cool nice info guys. The ableton mag seems to look interesting, i am cubase user but anyway, i am unfortunately limited to english, let you know how is the reading experience. grtz Once you get over the interface of ableton looking different, it opens up a whole new world of possibilites, even if y...

Not exactly a book, but there is a special edition ableton live magazine out this month, its pretty good and comes with a load of live packs on the cover cd, as well as tutorials and tips from some top ableton producers.

For normal, everyday use, ableton's compressor is my go-to, favourite and most-used. There are so many different combinations of the modes / knee curve that can create drastically different results. For colouration (compression, analog channel emulation etc.), Acoustica Nebula 3 hands-down wins, the...

Damn, forgot about this one - it is sure to do what you want (its pc-only)
http://mst.metabin.com/effects/warp/

I think if you have a delay with a shortish delay time that has the facility to repitch as you change the time (on ableton 8 you can right-click its somewhere in the menu for all of the in-built delays), and set the wet/dry to 50/50 then change the delay time - might be what you are looking for..

theres no specific synthesis method that is essential for minimal music, you dont even need a synthesizer, you could hit a cardboard box with a baseball bat.. Thats a good point, i made a good rythym with a tea strainer opening and closing rapidly inside a plastic bag :) when you do something in re...

What phase ghost said plus.. physical modelling synths are great, if you automate them.

You don't need to pay a qualified mastering engineer on smaller-scale releases, you can learn how to do this yourself. It will take time to learn, but you will get much better results with your music and it will drive you to create your own sound at the mastering stage which in turn will drive you t...