comments
Definitely! 🙂
something about the square wave and the saw wave together brings back NI massive 2012 electronic music vibes.
i dont think anyone has emitted as much absolute tubular aura than u at the start with those sunglasses
Nailed it 😎
This is the best synthwave tutorial out there! I love your clarity. These are great techniques. Thank you!
I’m happy the tutorial is helpful! Thanks so much!
Your channel is such a wee gem. So glad you came up on my home page!
So happy to hear that! Thank you!
Wow you are awesome 😎looking out for more of this great content👍You got a new subscriber !
Thanks so much! More videos on the way 😊
I recently purchased Ableton Live 12 but ended up returning it after watching your video-it seemed as complicated as flying a plane! Jokes aside, although I felt a bit discouraged at first, I’m not giving up. I’m committed to continuing my journey and learning how to use Ableton.
Don’t get discouraged! My videos are definitely more on the intermediate to advanced side. Ableton takes a while to learn. Just take it piece by piece and it will become second nature.
Thanks!!! I'm going to try to write a synthwave song using this video as a tutorial. So cool
Awesome! I’m glad it was helpful. Have fun making some synthwave!
Really like your channel, nice and chilled with a different style from the usual.
I saw one channel (estuera) saying synthwave was an 'imaginary' genre and wasn't a thing in 80's mainstream music. I looked into this, and it's possibly memories from older 80's movies. I've pinned the style down to a guy called Alan Silvestri, who wrote soundtracks for a few of the 80's 'feel good' PG and under 18 rated movies.
Thanks so much! I do think a lot of modern synthwave is a mash up of a lot of nostalgic (and probably overused) elements from 80s music and culture. Especially offshoots like Vaporwave that are almost a mockery of the culture. Either way, I enjoy all of them 🙂
wow this sounds awesome!
This is one of most helpful productions videos! Thank you!!
Glad it was helpful!
This is huge realizing I can make all these sounds with Ableton stock plugins. Also, you didn’t move too fast and made sense. Thank you!
Thanks so much! And yeah, stock Ableton is pretty awesome. I’m usually a lot more creative when I limit myself to the stock instruments/effects.
You made me feel good, you really have positive energy and I subscribed and I want to follow you from now on, thank you for your training
Really appreciate that! Thank you!
I’ve watched this video at least twenty times. I learn something new every time! 🙏🏾
That’s awesome to hear! Thank you!
You make it look so easy!!! I hope to get my knowledge on your level!!! I know it takes time!!!
It definitely takes time! Watch a ton of tutorials and spend time inside Ableton experimenting. It pays off!
@@khartbeats most definitely!!! Respect 👊🏾
Wow! I need to learn Ableton fast. Great video and created music
Thank you!
I just found your channel, and love the videos! Subscribed!
Thanks so much!
This video is great. Informative, easy to follow along, no filler content or superfluous clips, and now I'm inspired to create some music!
Awesome! Thank you so much!
oh, simplicity is where it's at, love the synth wave lesson! thank you
Glad you like it! Thanks!
You’re awesome ❤ ! Just brought ableton and I find your videos so good to learn from. So thank you very much 😊 big ups from Australia
Nice! Thank you so much 😊 hope you’re having fun with ableton!
I like how you incorporate theory in with production.
Thanks! I'm kind of a nerd about it, so I have to add it haha. Glad some people enjoy it :)
Great tutorial I’ve just discovered you and I’m looking forward to watching more
Awesome! Thanks so much 😊
The thing i love the most about ypur videos is that you explain everithing you do❤
This tutorial triggers me to make my own synthwave tracks.Love your build ups.😎
You definitely should! Thanks so much 🙂
Excellent!
Thanks so much!
Please create Citypop! I'm trying to learn with ableton live 12 lite
it's so wonderful to see how you just make music. Seeing the whole picture is the best way to learn, instead of teaching small, random tips, because there is no need to fill in the gaps. For the first time I see results when I try to simulate the tutorial from start to finish, I feel like I'm really learning.
Although I still have the newbie mistake: I do things to make something sound good (and it does sound good) but I don't understand why. Hahaha. It happens to me with eq, comp, gate, but you have already motivated me to look for information about it. I thank you so much!
I’m glad the video is helpful! I always liked full process videos more than “tips and tricks” for this reason when I was learning, too. Thanks for checking out the video!
you are AMAZING, thanks for your work, definitely learned a lot. everything you show and teach is right at the level i need, where its not too overwhelming with tech sound design stuff yet super informative and applicable
Hey, thanks so much! I’m really glad it’s helpful 🙂
AWESOME ...GO Girl!!!
