10 Ableton Live tips everyone should know

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@billB101 2 жыл бұрын

Cross modulate an LFO with another LFO to give a generative effect that never plays the same modulation twice.

@WillWorth 2 жыл бұрын

I'm here after ableton themselves shared this video on their facebook feed- you're clearly doing something right! Thanks for the useful tips :)

@SnakehornMusic 2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see a video like this dealing with audio, Mr. Hilowitz.

@jondellar Жыл бұрын

Holy mackerel! This info is gold dust. Thank you so much David. 👏🏻

@spooqs 2 жыл бұрын

Randomizing MIDI velocities works ESPECIALLY well when creating percussion with multisampled drum kits (Like Ableton's Session Drums). It's so easy to just fill up two bars with hi-hats, randomize their velocity and create a really unique sounding groove with just a little bit of manual tweaking. Great video David! Thanks!

@chrdestruction 2 жыл бұрын

When you showed the drum-rack, it reminded me of how it felt when I was first shown how to copy/paste with ctrl-c/v in primary school haha; it's huge

@88keysLA 2 жыл бұрын

Most useful channel on KZfaq. I’ll die on this hill.

@glyndwr15 Жыл бұрын

Nobody ever talks about this, but the Envelope Follower works like a universal sidechain where you can use the output of one track to dynamically automate any parameter within that track's effect chain or another track's chain entirely. So for instance you throw it on one track and then map it to the gain on one of the bands on EQ Eight on another track and you've created a sidechained dynamic EQ. Basically it means the dynamics of anything can be used to control any parameter elsewhere. The possibilities of that are endless.

@jamescarlsmith710 Жыл бұрын

This is the best Ableton tips video I've seen in a while. I feel like even Ableton veterans wouldn't have known everything. Thank you David.

@IllIll7777 Жыл бұрын

You tutorial guys are my absolute heroes! Thank you soo, so much for your support ❤ I've been watching one of the numerous tutorials on KZfaq every day for a while now and my skills have been through the roof ever since!

@davidcarter3976 2 жыл бұрын

Make sure you're sharing this with anybody that is new to Ableton this guy is one of the best teachers out there!

@jondellar Жыл бұрын

He certainly is!

@User_PC_Loadletter 2 жыл бұрын

that first tip is killer.... i knew it could do this, but never knew how or where... LOL cheers!

@zolakaya 8 ай бұрын

Great stuff man - Really appreciate your demeanor and approach. Just coming back to Ableton after multiple DAWS. So these 200 level tips are great! Thank you!

@timothychun1558 2 жыл бұрын

Live's grouped instruments is seriously an amazing feature. Makes creating new instruments and layering super seemless.

@patkelly8309 2 жыл бұрын

I really need to get to grips with Live's Group features. Zones and chaining etc has always annoyed me but I see the huge potential so must take more time with it.

@daniloprates 2 жыл бұрын

I use Ableton a lot and I didn't know some of the tips. Great! An audio.one would be great.

@aurorabirch 2 жыл бұрын

such helpful tips!! thank you david, great video as always!

@glwhittaker 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, this was great David! I thought I knew all the quick tips most people have to offer. I was wrong! These are some lesser-known tips that are very helpful. I especially loved Tip #7 which is great for folks like me that have Ableton Live Lite and are limited to only 8 tracks

@budwrite 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Short and sweet! Thanks

@kingdommindset1462 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thank you so much! You're a great teacher!

@tommymandel 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks David. As a long time Digital Performer user, I keep trying to get better at Live and Logic, so these kind of videos really help!

@SsgtHolland Жыл бұрын

You can also randomize velocity of midi notes in the clip itself. That way you can vary randomness without losing accented notes.

@klassenjimmy99 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video I was just to trying to figure how to combine kick on drum rack and boom right at end of this video awesome and all the other tips were solid thanks

@xradical89x 2 жыл бұрын

great tips, thank you!

@sonarfreq 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for these tips, they're really very useful indeed!

@japje1981 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great content. I'm working on a track later with a friend and will try some of these techniques. Very much looking forward to the audio video. 😀

@agfb4039 2 жыл бұрын

Super helpful thank you!

@themoonman-4 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave, Live slightly overwhelms my brain, this helps!

@FrankHoffmann1000 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this super useful video - would like to see also the audio tips video :-)

@TheGuffawMan 2 жыл бұрын

i knew i would find something good when i wrote ableton tricks.. i have been trying to figure out that scale thing and i found it thanks !

@guitarrasnipa5776 2 жыл бұрын

Great job ! Thanks. I'd like to see more tips like this and, sure, with audio as well.

@carstensorensen154 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. I have used Live since 1.0, which this year is a 20-year anniversary, but there was still one of the tricks I had not come across before ;-)

@DoctorJRx 2 жыл бұрын

your melodies are so cool !!

@trevoryearwood6377 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers D !

@4theswarm13 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for some quality info 👌

@sonnylloyd5589 2 жыл бұрын

This was great thank you

@neolesne4727 8 ай бұрын

Very nice tips !

@MichaelHonsinger 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips! More? Yes!!

