Between the two mapping modes, excluding Macro Mapping, the Key Mapping mode is less frequently used. However, it can be quite useful for making music or playing live. I share a little known trick and some tips to avoid pitfalls.
Do you want to add text notes to your Ableton Live Set for documentation, ideas, or to-dos? This video presents four options for jotting down text notes, including hacks and free devices.
This tutorial covers two methods for setting up a drum pad in a Drum Rack to play a melody, such as a bass line, alongside beats. This tip is especially helpful for those using Ableton Live with an electronic drum kit or as a controllerist using Push or a similar MIDI controller. However, this approach can also be used creatively in music productions.
Ableton Live 12 comes packed with new features and devices. Here you can find video tutorials on Roar, Meld and Iftah’s Performance Pack, as well as an honest review of how it changes your workflow.
Whether you’re working in Session View or Arrangement View, it can be very useful to be able to show the currently playing audio or MIDI clip in the Clip View. This video tutorial in the Ableton Live Insider Tips series
Sometimes you might have used an audio file in multiple times in an arrangement in Ableton Live just to realise that the sound doesn’t quite fit anymore and you’d like to replace it. In this episode of the Ableton Live Insider Tips I show you a simple trick how you can swap out all of them at once.
If you have a lot of folders added to Places in Ableton Live’s Browser, then it might become more difficult to spot what you’re looking for. So for this reason I’m sharing a trick on how to visually organise these folders better in this latest episode of the Ableton Insider Tips.
In this video tutorial I’ll show you fastest way to set or adjust the start and/or end markers of audio or MIDI clips, or the loop braces in clips or the Arrangement View.
In this episode of the Ableton Live Quick Tips, I show you how can stop Live from automatically updating completely or to ask beforehand, so you can do it manually instead. I also explain how you can downgrade Ableton Live in case an automatically updated new version is causing you issues.
In this video tutorial I get into the details of the backup feature that was introduced in Live 10. This function is very useful for avoiding losing your work.
This video tutorial covers everything there is to know about Follow Actions in Ableton Live 11 and below. For clips and scenes, plus tips and tricks.
Yesterday, Ableton went public with the Live 11.3 beta version. So if you’re registered as a beta tester you can now download it and try out its new features and improvements. The biggest news is the new subtractive synthesizer called
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