Ableton · Music & creative culture · 2018
A summit for
music makers.
Three days of performance, experimentation and exchange. Ableton’s Loop brought its global music-making community to Hollywood for its first Los Angeles edition.
Live & Hybrid Production
The experience
One community.
Many ways in.
- Brand
- Ableton
- Location
- Hollywood, Los Angeles
- Date
- November 9–11, 2018
- Format
- Talks, workshops & performances
Loop connected artists, educators and technologists through an unusually broad program: intimate studio sessions, hands-on workshops, conversations and live performances.
The event extended across neighboring Hollywood venues, including the Montalbán Theatre and EastWest Studios. Audiences could move between different settings and approaches to making music.
MGKcreative’s work focused on the production connecting those experiences: concurrent stages, live switching and streaming, with technical coordination in real time.
MGKcreative’s contribution
Multiple stages.
Connected delivery.
As producer and technical director, MGKcreative managed simultaneous stage productions across multiple locations, supporting both audiences in the room and those joining remotely.
- 01 / STAGE PRODUCTION
Manage concurrent shows
Production management across stages operating at the same time in different locations.
- 02 / LIVE & ONLINE
Connect the audiences
Live switching and streaming to support the program’s in-person and virtual delivery.
- 03 / TECHNICAL DIRECTION
Coordinate in real time
Technical coordination across the live productions as the program unfolded.
Across the summit
Different rooms.
Shared curiosity.
Official event recap
See Loop in motion.
Ableton’s film from the 2018 summit.
The scale of the event
Beyond a single stage.
Tape Op reported just over a thousand attendees, alongside a program that also reached viewers through live streams. Its coverage emphasized the connections between music makers as much as the performances themselves.
Sources & image credits
Role and scope follow the existing MGKcreative project page. Dates and venues are confirmed in Ableton’s event announcement. Program scale and attendance come from Tape Op’s event coverage.
Main-stage, rooftop, workshop and panel photographs are sourced from Ableton’s official 2018 retrospective. Individual photographer credits are not listed there; publication permission remains to be confirmed. The live performance photograph is retained from the existing MGKcreative project page. The images illustrate the broader event; they do not establish responsibility for every pictured session or installation.