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Ableton Live 5 Tutorials

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Ableton Live is a powerful "sequencing instrument" designed for each stage of the musical process, from creation to production to performance. In the creative stage, Live is intuitive and responsive, encouraging the flow of musical ideas. During production, Live provides all of the professional tools required to complete and perfect projects. On stage, Live delivers unique expressive control and stability. This tutorial will take you through all of these stages with real world examples and detailed explanations of this powerful musical tool. To begin learning Ableton Live 5 today, simply click on one of the movie topics.
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Introducing Ableton Live (04:38)
Installation (04:46)
Session & Arrange Views (02:51)
Getting Started
Basic Audio Preferences (03:07)
The Audio Buffer (04:45)
The File Browser pt. 1 (04:16)
The File Browser pt. 2 (03:30)
The Device Browsers (04:49)
Track View and Clip View (03:39)
Tracks (03:25)
Clip Slots and Scenes (04:44)
The Mixer (06:22)
Signal Flow pt. 1 (05:04)
Signal Flow pt. 2 (06:51)
The Control Bar pt. 1 (03:30)
The Control Bar pt. 2 (04:53)
File and Session Management (06:35)
Clips
Clip Basics (02:47)
The Clip Box (04:40)
Launching Clips pt. 1 (04:30)
Launching Clips pt. 2 (03:51)
The Sample Box pt. 1 (02:39)
The Sample Box pt. 2 (02:01)
The Sample Box pt. 3 (03:59)
The Sample Box pt. 4 (01:55)
Warp Modes pt. 1 (05:18)
Warp Modes pt. 2 (05:20)
Intro to Looping (04:59)
Warping from Scratch pt. 1 (04:35)
Warping from Scratch pt. 2 (01:22)
The Arrange View
Recording an Arrangement (04:52)
Arrangement Editing pt. 1 (04:02)
Arrangement Editing pt. 2 (03:34)
Arrangement Editing pt. 3 (04:19)
Scrubbing and Locating (03:57)
Automation Envelopes pt. 1 (04:16)
Automation Envelopes pt. 2 (04:13)
Automation Envelopes pt. 3 (04:06)
Arrangement vs. Session (03:22)
Recording
Recording in Arrange View (05:38)
Recording in Session View (06:37)
Understanding Latency (05:31)
Resampling and Rendering pt. 1 (04:14)
Resampling and Rendering pt. 2 (03:47)
MIDI
Intro to MIDI (03:53)
Creating MIDI Clips (06:14)
Basic MIDI Editing (04:02)
Editing Notes and Velocities (03:18)
Copying (01:27)
Quantization (04:58)
Advanced Clip Concepts
Advanced Warping pt. 1 (04:10)
Advanced Warping pt. 2 (02:50)
Auto-Warping (07:03)
Looping and Nudging (05:28)
Clip Envelopes pt. 1 (04:15)
Clip Envelopes pt. 2 (05:27)
Legato Mode (03:55)
Follow Actions (05:00)
Clip Tips (05:22)
Remote Control
The Keyboard Map pt. 1 (03:22)
The Keyboard Map pt. 2 (03:57)
The MIDI Map pt. 1 (04:45)
The MIDI Map pt. 2 (05:51)
MIDI Synchronization (04:10)
Devices and Plug-Ins
Device Basics (02:52)
Presets and Groups (04:58)
Plug-Ins pt. 1 (04:09)
Plug-Ins pt. 2 (03:17)
Delay Compensation (04:44)
Live Instrument Devices
Impulse pt. 1 (05:34)
Impulse pt. 2 (05:18)
Simpler pt. 1 (04:28)
Simpler pt. 2 (06:13)
Simpler pt. 3 (05:51)
Operator (06:12)
Live Audio Devices
Auto Filter pt. 1 (03:31)
Auto Filter pt. 2 (03:08)
Auto Pan (04:55)
Beat Repeat pt. 1 (05:26)
Beat Repeat pt. 2 (03:26)
Chorus (06:35)
Compressors (07:06)
EQs (04:33)
Erosion & Redux (04:15)
Gate (04:03)
The Delays (05:34)
Resonators (05:16)
Reverb pt. 1 (04:56)
Reverb pt. 2 (04:06)
Phaser & Flanger (06:32)
The Distortions (05:15)
Grain Delay (05:25)
Live MIDI Devices
Pitch Related Effects (06:56)
Velocity (04:38)
Arpeggiator pt. 1 (05:14)
Arpeggiator pt. 2 (03:18)
Managing CPU and Disk Resources
Understanding CPU Load (06:01)
Freeze Track (03:40)
Advanced Routing
Audio Routing (03:06)
Multi-Channel Instruments (03:03)
Routing and Processing Tricks (06:28)
Live as Rewire Master (04:39)
Live as Rewire Slave (05:59)
Conclusion
Final Thoughts (03:07)
About this Author (03:17)

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Tutorial Information / Pricing
Title: Ableton Live 5
Author: Jonathan Margulies
SKU: 33686
ISBN: 1-933736-18-6
Duration: 8 hrs / 105 Lessons
Compatibility: Win XP, 2000, 98, NT, Mac OS X, OS 9

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