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Chapter 4
Live Concepts
This chapter introduces the essential concepts of Live. We advise you to read this chapter
early in your Live career, as a solid understanding of the program's basic principles will help
you fully exploit Live's potential for your music-making.
4.1 Live Sets
The type of document that you create and work on in Live is called a Live Set. Live Sets
reside in a Live Project a folder that collects related materials and can be opened either
through the File menu's Open command or via the built-in File Browsers.
A Live Set in the File
Browser.
- Welcome to Live 3
- First Steps 4
- The Info View and its 5
- Show/Hide Button 5
- 2.2 Setting up Preferences 6
- 2.3 The Main Live Screen 7
- Adjusting the Main 8
- Window Split 8
- Authorizing Live 9
- 3.1 Copy Protection FAQs 10
- Protection? 11
- Live Concepts 12
- 4.2 Arrangement and Session 13
- 4.3 Tracks 14
- 4.4 Audio and MIDI 15
- 4.5 Audio Clips and Samples 16
- 4.6 MIDI Clips and MIDI Files 17
- 4.7 Devices and the Mixer 18
- CHAPTER 4. LIVE CONCEPTS 17 19
- Plug-In Devices Are 20
- Available from the 20
- Plug-In Device Browser 20
- The Live Mixer in the 21
- Arrangement View (Left) 21
- Live's Crossfader 21
- 4.8 Presets and Racks 22
- 4.9 Routing 23
- 4.10 Recording New Clips 23
- 4.11 Automation Envelopes 24
- 4.12 Clip Envelopes 25
- 4.13 MIDI and Key Remote 26
- 4.14 Saving and Exporting 27
- 4.15 The Library 28
- CHAPTER 4. LIVE CONCEPTS 27 29
- Managing Files and Sets 30
- Library Is this 32
- Browser's Root 32
- The File Browser's 32
- Parent Folder Item 32
- A Folder in the Browser 32
- 5.1.2 Browser Bookmarks 33
- 5.1.3 Searching for Files 33
- Activating Browser 34
- Search Mode 34
- The Search Field and Go 34
- The Rescan Button 34
- Closing the Search 35
- Field 35
- ... Locates the File Last 35
- Selected Among the 35
- Search Results 35
- 5.1.4 Previewing Files 36
- The Preview Switch 37
- The Preview Volume 37
- Dropping a Clip to 38
- Create a New Track 38
- 5.1.7 Hot-Swap Mode 39
- The Hot-Swap Browser 40
- 5.2 Sample Files 41
- 5.2.2 Analysis Files (.asd) 42
- 5.2.3 File Pre-Analysis 43
- 5.2.4 Exporting Audio 43
- The Rendered Track 44
- Chooser 44
- Audio Rendering 45
- Options 45
- 5.3 MIDI Files 46
- 5.4 Live Clips 47
- 5.5 Live Sets 48
- 5.5.2 Merging Sets 49
- Unfolding a Set to 50
- Reveal its Contents 50
- Revealing the Session 50
- View Clips Contained in 50
- 5.5.4 Template Sets 51
- 5.6 Live Projects 53
- A New Project Was 55
- Added Next to Tango 55
- Project 55
- Added by Saving a Live 56
- Set Outside its Original 56
- 5.6.2 Projects and Presets 57
- 5.7 The Live Library 58
- The Change Location 60
- 5.8 Locating Missing Files 61
- 5.8.1 Manual Repair 62
- 5.8.2 Automatic Repair 62
- Automatic Repair 63
- Options in the File 63
- Manager 63
- Options for Collecting 64
- External Files 64
- 5.9.1 Collect Files on Export 65
- 5.11 Finding Unused Files 66
- 5.13 File Management FAQs 67
- Folder Structure? 69
- Arrangement View 70
- 6.1 Navigation 71
- 6.2 Transport 72
- Scrubbing Arrangement 73
- Playback 73
- Setting the Play Position 73
- Position Fields 73
- Using Locators to 74
- Launch Play in the 74
- Arrangement 74
- The Locator Controls 74
- 6.4 Time Signature Changes 75
- 6.5 The Arrangement Loop 77
- 6.6 Moving and Resizing Clips 78
- Fades in the 79
- Crossfaded Clips 80
- 6.8 Selecting Clips and Time 81
- 6.9 Using the Editing Grid 82
- A Gap Between Clips 83
- Has Been Cut by First 83
- Selecting It, Then 83
