Questions tagged [ableton-live]
Ableton Live is a digital audio workstation designed for music production, recording, mixing, and sequencing.
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Split point - Ableton live
I am a Grade I performer on the Keyboard and right now I am using Apple Mainstage as my performance tool. Lately I am feeling that i can get better performance on Ableton live, Since for my reaktor ...
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Using Ableton with a 2015 MacBook
I intend to produce music with Ableton Live 9 suite in a 2015 MacBook with 1.3 Ghz (turbo boost up to 2.7Ghz) with 8GB RAM, and 512GB storage.
Is this likely to experience lag - if so, how can I ...
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Cannot get Guitar Rig 5 sounds recorded into Ableton Live 9
I cannot get Guitar Rig 5 sounds and patches recorded into Ableton Live 9.
Ableton Live 9 only records clean sounds from my guitar.
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Ableton impulse drum rack switch
I like to use the preset racks in Ableton Impulse. The problem is I for the life of me cannot figure out how to switch the positions of the drum samples. Say I wanted to have the kick drum in 3rd ...
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Mixing and mastering at home
I have been playing guitar, piano, and keys for over ten years, and have been recording my own stuff for about eight years. I understand the basic principles of recording and have spent many hours in ...
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Electronic drums, Ableton, Addictive Drums + additional audio source from laptop
I have Alesis DM10 studio. Currently I'm using the Alesis module for drum presets and my laptop to put some music on to play along and practice.
This is the back of the module:
I'm using the AUX IN ...
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Blues scale in Ableton, anything in Logic Pro
I used Ableton and I wanted to know how I can get this in logic pro. There is a midi effect in Ableton called blues scale? How can I accomplish this in Ableton?
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What is the best way to process vocals during live performance?
What is the best and most handy way to process vocals during live performance? Vocal processors, guitar pedals or maybe through Ableton Live with some kind of vocal controller?
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What equipment do i need to play and record live?
i am beginner and i would like to know what equipment do i need to connect Ableton Push, Akai APC40, guitar + pedals, vocal processor and mic to play and record live? Do i need a preamp? Thanks.
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Connect a yamaha keyboard to ableton live
I have connected a yamaha psr e243 keyboard to my laptop, and live seems to be able to detect it:
Here is my midi settings:
But when I play the keyboard, there is no sound coming out. The same ...
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Creating music tracks from samples in ableton live
Hello everyone I just wanted to ask that is it possible for to remake a track from samples in ableton live?
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Yamaha Bass keys accompaniment in Ableton live
My piano teacher was telling me that when he turns on the accompaniment and when you are playing chords, when you hold the previous black key you get the minor chord for that. Example if i wanted to ...
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Using pedal switch in Ableton
I have the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 sound card and Orange FS-1 foot switch from my Orange amp. I use Ableton Live for recording my guitar.
My question is, can I connect the pedal to the other input on ...
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How to make ambient tropical music in Ableton Live 9?
I have heard a lot of songs that sound a lot like this one: https://soundcloud.com/freesongstouse/avtv-my-faith, and I am wondering how the ambient / vibrating effect is done. I think it might have ...
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Ableton Live 9 missing resources
I am using Ableton Live 9 on my macbook air but it is running frm an external hard drive. Whenever I try to put certain sounds onto a track I am creating the program gives me an error that the media ...
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Fixing delay and blurred together notes with Kontakt horns and strings
My current setup for composing is Ableton Live 9 and Kontakt 5. I am facing a problem with Session Strings and Symphony Brass with delayed notes and blurred together notes. The delayed notes are not ...
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Ableton Live Preset Resetting to Default
So I've been playing around and came across a nice pad call Pad-A Snow Pad. You'll find this in 'Instrument Rack -> Synth Pad'. It'll be near the top, or should be. I don't know what I did but ...
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Sidechain Gating vs Sidechain Compression (Ableton)
Currently trying to clean up my mix-downs (Drum & Bass)...
I understand how both work, but I am stuck on which one I should go for.
which of these would be recommend in reference to side-chaining ...
