Ableton Reference Manual Version 9

1. Welcome to Live
1. 1.1 The Ableton Team Says: Thank You
2. 1.2 What’s New in Live 9?
2. First Steps
1. 2.1 Learn About Live
  1. 2.1.1 Using the Info View and Index
2. 2.2 Setting up Preferences
3. 2.3 The Main Live Screen
3. Authorizing Live
1. 3.1 Copy Protection FAQs
4. Live Concepts
1. 4.1 The Browser
2. 4.2 Live Sets
3. 4.3 Arrangement and Session
4. 4.4 Tracks
5. 4.5 Audio and MIDI
6. 4.6 Audio Clips and Samples
7. 4.7 MIDI Clips and MIDI Files
8. 4.8 Devices and the Mixer
9. 4.9 Presets and Racks
10. 4.10 Routing
11. 4.11 Recording New Clips
12. 4.12 Automation Envelopes
13. 4.13 Clip Envelopes
14. 4.14 MIDI and Key Remote
15. 4.15 Saving and Exporting
5. Managing Files and Sets
1. 5.1 Working with the Browser
2. 5.2 Sample Files
3. 5.3 MIDI Files
  1. 5.3.1 Exporting MIDI Files
4. 5.4 Live Clips
5. 5.5 Live Sets
6. 5.6 Live Projects
7. 5.7 Locating Missing Files
  1. 5.7.1 Manual Repair
  2. 5.7.2 Automatic Repair
8. 5.8 Collecting External Files
  1. 5.8.1 Collect Files on Export
9. 5.9 Aggregated Locating and Collecting
10. 5.10 Finding Unused Files
11. 5.11 Packing Projects into Packs
12. 5.12 File Management FAQs
6. Arrangement View
1. 6.1 Navigation
2. 6.2 Transport
3. 6.3 Launching the Arrangement with Locators
4. 6.4 Time Signature Changes
5. 6.5 The Arrangement Loop
6. 6.6 Moving and Resizing Clips
7. 6.7 Audio Clip Fades and Crossfades
8. 6.8 Selecting Clips and Time
9. 6.9 Using the Editing Grid
10. 6.10 Using the ...Time Commands
11. 6.11 Splitting Clips
12. 6.12 Consolidating Clips
7. Session View
1. 7.1 Session View Clips
2. 7.2 Tracks and Scenes
3. 7.3 The Track Status Fields
4. 7.4 Setting Up the Session View Grid
5. 7.5 Recording Sessions into the Arrangement
8. Clip View
1. 8.1 The Clip Box
2. 8.2 The Sample Box
3. 8.3 The Notes Box
4. 8.4 Clip Defaults and Update Rate
9. Audio Clips, Tempo, and Warping
1. 9.1 Tempo
2. 9.2 Time-Warping Samples
3. 9.3 Adjusting for Good Stretching Quality
10. Editing MIDI Notes and Velocities
1. 10.1 Creating an Empty MIDI Clip
2. 10.2 The MIDI Editor
3. 10.3 MIDI Editor Navigation and Transport
4. 10.4 Editing MIDI
11. Converting Audio to MIDI
1. 11.1 Slice to New MIDI Track
  1. 11.1.1 Resequencing Slices
  2. 11.1.2 Using Effects on Slices
2. 11.2 Convert Harmony to New MIDI Track
3. 11.3 Convert Melody to New MIDI Track
4. 11.4 Convert Drums to New MIDI Track
5. 11.5 Optimizing for Better Conversion Quality
12. Using Grooves
1. 12.1 Groove Pool
  1. 12.1.1 Adjusting Groove Parameters
  2. 12.1.2 Committing Grooves
2. 12.2 Editing Grooves
  1. 12.2.1 Extracting Grooves
3. 12.3 Groove Tips
13. Launching Clips
1. 13.1 The Launch Box
2. 13.2 Launch Modes
3. 13.3 Clip Launch Quantization
4. 13.4 Velocity
5. 13.5 Legato Mode
6. 13.6 Follow Actions
14. Routing and I/O
1. 14.1 Monitoring
2. 14.2 External Audio In/Out
  1. 14.2.1 Mono/Stereo Conversions
3. 14.3 External MIDI In/Out
4. 14.4 ReWire Slave Routing
5. 14.5 Resampling
6. 14.6 Internal Routings
15. Mixing
1. 15.1 The Live Mixer
  1. 15.1.1 Session Mixer Features
2. 15.2 Audio and MIDI Tracks
3. 15.3 Group Tracks
4. 15.4 Return Tracks and the Master Track
5. 15.5 Using Live’s Crossfader
6. 15.6 Soloing and Cueing
7. 15.7 Track Delays
16. Recording New Clips
1. 16.1 Choosing an Input
2. 16.2 Arming (Record-Enabling) Tracks
3. 16.3 Recording
4. 16.4 Recording in Sync
5. 16.5 Recording Quantized MIDI Notes
6. 16.6 Recording with Count-in
7. 16.7 Setting up File Types
8. 16.8 Where are the Recorded Samples?
