| Acknowledgments |
|
xv | |
| Introduction. Welcome to Ableton Live |
|
1 | (6) |
| Chapter 1 Background Information |
|
7 | (16) |
|
The Ableton Live Digital Audio Workstation |
|
|
8 | (1) |
|
|
|
8 | (1) |
|
|
|
8 | (1) |
|
|
|
9 | (1) |
|
Audio for Video Post-Production |
|
|
9 | (1) |
|
Ableton Live History and Evolution |
|
|
9 | (1) |
|
|
|
9 | (1) |
|
|
|
10 | (1) |
|
Audio Basics: Waveform, Frequency, and Amplitude |
|
|
10 | (2) |
|
|
|
11 | (1) |
|
|
|
11 | (1) |
|
|
|
11 | (1) |
|
Recording and Playing Back Analog Audio |
|
|
12 | (1) |
|
Converting Audio to Digital Format |
|
|
12 | (3) |
|
The Importance of Sample Rate |
|
|
12 | (1) |
|
The Importance of Bit Depth |
|
|
13 | (1) |
|
Sample Rate, Bit Depth, and File Size |
|
|
14 | (1) |
|
Recording in Digital Format |
|
|
14 | (1) |
|
Ableton Live Configurations |
|
|
15 | (2) |
|
|
|
15 | (1) |
|
Host-Based Systems Versus DSP-Accelerated Systems |
|
|
15 | (1) |
|
|
|
16 | (1) |
|
|
|
17 | (2) |
|
|
|
17 | (1) |
|
|
|
17 | (2) |
|
Review/Discussion Questions |
|
|
19 | (1) |
|
Exercise
1. Selecting Your Audio Production Gear |
|
|
20 | (3) |
| Chapter 2 Getting Started with Ableton Live |
|
23 | (34) |
|
|
|
24 | (1) |
|
Registering Your Software |
|
|
24 | (1) |
|
Software Installation and Operation |
|
|
25 | (6) |
|
Included Devices and Packs |
|
|
27 | (1) |
|
Installing Additional Packs |
|
|
28 | (2) |
|
Ableton Edition Comparison |
|
|
30 | (1) |
|
Ableton Live File Structure |
|
|
31 | (2) |
|
|
|
31 | (1) |
|
|
|
32 | (1) |
|
|
|
33 | (8) |
|
Powering Up Your Hardware |
|
|
34 | (1) |
|
|
|
34 | (1) |
|
|
|
35 | (3) |
|
Accessing Connected Audio Devices |
|
|
38 | (1) |
|
Optimizing Ableton Live Performance |
|
|
39 | (2) |
|
The Ableton Live Menu Structure |
|
|
41 | (1) |
|
|
|
41 | (1) |
|
|
|
41 | (1) |
|
|
|
41 | (1) |
|
|
|
42 | (1) |
|
|
|
42 | (1) |
|
|
|
42 | (1) |
|
Ableton Live Views and Sections |
|
|
42 | (10) |
|
|
|
43 | (2) |
|
|
|
45 | (1) |
|
|
|
46 | (1) |
|
|
|
47 | (2) |
|
|
|
49 | (1) |
|
Overview (Arrangement View only) |
|
|
49 | (1) |
|
Rulers and Scrub Area (Arrangement View only) |
|
|
49 | (1) |
|
Adjusting the Display of Views and Sections |
|
|
50 | (2) |
|
Review/Discussion Questions |
|
|
52 | (2) |
|
Exercise
2. Identifying Ableton Live Views |
|
|
54 | (3) |
| Chapter 3 Ableton Live Basic Controls |
|
57 | (28) |
|
Playback in Arrangement View |
|
|
58 | (1) |
|
Clip Editing in Arrangement View |
|
|
59 | (6) |
|
|
|
59 | (1) |
|
|
|
59 | (2) |
|
|
|
61 | (1) |
|
|
|
62 | (2) |
|
Selecting an Area for Playback or Editing |
|
|
64 | (1) |
|
Zooming in Arrangement View |
|
|
65 | (1) |
|
Zooming with the Magnifying Glass Icon |
|
|
65 | (1) |
|
Zooming with the Arrangement Overview |
|
|
66 | (1) |
|
Zooming with Keyboard Shortcuts |
|
|
66 | (1) |
|
Grid Editing in Arrangement View |
|
|
66 | (3) |
|
|
|
67 | (1) |
|
|
|
67 | (1) |
|
|
|
67 | (1) |
|
Setting the Edit Grid Mode and Value |
