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365 Ableton Live Tips


IN CONCLUSION --> NEW!

LOVE YOUR CRAFT
LISTEN TO THE STEREO STUFF
MIX LOW, pt. 2
MIX LOW
ALBUM MASTERING
COMPRESSOR: THE INSERT A SIGNAL ANYWHERE-ERIZER
ALWAYS EXPORT AN UNMASTERED MIX
THE TWO STEP EXPORT TWO-STEP
MASTER IN THE MIX, pt. 2
MASTER IN THE MIX?
CUTTING THE LOWS
SETTLING FOR LESS
LIMITER TWEAKS
LOUD - BUT AT WHAT COST?
GETTING IT LOUD
NO FREE LUNCH
WHAT IS LOUD?
REFERENCING DURING MIXING
REFERENCING WITH SPECTRUM
SPECTRUM, pt. 2
MASTERING: SPECTRUM
THOUGHTS ON SELF-MASTERING
EXCLUSIVE
ABOUT FM
ABOUT ALGORITHMS
KICK DRUM WORKSHOP: FM IT
KICK DRUM WORKSHOP: HIGH PASS FILTER
KICK DRUM WORKSHOP: WORKIN THE SWEET SPOT
KICK DRUM WORKSHOP: THE SWEET SPOT
KICK DRUM WORKSHOP: TRIGGER MODE
KICK DRUM WORKSHOP: FIXED PITCH KICK
KICK DRUM WORKSHOP: ABOUT PITCH
KICK DRUM WORKSHOP: PITCH ENV DECAY
KICK DRUM WORKSHOP: THE BASICS, pt. 2
KICK DRUM WORKSHOP: THE BASICS
RANDOMIZING W/ VELOCITY ZONES: ADD MIDI FX
PAT'S SECRET RECIPE
RANDOMIZING WITH VELOCITY ZONES
PERCUSSIVE SAMPLE AGRESSION
SAMPLER OFFSET SUPERSWEETNESS
SAMPLER OFFSET SWEETNESS
LOOPING WITHOUT WARPING. SORTA. pt 2.
LOOPING WITHOUT WARPING. SORTA.
FOLLOW ACTION FREAKOUT: THE GRIPPING CONCLUSION
FOLLOW ACTION FREAKOUT: THE SEQUEL
FOLLOW ACTIONS: NEXT!
FOLLOW ACTIONS: CUSTOMIZING THE RANDOMNESS
FOLLOW ACTIONS: ANY VS. OTHER
ABOUT LEGATO
FOLLOW ACTION FLIP
FOLLOW ACTION FUNDAMENTALS
FOLLOW ACTION FREAKOUT, pt. 2
FOLLOW ACTION FREAKOUT
OH GOD, MY BRAIN HURTS
VOCODER: THE SNARERERIZER, pt. 2
VOCODER: THE SNARERERIZER
PREVIEW W/ THE RIGHT ARROW
GRAIN DELAY: MUTANT CHORUS
MIDI SYNC: WHAT'S THAT OTHER STUFF?
WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING MIDI SYNC
MIDI SYNC: THE LOWDOWN
MIDI SYNC: THE SYNC
MIDI SYNC: THE TROUBLESHOOTING
MIDI SYNC: THE SOFTWARE
MIDI SYNC: THE HARDWARE
THE OTHER KICK-BASS SIDECHAIN
BEATING THE SIDECHAIN CLICK
THE SIDECHAIN FREEZE: THE CATCH
THE SIDECHAIN FREEZE: STUCK IN THE MIDDLE
THE SIDECHAIN FREEZE, pt. 2
THE SIDECHAIN FREEZE
AUTOMATION EDITING: LOCK IT DOWN
AUTOMATION EDITING: CONFINING MOTION
AUTOMATION EDITING: MOVE IT AROUND
FACEBOOK EDITING: DELETING
AUTOMATION EDITING: CLEAR AND PRESERVE
AUTOMATION EDITING: SUPER MEGA DELETING
AUTOMATION EDITING: DELETING
AUTOMATION EDITING: BREAKPOINT DRAG & DESTROY
AUTOMATION THINNING
PLUG-IN AUTO CONFIGURATION OPTION
KNOW YOUR "OPTIONS"
ROUND NUMBER TEMPO MACRO MADNESS - ON ICE!
