Most ambient templates hand you a pile of sounds and leave you to figure out the rest. Ambient Atelier does something different — it hands you a complete, performance-ready instrument that sounds stunning the moment you press play, and then quietly invites you to reshape every part of it.
Built by KVNDRA and optimised for both Ableton Push 3 Standalone and Ableton Live, Ambient Atelier is a full-ecosystem ambient performance template. Ten playable instrument channels, 30+ snapshot presets, seven combinable MIDI sequences per sound, a 16-macro performance effect rack, and a dedicated mastering rack — all dialled in, all connected, all ready to explore. Whether you’re playing a live set without a laptop or deep in the DAW building a track from scratch, this template meets you exactly where you are.
A Complete Ambient Performance Instrument
At the heart of Ambient Atelier are eight core playable sounds: one Bass, one Pluck Keys, two Pads, two Arps, and two Sound FX channels. Alongside these, a Lead Bass and an additional Keys sound sit ready to be swapped into any of the eight core slots — instantly reshaping the character of the whole set with a single move. Every sound has been carefully tuned to sit in the same harmonic space, so anything you play against anything else simply works.
Every instrument channel comes with at least three presets stored as snapshots directly inside the instrument rack. Tap once, and the sound shifts mood — darker, brighter, more textured. The Pads, Arps, and Sound FX channels each carry seven MIDI sequences that can be freely combined across scenes, opening up harmonic combinations you wouldn’t have thought to write yourself. And if inspiration strikes, recording your own sequences on top is just as immediate.
The Performance Effect Rack
What makes Ambient Atelier genuinely special as a live performance tool is the Ambient Performance Effect Rack sitting on the Main channel. Every instrument runs through it — which means the two Reverbs, Grain Delay, Echo, Filter, and Stutter Effect are shared across all sounds simultaneously. Push one macro and the entire mix responds. Pull back the grain delay and your arps snap into focus. Open the filter and the whole texture breathes. The 16 macros are mapped for intuitive, hands-on experimentation — not set-and-forget tweaking, but real-time shaping of the full sonic landscape.
Five performance presets are stored in the rack itself, letting you jump between radically different effect characters with one tap. And when you want to return to a clean starting point, the dedicated CLEAN preset resets all effects instantly — no diving into parameters, no guessing what you changed.
Built to Explore — Impossible to Break
Ambient Atelier was designed with one core philosophy: take away the fear. Every instrument channel has a DEFAULT snapshot button that snaps the sound back to its original tone in one tap. The Performance Effect Rack has its CLEAN preset. No matter how far you push the parameters, how many macros you twist, or how aggressively you experiment, you are always one tap away from something that sounds great. This makes it equally accessible whether you’re producing ambient music for the first time or performing a full live set in front of an audience.
The template ships in C Phrygian at 80 BPM — an evocative, slightly dark tonality that suits ambient and cinematic music beautifully — but both the key and tempo are fully adjustable. The included MIDI clips are all recorded in C Phrygian, so transposing them or recording your own sequences in a new key is straightforward. Or lean into the unexpected: play two keys against each other and hear what happens.
Push 3 Standalone Ready
Ambient Atelier is optimised specifically for Push 3 Standalone operation. Load the project folder onto your Push, hit play, and the full template runs entirely on the hardware — no laptop required. Use the Mixing page to fade channels in and out, record automation live, switch between MIDI clips, and dial in the performance effect macros, all from the Push surface. Move back to Ableton Live and the exact same template opens in Session View, giving you full DAW access to every sound, sequence, and rack. One template. Two worlds. Zero compromise.
Key Features
- Ten playable instrument channels: Bass, Pluck Keys, two Pads, two Arps, two Sound FX — plus Lead Bass and Keys as swappable alternatives
- 30+ snapshot presets: At least three per instrument, instantly accessible with a single tap
- Seven MIDI sequences per Pad, Arp, and SFX channel: Freely combinable across scenes for always-evolving harmonic textures
- 16-macro Ambient Performance Effect Rack: Shared across all channels — Reverb, Grain Delay, Echo, dual spatial Reverbs, Filter, and Stutter, with 5 presets plus a CLEAN reset
- Ambient Mastering Rack: Balances all channels with consistent levels without over-compressing the signal
- DEFAULT & CLEAN safety nets: One-tap reset on every instrument and the main effect rack — explore freely, always return to something great
- Push 3 Standalone optimised: Run the full template on hardware without a laptop, including mixing, automation, and clip launching
- Beginner and performer friendly: Instant results, C Phrygian at 80 BPM by default, fully adjustable for your own ideas
- Comprehensive User Guide: Included to get you up and running fast on both Push 3 Standalone and Ableton Live
What’s Included
- 1x Ableton Live Project Template (.alp), Push 3 Standalone optimised
- 10x playable instrument channels with 30+ total snapshot presets
- 7x MIDI sequences per Pad, Arp, and SFX channel
- 1x Ambient Performance Effect Rack (16 macros, 5 presets + CLEAN)
- 1x Ambient Mastering Rack
- Comprehensive User Guide (PDF)
Technical Requirements
Ambient Atelier requires Ableton Live 12 Suite or higher, or an Ableton Push 3 Standalone. Compatible with Mac and Windows. No additional plug-ins or third-party software required — everything runs natively within Ableton Live’s built-in devices.
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