Ableton Live 10 Essential Training

Learn how to create, record, edit, mix, and produce your musical projects using Ableton Live 10.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

Updates: What's New in Ableton 10.1

• EQ8
• Delay
• New and update key commands
• Automation changes and improvements
• Audio export changes and improvements

1. System Setup

• Selecting gear for a home recording studio
• Connecting your system

2. Getting Started

• Audio I/O device setup and preferences
• MIDI controller setup and preferences
• Optimizing performance
• Arrangement and Session View introduction and comparison
• Working with Live sets

3. Working in Arrangement View

• Track controls
• Selecting, zooming, and playback
• Auditioning and loading presets
• Preparing to record MIDI
• Computer keyboard as MIDI controller
• Pencil enter MIDI
• Punch record

4. Working in Session View

• Session view overview
• Working with clips
• Working with scenes
• Recording and overdubbing MIDI
• MIDI capture
• Recording audio
• Working with external devices

5. Editing MIDI

• Working in the MIDI Editor
• Configuring the grid
• Editing rhythm and quantizing
• Using groove quantization
• Editing velocity, duration, and pitch
• Copy, paste, and duplicate MIDI
• Multi-clip editing

6. Working with Audio

• Audio clip editing
• Fades
• Audio warping overview
• Looping audio clips
• Quantizing audio
• Creative warping
• Slice to MIDI
• Convert to MIDI

7. Ableton Arranging Techniques

• CPU management and Track Freeze
• Working with locators
• Section editing in Arrangement view
• Section editing in Session view
• Moving a project from Session to Arrangement view
• Moving a project from Arrangement to Session view

8. Working with Clips, Devices, and Files

• Browser overview
• Customizing the browser
• Searching and auditioning
• Saving presets and clips
• Exporting audio and MIDI
• File management
• Importing and exporting video

9. Live Mixer

• Overview
• Group tracks
• Sends and returns
• Routing and resampling
• Headphone cues

10. Audio FX

• FX overview
• EQ and filters
• Compressors
• Side chain processing
• Using delays
• Echo introduction
• Echo advanced features
• Saturator and pedal
• Drum buss
• Reverb

11. MIDI FX

• Arpeggiator
• Chord and Scale

12. Instruments

• Impulse introduction
• Multi-output Impulse
• Impulse parameters
• Simpler introduction
• Simpler classic
• Simpler one shot
• Simpler slice mode
• Wavetable introduction
• WT filters and LFOs

13. Racks

• Audio FX racks
• Instrument racks
• Drum racks
• Rack zone editors
• Macros

14. Mapping

• Key mapping
• MIDI mapping
• Instant mapping

15. Automation

• Graphic automation
• Editing automation
• Clip automation
• Recording automation

16. Max for Live

• M4L basics
• M4L LFO plugin
• M4L Shaper
• M4L Drum Synths

Conclusion

• Next steps