Ableton Live - 9.0 manuals

Welcome to Live

3

1.2.3 Envelope Curves

4

1.2.6 Redesigned Browser

5

1.2.10 Device Improvements

6

1.2.11 Ableton Push

6

First Steps

7

2.2 Setting up Preferences

8

2.3 The Main Live Screen

9

Authorizing Live

11

Authorized?

12

Copy Protection?

13

14 Authorizing Live

14

Live Concepts

15

4.2 Live Sets

16

4.3 Arrangement and Session

16

4.4 Tracks

17

4.5 Audio and MIDI

20

4.6 Audio Clips and Samples

20

4.8 Devices and the Mixer

23

4.9 Presets and Racks

26

4.10 Routing

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4.11 Recording New Clips

27

4.12 Automation Envelopes

28

4.13 Clip Envelopes

29

4.14 MIDI and Key Remote

30

4.15 Saving and Exporting

31

Managing Files and Sets

33

5.1.2 User Folders

36

5.1.3 Searching for Files

37

Adding Clips from the Browser

39

Hot-Swap Mode

40

5.2 Sample Files

41

5.2.2 Analysis Files (.asd)

42

Audio Rendering Options

45

Real-Time Rendering

46

Rendering Video

48

5.3 MIDI Files

49

5.4 Live Clips

50

5.5 Live Sets

51

5.5.4 Template Sets

53

5.6 Live Projects

55

5.6.1 Projects and Live Sets

56

5.7 Locating Missing Files

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5.7.1 Manual Repair

60

5.7.2 Automatic Repair

60

5.10 Finding Unused Files

64

5.12 File Management FAQs

65

Own Folder Structure?

