50 Ableton Live tips EVERYONE should know! 🤓

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50 workflow tips and shortcuts for Ableton Live that will help you produce music WAY faster and easier - This is taken from my brand new course "Ableton Live 11 for Beginners": 👉 bit.ly/3sA1u6Z
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@EDMTips 2 жыл бұрын

I got so excited about this, I literally SWEATED tips 🥵

@prodmicrocosmicorbit 2 жыл бұрын

well good , it as helped out lots of people , keep sweating tips i would say thanks for the free videos on youtube

@EDMTips 2 жыл бұрын

@@prodmicrocosmicorbit You're welcome! 🙂

@bobbyrinehart1299 2 жыл бұрын

#11 alone is going to save me so much time! These tips are great! Thanks for posting!

@EDMTips 2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome, Bobby! 🙂

@joeybtheman1906 2 жыл бұрын

this nigga is so wholesome, can't help but love him

@benjames4911 2 жыл бұрын

Will, I found your channel about two weeks ago and literally can't stop watching. Thank you for making the content. I will definitely be getting your masterclass.

@EDMTips 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, man! Really glad you're enjoying my vids, and looking forward to meeting you in the Masterclass!

@BlackfootUAhk 2 жыл бұрын

... thank you for the quick and informative tips Will! .. the reference track to "ext out" made perfect sense!! (Tip #27) .. hope to be in the next masterclass .. .!. .👊🏾🤴🏾👊🏾. .!.

@AUDIODIDACTS 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Will, thank you for sharing your knowledge and doing this tutorials. Great!

@petedako 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, brilliant. I keep coming back to this one. There's always quite a few more surprises and gems in this gold mine… much appreciated .Thanks kindly, Will.

@EDMTips 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Pete, I am glad you find it helpful!

@froggy58400 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome tips Will! Thanks for the many time savers!

@gytistamosevicius9639 2 жыл бұрын

As always helpful. Thank you, Will!

@FurkanTopal Жыл бұрын

Will, you're really a great person. The presentation, the view, the content, they're all awesome.

@EDMTips Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it! Thank you for watching and supporting the channel! 🙌🏻

@danielcortes7891 2 жыл бұрын

Legend! Thank you, Will! I've got to add, your channel has helped me out tremendously during lockdown.

@EDMTips 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! 🙂 Great to hear!

@midierror 2 жыл бұрын

These are excellent, some new to me for sure!

@GuyMazig1 11 ай бұрын

Your the best!👏🏼👏🏼

@bburdick 2 жыл бұрын

I learned a couple new tricks, great and to the point so that I wasn't bored even when you were covering the ones I already knew!

@theothermebutwhoami 2 жыл бұрын

Much needed. Great value. Thank you

@Kifon 2 жыл бұрын

just a few minutes in and already loving these tips!

@EDMTips 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@Ninjjadog 2 жыл бұрын

OMG, The seeing the two clips at once, I can't believe I've had version 10 for three years and didn't know that hahaaa

@zyberbob 2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to watch it later today. Cheers mate.

@EDMTips 2 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

@MRDUKG 2 жыл бұрын

You sir... are a super hero... ;) great video...!!!!

@amanismith2031 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. I watched it in it’s entirety. Thx so much.

@shadowbandz4972 11 ай бұрын

This video was bang on. Learned a lot that help the workflow. Thank you 🙏

@djjameshayes9766 2 жыл бұрын

Another belter Will 🔥

@rileyevans6070 2 жыл бұрын

Regarding tip 39, you can hot swap any audio just hit file on top left and I think it’s “view project files” then you can hot swap anything on any tracks! Great video thank you

@roderickstaples127 Жыл бұрын

Just decided to switch to Ableton. This video gives you all the actual stuff you need without having to plough through hours and hours of advanced tutorials, manuals etc.

@EDMTips Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Roderick, and welcome aboard the EDM Tips community :)

@remydeklein6829 2 жыл бұрын

Epic content bro!

@yokelectronic 9 ай бұрын

Awesome tips, absolutely awesome!!

@EDMTips 9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@slippyg 2 жыл бұрын

Invaluable content bro!

@auctor11 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video Mate!

@j.lindback 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! I learned a lot from this video!

