7 Tips For Getting Started with Ableton I Wish I Knew 20 Years Ago

Wanna learn Ableton the best and fastest way? Start with these 7 tips that you can do before spending any money.
I started using Ableton on stage to run tracks 20+ years ago. I made a lot of mistakes, but also did some things well.
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0:00 7 Tips for Beginners Just Getting Started with Ableton Live
0:15 Behind the Space Bar Intro
0:34 In This Episode: 7 Tips to Help Get Started with Ableton Live
0:59 Tip 1: Start with Ableton Live Lite or Intro
2:41 Tip 2: Start with a Specific Goal and Work Towards That
4:16 Tip 3: Learn How to Read the Map
6:36 Tip 4: Leave Info View Open for Useful Information
9:01 Subscribe to Learn More About Ableton Live and Share This Video
9:56 Tip 5: Use Ableton's Built-in Tutorials
11:43 Tip 6: Make Sure to Read Ableton Live's Manual (RTFM)
14:12 Tip 7: Book a Session with an Ableton Live Certified Trainer
16:02 Wrap Up: Leave a Review, Share and Subscribe for More!
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[@lostinart]

Well done!

[@howarddavid31]

The dig on Protools at 3:43 was GOLD 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@fromstudiotostage]

It’s too easy :)

[@WDXash]

This is so informative I’m commenting twice 👍👍👍

[@WDXash]

This is good, logical advice which I am going to follow before upgrading to the next level. Thanks 👍

[@TSTBand]

Great tips! thank you very much for sharing them with us!

[@fromstudiotostage]

Glad you like them! Thanks for watching!

[@Electrotranqui]

Thanks for you valuable advices... really a great truth.

[@fromstudiotostage]

thanks for watching!

[@electrikson]

Dude, thanks for all your amazing content!

[@fromstudiotostage]

My pleasure! Thanks for saying thanks, and thanks for watching :)

[@RobinDeSa]

Hey Will, thanks for this video! Would you mind make one about how to prevent your laptop to overheat in a live situation, especially when you're playing outdoor gigs? Thanks!

[@fromstudiotostage]

great idea!

[@filinator33]

Start with free that comes with basic controller like Launchkey. Having a controller is part of the intent of Live. I used the free version for several years before upgrading and still had not tapped all of the features available. With the latest version of free, there are more capabilities than ever.

[@fromstudiotostage]

good advice!

[@ndichumbugua]

Just starting out 🙂

[@fromstudiotostage]

glad you're here!

[@wilkopiano]

I have just downloaded your template and its fantastic. However my end goal has always been to never finish the performance as an audio only stem bounced arrangement to save on cpu cycles for weak macs on stage.. I like to work in session view only and primarily midi only with a massive power house of a computer and 7 midi controllers. This leaves every performance open and organic like a jazz session where nothing has any type of beef up backing track and its all midi loops with no pre defined destiny other than the songs form structure. There doesn’t seem to be anything in any of your videos that can make shortcut work of that. My best workflow to date is to use nektar pacer pedals and mareq max for live plugin pacer edition. But the resultant effect of such unguided performance is that all loops take a diagonal direction on the grid due to 64 midi vst instrument columns in use. See ortopilot with his 6 akai apc controllers pre mapped to 48 VSTS and you will know what i mean. Navigating diagonally doesn’t allow positional markers for verse chorus but your template linearly does.

[@maxmacdonald]

This is very helpful for this older former musician looking to get back at it and record some songwriting demos. Just purchased Scarlett 2i2 with free Live Lite. Have watched a bunch of tutorials but this is the first one that gave me hope that I can do this. Have subscribed. Thx.

[@jbenavidesgtr]

Will, one question, why not using a set of tracks to share between songs, for example piano track for all songs, and using clip gain to adjust/ compensate volume?

[@fromstudiotostage]

there's nothing "wrong" with that approach, but I've found: 1-It limits you from having one fader per song to adjust the song level 2-It's faster for me to use the track fader instead of the clip gain (live and in rehearsal its ALL about moving fast) 3-I spend WAY too much time dragging clips into tracks.. 4-I start trying to figure out or create new tracks when I have an odd song with 6 guitar parts instead of 4 5-I spend WAY too much time re-routing audio every-time I build a set or add a new song. Instead: 1) I have one fader to adjust the level of the song AND I still have seperate outs (that I never have to re-route after I route once) 2) I have a song fader for that specific part in that specific song that's easy to see and quickly adjust 3) I drag my song in.. and don't ever think about how many tracks/clips there is 4) I just add stems for each song and don't care how many are in each song 5) I route my audio ONCE per song and never have to re-touch it. I add the song into my set and it's automatically routed. It sounds like you've been running tracks for a while, or at-least have a good grasp on using Ableton for tracks. If you want to speed up your learning and pick up tricks like this that have been learned from over 20 years of experience, and being used by my students on the road, become a From Studio to Stage student: fromstudiotostage.com/join_us