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Can't see the "MIDI To" and "Midi From" options in Live 9 Suite
I'm trying to follow this tutorial in which I should see a Midi track's output options:
but I don't even see the menu options for "MIDI From" and "MIDI To". How do I enable these?
I was previously ...
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JACK JackRouter (and then?)
I'm using Jack 1.9.10. I want to record system sound into Ableton, and don't want to plug a cable from line out to line in.
I start PortAudio, I turn on JACK Audio Connection Kit, it is already ...
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How can I slice and modulate samples in Logic like Ableton's Slice To Midi feature?
Ableton Live has particularly strong capabilities when it comes to converting audio to midi and vice-versa.
One particular feature is the ability to take a sample of audio, and simply click a button, ...
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How to use padKontrol with Ableton Live?
I have a Korg padKontrol midi controller and it is fairly easy to get it going with Ableton Live 9 as a drum trigger.
However, I would like to use it to trigger scenes in session view and generally ...
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I love with Ableton Live as a composition tool (session views). But I can only use Logic Pro X for studio mixes. What can I do?
Is there anything else for creative composing along the lines of Ableton Live? The session views make a lot of sense. It's a nice program. And ultimately I believe professional music can be make on ...
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How to bind two different samples one on my pad and the other onto keyboard keys
Have Oxygen v4 49
Using Ableton Lite x64
I have sample packs
Using Win 8.1 x64
Using Pod X3 Live as a soundcard.
I drag'n drop sample into my pad section, works fine.
I would like to drag'n drop ...
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What are good ways to pick MIDI instruments that go together?
I've been playing music all my life. I just downloaded Ableton Live, and I've been trying to cook up some tracks. The issue that I'm having is that it often feels like the instruments that I pick don'...
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Releasing MIDI key causes a sound - using Ableton Live - how to avoid that?
When I play some instruments in Ableton Live 9 with my MIDI controller, e.g. a "Stranger Lead Guitar" or "Steel jazz clean," it plays sound when I hit the key, which is good, but it also plays a sound ...
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How does a DI box work together with guitar?
Basically I'm in need of a DI box and I'm not really sure what to get.
I have a performance in January where I'm using Ableton Live 9 alongside a guitarist. The guitar will be DI'd straight into Live ...
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How to choose drum pitches?
I've been learning Ableton Live with an interest in making electronic music, and this has been my first exposure to drums whatsoever. Of course, I'm not dealing with a real drum set, but rather an ...
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Tips for increasing loudness while mastering in Ableton Live
I am a drum and bass (Jump Up) producer using ableton, I have been producing for about 8 months now and I would say I have progressed really well with it.
I have got to the stage with it where I want ...
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Are there any software to build and 3D simulate an entire audio visual live show?
I know you can mix visuals with: resolume
I know you can create and perform electronic music with: Ableton
And I know you can design and perform light shows with: Sunlite Suite.
I also know ...
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Minimum specs required for a laptop to run Ableton Live for live performance?
I'm thinking of getting a laptop to play keyboard live using Ableton Live, and I'm wondering what I could get away with? I don't want to spend more than a few hundred, but I want to be able to play ...
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In Ableton Live, can a parameter be mapped to midi messages from a midi track?
In Ableton Live, I'd like to use a midi track to toggle a parameter.
It seems like it should be possible to map a parameter to a midi note, say G2 on channel 1, and then have that map triggered from ...
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Looking for a trance gate midi device for Ableton Live/Max for Live
I am looking for a midi effect for Max for Live which allows the creation of arbitrary trance patterns. Something like the one embedded in FM8, just to be clear. Many people implement trancegates on ...
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Why does unfreezing a track in Ableton change the tracks sound?
I'm using Massive synth inside Ableton and I need to freeze tracks to save on the CPU usage. The problem is that when I unfreeze the synth tracks the sound of the synth is different from when I ...
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Ableton stores MIDI mappings but does not react to inputs
I am trying to use my MIDI board (Gordius LG2) to control events in Ableton Live, but it doesn't react to my inputs.
Namely:
I edit the midi map
I see that the mappings are stored (they appear on ...
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