Warp: Engage
The new Warp Mode in Live may actually be friendlier to new users; it's existing users, accustomed to the previous way of working, who seem thrown for a loop. (Erm… excuse the pun.) I'm at a bit of a disadvantage myself in that I tend not to do a lot of warping/remixing. But Medway Studios has a set of tutorials specifically geared for people wanting some tips on how to assimilate the new working method


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50+ Ableton Live Shortcuts
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Ableton Forum user autogen compiled this list of shortcuts and tips for Ableton Live users. Live shortcuts & alternative controls for certain functions. PC users substitute ‘COMMAND’ with ‘ALT’ and ‘ALT’ with ‘CTRL’.

1. Duplicate = COMMAND+D.
2. Disable Grid = COMMAND+4 (or hold COMMAND whilst selecting note or note start/end).
3. Select Looped = COMMAND+SHIFT+L.
4. Resize/Move Loop braces = cursor keys or COMMAND+cursor keys.
5. In arrange view loop selected = COMMAND+L.
6. In arrange view consolidate multiple selected clips = COMMAND+J.
7. Playback from current position = SHIFT+SPACEBAR.
8. Trigger selected clip slot = RETURN.
9. Switch Clip/Track view = SHIFT+TAB.
10. Move clip from session to arrange & vica versa = Click and hold on clip then press TAB.
11. Stop focus moving when triggering clips (all clips) = In prefs > Record/Warp/Launch > Select on Launch > select ‘off’.
12. Stop focus moving when triggering clips (selected clips) = CTRL+Click desired clip > select ‘Select on Launch (Pref)’.
13. Preferences = COMMAND+,.
14. Adjust all track widths = hold ALT while adjusting.
15. Record Enable Track = F9.
16. Slower response while changing track levels = Hold COMMAND while moving fader.
17. Show hide plugin windows = COMMAND+ALT+P.
18. Stop browser preview = ESC.
19. In browser alternate navigation/previewing = left & right cursor keys.
20. Zoom to loop = Click on the word “length”.
21. Zoom to position = Click on the word “position”.
22. Zoom out 100% = Double click the bottom clip overview tab.
23. Zoom to specific portion = Use start and end of bottom clip overview like loop braces.
24. Alternate scrolling in MIDI clips = COMMAND+ALT+Drag.
25. Show/Hide overview in session view = COMMAND+ALT+O.
26. Show/Hide Info View = SHIFT+/.
27. Mute/Unmute tracks 1-8 = F1-F8.
28. Time compress/expand MIDI notes = right-click with all notes selected then select ’stretch notes’.
29. Insert silence in arrange view/scene in session view = COMMAND+I.
30. Drag multiple files to individual tracks = Hold COMMAND whilst dragging files in.
31. Unfold all arrange tracks = ALT+Click a track arrow icon.
32. Alternative velocity control in MIDI editor = COMMAND+Click note+drag.
33. Duplicate note in MIDI editor = ALT+Click note+drag.
34. Render tracks as individual files = In render dialog change “Master” to “All Tracks”.
35. Assign twice as many qwerty keys to live = SHIFT.
36. Restrict automation point movement to vertical axis = COMMAND+Drag.
37. Scroll drum racks 1 row at a time = COMMAND+Drag.
38. View multiple plugin windows = In prefs > Look/Feel > Auto-Hide Plugin Windows > select ‘off’.
39. Edit info text for tracks and devices to make notes = CTRL+Click > select ‘Edit Info Text’.
40. Create note with draw mode off = Double Click.
41. Remove stop buttons to avoid clips stopping when changing scenes = Select clip slot > COMMAND+E (or enable ‘Legato’ launch mode).

