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Videos: Ableton Live in Action!
DJing With Ableton Live 8, Pt. 1
Learn about warping music files with transient markers in Ableton Live 8 to figure out their tempo and prepare them for DJing use.
DJing With Ableton Live 8, Pt. 2
Jon Margulies shows more on warping audio files and editing them in Ableton Live 8 for seamless use in DJ sets.
DJing With Ableton Live 8, Pt. 3
Learn about mapping a MIDI controller to DJ with Ableton Live.
DJing With Ableton Live 8, Pt. 4
Get info on how to use Ableton Live 8's new dedicated limiter on the Master channel to prevent digital distortion on the audio output.
More on Ableton Live
Junkie XL Performs Using Ableton Live at NAMM 2008
Junkie XL performs with an Allen & Heath XONE:3D mixer and Ableton Live software.
Just Blaze Interview
Just Blaze discusses his use of Ableton Live on tracks for Saigon, Jay-Z and others.
Ableton Live
is a full-featured audio, MIDI
and even video-capable workstation that rivals the feature sets of the other major DAWs.
This collection of Ableton Live resources guides you through some of the earlier
to the latest versions with tips, tricks and advice for studio production,
remixing, live performance, DJing and even film scoring.
The Latest on Ableton Live
Video Review: Ableton Live 8
Learn all about the latest features and functions of Ableton Live 8 in this four-part series by Asher Fulero.
Video: KJ Sawka Demos Ableton Live 8
Electronic drumming pioneer KJ Sawka demonstrates Ableton Live 8's Looper, as well as the new Overdrive and Limiter devices.
Video: Kid Beyond Discusses Ableton Live 8, Pt. 1
Singer, beatboxer and voiceover legend Kid Beyond shows how Ableton Live 8's new Looper device makes looping yourself a breeze.
Video: Kid Beyond Discusses Ableton Live 8, Pt. 2
Kid Beyond talks about Ableton Live 8's new Warping approach, transient markers, group tracks and more while KJ Sawka cheers him on.
More on Ableton Live below
Review: Ableton Live 7 Suite
Live kicks down the door to the big boys' club for DAWs...
Podcast: Ableton Live 7 LE
Len Sasso talks about the features of Ableton Live 7 LE, the economy version of Ableton's Live 7....
New Product: Ableton Live 7 DAW and Performance Software
Those creative programmers at Ableton don't sleep much, so they can release a major upgrade every year. Live 7 brings new levels of precision and fidelity...
Remix Ableton Live 6 review
Some of the uninitiated lump Ableton Live with other DAWs such as Pro Tools, Cubase, Digital Performer or Cakewalk. A growing number of creative types, however, have been discovering Live as...
Ableton Live 6 as a DJ Tool (Part 1) - Chance Meeting
"The term live and the name of the ubiquitous software that makes this revolution possible are so commonplace that we almost need to come up with a new one and permanently concede the word 'live' to Ableton...I am of course speaking of the loop-based performance software Ableton Live"...
Ableton Live 6 as a DJ Tool (Part 2) - EASY AS 1, 2, 6!
Once you get familiar with keeping Live in time with other music, layering several songs is a cinch. Then it's just a short hop, skip and jump over to DJing fully with Ableton...
Ableton Live 6 CSi Master DVD-ROM - Quick Hits
Ableton Live 6 may be painless to get started with, but there is a ton of stuff going on under the hood. The 4-hour Ableton Live 6 CSi Master DVD-ROM packs a ton of...
Dancetracks, Ableton Launch Live-Ready Downloads
Dancetracks has teamed up with Ableton, developers of the awarding-winning DJ and production software Live, to provide Live-Ready downloads...
Studio Setup Feature: Think Inside the Box
As a software complement, Ableton's new Live 6 adds many exciting new features to what was already the most dynamic live-performance software. It's the best option for using a laptop for performing your own original music, live remixing and mash-ups......
Tutorials: Tips and Tricks
Digital DJ: Now Is the Time
June 1, 2008
New features and fresh compatibilities from leading DJ programs make Ableton Live 7 as booth-ready as ever...
Comping Tracks in Live 6
Sep 1, 2007
Ableton Live 6 provides lots of user-friendly tools for solving production problems quickly. When it comes to comping (compositing) a final audio track out of several takes, though, you'll have to resort to one or two old-fashioned manual methods. But with a little patience, you can comp vocals or other audio tracks and achieve fully professional results...
A Slice in Time
Jul 1, 2007
You can use any multisample player to play the slices, but Live's Impulse drum sampler offers separate outputs for each sample, has built-in time-stretching (useful when changing tempo), and can load audio clip regions into its slots...
Impulsive Decisions
Jul 1, 2007
Ableton Live's Impulse drum sampler makes an excellent player for sliced audio files because of its ability to apply separate processing and output routing to each of its slots. In this month's “Making Tracks” column (see p. 60), I show how to...
Twang, Plunk, Boing
Mar 1, 2005
Resonator effects are useful for adding pitch to unpitched sounds and for bringing out the harmonic content of pitched sounds. I'll use Ableton Live 4's Resonator plug-in to illustrate both processes...
Enveloping Strategies
Feb 1, 2006
Most DAWs have two kinds of automation: time based and clip based. Time-based automation is tied to the DAW's timeline, whereas clip-based automation is tied to...
Here's That Grainy Day
Feb 1, 2007
Granular synthesis is often used in academic and experimental music but isn't found in many commercial synthesizers. An easier way to try out granular synthesis is to use the Sampler plug-in available as an optional add-on for Ableton Live 6...
Learn the lesser-known perks of Ableton Live's Warp Function
Feb 1, 2005
One such program that I find particularly fruitful is Ableton Live. Live has a well-rounded array of effects, including the usuals such as delay, reverb and chorus. Particularly attractive to those who like their music to......
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