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The Music Producer's Creative Guide to Ableton Live 11

You're reading from   The Music Producer's Creative Guide to Ableton Live 11 Level up your music recording, arranging, editing, and mixing skills and workflow techniques

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801817639
Length 468 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (23) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: The Live Concept and Workflow
2. Chapter 1: Taking a Quick Tour of Ableton Live 11 FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Recording Audio in Ableton Live 11 4. Chapter 3: Editing Audio and Warping 5. Chapter 4: Exploring MIDI Sequencing Techniques 6. Chapter 5: MIDI Editing and MIDI Effects 7. Part 2: Creative Music Production Techniques with Ableton Live 11
8. Chapter 6: Comping and Track Linking 9. Chapter 7: Discovering Some of Live 11’s Creative Audio Effects 10. Chapter 8: Exploring Device Racks in Live 11 11. Chapter 9: Audio to MIDI Conversion, Slicing to MIDI, and the Simpler Device 12. Chapter 10: Utilizing Arrangement and Organization Techniques in our Ableton Live Project 13. Chapter 11: Implementing Automation and Modulation 14. Chapter 12: Getting Started with MPE in Ableton Live 11 15. Part 3: Deep Dive into Ableton Live
16. Chapter 13: Exploring Tempo Follower, Follow Action, Max for Live, Working with Video, and Ableton Note 17. Chapter 14: Exploring MIDI Mapping, External Instrument, and MIDI CCs 18. Chapter 15: Playing Live 19. Chapter 16: Interesting Mixing Techniques in Live 11 20. Chapter 17: Troubleshooting and File Management 21. Index 22. Other Books You May Enjoy

Importing and recording audio in Session View

We have learned in the previous chapter about the non-linear workflow of Session View. First, we will have a look at how we can record audio in this environment to be able to focus more on playing and capturing ideas without worrying about any linear timelines.

Let’s begin:

  1. First, we are going to drop a drum loop into an empty Clip Slot on the first audio track so that we have some rhythm to record to (see Figure 2.6).

Importing audio into Live

You can drag and drop a loop into an empty Clip Slot from the Samples tab under Categories within the browser, where you can find all the samples from the Ableton Live Packs.

Alternatively, if you have added a folder with your own sample collection (see Chapter 1) under Places within the browser, then you can browse within your own samples.

Furthermore, if you type drums into the search bar and then hit Cmd+F (Ctrl + F for Windows), this will show you All results...

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