ROUND NUMBER TEMPO MACRO MADNESS
TEMPO CHANGE MACRO, pt. 2
TEMPO CHANGE MACRO
MIDI MACRO CLIPS, pt. 2
INTER APPLICATION MIDI
MIDI MACRO CLIPS
THE BEST THING EVER
THE MID-SIDE RACK
MID-SIDE WITH UTILITY
MID-SIDE EQ
SUBTRACTIVE EQ
LOOKING AHEAD
BEWARE THE MAKEUP!
GET THE GAIN RIGHT (ALL THE TIME!)
EQ: CHECK THE GAIN
KEY MAP TO A/B
SEE THE REAL FREEZE
SEE THE REAL FREEZE
EDIT GROUPS
TRANSPOSE VS. BASE
ONE SCALE, MANY MODES
PLACE THE CLIP, SWITCH THE SAMPLE
GROUP IN A GROUP
GROUP THE EXTRACTED
DRUM EDITING WORKFLOW
EXTRACT CHAINS
ARPEGGIATOR: TAKING STEPS
ARPEGGIATOR: FUN WITH VELOCITY
ARPEGGIATOR: MIDI DELAY, pt. 2
ARPEGGIATOR: MIDI DELAY
PRINT THE RETURN
THE JUNKY BUS, IN SPACE!
AMP & CABINET ON THE JUNKY BUS, pt. 2
AMP & CABINET ON THE JUNKY BUS
AMP & CABINET!
THE MASTER FX RACK
SETTING UP A BUS
THE SAMPLE BUS
PERFORMANCE RACK COMPRESSION
STORM GATE: THE RACK
STORM GATE: GETTING THE GRID RIGHT
STORM GATE: SECRET WEAPON
RELATIVE CLIP LAUNCHERS
NAVIGATING THE MEGA-SET, pt. 3
NAVIGATING THE MEGA-SET, pt. 2
NAVIGATING THE MEGA-SET
DJ SAMPLER
THE MEGA-SET
SUPA-TRIGGA: THE RACK
SUPA-TRIGGA: ONE BUTTON GLITCHA
AAAAAND, WE'RE BACK!
TIPS VACATION
RACK THAT FUZZ!
THE BEST FREE COMPRESSOR
WAVESHAPIN'
COLLABORATING: (NOT REALLY) LOST AND FOUND
COLLABORATING: COLLECTING ALL
COLLABORATING: ABLETON INSTRUMENT AGGRO
COLLABORATING: THE COMMITMENT ESCAPE HATCH
COLLABORATING: ANTI-FREEZE
COLLABORATING: EDIT FROZEN AUDIO
COLLABORATING: EDIT FROZEN MIDI
COLLABORATING: FREEZE!
ABOUT COLLABORATING
SAVE PARAMETER CONFIGURATION
CONFIGURE DURING RECORDING
CONFIGURE NOW! (UNDO LATER)
ABOUT PLUG-IN PARAMETERS
(RE)ARRANGING FOR THE GIG
EXPORTING FOR THE GIG
MASTERING FOR THE GIG
ARRANGING FOR THE GIG
GROUP TRACK GOTCHAS
GROUP TRACKS
PRODUCING FOR THE GIG
REFLECTIONS FROM THE ROAD
"SAMPLE" MIDI
MIDI FILTRATION
MICROTONALIZE IT
THE ALTERNATOR
RANDOM OCTAVES
THE GHOST SHAKER
THE SHAKER VARIATIONS
LET'S GET RANDOM, pt. 2
LET'S GET RANDOM
EVEN MORE FUN WITH VELOCITY
FUN WITH VELOCITY (AND OPERATOR)
FUN WITH EXTRACTED GROOVES
GROOVE EXTRACTION
KINDLY ACTS OF RANDOMNESS
GROOVING A GROOVE
A FUN FACT ABOUT GROOVE VELOCITY!
