The Music Producer's Creative Guide to Ableton Live 11

Discover effective strategies, hacks, workflow tips and best practices to level up your music production skills including using MIDI, audio, arrangement, automation, modulation, MPE, external Instruments and for live performances

Key Features

• Master the tools & processes to create, record and edit your own music with key images in color
• Discover numerous pro level tips, tricks and techniques to deepen your music production skills
• Unveil the best solutions to common pitfalls and mistakes committed by Ableton Live users

Book Description

Ableton Live 11 is a flexible and unique software for music production and live performance. To sharpen their production skills and gain a deeper understanding of the Live 11 workflow. Music Makers working with other DAWs or already with Ableton Live, perhaps earlier versions will be able to put their knowledge to work with this practical guide.

The book initially covers some basic features and workflows which is aimed more for producers with existing knowledge coming from another DAW and want to use their transferable skills to learn Ableton Live. You will begin exploring the Live concept, some advanced production techniques as well as some new workflow improvements and devices that Live 11 has to offer for music creation and live performance. You will learn how to translate existing production knowledge into Ableton Live 11, take advantage of unique and new features and gain a deeper understanding of some of the more advanced concepts of Live 11 for music creation and live performance.

By the end of this book you will be able to implement some advanced production and workflow techniques to make music with Ableton Live 11.

What you will learn

• Develop an understanding of the concept and unique workflow of Ableton Live
• Familiarize yourself with the key features of Live
• Discover the new and improved features that version 11 update has to offer
• Implement creative techniques for a more fluid workflow
• Gain an understanding of intermediate and advanced music production
• Explore live performance features in Ableton Live

Who This Book Is For

This book is for music producers, hobbyists and enthusiasts who already have the basic understanding of using Ableton Live for simple projects and want to upgrade their skills to make the best use of the features and techniques that will increase their efficiency and the quality of their projects. The book is also aimed at producers who already have experience making music but in another Digital Audio Workstation and they are looking to use their transferable skills to learn Ableton Live. This book will cover intermediate to advanced level.

Table of Contents

1. Taking a Quick Tour of Ableton Live 11
2. Recording Audio in Ableton Live 11
3. Editing Audio and Warping
4. Exploring MIDI Sequencing Techniques
5. MIDI Editing and MIDI Effects
6. Comping and Track Linking
7. Discovering Some of Live 11's Creative Audio Effects
8. Exploring Device Racks in Live 11
9. Audio to MIDI Conversion, Slice to MIDI, The Simpler
10. Utilizing Arrangement and Organization Techniques in our Ableton Live Project
11. Implementing Automation and Modulation
12. Getting Started with MPE in Ableton Live 11
13. Exploring Tempo Follow, Follow Actions and Max For Live
14. Exploring MIDI Mapping, External Instrument and MIDI CCs
15. Playing Live
16. Troubleshooting