@jontymonts6938 2 жыл бұрын

Let it be known to all that i'd like to see a video like this dealing with audio. Thanks Mr Hilowitz

@Jvssvl 2 жыл бұрын

This is a gem of video. Loved it. Quick question, where can I find this DH Piano?

@Kkidzz 2 жыл бұрын

Yep. Started with V5.

@AltusNoumena 2 жыл бұрын

Well said and very helpful Make that audio tips video please!

@arnoldhilberink 2 жыл бұрын

wow... learned so many new things

@richardsomerville5725 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks David.Another cool tip.Hold Option shift to slide audio around in a clip :-)

@JonPontrello 2 жыл бұрын

great stuff! Using audio rack to bring in multiple kicks is something thats gonna keep me busy for a while. Would love to see an audio video!

@leroycarr9 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you again David. Great tips. You are able to clearly and efficiently share your ideas. I didn't know that you could save entire tracks. I have never tried grouping instruments ( I will now) and I haven't explored the possibilities of the drum rack but I now see the potential. A question: What do you, or can you, do when the tempo is not correct, either that Live selects during a capture or if you record without the metronome and 120 is automatically assigned?

@leroycarr9 2 жыл бұрын

I realize my question left out the essential part: I meant that the notes don't then correspond with the measures, my playing is out of sync with the actual bar lines. What I do now is just re-record, but I sometimes miss a certain feeling then.

@sammywatson 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sweet video, ta!

@MrInterieurverzorger 2 жыл бұрын

Yes to the audio version. Keep up the good work! ;-)

@xradical89x 2 жыл бұрын

yes please, tips for audio clips

@siaseeds8950 2 жыл бұрын

If you command drag a sound on the drum track onto a slot it will automatically group them together for you

@DavidHilowitzMusic 2 жыл бұрын

oh, now that’s a tip!

@GeorgeGain6 2 жыл бұрын

Hi man i have one question related to sample playback. I can’t find the answer, maybe you can help? I play handpans (big ufo-like metal melodic-percussion instrumens with tonefields). My idea is to “transfer” real instrument into Ableton Push with samples. Everything works great except one thing. Imagine that I place one handpan note into one pad. When i hit the pad - the note is played. When i hit it second time it “chokes” the sustain tail of the first hit. Can i make them “stack” together, like layering them by hitting one pad? I didnt find the option for that in Simpler or Sampler. Thank you!

@channelite 2 жыл бұрын

I always had problems with midi in Live. The timing was tied to the audio buffer, always seemed sloppy, not what I played. I got really frustrated with midi in Live that I abandoned the software at version 9. I used a Digitakt, Bitwig, Renoise and Rosetta Sequencer suite on ios instead. I liked your tips, wish I knew them a few years ago.

@aurorabirch 2 жыл бұрын

PLS make that sequel omg

@SayajinKanak 2 жыл бұрын

nice

@producer1762 2 жыл бұрын

audio video yes!

@starry_lis 3 ай бұрын

Okay, but I've seen you also use Repaer. Why use them both and not just one?

@mistral-unizion-music 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I learned some nice tips. I wonder what happened to the ability to click and hold control and make velocity progressive from note to note. It was in Live 10 but gone in Live 11. I liked that feature. But Live 11 with the scale option is very useful and has some new features I love. I just wish I could still vary velocity in a linear way like before, kind of for a drum roll getting louder. If someone knows how to do this in Live 11 I would like to know. Thanks again for this video.

@patkelly8309 2 жыл бұрын

Can't you just have each velocity node increasing left to right in an ascending pattern? Just do it in the midi clip...sorry if I've misunderstood your question.

@mistral-unizion-music 2 жыл бұрын

@@patkelly8309 It is possible to click on each individualy but in Live 10 we could hold control while we clicked the mouse to choose from which note's velocity we start and then click again at the desired increased or decreased velocity where we want it to end over any number of notes. It made all those note's velocity ramp up or down in a linear pattern from low to high or the other way arround. So it was quick to make an ascending velocity pattern for many notes at once. Now it seems we must click every note's velocity to change those one by one. There must be a way but that definitly changed when they added the Chance feature for random velocity. But I don't use this feature. I want full control of my velocities. Thanks for trying to help. I will try to ask Ableton directly.

@PantaFlux 2 жыл бұрын

It still works as long as the drawing mode is enabled (press B).

@mistral-unizion-music 2 жыл бұрын

@@PantaFlux Ok I will try it again with the drawing mode (B). Thanks

@wetterlife5512 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks make mohr like this video 👍👍👍🙏💯💯

@brendanm7265 2 жыл бұрын

Sound bro

@loranbuffal 2 жыл бұрын

Instrument rack in a Drum rack... Why have I never done this before

@JESchomb 2 жыл бұрын

yes audyo

@Gusting. 2 жыл бұрын

Hi David, new viewer and loving the content. I'm most interested in your fascination with the drum rack's flexibility and I was thinking it would be great to see an in depth video about it. It would be extra interesting if you took that video as a challenge to see how far you can go personally with exploiting that flexibility. A good reference video for the kind of depth I mean is Ned Rush's video on creating drones in Ableton with no source material at all (MIDI or Audio). Really inspiring to see these unique and advanced takes on things overlooked by the average user. Reference video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h8qCltOD3b-ue2Q.html