Ableton Live Performance - Part 1: Getting Your Tracks Ready

[@ZenWorld]

Cool Thumbnail Julian

[@JulianGrayMedia]

thumbnail GOD

[@saitejakondaa]

Ninja FAM!

[@robertagray3945]

Han Zimmer, Master Class, the PERFECT ad to be on your video!

[@brenthollingworth9473]

Oh hell yeah, an “enharmonic key change” always makes the crowd go wild 🤓😜

[@NAWWWDEDE]

I've been trying to figure this stuff out for so long and this method as made soooo much sense thank you Julian!!!!

[@KeYoH00]

I was literally about to search up how to use ableton in a live set and this popped up in my sub feed haha. Impeccable timing :D

[@JulianGrayMedia]

+K3YoH aye :)

[@undvlptmusic]

Great video, I especially like how you organize the stems. This is very helpful thanks ! One thing I added so I wouldn't lose the FX on my sends was to route their audio back into the stem channel I was bouncing. So for example: if I'm doing synths, I'll change the audio output on my returns to "Synth" and then bounce that stem track individually. It's a little more work but that way your tracks aren't dry. **make sure you solo the stem tracks before you export that way you don't get the fx for all the other channels mixed in**

[@angelrosas1644]

Okay can you explain this a little more? i understand the concept im just fuckin up the execution. I realized the effects don't stay with the stems in a new set. (specifically sidechain and compressors and i feel like reconfiguring each one individually will take too much time or maybe im just lazy)

[@Flexible_Fire]

You have saved me a lot of time Julian, Thank you very much for this video! Big hug!

[@JulianGrayMedia]

Much love!

[@joshuapolaris9515]

You're brilliant and a great teacher. THANK YOU!!

[@joaovunje]

thanks for the solution !

[@aggi999]

You do however sometimes use a vocal and a lead at the same time, you would use sidechain compression to enable that, example: "Noisecontrollers - Down Down" (second climax)

[@JulianGrayMedia]

Yup! I add a 9th channel for situations like this. but it's definitely less common.

[@phrolicmusic273]

Very interesting setup. Can't wait for the next video!

[@JulianGrayMedia]

+Phrolic Music soon!

[@stephenking9552]

Wow, super great video setup for your video production... love how we can see your Ableton Live page, your Face, and Annotations!!!! I've been using AL for 5 years now, but as a producer...I'm looking forward to pulling off a Live performance!

[@JulianGrayMedia]

Cheers man! Glad you enjoyed the video! Ableton in a live setting is incredibly fun!

[@jgerona5]

Thanks Julian for a great tutorial! I have never seen anything as comprehensible as this.

[@JulianGrayMedia]

Thank you!

[@NomadsPlace]

Great tutorial Julian, thank you!

[@MarioEtzlerChristianson]

thank you Julian ... you explain very well so I get it .😉.. not everyone has this skill 😊

[@mintcream7017]

Yes this is exactly what I needed. Also my name is Julian too! I know that means nothing but it’s a rare enough name that I like to recognize a fellow Julian 😂😂

[@bugyourparents]

super helpful advice looking forward to part 2

[@JulianGrayMedia]

Coming early next week!

[@gualonso9]

Man these videos are helping me so much, thank you

[@charlottecady9417]

Amazing, thank you!

[@carlymeador6867]

Awesome thanks keep up the good work

[@animalpharma2013]

cheers excited for the rest

[@carldubcats3385]

great tutorial, just given your 1,000th like, hope you get many more.

[@JulianGrayMedia]

Thank you!

[@makeedaswan3747]

Great video - super helpful! I have Ableton Live Lite though, which only allows for a maximum of 8 tracks in total, so I wouldn't be able to create as many tracks as you have... Hopefully I can still make it work. Thanks for sharing Julian!

[@JulianGrayMedia]

You should be good if your setup is simpler than this.

[@aniki7140]

Nice insight bro, thanks

[@xasancle]

You are direct, simple and effective. Thanks! BUt how to handle this 40% CPU without anything already playing?

[@JulianGrayMedia]

New computer! jk, but the only solutions are work arounds. Increase your buffer rate, lower your sample rate.