9. 16.9 Using Remote Control for Recording
17. Working with Instruments and Effects
1. 17.1 Using the Live Devices
  1. 17.1.1 Live Device Presets
    1. Saving Presets
    2. Default Presets
2. 17.2 Using Plug-Ins
  1. 17.2.1 Plug-Ins in the Device View
    1. Showing Plug-In Panels in Separate Windows
    2. Plug-In Configure Mode
3. 17.3 VST Plug-Ins
  1. 17.3.1 The VST Plug-In Folder
  2. 17.3.2 VST Programs and Banks
4. 17.4 Audio Units Plug-Ins
5. 17.5 Device Delay Compensation
18. Instrument, Drum and Effect Racks
1. 18.1 An Overview of Racks
  1. 18.1.1 Signal Flow and Parallel Device Chains
  2. 18.1.2 Macro Controls
2. 18.2 For the greatest degree of expression, try MIDI-mapping (page 486) the Macro Controls to an external control surface. Creating Racks
3. 18.3 Looking at Racks
4. 18.4 Chain List
  1. 18.4.1 Auto Select
5. 18.5 Zones
6. 18.6 Drum Racks
  1. 18.6.1 Pad View
7. 18.7 Using the Macro Controls
8. 18.8 Mixing With Racks
19. Automation and Editing Envelopes
1. 19.1 Recording Automation in Arrangement View
2. 19.2 Recording Automation in Session View
  1. 19.2.1 Session Automation Recording Modes
3. 19.3 Deleting Automation
4. 19.4 Overriding Automation
5. 19.5 Drawing and Editing Automation
20. Clip Envelopes
1. 20.1 The Clip Envelope Editor
2. 20.2 Audio Clip Envelopes
3. 20.3 Mixer and Device Clip Envelopes
4. 20.4 MIDI Controller Clip Envelopes
5. 20.5 Unlinking Clip Envelopes From Clips
21. Working with Video
1. 21.1 Importing Video
2. 21.2 The Appearance of Video in Live
3. 21.3 Matching Sound to Video
4. 21.4 Video Trimming Tricks
22. Live Audio Effect Reference
1. 22.1 Amp
  1. 22.1.1 Amp Tips
2. 22.2 Auto Filter
3. 22.3 Auto Pan
4. 22.4 Beat Repeat
5. 22.5 Cabinet
  1. 22.5.1 Cabinet Tips
    1. Amps and Cabinets
    2. Multiple mics
6. 22.6 Chorus
7. 22.7 Compressor
  1. 22.7.1 Sidechain Parameters
  2. 22.7.2 Compression Tips
    1. Mixing a Voiceover
    2. Sidechaining in Dance Music
  3. 22.7.3 Upgrading from Legacy Mode
    1. Context Menu Options
8. 22.8 Corpus
9. 22.9 Dynamic Tube
10. 22.10 EQ Eight
11. 22.11 EQ Three
12. 22.12 Erosion
13. 22.13 External Audio Effect
14. 22.14 Filter Delay
15. 22.15 Flanger
16. 22.16 Frequency Shifter
  1. 22.16.1 Frequency Shifter Tips
17. 22.17 Gate
18. 22.18 Glue Compressor
  1. 22.18.1 Sidechain Parameters
    1. Context Menu Options
19. 22.19 Grain Delay
20. 22.20 Limiter
21. 22.21 Looper
  1. 22.21.1 Feedback Routing
22. 22.22 Multiband Dynamics
  1. 22.22.1 Dynamics Processing Theory
  2. 22.22.2 Interface and Controls
  3. 22.22.3 Sidechain Parameters
  4. 22.22.4 Multiband Dynamics Tips
23. 22.23 Overdrive
24. 22.24 Phaser
25. 22.25 Ping Pong Delay
26. 22.26 Redux
27. 22.27 Resonators
28. 22.28 Reverb
  1. 22.28.1 Input Processing
  2. 22.28.2 Early Reflections
  3. 22.28.3 Global Settings
  4. 22.28.4 Diffusion Network
  5. 22.28.5 Output
29. 22.29 Saturator
30. 22.30 Simple Delay
31. 22.31 Spectrum
32. 22.32 Utility
33. 22.33 Vinyl Distortion
34. 22.34 Vocoder
23. Live MIDI Effect Reference
1. 23.1 Arpeggiator
  1. 23.1.1 Style and Rate Sections
  2. 23.1.2 Transposition and Velocity Sections
2. 23.2 Chord
3. 23.3 Note Length
4. 23.4 Pitch
5. 23.5 Random
6. 23.6 Scale
