The NEW Ableton 12 Beginner Guide (in 22 Minutes)

Here's part of the course for free if you're interested: www.completeproducerpro.com/r...
Ableton 12 is here! And WOW it was worth the wait. SO many cool new features.
I've tried to put together the most simple Ableton 12 tutorial that has everything you need, with nothing unnecessary.
I'm honored to teach you guys the ins and outs of this powerful software and give you the chance to get what's in your head to come out of a pair of speakers.
If you have any comments or questions let me know below!
I tried to read all the comments and respond when I can.
Thanks so much for stopping by, truly.
Cheers!
Ethan

[@cassidyraebarrera]

This was soooooo helpful! I have to learn Ableton in basically a few days in order to complete a project. Your video has saved me so much time!

[@ToTouchAnEmu]

Haven't touched a DAW in 9 years and today just felt like downloading the Ableton 12 trial. Thank you for this intro, this takes tons of guesswork out of beginning stages!

[@twistedtestes5348]

Legend for posting so many tutorial/beginner videos like this!

[@ilandzmusic7848]

Agreed

[@MattRid]

Wicked no fluff fast and comprehensive Ableton tutorial Nice one Ethan

[@RayRay3818]

Wish you had this vid years ago! Took me so long just to figure out and learn the basics that you showed in 20 mins!! Thanks

[@BerlinChild]

Switching over from FLStudio right now after about 4 years of "mastering" that DAW. And I felt severely limited eventually. Got my hands on Ableton today and your Tutorial is a great help. A lot of similarities between the programs, but it's the simple things that Ableton does the most different. In a way I like, to be honest. And I can already tell I will enjoy the workflow with Ableton a lot more than FLStudio. It served me well. I think its THE daw to learn daws. But Ableton is just so... clean, I dont know how else to put it.

[@ProdDistorted]

Any updates? 👀 also what version of each do you have? I have fl producer but I want to switch to ableton, the price difference between versions is steep though, I want to know which version is best to start with!

[@uznav007]

I used fl studio since 2011 and i felt super limited and in 2015 i decided to use ableton live and booom , my ideas got more and more better my organization went better and i think that was the best thing i ever do , so congratulation for finally switch to the real music produccion world🎉

[@neoconnor4395]

FL studio being the best DAW to learn DAWS us actually the opposite of truth. It's one of the easier DAWS to learn, but the format is so uniquely it's own, what you learn is not very transferable to other DAWS, unlike Pro Tools, Reaper or Ableton. The best DAWS that teach you to be the most effective with DAWS universally would actually be something more like Reaper - seeing as how learning it's very un-user friendly UI will make you super prepared to learn new DAWS.

[@EOE808]

Went through the same process. Used FL to start. But I went to a music production class that only used Ableton. I understood the process better and ideas were easier to develop. FL is muuuuuuch better now than in 2016, and I jump in on occasion to change things up & use its instruments to create ideas, then drag back to Ableton. Every daw is just a tool for you to use however it works best for you.

[@djvarangian]

Same here - I had Live 11 90 day Trial as my very 1st DAW. Then I got an M32 Komplete Kontrol 🎹 with Lite. The 8 Track is too limiting after using licensed FL Studio. But WOW after 2.5yrs mastering FL, with Ableton familiarity, going to the 30 day Live 12 Full Licence is just INSANELY efficient. My orphaned samples from old projects are now becoming the nucleus of new tracks, I can play my instruments straight into the Audio Channels or MIDI. Assuming unlimited Creativity, the difference is probably a 700% increase in efficiency of Production (7x). ✌🏻

[@Trinzzler]

Absolute legend man, I'm just getting into making the music I've been listening to for decades and your whole channel is an absolute treasure trove of useful information.

[@akash_bardhan]

Before a week I watched your Ableton 11 guide video & now this. Thank you so much ❤

[@matthewyates2031]

Thank you so much for the new Live 12 walk through. I really appreciate your time and showing us all the new basic features. Thanks again Ethan. Salute.

[@jpallatin]

Live 12 is amazing! Thank you for this great video, straight to the point!

[@bollywoodeditsbytaner2611]

Just finished your video on ableton 11 , so happy that you did the same thing for 12 - thank you for your effort and cuteness

[@DJSamerChidiac]

Thank you, Ethan. That was very comprehensive! I would love to see you talk about the new Generative Features in 12.

[@MetalMamaMist]

I have been searching for tutorial videos for weeks and this is the first video that has walked me through the program without overwhelming me. Thank you!

[@CompleteProducer]

You're very welcome!