67

68 Managing Files and Sets

68

Arrangement View

69

6.2 Transport

71

6.4 Time Signature Changes

74

6.5 The Arrangement Loop

76

6.8 Selecting Clips and Time

80

6.9 Using the Editing Grid

82

6.11 Splitting Clips

84

6.12 Consolidating Clips

84

86 Arrangement View

86

Session View

87

7.2 Tracks and Scenes

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7.3 The Track Status Fields

91

7.4.1 Select on Launch

93

7.4.3 Editing Scenes

93

Clip View

97

8.1 The Clip Box

100

8.1.2 Clip Name and Color

101

8.1.3 Clip Signature

101

8.1.4 Clip Groove Chooser

101

8.2 The Sample Box

103

Zooming and Scrolling

104

Playing and Scrubbing Clips

105

Looping Clips

107

8.2.3 Clip Pitch and Gain

110

8.2.8 Clip RAM Mode

113

8.2.9 Reversing Samples

113

8.2.10 Cropping Audio Clips

114

8.3 The Notes Box

115

8.3.3 MIDI Loop/Region

116

Audio Clips, Tempo, and

117

9.1.2 Tapping the Tempo

118

9.1.3 Nudging the Tempo

118

9.2 Time-Warping Samples

119

9.2.1 Tempo Master/Slave

120

9.2.2 Warp Markers

120

Saving Warp Markers

122

9.2.3 Using Warp Markers

123

Syncing Odd-Length Loops

124

Manipulating Grooves

124

Syncing Longer Pieces

125

9.2.4 Quantizing Audio

128

9.3.1 Beats Mode

129

9.3.2 Tones Mode

130

9.3.3 Texture Mode

131

9.3.4 Re-Pitch Mode

131

9.3.5 Complex Mode

131

9.3.6 Complex Pro Mode

132

9.3.7 REX Mode

132

Editing MIDI Notes and

133

Velocities

133

10.2 The MIDI Editor

134

10.4 Editing MIDI

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10.4.3 Grid Snapping

139

10.4.4 Editing Notes

140

10.4.5 Changing Note Length

141

10.4.7 Quantizing Notes

142

10.4.8 Editing Velocities

143

Note-Off Velocity

145

10.4.9 MIDI Note Stretch

146

10.4.10 Cropping MIDI Clips

147

10.4.11 Deactivating Notes

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10.4.12 The Transform Tools

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Converting Audio to MIDI

149

11.1.1 Resequencing Slices

151

Using Grooves

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12.1 Groove Pool

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12.1.2 Committing Grooves

158

12.2 Editing Grooves

159

12.3 Groove Tips

159

Launching Clips

161

13.2 Launch Modes

162

13.4 Velocity

163

13.5 Legato Mode

164

13.6 Follow Actions

164

13.6.2 Creating Cycles

167

170 Launching Clips

170

Routing and I/O

171

14.1 Monitoring

172

14.2 External Audio In/Out

173

14.3 External MIDI In/Out

174

14.4 ReWire Slave Routing

176

14.5 Resampling

178

14.6 Internal Routings

179

Routing Points in Racks

181

Post-Effects Recording

182

Recording MIDI as Audio

182

Creating Submixes

183

Feeding Sidechain Inputs

188

Layering Instruments

189

19 0 Routing and I/O

190

Chapter 15

191

15.2 Audio and MIDI Tracks

195

15.3 Group Tracks

196

15.5 Using Live’s Crossfader

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15.6 Soloing and Cueing

202

15.7 Track Delays

203

Recording New Clips

205

16.3 Recording

207

16.3.4 MIDI Step Recording

210

16.4 Recording in Sync

211

16.6 Recording with Count-in

213

16.7 Setting up File Types

214

216 Recording New Clips

216

Working with Instruments and

217

17.1 Using the Live Devices

219

17.1.1 Live Device Presets

222

Saving Presets

223

Default Presets

224

17.2 Using Plug-Ins

226

Plug-In Conﬁgure Mode

229

17.3 VST Plug-Ins

231

17.4 Audio Units Plug-Ins

234

Instrument, Drum and Effect

237

18.1 An Overview of Racks

238

18.2 Creating Racks

239

18.3 Looking at Racks

240

18.4 Chain List

242

18.4.1 Auto Select

243

18.5 Zones

244

18.5.2 Key Zones

245

18.5.3 Velocity Zones

246

18.5.4 Chain Select Zones

246

18.6 Drum Racks

248

18.6.1 Pad View

250

18.8 Mixing With Racks

253

18.8.1 Extracting Chains

254

Automation and Editing

257

Envelopes

257

19.3 Deleting Automation

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19.4 Overriding Automation

260

19.5.1 Drawing Envelopes

263

19.5.2 Editing Breakpoints

263

19.5.3 Locking Envelopes

265

19.5.4 Edit Menu Commands

265

Clip Envelopes

267

20.2 Audio Clip Envelopes

269

20.2.4 Scrambling Beats

271

20.3.2 Modulating Pan

274

Working with Video

279

21.2.2 The Video Window

281

21.2.3 Clip View

281

21.3 Matching Sound to Video

282

21.4 Video Trimming Tricks

283

286 Working with Video

286

Live Audio Effect Reference

287

22.1.1 Amp Tips

289

22.2 Auto Filter

290

22.3 Auto Pan

292

22.4 Beat Repeat

293

22.5 Cabinet

295

22.5.1 Cabinet Tips

296

22.6 Chorus

297

22.7 Compressor

299

22.7.1 Sidechain Parameters

303

22.7.2 Compression Tips

304

22.8 Corpus

305

22.9 Dynamic Tube

309

22.10 EQ Eight

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22.11 EQ Three

313

22.12 Erosion

315

22.13 External Audio Effect

316

22.14 Filter Delay

317

22.15 Flanger

319

22.16 Frequency Shifter

320

Drum tuning

322

Learning more

322

22.17 Gate

323

22.18 Glue Compressor

325

22.18.1 Sidechain Parameters

327

22.19 Grain Delay

328

22.20 Limiter

330

22.21 Looper

331

Undo/Redo

333

Doubleclick

333

22.21.1 Feedback Routing

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22.22 Multiband Dynamics

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(common)

337

(uncommon)