Thank you!!
This was so cool! Thank you. Loved it.
yo, wanna collabarate? I also use ableton but I make harmonic ambience melodies and such. If we could collab you could create a fitting synth track.
Drop your e-mail if you are down to try it!
You're amazing, this is absolutely preem, thank you 🙏🙏
Thanks so much 🙂
learned a lot with this video thanks ! i had to adjust the gate for snares a little bit cause they were causing me trouble and the chain for effects was obscure to me but it's a start to undesrstand the daw and make a full song without paid vst.
Glad it was helpful! Chains can be a bit tricky to dial in, but they’re super powerful. Thanks for checking out the video.
Am lucky to have discovered this channel. So much insight is helping me with in my Ableton Journey. Thank you!
That’s great! I’m glad the videos are helpful!
amazingly clear , could you make a tutorial about the song "pulsar" from Kavinsky??The composition and the sound of this song is amazing..
Thanks so much! I can add something similar to that to my list of future videos.
Amazing watching you work 👏💯
Thanks so much!
nice shades! mmm tempted to have a play with this genre :)
Thanks! You definitely should...it's a fun one!
Love this, you rock, thank you!
🙂
yo, wanna collabarate? I also use ableton but I make harmonic ambience melodies and such. If we could collab you could create a fitting synth track.
Drop your e-mail if you are down to try it!
this is so amazing!
Thanks so much!
Great work! It would be cool to see a retrowave tune with those guitars you have 😎🤟
Thanks! Great idea…I’ll have to work on a retrowave track like that 👍
I come from a rock music background using Pro Tools etc, but only just now getting my head around creating MIDIs in Ableton so this helped a lot, thanks 😊
That’s great that it’s helpful. Thanks!
I've been using Ableton for a little over 4 months, and the midi is so much fun to play around with. Once you get comfy in there with hotkeys and stuff it's so easy to mess around and experiment
You just got a new subscriber. This was great!
Thanks so much!
This was major kick A. Thank you K.
Glad you enjoyed, thanks!
Learning so much from these videos, thank you!
That’s great! I’m glad the videos are helpful 🙂
Awesome tutorial. Thank you!
This is great. I was liking some vst plugin sounds, but I wanted to make those kinds of sounds in Live with stock plugins. Five minutes later, I had some really great stuff. It took me so long to learn some of the other things like Simpler. I’m really glad to hear your concise explanation of these tools.
That’s awesome. I’m glad the video was helpful!
It would be great if you also make tutorials in Reason. I like how you are precise and straight to the point 😊
Thanks so much! I’ve never used Reason, but hopefully some of this stuff transfers over well enough 🙂
love your content, keep grinding. your channel is gonna be huge!
Thanks so much!! 😊
awesome work. Wish i could get use to Ableton. I purchased it but could never get use to the work flow.
Synth Wave is one of my favorites to make.
Thanks! I started on GarageBand, so Ableton was my first "real" DAW. It definitely has a steep learning curve and took me a while to develop a good workflow.
As an amateur who doesn't always want to spend $ on all the latest gadget software/plugins beyond the already expensive DAWs (even though I have and continue to spend lol ), your videos give me a lot to learn from, just with the stock plugins, and this is soooo rare! Thanks!
It’s hard not to spend money on the new, shiny plugins lol. I’m glad this video was helpful!
Any DAW (especially the expensive version with all the extras) has pretty much everything most of us REALLY need. :)
Excellent tutorial, thank you
Thanks so much!
That was awesome!!!🤩
Thank you! 😊
Kinda fast for a total begginer here, but its just amazing. Ive learned a lot with this!! Thanks!!!
This is probably a step up from total beginner, but I’m glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for watching!
Fantastic tut!
Thanks so much!
Love the shades.
Nice video, and do you have your finished tracks somewhere? This is the second video I’ve seen of yours where you hit play at the end and it’s a really great melody and vibe.
Thank you! I do have some of my tracks on Spotify, Apple Music, etc, but not all of them. I’m working on trying to release more music 🙂
hi! at 3:12, you start changing the eq, reverb, and gate, but for me, all of those have disappeared, great tutorial so far, I am just a little stuck 😅
nevermind! i think i fixed it by pressing the button above the hamburger button!
Awesome! Glad you figured it out!