KNOW YOUR VELOCITY
COMMIT IT
INSIDE THE GROOVE
ADJUSTING GROOVE TIMING
UNDERSTANDING SWING
USING GROOVE TO QUANTIZE
PARTIAL QUANTIZATION
APPLYING GROOVE
WARPING 101: USING AUTO-WRECK
WARPING 101: WRECK THE GROOVE
WARPING 101: SIZE MATTERS
WARPING 101: MULTIPLE WARPGASMS
WARPING 101: TRICKY ACAPELLAS
WARPING 101: EASY ACAPELLAS
WARPING 101: THE NEGATIVE BARS
WARPING 101: THE LOOP METHOD
WARPING 101: THE SEG. BPM METHOD
WARPING 101: ABOUT SEG. BPM
WARPING 101: A LITTLE COMMON SENSE
WARPING 101: INTERMEDIATE MANUAL WARPING
WARPING 101: CHECK YOUR WORK BY EAR
WARPING 101: BASIC MANUAL WARPING
WARPING 101: USING AUTO WARP
WARPING 101: THE PLIGHT OF THE ALMOST WARPED
WARPING 101: WHAT'S WARPING ANYWAY?
WARPING 101: SET THE ONE
WARPING 101: TAP OR TYPE TEMPO
WARPING 101: ZOOM RIGHT
WARPING 101: NAIL DOWN THE DOWNBEAT
WARPING 101: TURN OFF AUTO WARP
MANY MINI SETS
EXPAND THE MIXER
DJ EQ: TAREKITH'S TAKE
DJ EQ: ADDING KILL SWITCHES
DJ EQ: LESS BOOSTY, DIFFERENT
DJ EQ: LESS BOOSTY
BE SQUARE
OPEN THE ENVELOPE
ANALOG: 4 OSCILLATOR SYNTH
VOLUME AUTOMATION: UNSPEAKABLY EVIL
THE GO-ANYWHERE VOLUME CONTROL
SIMPLE WET/DRY RACK, pt. 2
SIMPLE WET/DRY RACK
DROP THE WARP
UNWARPED TRANSITION CLIP
MAPPING THE ACTIVATOR
STRATEGIC GLITCH LOCATIONS
RACK OF REPEATS
BEAT REPEAT: THE SILENCER
SELECTING THE RIGHT WARP MODE, pt 2
SELECTING THE RIGHT WARP MODE
CROP AND COLLECT
A LITTLE MORE BUZZED
A LITTLE BUZZED
GRAIN DELAY: PRETTY GLITCHER
SLICE THE INSANITY
RE-RESAMPLE IT
WHO'S GOT TIME TO TURN THE START KNOB?
DROP IT IN A DRUM RACK
SAMPLE IT ALL
SHUFFLE THAT BUFFER
MAX FOR LIVE: BIG PILE OF EFFECTS
MAX FOR WHAT?
INSTRUMENTEMPLATE
EXTERNAL INSTRUMENTS - INTERNALLY
EXTERNAL INSTRUMENTS
DRY/WET? MAYBE
RENDER IT REALTIME
EFFECT IT, PRINT IT
GO EXTERNAL
COLOR THE RECTANGLE
THE DO NOTHING BUTTON
DANGEROUS BUTTONS
COPY TIME
A FEW GOOD TRACKS
MO TRACKS MO PROBLEMS
UTILITY TEMPLATES
TEMPLATE!