@shaunbillyboss4337 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Will...this is the best yet :0)

@Highervibesofficial 2 жыл бұрын

watching this again as im upgrading from live ten suite a little refresher to the mind thanks for the tips will

@EDMTips 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! I am glad it's helpful :)

@rybotekk 2 жыл бұрын

a lot of GOLD stuff from you. rly. thankyou!

@EDMTips 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! 🙂

@cubaru4523 2 жыл бұрын

thanks, really helpfull!

@robertrobert5583 2 жыл бұрын

So I finally upgraded from Live 6 yesterday (yes, I am that old!) and was feeling somewhat overwhelmed but this has really helped me a lot. Thank you.

@EDMTips 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Have fun :)

@slippyg 2 жыл бұрын

Wow Live 6! Out of interest when was that released?

@hyperactivists9390 2 жыл бұрын

WOW dense material this is very helpful and brisk!

@TropicIslandMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Helpful vid thanks

@furmity123 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video. Thank you so much.

@EDMTips 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! You're welcome! 🙂

@Marco-ek8wu Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this. Really really useful.

@EDMTips Жыл бұрын

You're welcome, glad you found it helpful! 🙌🏻

@bobrobertsNotUrBob 2 жыл бұрын

I use a midi clip with notes as my sidechain kick without any instruments on. and when turning a pitch knob down an octave, use shift and turn it.

@fancyspectacles Жыл бұрын

This was super handy, great delivery too. I have weapons grade adhd and find it hard sometimes to learn from videos but this was perfect straight to the point and clearly explained. Really glad I found you on here, going to look at your course now too, I’ve had ableton for a while but mainly do all my stuff in maschine and just use ableton for routing but it’s time I understood ableton more and you seem like the perfect guide, thanks 🙏

@EDMTips Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Anything else you're struggling with?

@fabianzimmermann2363 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing, thanks so much for sharing!

@EDMTips 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, I am glad it was useful :)

@DjNavid Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU MILLION TIMES🤩

@EDMTips Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! 🙌🏻

@heartshearts4388 Жыл бұрын

lots of great tips! thank you! tip 29: you can also blend those different sounds together and fade between them by using the "chain" of the group, create fades between the chains and apply it to a knob. I also use this a lot fot different effects on an audio track. if an effect doesn't have a dry/wet knob, you can create a dry chain and an effects chain and blend between those two

@matthewhayes3969 11 ай бұрын

At-Axis do a Dry/Wet Knob for this. It's free.

@andrewhawkins1160 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Will. This is GOLD!

@EDMTips 2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

@davidleckenby 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you this is brilliant!

@EDMTips 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! 🙂

@ioiioiioiioi8518 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the useful tips! This channel is a treasure box, became my favorit ableton / production tutorial source!

@EDMTips 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad you find my vids useful :)

@iamthatiam1 2 жыл бұрын

FABULOUS!! Thank YOU!! ♥

@EDMTips 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! 🙂

@tom_something Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this. It's a great blend of features most of us probably didn't know existed, as while as applications of known features that will make our lives easier. I'm sure this video took ages to produce, but it's very much appreciated. The whole time I was watching this, I had my Ableton preferences open so I could follow along.

@EDMTips Жыл бұрын

I am stoked to hear that, and glad it was helpful! Anything else in particular you’re struggling with and would like me to cover on the channel?

@tom_something Жыл бұрын

@@EDMTips I've got this song that starts with a chord being kind of "strummed" on the keys. The strum starts a little before the first downbeat and ends a little after it. So in order to get the whole song to start in time, I can either add a 1/4 measure at the beginning (a full 4/4 is just too long to wait after re-winding), or I can put a negative delay on the keys. The 1/4 is annoying, and the problem with the negative delay is that the time shown in the transport lines up with the keys, making everything else appear off. Is there some way to get the transport to start at a negative time instead of 1.1.1?

@ritonlevrai1 2 жыл бұрын

That is really, really helpful ! Thanks ! Greatings from France

@EDMTips 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it! 🙌🙏

@tihkal Жыл бұрын

so many helpful tips. thx!

@EDMTips Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Anything else you're struggling with?

@masscasualty5233 2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah! Great tips! Thanks as always. One thing I've been doing lately instead of having a separate click track to sidechain from is to use the compressor's sidechain EQ to isolate the top end of the kick only and drive it a bit with the input gain. It ends up being the same as a separate click track but you are guaranteed to have the compressor fire whenever the kick triggers. Helpful if you change up the 4-to-the-floor to a more breakbeat style pattern somewhere in the mix and still want to compress the other tracks. Though it's not as good of a solution if you keep a consistent 4 beat and also add fills using the same kick. Just another tip for y'all!

