This tutorial is only valid for Live 8. You can find an updated version for Live 9 and up here. In Ableton Live, you can only have one Live Set open at any given time. So what if you want
When dragging and dropping multiple audio clips onto the grid, Live will by default add them all to one track. In Session View vertically, in Arrangement View horizontally along the timeline. There will be times though when you want them
Edit: Updated. Valid for Live 8 to 11. Session View is great for getting down loop based ideas or when performing live. Arrangement View, on the other hand, is best used for the production of songs along a traditional musical
If you’re looking for the tutorial for Ableton Live 9, 10 or 11, you can find it here. Although there is not just one way to use Live and misusing software can be quite creative, there are best practices of
Splitting and consolidating are essential when editing clips. No matter if purely for arranging purposes or creative fun with audio clips. There are a lot of ways to utilise these functions like creating new loops or when extreme mangling audio
In Ableton Live you have Session and Arrangement View from which you can export audio. This can be quite confusing at first and if you don’t understand how it’s done you might end up with rendered silence or too short
If you want to record real instruments or vocals, you should get a decent audio interface as a built-in sound card won’t give you good quality and may give you high latencies which means you’ll hear an annoying delay while
In Live you can use the standard commands for cut, copy and paste (Ctrl + X, + C or + V respectively on Windows; Cmd + X, + C or + V on Mac) that you might already be familiar
MIDI itself contains only data like note number, velocity and length, but no sound. To turn MIDI into sound you need a MIDI instrument. This tutorial shows you step by step how you can record MIDI.
Edit: Updated. Valid for Live 8 to 11. The audio set up on Windows computers is a bit trickier than on Macs and has a few stumbling blocks in store. This tutorial takes you step by step through the setup
If you often access certain folders, then you can create bookmarks for them with just a few easy steps. EDIT: This feature became obsolete with the release of Live 9. The Bookmark menu is available for File Browsers 1 to
Edit: Updated. Valid for Live 8 to 11. If you simply want to use the built-in sound card, the process is pretty straight forward and you can skip the first two steps. If you have an audio interface, read on
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