#19 Punch In & Out :: Ableton Live

ABLETONDAILY.COM :: Ableton Live Tutorial :: How to perform a punch-in and punch-out while recording on a track.

[@borjonx]

This is the best "intro" tut I've found on this - very simple, clear, and no extra content or fluff. Thank you for teaching!

[@ryanreach3710]

Omg this has saved me. I used to have to delete the audio, double the track, record it in the doubled track, paste it to the original.. Thanks!

[@aircatcher6891]

I appreciate how you didn't skip over anything the buttons did. For example, what leaving the punch out off does

[@UncleLoodis]

Thanks a bunch for posting this. I learn things visually. I could not figure this out...you made it very very clear. It is exactly what I was trying to do...punch in on a bass guitar part on a song I'm writing. Just finished writing the bass part...worked great. Thanks again! :)

[@TheMcPozitiv]

8 years using ableton and i DID NOT KNOW THIS !!!!! thabnk you so much

[@mikestanley5968]

You have a really great baritone voice

[@dawin6710]

Excellent video Mark. There aren't any videos on this topic. I guess very few people know about the punch in an punch out concept. Thanks to you I know now how to do it in AL.

[@joedapier590]

Thanks for this. Very easy to understand (unlike other Ableton tutorials). Cheers.

[@kaylinrajah3595]

Helpful and straight to the point, nice

[@fouismu]

Thanks a lot. I'm just beginning to learn Ableaton. Great Job.

[@deleon9k805]

Very clear and concise, thank you!

[@Issamfire]

very clear and straight to the point. subscribed

[@donmaresh2600]

Great/easy punch in-punch-out example. Thanks

[@simonroyjonesuk]

Great video. Really helpful and very clearly explained. Thanks. I am off to sort out my vocal track. Simon

[@rockandmetalnewz]

thanks Mark.. awesome!

[@ezekielthemack]

Thanks very much for your help Mark.

[@jeromeik8081]

Great video!

[@vilcabambamex]

thanks Mark, just the kind of info I was looking for!

[@sigong0000]

Now I finaaly get to know what the button's fuction is!!! Thank You~

[@abletondaily]

@AppA Thanks for the comment. You have a good point about the overdub, didn't think about that when making the video. Actually, I'm waiting for my good hardware compressor to come back from the shop. Right now I am using an Electrovoice RE20 direct into my RME Fireface 800, then using a channel with the EQ 8 plugin and a noise gate compressor plugin in the chain. Thanks!

[@MaxRiley]

That's what I was looking for! Thank you Mark :)

[@1983toInfinity]

Wooord! Thanks so much for your explanation

[@walterduran9774]

cool track

[@tequili]

Awesome, thanks a lot

[@brushm19]

It worked thanks. I have so many more questions as I move along. Any suggestions of who to ask or what course to take with a live instructor?

[@tsalazarrubio]

right on thanks mark!

[@blahdeblah1975]

Got me thru a pinch -- thx BUT, I can't monitor my "warm up" before or after the punch-window. Que?

[@Nitsan-Khen_Razel]

Thanks!

[@BlissAndFocus]

Great vid as always :) I have something I'd like to drop into the suggestion box... Add a level of difficulty before or after the title of each video? Like maybe [novice] [intermediate] [advanced] ? Just a suggestion :)

[@ValourTV]

Great Video thanks.

[@abletondaily]

@BlissAndFocus Good tip! Thanks.

[@KyleCarrington]

Is there a way to loop, recording new takes of just the marked section, but retaining copies of each take, i.e. the punch in starts, records the section, and multiple takes thereafter -- allowing you to audition each take, keep one, and scrap the rest? thanks.

[@Jordan-vw1mf]

10 years later, i have the same question

[@BenjaminGib]

Excellente. Thank you!

[@thereal702edge]

THANK YOU THIS WAS DRIVING ME BATS.

[@cameronwoolf8487]

Thanks Markkkk.

[@brushm19]

My version does not have the OVR on the top bar as yours does. Yours is highlighted and I do not even see one on mine

[@SuperClusterfunk]

Hi, Thanks for the vid, but I have a question. Say you just set up the punch-in & out points, but you wanted to keep recording in a new clip each time it looped thru that section. Is there a way to do that (in an automated way)? Thanks!!! SCF

[@musical-muser]

When you set a loop, it looks like it records over itself, but it really keeps all the takes. If you go into the wave settings there is a Loop button. Click that, click the loop bar (careful not to move it) in the wave section, then you can use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move through the different takes you did. It works well once you get used to it, but the Cuebase solution is better in some ways for comping different parts of different takes. With Ableton, Command-E will split the part and then you can keep that and use the arrow keys to move through the rest of the takes. Sorry I don't have time to do a video, but there are others out there.

[@joescuderi7766]

I was looking for how to auto punch in and out WHILE within a loop, so you get multiple attempts at the punch, but get to hear the intro on the track without wiping out everything in the loop. It seems Ableton can't do that simple thing.

[@joescuderi7766]

The only way is to do it is to duplicate the track with the intro so you can hear your intro while recording the loop, right? Why even have the punch in and out feature, then???? :-/ Seems Live didn't think this out very well.

[@Perionian]

Hi Mark, I'm having trouble getting the punch in and punch out points to stay put. When I click the bar that I want the playback to begin, the highlighted part just become un-highlighted

[@dextersimmons6020]

how can you get it to loop without erasing what you just laid down while making a beat?????stop recording after it looks the first time and not have to stop to hit the space bar or click the button on the

[@musical-muser]

Ableton's punch in and out is mostly useless since it demands you use the loop brackets. I always create another track (a mildly annoying work around) and record on that so I can listen to the part before the punch and have more than one take. Whoever designed the punch-in for Ableton gets a big raspberry for actual usablity.

[@Fghjk-hs9zd]

Can you insert mp3 in ableton live?

[@duokonradrosa9593]

That was helpful but it would have been a lot better if you had actually recorded a vocal part during the punch in/punch out demonstration. Otherwise, what were we meant to be listening back to?

[@napalmhardcore]

I'm trying to record a piece (not in time with a metronome, so it doesn't align neatly with the bars), listen back and at the desired point press a key to manually set the start and end of the loop. I then want the loop to continuously play back while I improvise to another track. I then want to listen back, decide where my favourite section of the improvisation was, save that and cut the rest. Is it possible to do this? Trying to find relevant information on Google isn't proving easy.

[@ToddPritch]

1:07 is your answer

[@Nani_llc]

I might have to start making tutorials. Some of these ableton certified people cant write music at all. It would be nice if this stuff was implicated in actual music

[@oldmanburnz]

incredibly frustrating that you don't show how to set the two points up top.

[@archologyzero]

Hi, this is Mark. I do audiobooks.

[@FluffyDoggie]

This video is older than the internet itself