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Hardware to Ableton Live
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Intro: Goals Of This TutorialThis brief tutorial will help you take your existing hardware work-
ow with machines such as the Akai MPC series or similar and
transfer it to Ableton Live. We will take a quick look at Live’slayout and functions, see how they relate to hardware and make
music with Live.
First, lets take a look at why you are here:
• What do you expect to get out of this tutorial?
• What will you be able to do when you are done?
• Have you used hardware sampler/sequencers to make music?
Now, lets look at your goals and what you want to be able to do
when you nish this tutorial.
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Your Goals
By the end of this tutorial you will be able to:
1. Create a Live Set with midi and audio tracks
2. Load your sounds/samples into Ableton Live3. Record musical parts to different tracks
4. Create patterns using copy/paste
5. Create a basic arrangement
6. Export your work to a single WAV or AIFF fle
But then what?? (long term goals)
Think about what you would like to get out of using Ableton Live
Musical goals (to compose and arrange a song in two hours)
Technical goals (to control ableton using my breath)
Enter your goal(s) here:
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Live Layout: Two ViewsLets look at the basic layout of Ableton Live.
There are two maint views: Arrangement and Session.
Arrangement view shows your tracks in a typical left-to-right
timeline style. (See image on right)
Session view shows your tracks vertically and has slots where
you can add a sound le of virtually any format. This unique
layout allows you to ‘jam’ with your sounds in a very exible
and fun way.
Device Browser use the browser to look through the live sound library and
nd your own sounds on any connected drive.
Clip view edit your (midi and audio) clips and loops here
(click <shift+tab> to see the effects window)
Next, lets see what you need to know to complete this tutorial.
Arrangement
Session
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This tutorial is short and assumes:
that you have made music before and
know important basics about music theory and composition:Meter (Bars/beats)
Tempo
loops/patterns
Arrangement
On the technical side you should be comfortable with:
Digital multitrack recording concepts (patterns, tracks, etc)
Midi/controllers
What you should know
Multitracking
Meter
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Now lets take a closer look at Live’s interface
A. Tempo, Meter and Metronome
B. Tracks, double click area,C. Instruments/Sound Library/Browser
-Patches
D. Map To Controller
Practice
Using the image on the right, Click on the following areas:
1. Time Signature
2. A Midi Track3. The plugins window
Part One: Ableton Quick Start A
C B
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Now lets get the party started. Open Live on your machine.
Lets practice creating a Live set and setting the tempo:
1. From the File menu click New Live Set
2. On the upper left hand control bar nd the Tempo box and en -
ter the tempo for your piece
The default Live Set opens with x tracks. Lets create a few more:
3. From the Create menu click Insert Audio Track
4. Now click Insert MIDI Track
In the next slide we will add instruments and/or sounds to these
tracks.
Part Two: Set UpNew Set
New Track
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First, lets check our MIDI Preferences to make sure Live is ‘see-
ing’ our controller.
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MIDI map mode
Keyboard map mode
Tip - Click the keyboard icon in the upper right to turn computer
keyboard mode on and use your computers keyboard to playnotes or trigger sounds. Keep this in your back pocket. It comes in handy in a pinch.
Mapping sounds to your keyboard/controller
MIDI map mode
Preferences - MIDI
Add image
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If you have Live, switch over and go through the procedures we
covered:
• open and name a new set, SAVE,Create tracks (audio, midi)
Add sounds, instruments
If you do NOT have Live, nd the correct buttons in the images to
the right.
MAKE IMAGES
INTERACTIVITY
Now we can move on to part four and make some music.
Practice...
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1. Create Live Set and set Meter and Tempo.
2. Create tracks
3. Add instruments and sounds4. Map controller
5. Play/hear music
Flowchart image - image + instructions as caption
We are all set up. Now let’s Jam and record some parts!(To keep things quick and easy, we’ll work with 1 or 2 bar loops)
Part Three: Create a Live set to work with
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Rhythm/loop
Lets get a foundation going. If you are starting with a sample
loop, lets get it looping:import/drag your sound from the browser onto a clip
get your sample playing in loop/warp mode.
tip: make sure sample tempo and Live Set tempo match.(make sure bars are set to a whole number 1 or 2)
Drums
Add some drums. Start with one of the following
A. Load a preset drum kit, create midi clip, input pattern(s)
B. loop a drum break - Slice to midi
Ok. Now lets make music
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Arrangement/patterns/songs
Ok. Now lets make music
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Mix your tracks, sounds, etc
Set your level/volume for each track
Add an EQ8, effect
Export your song
File>Export Audio Command>Choose format>Select folder
WAV vs AIFF
MP3 - Live does not export mp3. no sweat, use another program or website to
convert your wav/aiff to mp3.
Ok. Now lets make music
Export command
Mix
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Lets hear it.
• Play your piece for friends/family.
• Send/post to online friends, networks, boards.Feedback - good feedback - is hard to nd. Make it sound right to you.
If you do not have Live right now:
Play with the images to the right and see if you remember where to click on the interface.
To take a quick survey, click on the survey image on the right Can
you work musically in Live as you do your gear?
How long before you expect to?
What is your fave part of Live
Did you get bored at any part during the tutorial?
longer/more info, shorter/less info.open comments
Thank you. Send us feedback. [email protected]
Assessment. Survey.