Exact Tempo Automation in Ableton Live’s Arrangement View
Learn how to create precise tempo automation in Ableton Live’s Arrangement View. It’s simple once you know how.
April 23, 2014
Learn how to create precise tempo automation in Ableton Live’s Arrangement View. It’s simple once you know how.
When I started the Oblique Strategies here on Sonic Bloom, a commenter reminded me of a Max for Live device displaying the original oblique strategies by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt. By now, there are two available for free, L.ObliqueStrategies
I’ve written about a few chord plug-ins before. Xeno – Chord Explorer, a Max for Live MIDI effect, strikes me as the most musical I’ve encountered so far. It offers the 7 diatonic scales, has quite an extensive set of
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Mute all tracks, then slowly bring them back into the mix. Only keep what’s important.
Prompts or constraints to foster creativity.
Want to know how long it takes you to finish a track? Drop in ‘Work Timer’ before you begin. It keeps track of how long you’ve been working on your project once you’ve opened it and since you got started.
For those of you working on a Mac OS X with a big plug-in library there’s now Auganizer. This app allows you to organise all your Audio Unit plug-ins however you want. This way you can come up with your
Full Steam Ahead: free Ableton Live Pack with 3 macro-mapped Instrument Racks featuring reversed steam locomotive sounds turned orchestral.
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Using Live’s Tap Tempo can be quite clunky and it’s also not what most singer/songwriters have in mind. What if you want Live to follow your tempo, not vice versa? This is where “Relative Tap Tempo” comes in.
Learn Ableton Live’s essential time commands and Insert Silence shortcut for faster arranging in Arrangement View to boost your workflow.
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