[@gizzmogremlin8203]

This was awesome, clean, and very easy to understand. A great walk through and the right amount of thorough. That last statement spoke directly to me. Thank you, big bro! 🫡🫡🫡

[@bastiandelosmonteros]

amazing video, it is my first time using ableton and wow, you helped me so much

[@Bashanvibe]

Thank you 🙏🏾 for an update getting started with AL!!!

[@dtoulkidis]

Respect man. I hope Ableton pays you for this cause I am buying it right now .... Super fast and engaging tutorial.

[@allegro1355]

I viewed a lot of videos about Ableton 12, but I chose this to begin learning. It is straightforward, teaches the basics, shows good features and the essentials to kick the ground and move. So thank you for sharing this. I am now jumping to your Music Theory video.

[@CompleteProducer]

You're very welcome!

[@r2k.314]

Great work bro. Totally worth the effort you were putting in!

[@jazzersaxman12]

Very informative thank you being clear and concise! You make it look so easy! Gotta get busy!!!

[@pavi.211]

I really enjoy your videos. You are an excellent guide to knowledge! I am happily satisfied to see that you explained how you set up your saving system. Organization is crucial!

[@Richtoopoor]

LIFE SAVER!!!! My midi keyboards power supply stopped working didn’t kno u can use the computers keyboard

[@rxinfxllYT]

Dude I can’t tell you how much I’ve learned from you in just a short space of time! Thank you for doing this for all of us. I’ll have to send you my songs to hear them once they’re ready, once they’re done, thanks to your tutorials and all!!

[@CompleteProducer]

can't wait to here!

[@0711RC]

Thanks Ethan, Great Video! Right to the point. Please keep it up.

[@djivanindia]

Fantastic comprehensive fast and simple !! Awesome

[@toddwmac]

A great intro, thanks a ton. Just moved to Live after more than a decade with Studio One and absolutely loving it. Looking forward to binging more of your content. BTW, those great new Height and Width buttons hotkey with H & W. Mush Appreciation! 🍄

[@mikebanfield9103]

Great video - straight to the point, thanks for putting this together - you have a new subscriber!

[@isthatcainan]

u the best man!!!! love your videos never stop posting them

[@Woozy.0]

Incredibly helpful guide. Thank you very much

[@mitch4136]

I'm soooooooo grateful for you. Thank you so much for this. I just downloaded Ableton 12 suite and this is extremely helpful and inspiring. Thank you Ethan!

[@CompleteProducer]

You're very welcome!

[@greynot3413]

I am using LMMS for some years now and can't find some tutorials that I want. Although I managed how to work with it but, I think I need a newer DAW to work with. I am seeing lots of beginners using Ableton. Luckily, when I search for tutorial, yours pop-out first. I am satisfied with the tutorial, and looking forward for myself playing around Ableton. Thank you so much!

[@fr3ff176]

that subscription bit was smooth as jazz ROFL - thanks Ethan for a fantastic video!

[@ERVO7]

Thanks Ethan, always great advice 🔝

[@DevJams_OG]

really appreciate this quick run through!

[@striptizrecords]

love this, especially the parts about ideas flowing out of one's mind straight to the speakers

[@soobin__________]

it was super helpful!! thanks so much :D

[@timestes9455]

I've been using ableton for a few years, and watching this video taught me at least 10 things I didn't know! Thanks Ethan :) Most helpful: Default template & limiter

[@CompleteProducer]

Happy to help!

[@3lektroking622]

This is some perfect timing :D I'm trying to create a song for a project in school, this is really helpful.

[@Dalton01642]

how did it go?

[@3lektroking622]

@@Dalton01642 For a first time not even bad, but it was way harder than excpected!

[@ketpool7904]

Thank you Ethan ❤

[@cookedbyfrancis2387]

Well done. Great video. Thanks

[@ayushsingh9732]

This is so amazing!

[@ARDENITE]

Thanks for this! It eased my beginning with Ableton

[@DJTimeLock]

Glad to know my programming background will come in handy. Always gotta ctrl+s with every change xD

[@merlinsky5287]

Super well done video. Appreciate you. Finally made the jump from Reason to Ableton, cuz like you said, I'm done making excuses 😄

[@luminous_luke]

Bless you bro, you helped me. A power FL user who is thinking of switching to Ableton.

[@CompleteProducer]

i made the switch over 10 years ago and it helped a lot! but FL is great too

[@chloelamby959]

thank you so much for this tutorial! so helpful transferring from adobe audition (NOT made for music production) to ableton.

[@CompleteProducer]

You're very welcome!

