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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

From Session View to the Arrangement View

We already learned that we can copy-paste clips from the Session View to the Arrangement View.

But what is actually more exciting is that we can record the arrangement on the fly!

This is why organizing the Session View properly is so important, as it means we can just press record and launch the scenes and record our first sketch for the arrangement.

First, you shouldn’t feel the pressure to compose an entire track in the Session View, record it, and be done. It is a common practice to lay down the main ideas (a couple of tracks), the backbone of a track, quickly in the Session View, then move into the Arrangement View to finish the composition. You can still add additional instruments, edits, and transition sounds, as naturally, having the track idea laid down on the timeline will give you new ideas on how to proceed further with your track until it is finished.

To record your arrangement on the fly, do the following:

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