- Executing the Cut Time 83
- Command 83
- 6.11 Splitting Clips 84
- 6.12 Consolidating Clips 84
- Consolidating Several 85
- Clips Into a New Clip 85
- Session View 86
- 7.1 Session View Clips 87
- 7.2 Tracks and Scenes 88
- These Scenes Will 89
- Change the Tempo and 89
- Time Signature 89
- 7.3 The Track Status Fields 90
- 7.4.1 Select on Launch 91
- 7.4.3 Editing Scenes 92
- CHAPTER 7. SESSION VIEW 91 93
- The Stop All Clips 94
- Clip View 95
- CHAPTER 8. CLIP VIEW 94 96
- The Clip View for an 97
- Audio Clip 97
- CHAPTER 8. CLIP VIEW 96 98
- 8.1 The Clip Box 99
- 8.1.3 Clip Signature 100
- 8.1.4 Clip Groove Chooser 100
- 8.1.5 Clip Offset and Nudging 101
- 8.2 The Sample Box 102
- The Clip Zoom/Scroll 103
- The Clip Overview 103
- CHAPTER 8. CLIP VIEW 102 104
- The Clip Scrub Area 105
- The Clip Loop Controls 106
- Setting the Clip to Run 107
- Into a Loop 107
- 8.2.3 Clip Pitch and Gain 108
- The Save Default Clip 109
- The High Quality Switch 109
- The Clip Fade Switch 110
- Automatically Create 110
- Short Fades At Clip 110
- 8.2.8 Clip RAM Mode 111
- 8.2.9 Reversing Samples 111
- 8.2.10 Cropping Audio Clips 112
- 8.3 The Notes Box 113
- 8.3.2 Bank and Program Change 114
- 8.3.3 MIDI Loop/Region 114
- Tempo Control and Warping 115
- 9.1.2 Tapping the Tempo 116
- 9.1.3 Nudging the Tempo 116
- 9.2 Time-Warping Samples 117
- 9.2.1 Tempo Master/Slave 118
- 9.2.2 Warp Markers 118
- Double-Clicking In the 119
- Sample Creates a Warp 119
- The Follow Switch in the 119
- Control Bar 119
- Transient Markers 120
- 9.2.3 Using Warp Markers 121
- Setting the Warp 122
- Markers for a Poorly Cut 122
- Using Warp Markers to 123
- Manipulate the Groove 123
- Auto-Warp's Results in 124
- The Metronome Switch 124
- Using the Context Menu 125
- 9.2.4 Quantizing Audio 127
- 9.3.1 Beats Mode 128
- 9.3.2 Tones Mode 129
- 9.3.3 Texture Mode 129
- 9.3.4 Re-Pitch Mode 129
- Chapter 10 130
- 10.2 The MIDI Editor 131
- Previewing MIDI Notes 132
- Note Scale Position Is 132
- Shown Vertically and 132
- Beat-Time Horizontally 132
- MIDI Editor Navigation 133
- 10.4 Editing MIDI 135
- 10.4.3 Grid Snapping 136
- 10.4.4 Editing Notes 136
- 10.4.5 Changing Note Length 138
- 10.4.7 Quantizing Notes 139
- 10.4.8 Editing Velocities 140
- Drawing Identical 141
- Velocities (Left) and a 141
- Crescendo (Right) 141
- 10.4.9 MIDI Note Stretch 142
- 10.4.10 Cropping MIDI Clips 143
- 10.4.11 Deactivating Notes 143
- Using Grooves 144
- 11.1 Groove Pool 145
- The Groove Pool 146
- 11.2 Editing Grooves 147
- 11.3 Groove Tips 148
- CHAPTER 11. USING GROOVES 147 149
- Launching Clips 150
- 12.2 Launch Modes 151
- 12.3 Clip Launch Quantization 152
- 12.4 Velocity 152
- 12.5 Legato Mode 153
- 12.6 Follow Actions 153
- The Follow Action 154
- Controls 154
- 12.6.2 Creating Cycles 156
- Routing and I/O 159
- 13.1 Monitoring 160
- 13.2 Exter nal Audio In/Out 161
- 13.3 Exter nal MIDI In/Out 162
- The MIDI Ports List in 163
- Activating the Computer 163
- MIDI Keyboard 163
- 13.3.4 MIDI In/Out Indicators 164
- 13.4 ReWire Slave Routing 165
- 13.5 Resampling 166
- 13.6 Inter nal Routings 167
- Tap Points for Track 168
- Routing 168
- Tap Points for Every 169
- Chain in a Track 169
- An Example Setup for 170
- Post-Effects Recording 170
- Recording the Output of 171
- Audio Tracks 171
- Submixing the Individual 172
- Drums of a Drum Kit 172
- Submixing by setting a 172
- Sends Only 172
- Feeding an Additional 173
- MIDI Track Into an 173
- Existing MIDI Track to 173
- Reuse its Instrument 173