|
|
68 | (1) |
|
Time Scales and Rulers in Arrangement View |
|
|
69 | (2) |
|
|
|
69 | (1) |
|
Loop and Punch-In Start and Length |
|
|
69 | (1) |
|
|
|
69 | (2) |
|
The Scrub Area in Arrangement View |
|
|
71 | (2) |
|
Adjusting the Loop Start/Punch-In Point and Length |
|
|
71 | (1) |
|
Changing the Time Signature |
|
|
72 | (1) |
|
|
|
72 | (1) |
|
Performance Control Features |
|
|
73 | (3) |
|
|
|
74 | (1) |
|
|
|
74 | (1) |
|
|
|
74 | (1) |
|
|
|
74 | (1) |
|
Metronome Settings Selector |
|
|
74 | (1) |
|
|
|
75 | (1) |
|
Modifying Devices and Clips |
|
|
76 | (3) |
|
Accessing Devices in Device View |
|
|
76 | (1) |
|
Accessing Clips in Clip View |
|
|
76 | (2) |
|
Edit Mode Versus Draw Mode |
|
|
78 | (1) |
|
|
|
79 | (1) |
|
Review/Discussion Questions |
|
|
80 | (2) |
|
Exercise
3. Identifying Primary Tools and Controls |
|
|
82 | (3) |
| Chapter 4 Creating Your First Live Set |
|
85 | (26) |
|
Creating and Configuring a Live Set |
|
|
86 | (5) |
|
Configuring Live's Audio Preferences |
|
|
86 | (1) |
|
Audio Device and Sample Rate Settings |
|
|
87 | (1) |
|
File Type and Bit Depth Settings |
|
|
88 | (2) |
|
|
|
90 | (1) |
|
|
|
91 | (4) |
|
|
|
91 | (1) |
|
Adding Tracks to Ableton Live |
|
|
92 | (1) |
|
|
|
93 | (1) |
|
|
|
93 | (1) |
|
|
|
94 | (1) |
|
|
|
94 | (1) |
|
|
|
95 | (6) |
|
Playback in Arrangement View |
|
|
95 | (3) |
|
|
|
98 | (3) |
|
Saving, Locating, and Opening Live Sets and Projects |
|
|
101 | (3) |
|
Live Sets and Live Projects |
|
|
101 | (1) |
|
|
|
101 | (2) |
|
Locating and Opening a Live Set |
|
|
103 | (1) |
|
Review/Discussion Questions |
|
|
104 | (2) |
|
Exercise
4. Creating a Live Set |
|
|
106 | (5) |
| Chapter 5 Importing and Working with Media |
|
111 | (26) |
|
Considerations Prior to Import |
|
|
112 | (2) |
|
|
|
112 | (2) |
|
|
|
114 | (10) |
|
|
|
114 | (5) |
|
Importing Audio from the Browser |
|
|
119 | (4) |
|
Audio, MIDI, and Tempo Changes |
|
|
123 | (1) |
|
Other Methods of Importing Audio Files |
|
|
124 | (1) |
|
Importing with a Menu Command |
|
|
124 | (1) |
|
Importing from an External File Browser |
|
|
124 | (1) |
|
|
|
125 | (3) |
|
|
|
125 | (1) |
|
Working with Video Tracks |
|
|
126 | (2) |
|
Review/Discussion Questions |
|
|
128 | (2) |
|
Exercise
5. Importing Audio |
|
|
130 | (7) |
| Chapter 6 Working with MIDI |
|
137 | (48) |
|
|
|
138 | (1) |
|
|
|
139 | (3) |
|
|
|
140 | (1) |
|
MIDI Versus Audio Clip Operation |
|
|
140 | (2) |
|
Setting the Tempo and Time Signature |
|
|
142 | (4) |
|
|
|
142 | (1) |
|
Automating Tempo Changes with Breakpoints |
|
|
143 | (1) |
|
Setting the Base Time Signature |
|
|
144 | (2) |
|
|
|
146 | (5) |
|
|
|
147 | (1) |
|
Configuring Record Quantization |
|
|
148 | (1) |
|
|
|
148 | (2) |
|
|
|
150 | (1) |
|
Record-Arming MIDI Tracks |
|
|
150 | (1) |
|
Using MIDI Arrangement Overdub Mode |
|
|
151 | (1) |
|
Using Virtual Instruments |
|
|
151 | (4) |
|