[@The_Barnes_Family]

Yo! What an amazing lesson! Love the way you explain. - DJ Paris

[@CompleteProducer]

Glad you liked it!

[@Yhuntermusic]

Enjoyed this... THOROUGHLY!!!! Blessings!

[@wittybeats995]

We need part two this was so informative

[@CompleteProducer]

i have plans to make a video with more features of Ableton 12 for sure!

[@freakonfrequencies]

THANK YOU!!!

[@26maria_ray]

Great! Thank you very much 🎉

[@hopedupois]

Ehi thank you very much for this super clear tutorial. Finally someone who says everything basics about Ableton without making it intimidating! I'm a total beginner producer (I was used to sing and songwrite), so... do you suggest me to buy the intro, the standard or the suite version? Just to tell you (in order to give me a better answer), I want to produce electronic/almost techno music, like old school techno, so... yeah... I need an advice 😅 Keep going!

[@RajeshJustaguy]

I love drum and bass and I've been always hearing some styles that don't happen on some of them so im thinking of trying out to see how it sounds. but wow it looks tough. lol

[@stephaam_music]

Cool! Thanks man!

[@Numinus_Arts]

thank you, friend.

[@rikuwaves]

Good stuff

[@alejosandu]

Thanks, Ethan

[@lindasson]

I've wanted to buy Abelton, but to be honest, I've been intimidated by it, but this video is AMAZING. Thank you for breaking it down to fragments that I can easily understand. Much appreciated!🙏🏾✊🏾💚

[@CompleteProducer]

Happy to help! You got this!

[@skurgelockproductions]

Great video

[@christtabernaclechurch.]

Great video!

[@katrinaalison2511]

Great video! Would be interested in hearing about which Abelton version is best for value/ the break down of the list of items under each version... looking at it like, I have no idea what those things are. haha. I'm looking at getting into recording producing my music but on a budget, .. so would be interested to hear also where you would look to spend the money vs where you would save. Thanks for these videos!

[@CompleteProducer]

I would honestly absolutely go with Standard. Lite is way too limiting and Suite is unnecessary. Hope that helps!

[@Nightgamer_Official]

Amazing video! Quick question, is there a way to change the piano roll to single click to add notes?

[@notjoebiden.1706]

Legend! ❤

[@rrd547]

thank u keep uploading plz

[@Ryuzakii10]

thanks brother. ^^

[@stephaam_music]

Please make a video only about arrangement, and how we can make it more efficient and practical. Thanks!

[@forrestwallace8800]

Can I get a First? :D Just starting my music production journey and I have to say I absolutely LOVE your content and find it extremely helpful!!

[@CompleteProducer]

you win!! thank you for the kind words, for real (:

[@robertwells4530]

nah u beasted out in this video, thank you!!!

[@robertgalinas9820]

Thanks!

[@DM43685]

Great video, just a little quick for me on certain things, especially the vocal tuning, I'll have to re-watch in slomo... but still good basics.. I have one question that you might or might not know, I upgraded to 12 Suite, does this mean I can uninstall 11??? I did log a ticket with Alberton, but they are sooooo SLOW!!!!! and its been a good few weeks now

[@InnerHacking]

Great beginner tutorial. I also wanted to know how can I see a midi pattern play in the drum rack. For example I remember in Ableton 9 when I selected an adg file from the packs it played automatically and I could also see the pattern being played in the drum rack, and then I could choose which instrument from that adg pattern to remove or add in the drum rack and in real time while it was playing! How can I do this in Ableton 12? I couldn't find it, any help would be very appreciated, thanks!

[@tanmaysukhdeve5143]

Love from India 🙂✌🏻

[@MissKerra]

Thank you so much for this video! It gave me more than just information, it fucking inspired me! New subscriber!

[@CompleteProducer]

wooo!!

[@faraazaamir8627]

I have an Akai MPK Mini that I want to learn to use and at the same time looking to learn how to produce on Ableton. This was a great intro and I was able to keep up with most of it. Does your paid course cover recording with MIDI devices as well? Cheers!

[@CompleteProducer]

thanks for the kind words! the course does not cover that in detail because there are so many different midi devices out there! usually you can just plug the device in, make sure you have an armed midi track with an instrument on it, and hit record and play! hope that helps

[@biblestealer]

Hey hope you see this, I just got the Ableton 12 30-day free trial and the layout of the app looks a lot different then what you showed on your computer. I'm not sure if you can help but it would be great if you could!

[@zabrado4103]

Could you do a vidoo of how to use project of other?