- The Instrument Has 174
- Been Isolated in a 174
- Dedicated Track 174
- Using Impulse's 175
- Individual Outs to 175
- Separately Process 175
- Sample Slots 175
- Tracks Feeding MIDI to 176
- From the Parts of a 176
- Multi-Timbral 176
- Instrument 176
- Routing a Speech Signal 177
- Into a Vocoder's 177
- Sidechain Input 177
- Using an Auxiliary MIDI 178
- Track to Layer 178
- Instruments 178
- Chapter 14 179
- The Session View Mixer 180
- The Mixer Section 180
- Selectors 180
- The Mixer Controls 181
- 14.1.1 Session Mixer Features 182
- 14.2 Audio and MIDI Tracks 183
- The Send Controls and 184
- Pre/Post Toggle 184
- The Crossfader and 185
- Selector 185
- Choose from Seven 186
- Crossfader Curves 186
- Crossfader Curve 186
- Properties 186
- Crossfade Assign 187
- Buttons 187
- 14.5 Soloing and Cueing 188
- 14.6 Track Delays 189
- CHAPTER 14. MIXING 188 190
- Recording New Clips 191
- 15.3 Recording 193
- Recording a New Clip 195
- Into the Session View 195
- 15.3.4 MIDI Step Recording 197
- 15.4 Recording in Sync 198
- 15.6 Recording with Count-in 199
- 15.7 Setting up File Types 200
- The Scene Up/Down 201
- A Track Launch Button 201
- The Step Recording 201
- Working with Instruments and 202
- Devices in the Track 203
- Devices Can Be Folded 203
- 16.1 Using the Live Devices 204
- MIDI and Audio Track 205
- Arm Buttons 205
- A MIDI Track's Device 206
- Chain Can Contain All 206
- Three Device Types 206
- Device Activator 206
- Switches 206
- 16.1.1 Live Device Presets 207
- Presets in the Device 208
- Browser 208
- The Hot-Swap Presets 208
- The Save Preset Button 209
- The Default Presets 209
- 16.2 Using Plug-Ins 210
- The Plug-In Device 211
- A VST Plug-In in the 212
- Track View 212
- The Plug-In Unfold 212
- The Plug-In Edit Button 213
- The Congure Button 214
- 16.3 VST Plug-Ins 216
- Setting up VST Plug-In 217
- Sources for Mac OS X 217
- 16.3.2 VST Programs and Banks 218
- 16.4 Audio Units Plug-Ins 219
- Activating Audio Units 220
- Plug-Ins 220
- Opening an Audio Units 220
- Plug-In Window 220
- Chapter 17 222
- 17.1 An Overview of Racks 223
- 17.2 Drum Racks 224
- 17.2.1 Pad View 225
- Chapter 18 227
- 18.2 Deleting Automation 228
- 18.3 Overriding Automation 228
- Automation Envelopes 229
- 18.4.1 Drawing Envelopes 230
- 18.4.2 Editing Breakpoints 231
- 18.4.3 Locking Envelopes 232
- 18.4.4 Edit Menu Commands 232
- The Tempo Envelope 233
- Clip Envelopes 234
- The Clip View's 235
- Envelopes Box 235
- 19.2 Audio Clip Envelopes 236
- The Transposition 237
- Envelope with Steps 237
- (Top) and Ramps 237
- (Bottom) 237
- 19.2.4 Scrambling Beats 238
- Repeating Steps and 239
- Slowing Time with the 239
- Sample Offset Envelope 239
- 19.3.2 Modulating Pan 241
- A MIDI Controller Clip 242
- Envelope 242
- Using a Clip Envelope to 243
- Create a Fade-Out Over 243
- Several Repetitions of a 243
- The Sample (Left) and 244
- Envelope (Right) Start 244
- 19.5.4 Clip Envelopes as LFOs 245
- Live Audio Effect Reference 246
- 20.2 Auto Pan 248
- 20.3 Beat Repeat 249
- ask for them. If Chance 250
- time; if 250
- 20.4 Chorus 251
- 20.5 Compressor 252
- 20.5.1 Sidechain Parameters 255
- 20.5.2 Compression Tips 256
- 20.6 Dynamic Tube 258
- 20.7 EQ Eight 259
- 20.8 EQ Three 261
- 20.9 Erosion 262
- 20.10 Filter Delay 263
- 20.11 Flanger 264
- 20.12 Gate 265
- 20.13 Grain Delay 267
- 20.14 Phaser 268
- 20.15 Ping Pong Delay 270
- 20.16 Redux 271
- 20.17 Resonators 272
- 20.18 Reverb 274
- 20.18.3 Global Settings 275
- 20.18.4 Diffusion Network 275
- 20.19 Saturator 276