@EDMTips 2 жыл бұрын

Love it! Great tip 🤙

@greg.tallent 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent teaching.. thank you

@EDMTips 2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

@userunknown112 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Will

@EDMTips 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! 🙂

@SWAVcast- 9 ай бұрын

Holy shot! Thank you for all these tips. I've been needing to speed up my workflow. So many were helpful.

@EDMTips 9 ай бұрын

Stoked ot hear that! Which one was your favourite? :)

@SWAVcast- 9 ай бұрын

@@EDMTips It's embarrassing but I didn't know how to activate audio on the piano roll.

@RocketBeats_ Жыл бұрын

So helpful, and straight to the point in this one! Had my sub. I definitely got some life changing tips even though i knew a lot of them as an experienced ableton user xD Thanks !

@EDMTips Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome! Thanks for watching and for the kind words of support :)

@jakearts867 2 жыл бұрын

Wow respect master C:

@danielstoicamusic 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Will! Do any of your courses/videos cover the topic of "how to use sounds/samples that go well together in a track"?

@ipread 2 жыл бұрын

Will. Thanks so much for the videos in the style of Lane8. CamelPhat. Franky Wah. Bicep etc. So so so helpful. Can I ask would you put 1) Elderbrook on your list and 2) Fred Gibson (Fred again)??? I love both and I’d love to see your interpretation. Where’s the best place to comment this so you see it?

@Ninjjadog 2 жыл бұрын

Will, which tutorial was it that you made this track in please? I want to look back at the delayed claps again that you covered.

@cesar_m.p. 2 жыл бұрын

Tip #11 made me fall of my chair!! 🤩

@productsoflust Жыл бұрын

Great Tut. Thank You!

@EDMTips Жыл бұрын

You're welcome, glad it was helpful! 🙂🙌🏻

@productsoflust Жыл бұрын

@@EDMTips Question: is it possible to replace a sample in drum rack and save it without creating a new preset?

@Marsovicmusic 2 жыл бұрын

Can you make a tutorial on how to make music like the one Dubfire would play on a festival. Some techno, minimal techno, call it what oyu like. Cheers mate, absolutely love your work!

@RickyMontijo 2 жыл бұрын

11 is soooo helpful

@scottiescott9297 Жыл бұрын

Cheers!!! Outstanding video as usual 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾. To speed my workflow, I got into using the contour shuttle pro with the jog wheel and buttons so I can move clips/notes etc. around really quickly and precisely- and assign hot keys respectively. There are too many really good hot keys, so I then added an Elgato Stream Deck to assign a few dozen more hot keys for easy one-button pressing that really speeds up workflow. Do you have a peripheral devices for hot keys. etc, that you use to facilitate your workflow?

@wrigna1 2 жыл бұрын

With tip #50, is it possible to adjust modulation in arrangement view also? Or is this something only possible in session view?

@MrEllipsis423 2 жыл бұрын

This was very helpful...coming from Studio One

@DezzProduction Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@EDMTips Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@gokhan9395 Жыл бұрын

This is awesome tutorial

@EDMTips Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I am glad you liked it! 👌🏻

@AmitJohnMF Жыл бұрын

Love from India 👑

@EDMTips Жыл бұрын

🙌

@N0B0DY_SP3C14L Жыл бұрын

Some excellent tips! Cheers!

@EDMTips Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, glad you found it helpful! 🙌🏻

@N0B0DY_SP3C14L Жыл бұрын

@@EDMTips Indeed I did. Not to sound the prat, but it's rare that I hear or see a tip that is new to me, but you showed me several, and they were practical and all. Respect.

@EDMTips Жыл бұрын

@@N0B0DY_SP3C14L Appreciate it! 🙌🙏

@Fullstackdev- 2 жыл бұрын

thanks

@Haino95 2 жыл бұрын

Heyho just came across your awesome videos. Now I'm thinking about getting abletom. Do you think the intro version is enough to get?

