Ableton Live Tips & Tricks

Chapter 1 : Effects

• 5:10

  Autopan Gate

  Learn a lesser known use for Ableton Live's built in Autopanner.

• 7:43

  Delays into Flangers

  See how to use the built-in delay to create a tuneable chorus / flanger rack.

• 8:35

  The Double Track Rack

  Create your own instant double tracking rack to create wide, phat sounds.

• 5:39

  Fun with Inverting

  Prevent effects from robbing volume from your mix by using phase inversion and natural cancellation of sound.

• 8:54

  Multiband Split Effects

  Discover the 'better' way to create a multiband split signal and apply effects to each part, even multiband sidechaining.

• 4:20

  Inline NY Compression

  Learn how to set up and use inline parallel compression without the use of sends New York style.

• 7:33

  Wet / Dry Knob

  See how to add a wet / dry parameter to any built-in or 3rd party effect in Ableton Live.

Chapter 2 : Mixing

• 8:31

  Oversampling & High Quality

  Learn why high quality doesn't always result in 'high quality'.

• 6:45

  EQ3

  Discover how that handy EQ3 may actually be causing you headaches along the way.

• 3:47

  Utility Volume

  Get a quick tip on how to make complex volume automation bend to your will.

Chapter 3 : Production

• 5:12

  Borrowing Grooves

  Learn how to pull MIDI data from any musical material and how to modify it to suit your needs.

• 7:16

  Chromatic Sampling

  See how to use Ableton Live like a giant sampler and create your own chromatically playable samples without using any plug-ins.

• 8:12

  MIDI Mangling

  Discover how easy it is to generate, route and mangle MIDI data in Ableton Live, and generate your own 'happy accidents'.

• 4:19

  MIDI Warping

  Explore the hidden MIDI stretching features in Ableton Live.

• 6:21

  Multi Envelopes & Transient Shaping

  Learn how to make your own multistage envelopes and transient shapers, without any plug-ins.

• 4:00

  Never Ending MIDI Note

  Learn how to create a never ending MIDI note in Ableton Live for long effects and or sounds.

• 7:08

  Random Session Automation

  Use MIDI loopback to generate random automation for any parameter in Session View.

• 6:51

  Return Feedback Loops

  Watch the different ways to use the sends to create dub like feedback loops.

• 7:56

  Time Synced Simpler

  Learn how to add the much missed BPM sync to Simpler.

• 4:05

  Tuning Samples

  Discover how to tune any sample to play properly on your MIDI Controller keyboard.

• 5:51

  Vocoder Shaker

  See how to use Ableton Live's built in vocoder to create shaker and hi-hat loops out of anything.

Chapter 4 : Workflow

• 3:18

  Default Presets

  Explore the different ways to set and use the default presets.

• 4:50

  Slicing Presets

  Discover how to design your own beat slicing presets for any style of music.

• 3:37

  Frozen Bits

  Learn a seldom used trick regarding frozen tracks and the different bit depths Ableton Live uses, and how to possibly save some hard drive space.

• 3:32

  Impulse Secret Group

  Learn about the hidden choke feature in Impulse and how it can improve realistic drum programming.

• 3:20

  MP3 Housekeeping

  Discover that Ableton Live doesn't actually play MP3 files and a tip on how to save a bunch of hard drive space for DJs.

• 2:44

  Multiwarping

  Learn how to do phase accurate warping on multiple tracks simultaneously.

• 5:46

  One Button Live Looping

  Learn how to create perfect 1 - 8 bar loops using 1 button when using Ableton Live 'live'.

• 3:24

  Template Setup

  Speed up initial song creation time by making your own custom auto-loading template.

• 13:43

  User Remote Scripts Intro

  Delve into the unsupported User Remote Scripts and discover how to make all of Ableton Live's parameters automatically map to any MIDI controller.