THE SOUNDS SET
SKIN IT YERSELF
THE SKINNY
CONTRAST CRAZY
SIZE IT, SKIN IT
FIGHT THE SUNLIGHT
MIDISTROKE IT
(UN)FOLD FROM THE KEYBOARD
GROUP CRATE TRACKS
CRATE TRACKS
RUN THE BETA
SHAKEY VARIATIONS
KICK THE LOWS
UNDERSTAND THE ENVELOPE
WHY SCRUB?
THE OTHER NUDGE
DRAG AND SWAP
RACK SWAP
GO WITH WHAT YOU KNOW
INTERFACE REFLECTIONS
INTERFACE POLL RESULTS
FLIP IT, DUB IT
SHIFT THE BEAT, KILL THE KICK
INSTANT BEAT JUGGLE
CROSSFADE WHAT?
THE (UN)LIMITER
SEND TO CUE
ONE BUTTON, STATUS AND CUE
MORPHING FILTER
CONTINUE TO PREPARE TO MORPH!
PREPARE TO MORPH!
LOOPIN' AND PUNCHIN'
PUNCH IT!
AUTO PAN: CHOPPER
SILENCE BY NUMBERS
SILENCE!
THE LITTLE NUDGE
THE BIG NUDGE
LOOP IT LIVE
TRACK STATUS
ABLETON LIVE: NOT SO MUCH
SAVE A (SUB)SET
MASTER OF IMPORTS
IMPORT A TRACK
SAVE A COPY
FILTER DELAY: DJ LOOPER
CUT THE BOOST
BOOST THE CUT
DJ EQ
DROP THE BASE
LAYER IT UP
LOOK MA, NO FILTER
OSCILLATOR FEEDBACK
IN THE MIX
ROBOT NINJA ASSASIN BASS
SIMPLE BASS
SYNTHETIC PERCUSSION
THE BEST PRESET EVER
GRAIN DELAY: STEREO-IZER
ONLY THE BEST
KICK THAT SNARE
KICK THE MIDS
KICK THAT KICK
SHAPE THOSE SOUNDS
A FEW GOOD SAMPLES
GETTING AROUND ARRANGEMENTS
COLLECT FILES ON EXPORT
THE SOUNDS PROJECT
SLOPPIER CLAPS
SLOPPY CLAPS
SENSITIVE DRUM RACKS
SENSITIVE SAMPLES
WHAT ABOUT MIDI?
STEMS: WHY BOTHER?
PRINT STEMS, OLDSKOOL
PRINT STEMS
AFTER THE GLITCH
PITCH UP TO GLITCH UP
TRANSIENT LOOP MODE: WICKED GLITCHA
TRANSIENT ENVELOPE: WICKED GATE
THE NAME GAME, pt 2.
THE NAME GAME, pt. 1
FREQUENCY SHIFTER: SUBTLE MODULATOR
ORGANIZE YOUR PRESETS, pt. 2
ORGANIZE YOUR PRESETS, pt. 1
RACK VS. DEVICE PRESETS
OK FINE, DON'T USE THE MOUSE
USE THE FRIGGIN' MOUSE
GRAIN DELAY AS PITCH SHIFTER
RETURN OF THE SESSION VIEW
START IN THE SESSION VIEW
START IN THE ARRANGEMENT VIEW`
DUPE THAT LOOP
OK FINE, SHOW THE VELOCITY LANE
HIDE THE VELOCITY LANE
ABLETON LIVE: GUITAR FX BOX
BEAT REPEAT: 1 BAR LOOPER
BUTTON THAT KNOB!
BI-MODE FILTER
ADDING AUTO-BYPASS
ONE KNOB, MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS
SIMPLIFY YOUR SETUP
ONE SONG, MULTIPLE CLIPS
USE THE INFO VIEW
ROCK THE DELAY MODES
GET MIDI SET UP RIGHT
GET YOUR BUFFER RIGHT
MASTER THE BROWSER
BACK TO ARRANGEMENT, pt. 2
Back to arrangement, pt. 1
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