@patricklaurin7272 7 ай бұрын

I just doubled my knowledge of Ableton 🤯 Felt like a superhero for about a half hour after watching this

@EDMTips 7 ай бұрын

Then my job here is done! Thanks for watching and supporting the channel 🙂🙌🏻

@patricklaurin7272 7 ай бұрын

@@EDMTips My pleasure, If i could only find out how to update an audio file on Distrokid without losing my youtube views, i would be set 😅

@chriswuzhere91 2 жыл бұрын

I think tip 44 is one of the most important ones, if not the most!

@Vtruvius Жыл бұрын

great tips! Used some on my new song!!! thanksss

@EDMTips Жыл бұрын

You're welcome, glad you found it helpful! Which one was your favourite?

@Vtruvius Жыл бұрын

@@EDMTips I'm def using a better default setup right now with a SC and a simpler channel. The little keymapping on the preview button saves me some frustratable clicks for sure!

@AlexbernardSawyer 5 ай бұрын

very useful.

@EDMTips 5 ай бұрын

Glad you found this helpful! Thank you for watching and supporting the channel 🙂🙌🏻

@ThePerthGroup Жыл бұрын

Thanks for elucidating so much in such a user friendly manner. I wonder if you have figured out how to insert time in one track? Not every track. Thanks.

@v.emeade7044 2 жыл бұрын

Good tips

@EDMTips 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed them!

@d.j.levison4292 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@EDMTips Жыл бұрын

Thank you, really appreciate the support! 🙂

@d.j.levison4292 Жыл бұрын

@@EDMTips very clear concise and useful information! Keep up the good work

@Jyibe 2 жыл бұрын

#30 -- Can't drag the midi clip into current project folder as you've done - I get the circle with a diagonal line through it indicating that I can't do that. Any help welcome. Thanks!

@serjiobazhan3918 2 жыл бұрын

Instead of click track for sidechain its simplier to use built-in frequency filter and cutoff a long body which is usualy in low mid and sub and leave only click which is a HF.

@jamarcus69 Жыл бұрын

at 16:45 is there a way to change the midi notes of the other chains?

@getsturdy Жыл бұрын

17:00 would you say that this is a good way of layering Sounds?

@whostroubled Жыл бұрын

Wow that chord one is insane

@EDMTips Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! ☺️

@kantumdj 9 ай бұрын

For tip 8, to avoid missing the first snare : start from the end 👍

@EDMTips 9 ай бұрын

Great idea!

@jwsevents3044 Жыл бұрын

hi is there any discounts on your Ultimate Mixing edm ?

@Kosich2 2 жыл бұрын

your video I feel graduated from Ableton with Honors 🔝

@DJ_Damo_ 11 ай бұрын

Hi , in #13 , is this like 'ghost notes'in FL Studio?

@djgilevans 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Will. What's the name of the song that you're working on this tutorial?

@reverse5006 2 жыл бұрын

Fire video idk iv never writing coment but you top )) ;d

@btomas. Жыл бұрын

Tip 39: You can hot swap audio in a similar manner for those of us who prefer to use audio instead of MIDI drumkits 😀

@EDMTips Жыл бұрын

Great tip, Billy!

@toddbarry2925 2 жыл бұрын

Can you pleeeeeeeeeeeeease do a tutorial on how to make Hardcore in the style of Micro Point?

@mrutherford1994 2 жыл бұрын

44 dope

@EDMTips 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@EVLanche 2 жыл бұрын

Question: won't it be more efficient if we put the sidechain effect on an aux channel?

@EDMTips 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t recommend it, unless you want all of your sidechained instruments to have the exact same amount of bounce

@Ryan.Anderson80 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have a video for able on live 10?

@EDMTips 2 жыл бұрын

No, but 95% of these work in 10

@Jyibe 2 жыл бұрын

Anyone else unable save default presets in non native plugins (e.g. a low cut in Fab Filter Q3)?

@jamarcus69 Жыл бұрын

19:08 the real mvp

@tbg6nb 2 жыл бұрын

tip 44: heard it a few times but still don't quite get it. Why changing the channel's volume if the volume fader is automated is problematic ? You can always put a utility and add a few dB of gain.

@FranckBossi 2 жыл бұрын

something wrong is the tips to change the length of a clip! It crashed my ableton i can never get it back to work ^^ crazy! I had that audio and midi clip selected same time when i tried.

@wrigna1 2 жыл бұрын

I don't understand what the purpose is of automating volume on utility instead of the channel?