[@thandofiltane9706]

Thank you dude. This will help

[@vlogswithankitnayakvlogs]

Thanks

[@kevinhirt]

Thank god for youtube holy shit

[@Mubu5Reborn]

I want part 2 now!!

[@JulianGrayMedia]

Very soon. Most likely early in the week

[@jeromezoran]

Thanks dude

[@onesuavestudio]

I'd like to see some lighting videos

[@JulianGrayMedia]

in the pipeline as well :)

[@PspiralifeTutorials]

Big Question! What if I want to play mastered tracks and stems from my mixdowns sound bad along side master versions of other tracks of mine? This is the one reason I have not yet given this stem method a go yet... Thanks for your quality videos btw. Very inspiring.

[@JulianGrayMedia]

You must be using a lot of mastering effects then. Perhaps use your mastering chain in live with the unmastered stems when you play.

[@maxforster1850]

I mean what if you just make a group with all of your hubs and put your master effects on it? that should work !!

[@jeremilicata]

If there is a lot of automation in your track will that mess with your live set?? If you want to loop a section I’m realizing the automation would become a problem.

[@IsakuKageyama]

How did you get your talking head to overlay against the screen recording? It's very smooth compared to a separate window. Very nicely done!

[@JulianGrayMedia]

Green screen!

[@d3ath1nsuranc3]

this is definitely a stupid question, idk how to word this right so nothing's coming up online. ok so what am i doing wrong if within the output dropdown the bus i want to send it to doesn't show up? on the bus the in/out/auto boxes are greyed out. i got some to work, but it just seems like specific ones are grey. all the other settings are the same for all the buses.

[@FLOWKiiFLOWS]

Are those 8 tracks you made as KICK CLAP etc.. return tracks?

[@resofactor]

Those 8 Channels, are those going to Send/Return Channels, or their own sub-buss routing via the Track Output of those Channels?

[@SadhanaKhawas]

Can you use logic for live performance?

[@claypleggenkule3541]

so whats your mastering process, are these stems raw or how does that work

[@JulianGrayMedia]

raw stems, I run them through a basic mastering chain live

[@nickieisensee]

So you need to have kind of a good mix before rendering the 8 tracks ... and better do not have a mastering chain on your project while preparing the Stems ... easy to fool yourself ... Stems are not mastered

[@isuru7777]

Can you please tell me. when you copy and past a clip in session view, when you when you drag and drop a new sound that also changes the sound in the original clip. how do I make thee two clips independent. Means I want to have different sounds in the original clip and on the copied one. please help

[@JulianGrayMedia]

you have to use another channel for it.

[@isuru7777]

Thank you for your answer . Yes I tried that starting new MIDI column past in it, but still its the same when I change the copied clip it changes the original as well.

[@kingfriday2031]

Question.. So i created the audio tracks at the bottom to organize my clips into bass kick perc etc... but when i go up to the original tracks to change the routing from master to my new kick track... it doesn't show up... any idea why?

[@JulianGrayMedia]

are you in live 9 or 10?

[@gustavosalmeron2013]

Hey, I am a piano player. I have an i7 8th gen with 16gm RAM. Good notebook. Can i play a midi controller and get shitz crazy while some badass shit is played as I command with MIDI pads, without my computer exploding?

[@gustavosalmeron2013]

BTW, reminding I only use samples and low CPU vsts

[@lukeurick9397]

Did you mention you need your dummy tracks set to "in"?

[@in24jkt16]

dude, after prepare all clip,do we have to do mastering? or just real time

[@JulianGrayMedia]

Real time mastering works best in my experience

[@in24jkt16]

@@JulianGrayMedia thanks dude gbu

[@kadrych_]

how about returns? when i use this technique all of my return effects are gone after the export. how do i fix that?

[@JulianGrayMedia]

You can't use return effects in this config, unless you re-route returns into their own channel.

[@kadrych_]

Julian Gray Media thanks! will try that

[@snackz5181]

you wear a shirt with your name on it ...

[@JulianGrayMedia]

gotta rep the brand, man.

[@musictherapymeditation]

Hey , you promis us a live performance in the titles... an aragement ... is not a live performance thunmbs down for you .... you try to get views. ... to you clips... where its the live performance ??????

[@JulianGrayMedia]

What are you trying to achieve? This is the colliquial definition of ableton live performance.