Ableton Live 12 Essential Training

Introduction

• Learn the essentials of Ableton Live 12
• How to use the exercise files

1. Getting Started with Ableton Live

• Connecting your system to Live
• Configuring your audio I/O setup
• Configuring MIDI controllers and devices
• Optimizing performance
• The Ableton Live user interface

2. Using the Live Browser

• Browser overview
• Browser Places
• Searches, filters, and similar files
• Customizing the browser
• Working with Live Sets

3. Working in Arrangement View

• Arrangement View setup
• Selecting and zooming
• Controlling playback
• Loading and saving instrument presets
• Preparing to record MIDI
• Recording MIDI in Arrangement View
• MIDI Overdub and punch recording
• Computer MIDI keyboard

4. Working in Session View

• Session View overview
• Clips and playback
• Scenes and playback
• Recording MIDI in Session View
• Click and pencil MIDI entry

5. Working with MIDI

• Clip View introduction
• Grid config
• Editing rhythm and quantizing
• Groove quantization
• Editing MIDI pitch and duration
• Editing MIDI velocity and chance
• Chop or split MIDI notes
• Session View: Copy and paste
• Arrangement View: Copy and paste

6. Transform and Generate MIDI Tools

• Editing expression
• Pitch, arpeggiator, and strum
• Rhythm, stacks, and span
• Rhythm, recombine, and time warp
• Seed, ornament, and shape

7. Working with Audio

• Preparing to record audio
• Record and punch record audio
• Clip editing
• Fades
• Take recording and comping
• Warping audio: Part 1
• Warping audio: Part 2
• Quantizing audio
• Linked-track editing

8. Working with Arrangements

• Track freeze
• Using locators to navigate a song
• Arrangement View section editing
• Session View section editing
• Moving between Session and Arrangement View
• Moving from Arrangement to Session View

9. Working with Plugins

• Plugin basics: Part 1
• Plugin basics: Part 2
• Instrument plugins
• Audio plugins
• MIDI plugins

10. Working with Live Racks

• Audio FX racks
• Instrument racks
• Drum racks
• Zone editors
• Rack macros

11. Using the Live Mixer

• Mixer setup
• Sends and returns
• Drum rack sends and returns

12. Using Mapping in Live

• Key mapping
• MIDI mapping
• Instant mapping

13. Using Automation in Live

• Track automation
• Editing automation
• Clip automation
• Real-time automation

14. File Management

• File management
• Arrangement View audio export
• Session View audio export

Conclusion

• Next steps