Ableton Live 8 Manual En.pdf

Ableton Reference Manual Version 8

LiveVersion8.0.2forWindowsandMacOS

May,2009

CreatedbyBerndRoggendorf,GerhardBehles,RobertHenke,Awi,ReinerRudolph,StefanHaller,StefanFranke,

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Chapter1

WelcometoLive

1.1TheAbletonTeamSays:ThankYou

Liveistheresultofmusicianswantingabetterwaytocreate,produceandperformmusic

usingacomputer.AgreatdealofefforthasbeenputintomakingLiveeasyandfunto

use,yetatthesametimecapableofhelpingyoucreatemusicwithunlimiteddepthand

sophistication.Thiseffortcontinuesevenasyoureadtheselines...infact,anew,improved

Liveversionmightalreadybeavailablefordownload!Pleasecheck onourwebsitenow 1 ,

orchoosetheCheckforUpdatescommandfromtheHelpmenu.

WehopeyouenjoyusingLiveandthatitenhancesyourcreativeprocess.Shouldyouhave

suggestionsabouthowwecanimproveLive,please letusknow 2 .

YourAbletonTeam.

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CHAPTER1.WELCOMETOLIVE

1.2What’sNewinLive8?

1.2.1NewWarpingEngine

ˆ Live’s warpingengine hasbeendramaticallyoverhauled,withmoreaccuratetransient

detectionandaredesignedinterfacethatallowsyoutodragthewaveformalonga

xedtimeline.

ˆ Newtransientloopandenvelopecontrolsin BeatsMode allowforhigherquality

warping,especiallyatslowertempos.

ˆ New ComplexProMode forevenhigherqualitywarping.

ˆ Youcannow quantizeaudioclips usingtheEditmenu’sQuantizecommand.

1.2.2NewGrooveFunctionality

ˆ Groovepatterns cannowmodifythetimingandvolumeofaudioandMIDIclipsin

real-time.Alargelibraryofgroovesisprovided,andgroovescanbeextractedfrom

clipsandthenreappliedtootherclips.

1.2.3WorkowEnhancements

ˆ Crossfades arenowavailableforadjacentclipsinArrangementView.

ˆ The MIDIEditor hasbeenreworked,andeditingMIDIisnowsimilartoeditingin

theArrangement.Aninsertmarksetsthepreciselocationforclipboardoperations,

allowingnotesortimetobecopied,pasted,insertedanddeletedanywhereinthe

clip.Enhancedkeyboardcommandsalsoimprovetheeditingworkow.

ˆ AsaresultofthenewnavigationpossibilitiesintheMIDIEditor,itisnowpossibleto

steprecord MIDInotes.

ˆ AudioandMIDItrackscanbegroupedintoasumming GroupTrack .GroupTrackscan

befoldedorunfoldedtohelporganizeyourworkowinbothSessionandArrangement

View.

CHAPTER1.WELCOMETOLIVE

ˆ Live’sinterfacecanbemagniedtomaximizevisibilityviathe ZoomDisplay slider.

ˆ A PreviewTab intheBrowserprovidesavisualoverviewofthepreviewedle’scontents,

andallowsyoutoscrubinthewaveformorMIDIdisplay.

ˆ Whenmultipletracksareselected,adjustingoneoftheirmixerorroutingparameters

willadjustthesameparameterintheotherselectedtracks.

1.2.4AbletonEffectsandInstruments

ˆ Operator hasbeendramaticallyoverhauledwithavarietyofnewltertypes,anex-

pandedsetofmodulationroutingsandadditivewavetablesynthesiswithdrawable

partials.

ˆ Collision optionaladd-oninstrument

ˆ Corpus optionaladd-oneffect

ˆ LatinPercussion optionaladd-onsamplelibrary

ˆ Looper providesclassictape-loopstyleoverdubbing,withdrag-and-dropexportto

clips,MIDI-mappablecontrolsoptimizedforusewithfootpedalsandmore.

ˆ Vocoder combinesthebestofclassicanalogvocoderswithpowerfulnewfeatures.

ˆ Limiter providesatruebrickwalllimiter,idealformasteringapplications.

ˆ The MultibandDynamics deviceallowsforupwardordownwardcompressionorex-

pansionofuptothreeseparatefrequencybands.

ˆ Overdrive isapowerfuladditiontoLive’sarsenalofdistortiontools.

ˆ FrequencyShifter combinesfrequencyshiftingandringmodulationeffectsinasingle

device.

1.2.5NewLibrary

ˆ Live’s Library isnowstockedwithalargecollectionofnewcreativetoolsincluding

numerousdevicepresets,loopsandsamples,constructionkitsandtemplateSets.

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