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A Beginners Guide To Ableton

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Uploaded by on Sep 14, 2011

New to Ableton and don't know where to start. We've all been there and it can be quite daunting at first, so hopefully this video will shed some light!

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  • 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

  • how do you actually preview the sounds?! I can't hear anything

  • @GeetarGuy101 As I said in the video- Arm the the track, click the keyboard icon (top right) and use your PC keyboard. :/

  • what button do i press to change my octave on my keyboard? thanks

  • @domeskeetz Z & X

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  • 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!

  • @HowToAbleton ah up n running..thanks mate, teething troubles lol

  • @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 but they are both midi tracks both bass n drums? thanks for replying so quick mate

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