General Tips

• Hidden buttons visible when in midi or key assign mode = scene up/down (in master track).
• per track play button - launches selected clip in track.
• Entering bpm in the scene launch buttons title sets bpm when launched.
• Click the headphone icon in midi editor to enable vertical keyboard to preview related sound.
• While MIDI synced to external machine hosting Live ALT+SPACEBAR on the sync slave causes it to sync to the masters current song position. (remedy for sync drifting without stopping and starting).
• Remember to experiment with the default live rack presets especially the DJ/Performance ones.
• GIGA libraries can be exported to Sampler then deleted (if required), as all samples are copied to the library.
• Mac users check out a free app called Soundsource. It adds an audio prefs selector to the menu-bar.
• OSX Function keys = ALT+F1/F2 opens Display Prefs, ALT+F3/F4/F5 opens Sound Prefs, ALT+F8/F9/F10 opens Keyboard & Mouse Prefs.
• When a new version of Live is released. Open Info Window (SHIFT+/) and hover any new parameters, fields or preferences.
• Multiple tracks can be selected and frozen simultaneously.
• Drag and drop tracks directly from iTunes for DJing.
• Dragging a sample onto a plugin instrument will replace the instrument with an instance of Simpler containing that sample.

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einmal undo und die audio- wie midiaufnahme ist weg (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Kann ich irgendwo einstellen, dass ich nur Audio aufnehmen möcht, aber keine Midi-Automationen?

Freeware: Ableton Live Pack mit Delay-Batterie

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Ein Leckerbissen für alle Live 8 Benutzer: "Time Designer" ist ein Live Pack mit 50 Multitap-Delays inkL. Tutorial.

Link: ExtendLive

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Wenn der Button für empfangene Midi-Signale bei jedem Bewegen eines Reglers leuchtet, sollte das doch heißen, dass Midi Signale im Ableton ankommen. Komischerweis kann ich aber weder Midi zuweisen noch regeln, sprich es tut sich nix... woran kann das liegen? Unter Windows hats noch gworked, am Mac nimmer... gibts zwecks Midi und Mac leicht was Besonderes zu wissen?

LG, f.

Advanced Ableton Live Tutorial: Modular-Style Unlinked Envelopes, Effects

Exclusive to CDM (and Vimeo), Live guru Gustavo Bravetti offers a deep tutorial in sound creation in Ableton using "unlinked envelopes." He assembles quasi-modular routings of effects into one another to create some unusual sounds. I think there are some inspiring techniques here, even beyond Ableton Live – I'd watch it even if I weren't a Live user.

Gustavo writes:

"This workshop demo video is about using Live's unique clip unlinked envelopes and Ableton's effects to easily create elaborated sequenced sounds as well as a "how to" create a bass, a tuned bass drum, a clap and hi hats."

So, what's the beauty of the "unlinked envelope"? By separating the envelope length from the length of a sample, you can take a sample of one length and modulate it in time independently with an envelope of a different length. A short sample can warp in a longer block of time for more variety – a 1/16th note sample, for instance, transformed over a bar or two. Add the ability to route the envelope into effect modulation, and you can start to think extreme sonic freakiness. Here, that serves Gustavo's own electronic palette, but it could suit a variety of musical aims.

You can also go the opposite direction: you could take a long sample and modulate it with a short envelope. For instance, you could select a 30-second oscillating texture, and apply a very short envelope, like a single sixteenth-note peak, in order to create an evolving high hat.

You can think of the unlinked envelope as a modulation source for a variety of sonic targets. It could be a short sample, a chain of effects, or a synth. Here, Gustavo sticks to built-in Live devices, but you could easily add your own plug-ins of choice – especially now that Live has added the ability to more easily choose which third-party plug-in parameters you wish to target.

Part of why I say this is about more than just Live is that you can begin to see how thinking in envelopes can make your musical content more dynamic, a technique you can apply to any environment that allows this sort of routing. It certainly illustrates the power of Live in a way that I think a lot of people miss.

To watch the full HD version, head to Gustavo's Vimeo account.

I'm going to be organizing a compendium of our best Live tutorials soon; if you have external tutorials you'd like us to link up, let us know.

Previous Gustavo-fueled mayhem:
Ableton Live Follow Actions, Dummy Clips, Making Snares
DIY 808, IDM 101
Gustavo Bravetti Show Us How To Glitch out Ableton Live
Hexagonal Sequencer with vvvv, MIDI, Ableton, and Soon Wii, Camera Input
Live + FM8 = Drum Kit Love: Free FM8 Drum Kit Download




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