Holy crap this content is good
Thank you!
uhm, that song kind of generated goodbumps. Will watch again when I am home and follow it to the point. Thanks!
Thanks so much for checking it out!
thank youuuuuuuu
This pad design is top notch. Pity I don’t have Ableton, I cannot quite nail this „classic” unison setting on other synths.
Thanks so much! Another free chorus plugin to try is the TAL-LX chorus. It’s pretty good for being free.
@@khartbeats I don’t think it’s just chorus, I think it’s rather what this synth is doing with voice distribution, but thank You a lot, I’ll try it 🥰
Loved this video! But have a question, but did the video had some skips at 07:43 or how did the last chord got autocompleted?
Hey, thanks so much! I added the last chord and then I skipped over adding some bass notes at the bottom… The chords themselves didn’t change.
@@khartbeats Ah, makes sense! Thanks for the info :D I know i will be revisiting this video several times in the next weeks :D
I would love to see more Live Stock videos!
Wtf livestock lol
More on the way…and livestock made me chuckle 😂
Super cool. Thanks!
Thanks for checking it out!
Thank you!
8:42 "...and done, we made a bass" 😸 Thumbnail image is sick.
That is definitely the quickest way to make a bass 😆 and thanks! I wanted a super synthwave thumbnail, too.
Thanks for sharing! I love synthwave. I'm still a beginner with Ableton, does anyone know how she dropped the 707 kick on each 1/4 note so fast, what are the steps to do this, thanks!
Hey, thanks so much for checking out the video! Unfortunately, I don’t know a way to put the kicks down as quickly as this…I edited the video to cut that part out. Quickest way is to duplicate, so select the amount of time (like a bar) and then cntrl + D to duplicate it across.
@@khartbeats Thanks for replying. Ok, I know how to do that. I thought there was some more advanced technique that I was not aware of 😆. This is the first video of your channel I have watched and will check out more!
@@pennyc7064 sorry for getting your hopes up 😂 only other thing I could think of doing is saving a premade clip in a template if it’s a simple pattern like this you’ll use repeatedly. Hope you enjoy some of the other vids!
@@khartbeats Great idea! Thanks!
I love you
Yes, just what I was looking for! You make it seem so easy. Can you do a tutorial on mixing vocals? That would be great!
Thanks! I’ll see what I can do 😊
Haven't Been on the channel in a while and it is awesome to see the growth on the channel! Well deserved and earned. Great vibes K!!! This is vibes of my favorite show Stranger Things and I am an 80s kid! Blessings!
Hey, thanks so much! I’m definitely a fan of 80s music, movies and vibes! I appreciate you stopping by 🙂
@@khartbeats Always! Have to support you sis! You have been doing a great job and I appreciate seeing that consistency! That's what makes it here! Blessings!
Thank you for great tutorials🙂
Thanks for checking them out 🙂
nice tuto thank you
Thanks!
I love the video, however I noticed you were trying to drag the values of the materials. Did you know you can just type it in if you hover over it then press the number you want? Love your work, keep it up!
Hey, thanks! And yeah, good tip. I tend to like to struggle with just using the mouse 😂
Great tutorial! I have a question: why did you always make an effect chain with a separate one for dry and separate for wet signal?
This is basically just a way of doing parallel processing. So instead of setting up a return track for one channel, I usually just do it on that channel.
There seems to be a brief pause with the Gated Reverb effect on some of the Snare Hits when I try to recreate these drums. Not sure if I had some parameters wrong, pls help!
Best ideas I can think of without seeing it... maybe mess with the gate settings? Changing the threshold settings to allow more of the reverb through. Or could be something with the reverb's pre-delay? I'd mess with those and see if it helps!
@khartbeats After doing some research, I think it might be some latency caused by the Compressor effects. Some videos suggested changing the Output Buffer Size, but it either makes the latency worse or causes a clicking sound in the audio.
Nice
So great to watch. By any chance do you still have the ALS file to this?
Thanks! And unfortunately, no ALS. I was trying to clean up my Ableton installs and somehow deleted all of my older projects and this was among them. It was a sad, sad day.
I definitely understand. Bummer that happened. @@khartbeats
on point, but why ist the track in mono?
I have a problem.... I don't look as cool in the shades, need advice!! :"(
Great video.. I've been making music on my phone with FL Studio 3 and I needed something better
I do love those shades 😎 thank you! I haven’t tried FL mobile but I imagine it would be tough to make tracks that way.
great video! you just added completly different bass notes on bar 3 and 4 than the lowest chord notes right ?
