And now the thrilling conclusion of yesterday’s tip by my first guest tipster, Chris Buono! Within the confines of Ableton Live there’s more to the name game than just track identification. As you may already know, the Master track contains Scene Launchers. These slots can be renamed easily with the same steps used for track naming. Naming […]
THE NAME GAME, pt. 1
Hey folks! Today’s tip is from guest tipster Chris Buono. Chris Buono has been an Ableton zealot since Live 4 and has worked with the likes of Moldover, Elijah B Torn, Karsh Kale and many others. Recently Chris and Elijah B Torn along with Jon Francis Lucow formed the improv trio, trillions, et al. Chris’ […]
FREQUENCY SHIFTER: SUBTLE MODULATOR
If you’ve played with the Frequency Shifter at all, you’ve probably gotten the impression that it’s one of the more aggressive sound mangling devices that comes with Live. Well, that’s true. However, I’ve recently become a fan of using it like a chorus to produce stereo modulation effects. Try setting it up something like this: […]
ORGANIZE YOUR PRESETS, pt. 2
My personal approach to preset organization is to keep all of my presets in a folder outside the Live library. In my Mac’s “Music” folder, I keep a folder called Presets: When I want to save a preset into this folder, I skip using the Save switch entirely and use drag-and-drop instead. Just grab the […]
ORGANIZE YOUR PRESETS, pt. 1
The only issue with saving presets as described in yesterday’s tip is that Live decides for you where the preset shows up in the browser, and if you’re like me you might want a bit more control over how things are organized. First off, be aware that right-clicking on a device allows you to use […]
RACK VS. DEVICE PRESETS
It turns out that saving and loading presets is a slightly more interesting topic than you might imagine. Today I’m going to pick up where I left off yesterday with some basics – we’ll get into a more customized approach later in the week. When I’m talking about saving a Rack as a preset (like […]
OK FINE, DON’T USE THE MOUSE
In theory, the easiest way to remote control the parameters of an instrument or effect device is to set up a MIDI controller as a Control Surface and take advantage of Instant Mapping. (see Get MIDI Set Up Right for more on setting up control surfaces). In particular, I’m referring to controllers that have a […]
USE THE FRIGGIN’ MOUSE
So, I’m back into plugging away at a remix today. Didn’t have long to work, so I just pulled my computer out of my gig bag and setup in my studio as quickly as possible, taking no time to reconnect MIDI controllers, except for an Oxygen 8 that stays on my desk at all times. […]
GRAIN DELAY AS PITCH SHIFTER
I got to play a bit more ambient guitar this weekend, and have some more fun with my Live effects box/looper setup. One effect I get a lot of mileage out of in this setup is the Grain Delay. I use several of them for a few different purposes, one of which is pitch shifting […]
RETURN OF THE SESSION VIEW
So, as I was saying yesterday, after I’ve laid out the basic arrangement of a track I return to the Session view for all sorts of things. In particular, I love being able to listen to my song play back while I compose new loops against it. For example, while the song is playing […]