- 20.20 Simple Delay 278
- 20.21 Spectrum 280
- 20.22 Utility 281
- 20.23 Vinyl Distortion 282
- Live MIDI Effect Reference 284
- Pinky Up and Pinky 286
- UpDown 286
- Thumb Up and 286
- Thumb UpDown 286
- 21.2 Chord 288
- 21.3 Note Length 289
- 21.4 Pitch 290
- 21.5 Random 291
- 21.6 Scale 292
- 21.7 Velocity 293
- Live Instrument Reference 295
- 22.1 Impulse 296
- 22.1.3 Filter 297
- 22.1.4 Saturator and Envelope 298
- 22.1.5 Pan and Volume 298
- 22.1.6 Global Controls 298
- 22.1.7 Individual Outputs 298
- 22.2 Simpler 299
- 22.2.2 Sample Controls 300
- 22.2.3 Zoom 300
- 22.2.4 Envelope 301
- 22.2.5 Filter 301
- 22.2.6 LFO 301
- 22.2.7 Glide and Spread 302
- Max for Live 306
- The Path to the Max 307
- Installation 307
- A Max Device and its 308
- A Default Max Audio 308
- The Edit Button for a 309
- Max Device 309
- Effect in the Patcher 309
- 23.4 Max Dependencies 310
- MIDI and Key Remote Control 311
- 24.1 MIDI Remote Control 312
- Control Surfaces Can 314
- Follow Device Selection 314
- Getting Hands-On: 314
- Control Surfaces Can Be 314
- Locked to Devices 314
- Dening Control 315
- Surfaces Manually 315
- 24.1.3 Takeover Mode 316
- 24.2 The Mapping Browser 317
- 24.2.2 Mapping to MIDI Notes 318
- and Twos 320
- 065127 063001 320
- The Relative Session 321
- Mapping Strip 321
- The Key Map Mode 322
- Using the APC40 324
- 25.2 Clip Launch Matrix 325
- Session View Clip and 326
- Navigation Controls 326
- 25.3 Session Overview 327
- 25.4 Mixer Section 328
- 25.5 Device Control 329
- Transport and Global 330
- 25.7 Track Control 331
- 25.8 Tempo Control 332
- 25.9 Crossfader 333
- 25.11 Combination Mode 334
- Using the APC20 335
- 26.2 Clip Launch Matrix 336
- 26.3 Session Overview 338
- 26.5 Mixer 339
- Mixer Controls 340
- 26.6 Note Mode 341
- 26.7 Combination Mode 341
- Using the Launchpad 343
- 27.3 Session Mode 344
- 27.3.1 Launching Clips 345
- 27.3.2 Session Overview 346
- 27.4 User Modes 347
- Setting Up The 348
- Launchpad For Custom 348
- Assignments 348
- 27.5 Mixer Mode 349
- 27.5.1 Mixer Overview 350
- 27.5.2 The Volume Page 351
- 27.5.3 The Pan Page 352
- 27.5.4 The Send Pages 353
- Synchronization and ReWire 354
- Choosing a MIDI Slave 355
- Setting up Live as a MIDI 355
- 28.1.3 MIDI Timecode Options 356
- 28.1.4 Sync Delay 356
- 28.2 Connecting via ReWire 357
- 28.2.3 More on ReWire 359
- Computer Audio Resources and 360
- Strategies 360
- The CPU Load Meter 361
- 29.1.3 Track Freeze 362
- A Frozen Arrangement 363
- Track with a Reverb Tail 363
- 29.2 Managing the Disk Load 364
- Audio Fact Sheet 365
- 30.2 Neutral Operations 366
- 30.2.7 Freeze, Flatten 369
- 30.2.8 Bypassed Effects 370
- 30.2.9 Routing 370
- 30.2.10 Splitting Clips 370
- 30.3 Non-Neutral Operations 371
- 30.3.2 Volume Automation 372
- 30.3.3 Dithering 372
- 30.3.6 Consolidate 373
- 30.3.7 Clip fades 373
- 30.3.8 Panning 373
- 30.3.9 Grooves 374
- 30.5 Summary and Conclusions 375
- MIDI Fact Sheet 376
- 31.2 MIDI Timing Problems 377
- 31.5 Tests and Results 380
- MIDI Output Test 381
- Conguration 381
- Selecting the MIDI Port 382
- Type (Windows) 382
- 31.7 Summary and Conclusions 383
- Live Keyboard Shortcuts 384
- 32.2 Accessing Menus 385
- 32.3 Adjusting Values 385
- 32.4 Browsing 386
- 32.5 Transport 386
- 32.6 Editing 387
- 32.8 Session View Commands 388
- 32.10 Commands for Tracks 389
- Keyboard 390
- 32.15 Clip View MIDI Editor 392
- 32.17 Global Quantization 393
- 32.20 Using the Context Menu 394
- Chapter 33 395
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