[@user-lj7kr4nr2i]

thanks from Germany

[@CompleteProducer]

you're welcome! from the US

[@tradesdontlie]

my free trial just ended need to save up some $ to buy it !!!! gotta hustle

[@CompleteProducer]

it's worth it!

[@hugostiggz6460]

Can you give a tutorial on how to save to Dropbox

[@amandacrisp14]

I've followed along all the steps with setting up the mic in the beginning but it's just sort of very noisy and glitchy once I record some vocals. I've plugged in a USB microphone, which works fine with other stuff. Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong? thank you

[@blacksheep36xb]

what is when i press collect and save and i have VST insturment in my Projekt with MIDI --so some CHORDS ... is ableton auto bounce out the midi in WAVE and export in the Projekt when i press save and collect ?

[@lostsenseprodd]

Your hairstyle is taper or a modern mullet ? Great Video Btw 💚 Ethan Go 100k !!

[@CompleteProducer]

it started out as some kind of mullet months ago, now it's just grown out into some form of chaos haha. thank you!! im looking forward to hitting that milestone!

[@lostsenseprodd]

@@CompleteProducer just a suggestion do a video about vocal production, explaining everything

[@fleeyon7082]

I know you have a video specifically for 11, but would this video also translate to 11? I’m new to production, and have been binging your videos and want as much information as possible!

[@CompleteProducer]

yep, it's basically all the same!

[@fleeyon7082]

⁠@@CompleteProducerawesome, thank you man!

[@shubham-itachi]

Can you pls make video on composing song. How can I make melody for song. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@MidManPedro]

Which version would you recommend, Suite, Standard or Intro?

[@CompleteProducer]

Standard is my fav! Suite has a lot of features I never use, and Lite doesn't seem to have enough to really get the ball rolling...

[@ElectricEddieDaus]

Hi Ethan, Just an FYI : The "H" & "W" Feature are available in the Ableton Live 11. They just moved the location from the upper right to the lower right.... ElectricEddie

[@CompleteProducer]

haha honestly i'm so behind on the times with the new abletons! i used 10 for so long, and im still catching up!

[@0711RC]

CHEERS!

[@jordanreasoner6529]

i love u ethan

[@AngeliLucis39]

How to put drum one shots in the piano roll?

[@thespacekyd]

Can you please tell me how to get my plugins and audio effects grouped in the folders like in ableton 11 cuz I dig the new browser and all I just had a very custom folder organization for my plugins and I really enjoyed how 11 grouped the audio effects. Please tell me that is still possible to do in Live 12!!

[@CompleteProducer]

ya same actually, it's really a lot tougher to navigate, i hope they make a simple way to go back to grouping them by creator instead of having to click on the creator of the plugin in the filter meny

[@CompleteProducer]

Seed To Sage actually has a great video on setting up your browser in Ableton, watching it rn

[@nocogarden]

Hey, does anyone know where they put the midi envelope l? you used to be able to do pitch modulations with the transpose function in the midi clips. But it seems to be missing now.

[@CompleteProducer]

it's now located above the piano roll!

[@mitchelledels9762]

Hi Can you have it on mp3 besides wav in case somebody wants mp3 Thanks

[@937jmoney3]

It would be really nice if you explained how you did things rather than just doing them and explaining what they do.

[@DavidConnellmultimed]

It's pretty simple when you can see exactly what he's doing

[@mastergroshi6277]

As a fl user that got live 12 as a demo. This helped me more than you know. I was lost asf 😂. Thank you kind sir

[@gianluigidautilia6417]

i started with Live 1.1 , do you know using a hat or a hoodie under the headhones you will be losing the sub-bass (16 - 60 Hz), midrange (250Hz - 2k Hz), and treble (>2k Hz)?

[@CompleteProducer]

Yep! I don't use a beanie when I'm mixing but I use it sometimes to cover my messy hair for videos haha

[@djscratcha]

I switch from logic pro x today. I watch this video and just gonna start making my first track with ableton. Wish me luck 😁😂

[@CompleteProducer]

woohoo! you got this!

[@djscratcha]

@@CompleteProducer thank you. I remembered your video of making music in logic pro, when you scream "where is everything?!", that's me right now lol.

[@seanhansen1996]

How did you put the hihat there without it telling you you can't

[@pablom463]

is the standard enough or do I need the suite. because the suite is hella expensive

[@CompleteProducer]

standard is my preference!

[@pablom463]

thanks

[@andreiaesasha]

I really dont understand in the 5:05 i put the music but doesnt play or appear...

[@chelseagrayb]

I have Ableton 12 but mine doesn't look like that and every time I try to open a new live set a new demo thing comes up and I can't delete it