7. 23.7 Velocity
24. Live Instrument Reference
1. 24.1 Analog
2. 24.2 Collision
3. 24.3 Electric
4. 24.4 External Instrument
5. 24.5 Impulse
6. 24.6 Operator
7. 24.7 Sampler
8. 24.8 Simpler
9. 24.9 Tension
25. Max for Live
1. 25.1 Installing and Authorizing Max for Live
2. 25.2 Using Max for Live Devices
3. 25.3 Editing Max for Live Devices
4. 25.4 Max Dependencies
5. 25.5 Learning Max Programming
26. MIDI and Key Remote Control
1. 26.1 MIDI Remote Control
2. 26.2 The Mapping Browser
27. Using Push
1. 27.1 Setup
2. 27.2 Browsing and Loading Sounds
3. 27.3 Playing and Programming Beats
4. 27.4 Additional Recording Options
  1. 27.4.1 Recording with Repeat
  2. 27.4.2 Quantizing
5. 27.5 Playing Melodies and Harmonies
  1. 27.5.1 Playing in Other Keys
6. 27.6 Step Sequencing Melodies and Harmonies
  1. 27.6.1 Adjusting the Loop Length
7. 27.7 Navigating in Note Mode
8. 27.8 Controlling Live’s Instruments and Effects
9. 27.9 Mixing with Push
10. 27.10 Recording Automation
11. 27.11 Step Sequencing Automation
  1. 27.11.1 Note-Specific Parameters
  2. 27.11.2 Per-Step Automation
12. 27.12 Controlling Live’s Session View
  1. 27.12.1 Session Overview
13. 27.13 Setting User Preferences
14. 27.14 Push Control Reference
28. Using the APC Controllers
1. 28.1 Setup
2. 28.2 Clip Launch Matrix
3. 28.3 Session Overview
4. 28.4 Mixer Section
5. 28.5 Device Control
6. 28.6 Transport Control
7. 28.7 Track Control
8. 28.8 Tempo and Global Control
9. 28.9 Crossfader
10. 28.10 Note Mode
11. 28.11 Footswitches
12. 28.12 Customizing the APC Controls
13. 28.13 Combination Mode
29. Using the Launchpad
1. 29.1 Setup
2. 29.2 Launchpad’s Four Modes
3. 29.3 Session Mode
  1. 29.3.1 Launching Clips
  2. 29.3.2 Session Overview
4. 29.4 User Modes
  1. 29.4.1 Customizing the Launchpad Controls
5. 29.5 Mixer Mode
30. Synchronization and ReWire
1. 30.1 Synchronizing via MIDI
2. 30.2 Connecting via ReWire
31. Computer Audio Resources and Strategies
1. 31.1 Managing the CPU Load
2. 31.2 Managing the Disk Load
32. Audio Fact Sheet
1. 32.1 Testing and Methodology
2. 32.2 Neutral Operations
3. 32.3 Non-Neutral Operations
4. 32.4 Tips for Achieving Optimal Sound Quality in Live
5. 32.5 Summary and Conclusions
33. MIDI Fact Sheet
1. 33.1 Ideal MIDI Behavior
2. 33.2 MIDI Timing Problems
3. 33.3 Live’s MIDI Solutions
4. 33.4 Variables Outside of Live’s Control
5. 33.5 Tips for Achieving Optimal MIDI Performance
6. 33.6 Summary and Conclusions
34. Live Keyboard Shortcuts
1. 34.1 Showing and Hiding Views
2. 34.2 Accessing Menus
3. 34.3 Adjusting Values
4. 34.4 Browsing
5. 34.5 Transport
6. 34.6 Editing
7. 34.7 Loop Brace and Start/End Markers
8. 34.8 Session View Commands
9. 34.9 Arrangement View Commands
10. 34.10 Commands for Tracks
11. 34.11 Commands for Breakpoint Envelopes
12. 34.12 Key/MIDI Map Mode and the Computer MIDI Keyboard
13. 34.13 Zooming, Display and Selections
14. 34.14 Clip View Sample Display
15. 34.15 Clip View MIDI Editor
16. 34.16 Grid Snapping and Drawing
17. 34.17 Global Quantization
18. 34.18 Working with Sets and the Program
19. 34.19 Working with Plug-Ins and Devices
20. 34.20 Using the Context Menu
Credits
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