Inserting a Virtual Instrument on a MIDI Track |
|
|
152 | (1) |
|
|
|
153 | (1) |
|
|
|
154 | (1) |
|
Using Wavetable (Ableton Live 10 Suite only) |
|
|
154 | (1) |
|
Recording a MIDI Performance |
|
|
155 | (3) |
|
|
|
155 | (2) |
|
|
|
157 | (1) |
|
Creating a MIDI Performance Manually |
|
|
158 | (1) |
|
Creating and Editing MIDI Performances |
|
|
158 | (9) |
|
|
|
158 | (1) |
|
|
|
159 | (1) |
|
|
|
160 | (1) |
|
Moving a Selection to a Different Note |
|
|
161 | (1) |
|
|
|
161 | (1) |
|
|
|
162 | (1) |
|
Additional Editing Features |
|
|
163 | (1) |
|
|
|
164 | (1) |
|
Navigating the MIDI Note Editor |
|
|
165 | (2) |
|
Review/Discussion Questions |
|
|
167 | (2) |
|
Exercise
6. Working with MIDI |
|
|
169 | (16) |
| Chapter 7 Making Your First Audio Recording |
|
185 | (30) |
|
|
|
186 | (1) |
|
Audio Storage Requirements |
|
|
186 | (1) |
|
Determining Available Disk Space |
|
|
187 | (1) |
|
|
|
187 | (7) |
|
|
|
188 | (1) |
|
Customizing the Metronome |
|
|
188 | (1) |
|
Checking Hardware Connections |
|
|
189 | (1) |
|
Selecting and Routing the Sound Source |
|
|
189 | (3) |
|
Arming (Record-Enabling) Tracks |
|
|
192 | (1) |
|
|
|
192 | (1) |
|
Controlling Input Level and Pan |
|
|
193 | (1) |
|
Recording and Managing Audio |
|
|
194 | (3) |
|
Recording in Arrangement View |
|
|
194 | (1) |
|
Recording in Session View |
|
|
195 | (2) |
|
Organizing after Recording |
|
|
197 | (6) |
|
Disarm the Record Tracks and Adjust Playback Settings |
|
|
197 | (1) |
|
Organize Audio Files and Clips |
|
|
197 | (3) |
|
Removing Audio Clips and Deleting Audio Files |
|
|
200 | (3) |
|
Review/Discussion Questions |
|
|
203 | (2) |
|
Exercise
7. Recording Audio |
|
|
205 | (10) |
| Chapter 8 Selection, Navigation, and Configuration |
|
215 | (28) |
|
Using the Arrangement Overview |
|
|
216 | (1) |
|
The Overview Outline (Arrangement View only) |
|
|
216 | (1) |
|
Zooming and Scrolling with the Overview (Arrangement View Only) |
|
|
217 | (1) |
|
Making Selections in the Arrangement View |
|
|
217 | (3) |
|
|
|
218 | (2) |
|
Zooming and Scrolling the Arrangement View |
|
|
220 | (3) |
|
|
|
221 | (1) |
|
Zooming In and Out on Selections |
|
|
221 | (1) |
|
Zooming to Fit the Screen |
|
|
222 | (1) |
|
|
|
222 | (1) |
|
|
|
223 | (3) |
|
|
|
223 | (1) |
|
Folding and Unfolding Tracks |
|
|
223 | (1) |
|
|
|
224 | (2) |
|
Working with Locators (Arrangement View Only) |
|
|
226 | (4) |
|
|
|
226 | (1) |
|
|
|
227 | (1) |
|
Recalling and Playing from Locators |
|
|
228 | (1) |
|
Using Locators for Loops and Selections |
|
|
228 | (1) |
|
|
|
229 | (1) |
|
Navigating the Arrangement |
|
|
230 | (4) |
|
|
|
230 | (1) |
|
|
|
230 | (1) |
|
Navigating Through Clips and Locators |
|
|
230 | (1) |
|
Making Selections while Navigating |
|
|
231 | (1) |
|
Review/Discussion Questions |
|
|
232 | (2) |
|
Exercise
8. Recording, Configuring, and Adding Locators to an Arrangement |
|
|
234 | (9) |
| Chapter 9 Editing Your Media |
