Ableton 9 Explained

Product Highlights 

• 5 Tutorials / 3 Hrs 24 Min Total Runtime
• For all beginner to intermediate Ableton Live 9 users
• Tutorials written by Ableton Certified Trainer Scottie Dugan
• Simple to use video control interface for Mac & PC
• Watch Online, Download, Stream to iPad, iPhone & iPod

Course Content

Getting Started

• Introduction - Scottie welcomes you to Ableton Live 9 Explained and gives you a quick rundown of what you will learn.
• Install and Unlock - Learn how to download, install and unlock via Ableton's website. This also includes and additional Ableton or third party Live Packs. 
• Software Setup - See how to choose and setup the correct audio drivers for Mac and PC as well as configure routing. Scottie also shows how to make sure connected MIDI controllers are working and how to correctly setup and turn Instant Mapping on if supported. 
• Optimizing Audio - Learn all about the latency and how to reduce it, as well as how to find how low your buffer size can go safely with the built-in test. 

The Basics

• Starting a New Project and Saving - Learn to create a new set and explore the files and folders created within the Project Folder. 
• The Browser - Discover the categories and places in the browser and learn how to add folders from the hard drive. See how to use search and preview to find inspiration quickly.
• Audio and MIDI Tracks - Get a detailed intro to Tracks and how to organise them with Colours and Groups. 
• Routing and Monitoring - Scottie demonstrates basic signal flow and goes over Live 9's Monitor section.
• Clips - Get a solid introduction to clips and how to launch and stop them individually within a Scene. See how the Global Quantize setting effects Clips and learn the difference between looping and one shot clips. You will also explore how clips in the same track interact. 
• Session and Arrangement Views - Learn the difference between the two views and how they interact. Scottie also explores the Back and Arrangement button and when to use it. 
• The Mixer - Explore all the options in the mixer section such as Fader, Mute, Solo and Arm. 
• Intro to Devices - Learn what a Device is and where to locate them. Also see how to activate and locate third party plug-ins. 

Recording 

• The Transport - Learn how to ready Live to capture ideas with Tap Tempo, Time Signature, the Metronome and more. 
• Recording MIDI Clips - Discover how to record a MIDI Clip with a MIDI controller. You will also see how to correctly set routing for the recording and learn how to Overdub and choose a Record Quantization. Scottie demonstrates how to create a default MIDI Track and gives an intro to the idea of creating multiple takes on the fly. 
• Convert Audio to MIDI - Learn how Ableton extracts notes from Audio Clips and creates MIDI clips for Harmony, Melody and Drums. Scottie also explores activating this feature with the drag and drop method. 
• Recording Audio Clips - Scottie shows how to create a default Audio Track and record Audio Clip with an external sound source. You will also see how to correctly set routing for the recording and learn about simple gain structure. 
• Key and MIDI Map Mode - Learn how to control almost any parameter with your computer keyboard or a MIDI controller including 3rd party plug-ins. 
• Recording Session View Automation - Explore how to prepare session view to record parameter automation as well as how to override recorded automation and re-enable the automation. 
• External Sources - Scottie shows how Live can interact with external hardware and software using ReWire and the External Instruments/Effects Devices. 
• Freeze and Resample - Discover how to freeze a track and why we would want to. Also explore resampling and its usefulness.
• Managing Sets - Now it's time to save. Learn the many ways to manage sets, projects and presets. See how to use the built-in Browser to recall previous ideas and projects. 

Editing 

• MIDI Clips - Learn how to tweak and edit MIDI Clips to perfection with Quantizing, Draw Mode and MIDI Editing features including Transform, Note Stretch and Legato. 
• Audio Clips - See how to tweak and edit Audio Clips with features like Transpose, Clip Gain, Clip Fade and Reverse. 
• Working in Clip View - Learn how to adjust universal Clip attributes including Length, loop/one shot, Launch Mode, Launch Quantization and Follow Actions. 
• Warping - Discover how Live can warp Audio Clips in real-time. This includes everything from simple Quantization to recreating a completely new idea. Explore the different Warp Modes and how different types of Audio Clips sound. 
• Automation - Learn to Edit and create Clip Automation with breakpoints and curves or by drawing them in with the pencil tool. Scottie shows the power of Modulation and unlinked Envelopes that can be longer or shorter than the clip. 
• Grooves and the Groove Pool - Scottie shows you ways to add a human element to clips by assigning universal swings and grooves. Also see how to extract grooves from the existing clips to lock the timing of multiple clips together. 

Devices 

• Instruments - Discover the built in instruments, what they do and their factory presets. 
• Effects - Explore the built in Audio and MIDI Effects, what they do and their factory presets. 
• Racks - Learn about the three different types Racks: Instrument, Drum and Effect. Also discover how to create them, why we would use them and how to save them. 

Create and Arrangement

• Recording into Arrangement View - Discover how to capture a Session View performance in Arrangement View and explore recording and dropping Clips directly into Arrangement View. 
• Editing - Learn how to set Locators and Time Signature changes as well as Loop time and perform Punch In/Out recordings. Then explore Clip and Arrangement editing which includes Splitting, Drag and Drop, Copy and Paste, Deactivate and Consolidate. 
• Send, Returns and Busses - Scottie shows you how to use Sends and Returns, as well as how to create a standard Mix Bus. 
• Arrangement Automation Editing - Learn how to use, record and edit automation with LAnes, Draw Mode, Break Points and Curves. Then discover how to Automate the Song Tempo. 
• Exporting - See how to Export audio when your arrangement is finished and how to easily create stems or upload directly to SoundCloud.