Nice tutorial. im not really new to Ableton but i do have a question. How do you stay focused when your making a track, so far ive had so many ideas that i start, but suddenly halfway through ill lose all inspiration for them and they get left by the wayside. do you have any tip for staying focused when working?
@Ikarimakesmusic Its a common problem and a question that we've all asked before. I would suggest not frowning upon every "half-idea", instead - just click and drag the idea into the left hand folder for later use. Seperating "music making time" and "sound-creation-fuckabout" time is also advantageous, I find. Hope that helps. ET
Awesome tutorial, learned a few useful things I didn't know :) My only issue/question I have (and this is with all of your tutorials) Is that I never know whether or not an instrument you use comes with Ableton Live 8 or Solely with Ableton Suite. Like the "Operator" you use so much..it's only available in Suite. But It took quite a while for me to figure that out. I would love it if you could differentiate between which instruments come with whatever version of Live. Thanks!
should explain myself better @HowToAbleton when i rec my first clip (drums of two different loops) then when i rec my bassline it recs over the top of the first loop .what the hell am i doin wrong? my heads rec'd lol. thanks
@riseup20twelve In that case you have to make a new midi* track for each instrument you want to record. Experiment with the OVR (overdub) button and remember you can always undo mistakes. yw
@MrSaltyChristian This is Ableton Suite 8.2.Not all versions of Ableton are the same...for example; Ableton lite not have the same features as Ableton Suite. -HTA
Cool video.Iv been making music for just over a year but only recently switched to Live 8 from Reason 5.Id like to know more about using clips in a live set using just Ableton and clips, so as no two performaces are the same.
Nice tutorial. im not really new to Ableton but i do have a question. How do you stay focused when your making a track, so far ive had so many ideas that i start, but suddenly halfway through ill lose all inspiration for them and they get left by the wayside. do you have any tip for staying focused when working?
Ikarimakesmusic 3 months ago
@Ikarimakesmusic Its a common problem and a question that we've all asked before. I would suggest not frowning upon every "half-idea", instead - just click and drag the idea into the left hand folder for later use. Seperating "music making time" and "sound-creation-fuckabout" time is also advantageous, I find. Hope that helps. ET
HowToAbleton 3 months ago
how do you actually preview the sounds?! I can't hear anything
GeetarGuy101 3 months ago
@GeetarGuy101 As I said in the video- Arm the the track, click the keyboard icon (top right) and use your PC keyboard. :/
HowToAbleton 3 months ago
Awesome tutorial, learned a few useful things I didn't know :) My only issue/question I have (and this is with all of your tutorials) Is that I never know whether or not an instrument you use comes with Ableton Live 8 or Solely with Ableton Suite. Like the "Operator" you use so much..it's only available in Suite. But It took quite a while for me to figure that out. I would love it if you could differentiate between which instruments come with whatever version of Live. Thanks!
Ashorsmash 3 months ago
what button do i press to change my octave on my keyboard? thanks
domeskeetz 3 months ago
@domeskeetz Z & X
HowToAbleton 3 months ago
should explain myself better @HowToAbleton when i rec my first clip (drums of two different loops) then when i rec my bassline it recs over the top of the first loop .what the hell am i doin wrong? my heads rec'd lol. thanks
riseup20twelve 4 months ago
@riseup20twelve You have to make a new audio track for each instrument you want to record.
HowToAbleton 4 months ago
@HowToAbleton but they are both midi tracks both bass n drums? thanks for replying so quick mate
riseup20twelve 4 months ago
@riseup20twelve In that case you have to make a new midi* track for each instrument you want to record. Experiment with the OVR (overdub) button and remember you can always undo mistakes. yw
HowToAbleton 4 months ago
@HowToAbleton ah up n running..thanks mate, teething troubles lol
riseup20twelve 4 months ago
I know this is basic basic stuff HTA but how do you then record the 2 together.. thanks for this btw :)
riseup20twelve 4 months ago
Hey so Im running 8.2 on a laptop but when I saved and ported the file over to the desktop it didn't work right what did I do wrong?
ldteplit 4 months ago
@ldteplit There's gonna be a tutorial on how to export projects coming within 24 hours.
HowToAbleton 4 months ago
erm, how do you play the thing on the bottom, in your case operator? I hit space but nothing happens and stuff.
Xiverture 4 months ago
@Xiverture You need to draw in a MIDI pattern.
HowToAbleton 4 months ago
Why not 1 tutorial shows how to get track bpms??
djninnav 5 months ago
What version of ableton is this? Does it matter, or are all the versions similar?
MrSaltyChristian 5 months ago
@MrSaltyChristian This is Ableton Suite 8.2.Not all versions of Ableton are the same...for example; Ableton lite not have the same features as Ableton Suite. -HTA
HowToAbleton 5 months ago
Cool video.Iv been making music for just over a year but only recently switched to Live 8 from Reason 5.Id like to know more about using clips in a live set using just Ableton and clips, so as no two performaces are the same.
Funkmastabuzz 5 months ago
@Funkmastabuzz There will be a video up about that shortly so keep an eye out.
HowToAbleton 5 months ago