337

22.22.3 Sidechain Parameters

340

Basic Multiband Compression

341

De-essing

341

22.23 Overdrive

342

22.24 Phaser

343

22.25 Ping Pong Delay

345

22.26 Redux

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22.27 Resonators

347

22.28 Reverb

349

22.28.3 Global Settings

350

22.28.4 Diffusion Network

350

22.29 Saturator

351

22.30 Simple Delay

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22.31 Spectrum

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22.32 Utility

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22.33 Vinyl Distortion

357

22.34 Vocoder

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22.34.1 Vocoder Tips

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Live MIDI Effect Reference

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23.2 Chord

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23.3 Note Length

368

23.4 Pitch

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23.5 Random

370

23.6 Scale

371

23.7 Velocity

372

Live Instrument Reference

375

24.1.2 Oscillators

377

24.1.3 Noise Generator

378

24.1.4 Filters

379

24.1.5 Ampliﬁers

380

24.1.6 Envelopes

381

24.1.7 LFOs

383

24.1.8 Global Parameters

384

24.2 Collision

386

24.2.2 Excitator Tab

387

The Noise Section

388

24.2.3 Resonator Tabs

389

Tuning Section

390

Physical Properties Section

391

24.2.4 LFO Tab

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24.2.5 MIDI Tab

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Resonator 1

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Resonator 2

395

24.3 Electric

397

24.3.2 Mallet Section

398

24.3.3 Fork Section

399

24.3.4 Damper Section

399

24.3.5 Pickup Section

400

24.3.6 Global Section

400

24.4 External Instrument

401

24.5 Impulse

403

24.5.3 Filter

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24.5.5 Pan and Volume

405

24.5.6 Global Controls

405

24.6 Operator

406

24.6.2 Oscillator Section

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User Waveforms

409

More Oscillator Parameters

409

Aliasing

410

24.6.3 LFO Section

411

24.6.4 Envelopes

412

24.6.5 Filter Section

414

24.6.6 Global Controls

415

24.6.7 Glide and Spread

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24.6.9 Finally

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Modulation Targets

418

Pitch Shell and Display

419

Filter Shell and Display

420

LFO Shell and Display

421

Envelope Display

424

Context Menu Parameters

426

24.7 Sampler

427

24.7.3 Title Bar Options

428

24.7.4 Sampler’s Tabs

429

24.7.5 The Zone Tab

430

The Sample Layer List

431

Key Zones

434

Velocity Zones

435

Sample Select Zones

435

24.7.6 The Sample Tab

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Sample Playback

437

Sustain Loop

440

Release Loop

440

Sustain Crossfade

441

Release Crossfade

441

24.7.7 The Pitch/Osc Tab

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The Pitch Envelope

444

24.7.8 The Filter/Global Tab

445

The Filter

446

The Volume Envelope

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24.7.9 The Modulation Tab

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24.7.10 The MIDI Tab

451

24.8 Simpler

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24.8.1 Sample View

453

24.8.2 Sample Controls

453

24.8.3 Zoom

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24.8.4 Envelope

454

24.8.5 Filter

454

24.8.6 LFO

455

24.8.7 Glide and Spread

455

24.9 Tension

457

24.9.2 String Tab

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The String Section

460

The Vibrato Section

461

The Damper Section

462

The Termination Section

463

The Pickup Section

464

The Body Section

464

24.9.3 Filter/Global Tab

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24.9.4 Sound Design Tips

468

470 Live Instrument Reference

470

Max for Live

471

25.4 Max Dependencies

475

476 Max for Live

476

MIDI and Key Remote Control

477

Instant Mappings

479

26.1.3 Takeover Mode

481

26.2 The Mapping Browser

482

26.2.2 Mapping to MIDI Notes

483

Mapping to Clip View Controls

486

Using Push

489

27.1 Setup

490

Drum Rack Pads

492

Loop Length Controls

492

Step Sequencer Controls

492

27.3.2 Step Sequencing

494

27.3.3 Real-time Recording

497

27.4.1 Recording with Repeat

500

27.4.2 Quantizing

501

27.5.1 Playing in Other Keys

505

27.6 Navigating in Note Mode

506

27.8 Mixing with Push

509

27.9 Recording Automation

510

27.10.1 Session Overview

512

27.12 Push Control Reference

516

Add Section

517

Note Section

518

State Control Section

519

Selection Control Section

519

Display/Encoder Section

520

Tempo Section

522

Edit Section

523

Transport Section

524

Touch Strip

525

Pad Section

526

Scene/Grid Section

527

Footswitches

527

528 Using Push

528

Using the APC40

529

28.2 Clip Launch Matrix

530

28.3 Session Overview

532

28.4 Mixer Section

532

28.5 Device Control

533

28.7 Track Control

536

28.8 Tempo Control

536

28.9 Crossfader

538

28.11 Combination Mode

539

540 Using the APC40

540

Using the APC20

541

29.2 Clip Launch Matrix

542

29.3 Session Overview

544

29.5 Mixer

545

29.6 Note Mode

547

29.7 Combination Mode

547

548 Using the APC20

548

Using the Launchpad

549

30.2 Launchpad’s Four Modes

550

30.3 Session Mode

550

30.3.1 Launching Clips

551

30.3.2 Session Overview

552

30.4 User Modes

553

30.5 Mixer Mode

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30.5.1 Mixer Overview

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30.5.2 The Volume Page

557

30.5.3 The Pan Page

558

30.5.4 The Send Pages

559

560 Using the Launchpad

560

Synchronization and ReWire

561

31.1.3 MIDI Timecode Options

563

31.1.4 Sync Delay

563

31.2 Connecting via ReWire

564

31.2.3 More on ReWire

565

Computer Audio Resources and

567

Strategies

567

32.1.3 Track Freeze

569

32.2 Managing the Disk Load

571

Audio Fact Sheet

573

33.2.1 Undithered Rendering

574

33.2.7 Freeze, Flatten

576

33.2.8 Bypassed Effects

577

33.2.9 Routing

577

33.3 Non-Neutral Operations

578

33.3.3 Volume Automation

579

33.3.4 Dithering

580

33.3.7 Consolidate

580

33.3.8 Clip fades

581

33.3.9 Panning

581

33.3.10 Grooves

581

33.5 Summary and Conclusions

582

MIDI Fact Sheet

583

34.2 MIDI Timing Problems

584

34.3 Live’s MIDI Solutions

584

Tests and Results

586

34.6 Summary and Conclusions

589

590 MIDI Fact Sheet

590

Live Keyboard Shortcuts

591

35.2 Accessing Menus

592

35.3 Adjusting Values

592

35.4 Browsing

592

35.5 Transport

593

35.6 Editing

593

35.8 Session View Commands

594

35.10 Commands for Tracks

595

MIDI Keyboard

596

35.15 Clip View MIDI Editor

598

35.17 Global Quantization

599

35.20 Using the Context Menu

600

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