|
243 | (24) |
|
Selecting Playback Options |
|
|
244 | (2) |
|
|
|
244 | (1) |
|
|
|
245 | (1) |
|
|
|
246 | (3) |
|
Configuring the Edit Grid Settings |
|
|
246 | (2) |
|
|
|
248 | (1) |
|
|
|
248 | (1) |
|
|
|
249 | (3) |
|
|
|
249 | (3) |
|
Moving and Resizing Clips in the Arrangement View |
|
|
252 | (5) |
|
|
|
252 | (1) |
|
Resizing Clips (Arrangement View)) |
|
|
253 | (1) |
|
|
|
254 | (2) |
|
Nudging Clips and Selections |
|
|
256 | (1) |
|
|
|
257 | (3) |
|
|
|
258 | (1) |
|
Restoring from Backup Sets |
|
|
259 | (1) |
|
Review/Discussion Questions |
|
|
260 | (2) |
|
Exercise
9. Editing Audio |
|
|
262 | (5) |
| Chapter 10 Mixing and Creating a Bounce |
|
267 | (38) |
|
|
|
268 | (1) |
|
|
|
268 | (1) |
|
|
|
268 | (1) |
|
|
|
268 | (1) |
|
|
|
268 | (1) |
|
Mixing in the Session View |
|
|
269 | (4) |
|
Configuring the Session View for Mixing |
|
|
269 | (4) |
|
|
|
273 | (9) |
|
Arrangement Automation Workflow |
|
|
274 | (1) |
|
Recording Arrangement Automation |
|
|
274 | (1) |
|
Viewing Arrangement Automation |
|
|
275 | (2) |
|
Drawing Automation Envelopes |
|
|
277 | (2) |
|
Editing Automation Breakpoints |
|
|
279 | (2) |
|
|
|
281 | (1) |
|
|
|
281 | (1) |
|
|
|
282 | (1) |
|
|
|
282 | (3) |
|
Devices Provided with Ableton Live |
|
|
282 | (3) |
|
|
|
285 | (3) |
|
Considerations for Backup and Archive Copies |
|
|
285 | (1) |
|
|
|
285 | (3) |
|
Creating a Stereo Mixdown |
|
|
288 | (6) |
|
|
|
288 | (1) |
|
Considerations for Exporting a Mix |
|
|
288 | (1) |
|
|
|
289 | (4) |
|
Uploading a Mix to SoundCloud |
|
|
293 | (1) |
|
Review/Discussion Questions |
|
|
294 | (2) |
|
Exercise
10. Automating Shared Effects and Exporting a Stereo Mix |
|
|
296 | (9) |
| Final Project. Creating a Musical Arrangement |
|
305 | (22) |
|
|
|
306 | (1) |
|
|
|
306 | (3) |
|
Adjust the Live Set Display |
|
|
307 | (2) |
|
Connect Monitoring Devices |
|
|
309 | (1) |
|
|
|
309 | (1) |
|
Create, Name, and Color Tracks |
|
|
309 | (1) |
|
|
|
310 | (1) |
|
|
|
310 | (7) |
|
Add the Drum Rack to the Snare Drum Track |
|
|
311 | (1) |
|
Add Simpler to the Bass Instrument Track |
|
|
312 | (2) |
|
Create a Snare Drum MIDI Clip |
|
|
314 | (1) |
|
Duplicate the Snare Drum MIDI Clip |
|
|
315 | (1) |
|
Create a Bass Instrument MIDI Clip |
|
|
315 | (2) |
|
|
|
317 | (1) |
|
|
|
317 | (2) |
|
Import an Audio File to a Track |
|
|
317 | (2) |
|
|
|
319 | (1) |
|
Recording from Session to Arrangement View |
|
|
319 | (4) |
|
Prepare for Recording into Arrangement View |
|
|
319 | (1) |
|
Record into Arrangement View |
|
|
319 | (2) |
|
|
|
321 | (1) |
|
|
|
321 | (1) |
|
Clean up the Recorded Arrangement |
|
|
322 | (1) |
|
|
|
322 | (1) |
|
|
|
323 | (4) |
|
|
|
323 | (1) |
|
|
|
324 | (2) |
|
|
|
326 | (1) |
| Appendix A. Ableton Live Audio and MIDI Effects |
|
327 | (4) |
| Appendix B. Ableton Live Software Instruments |
|
331 | (2) |
| Index |
|
333 | (11) |
| About the Authors |
|
344 | |
