May 16, 2010

Here is a complete list of the keyboard shorcuts/key commands used in Ableton Live 8. Remember you can create a lot of your own keyboard shortcuts by using the Key Mapping feature as well ( Command K ). loop brace/start-end markers MOVE START MARKER TO POSITION: SHIFT+CLICK NUDGE LOOP LEFT/RIGHT: LEFT/RIGHT MOVE LOOP BY LOOP LENGTH: UP/DOWN DOUBLE/HALVE...

Mar 12, 2010

This is an introduction to using Warp Markers in Ableton Live 8. (Expand the video player to fullscreen for a better...

Mar 6, 2010

You can easily organized your VST plug ins into folders in Ableton Live 8. If you have a lot of plug ins then it this makes it much easier than looking at the entire list of plug ins in the browser. Simply go to your User Folder/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST and create folders for all of your plug in categories. Then copy the VST’s from your main VST plug in...

Mar 1, 2010

If you have one of these laying around, or can find one cheap, then you have a great Midi Controller for Ableton. I used to use one of these with an MPC to get some cool effects. It didn’t really have any gain control in or out so it could sound great or really terrible depending on the source sound. After things started to really sound good in the box and...

Feb 25, 2010

A really fast way to submix tracks in Ableton Live 8 is by using the Group feature. Simply select the tracks you want in the submix and hit Command (Apple) G. You will now see the tracks have become connected to the main Group track which has the little arrow to the right of it’s name. (See pic below) So in this case it’s a drum submix, similar to...

Feb 9, 2010

This is an extremely important feature of Ableton Live 8 that often gets overlooked. It’s extremely easy to change Tempo and Meter by typing the desired values right into the Scene name. See the picture below. Simply type in the tempo value followed by BPM and it will conform the session the tempo, for instance 120BPM. To change the meter simply type in...

The tutorial selection will be expanding a lot over the next few weeks. Please check out the new Ableton and Reason tutorials, much more to come very soon!

Feb 8, 2010

If you want to change the look of Ableton Live 8 to fit your own custom color scheme there is an answer – Skin Editor. I made a custom skin you can download from the downloads page that looks like the pic above, reminds me of a Marvel comic type of vibe and makes things a little easier to see. To install simply go your Live.app in the applications folder,...