Thanks! A lot of times I'll use the 3rd or the 5th of the chord rather than the root (lowest) note. It can make the bass a little more interesting.
Wow....very nice....Is there a way to download this set? I try to recreate this, but i'm just a beginner with ableton.
Thanks! I don’t have downloads for this project, unfortunately.
So nice ❤
Thanks!
@@khartbeats welcome ❤️❤️❤️
You are very knowledgeable, how long have you been using DAWs to make music?
Thank you! I've been using Ableton for a few years now, but I've played one instrument or another and been involved with music for a long time.
Hi, how do you drop multiple sample in quarter like you do in the video ? there is a shortcut ?
I edited it. There’s no easy way to do it with audio samples. I just dropped one in then control D to duplicate them.
I copied this method step by step in Live 12 but the first chain grouping messed up my snares. Help
The gated reverb for the snare? I can try to help if you can explain what seems messed up…?
Eq eight is only in suite version
i have the standard version and i have eq 8
Hi, Im new and I got a question, which instruments are you using of the wavetable? especially for the bass and for the keys. great tutorial btw :)
Hey, thanks! So the instrument is actually Wavetable…that’s the name of the synth. The bass and keys are pretty similar. They both use sawtooth waves in the Wavetable instrument.
@@khartbeats oh thanks and one more question if you dont mind, why after I duplicate the wavetable it doesnt show on the matix the filter 1 freq?
Whats the song in the intro? Its great. Thanks
Synthwave track I put together a long time ago…this is the full song. Thank you!
Stranger Things Meets Funk - Synthwave
ua-cam.com/video/adkLKPRBFgo/v-deo.html
Thank you so much
hi k.hart question can you make techno or techhouse track with ableton stock and stuff gr
I can work on something along those lines.
How do you get that swell-effect? After every kickdrum it sounds like chords with a rising volume, and like a swelleffect
That’s most likely the side chain effect you’re hearing. Every thing is ducking in volume when the kick drum hits and then it comes back up.
@@khartbeats thats so cool. Do you go through that in the video aswell? Or is there another video covering that?
@@komnerfrantornet I showed it kind of quickly around 2:17 in this one. Basically using the compressor on side chain mode to drop the volume of the track based on the kick. I did this same thing to almost every track here.
Do you that for the basstrack also?
@@komnerfrantornet yep! Probably the most important one!
I have Ableton Intro. Can this be done inside that or would it be best to just upgrade to standard or the big dog price?
Intro is pretty limited…if you see yourself continuing music production, I’d say go for Suite. It really has a lot packed into it. You could also stick with Intro and pick up some free or cheap 3rd party plugins to fill some of the gaps.
Thanks. I think I’m going to just get suite. I’m just doing this as a hobby but it really makes it easier when watching videos like yours to be able to just pull the things up that you are. I really enjoyed your video! I’m going to be doing a deep dive on your channel. Already subbed.
@@Unclethunder_Awesome, thanks so much!
Is Wavetable a separate paid thing? I can't find it and I have Ableton Live 12 Standard
I think you can get it separately or with Suite. If you have a different wavetable synth like Serum or Vital they’re pretty similar.
@khartbeats Ahh ok, I JUST bought ableton for school so maybe down the line I can buy something like that as well. Maybe for now I can try to use one of the preloaded synths?
This is a good track but I didn't find the presets.
The only preset I used was the one with Drift. If you open the instrument in the side panel there’s an arrow to open up different presets that way. Hope that helps.
My biggest problem is chords. I can make basslines all day. But trying to make chords that go along with what the bass is doing kills anything I have going on with a track. Thank you for the chord explanation
Chords can be tricky. I’m glad this was helpful! Thanks for watching!
👏👏👏
Nice tutorial, i wish you had let the track finish playing before cutting the video to see how you arranged it
Thank you! And yeah, I’ve started focusing more on arrangement in my more recent videos. Lots of people were asking for that 🙂
what ableton theme are you using?
It’s the davy preset from the free themes pack from Sonic Bloom. If you search for her name on here, she has a video showing them with a link to download the pack.
Im assuming that only a fraction of this is possible with the Intro version? Like Wavetables just dont exist in Intro *edit: I just now caught that you're using 11, not 12. doh!
Yeah, this was an older video so I was still using 11. Live 12 added some new stuff for the lower versions, but you could also get something like Vital, which is a free wavetable synth, to use inside Ableton.