Ableton Live 12 new features: The ultimate guide with ELPHNT

Tom Glendinning - aka ‪@ELPHNT‬ - is an Ableton Certified Trainer who teaches students how to master ‪@Ableton‬. He joined us at dBs Institute recently to give an ultimate guide on some of the best new features in Ableton Live 12, which is currently in its beta phase, launching soon and available for pre-order.
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00:00 - Introduction
00:41 - Rhythm Generator
03:18 - Time Warp
05:42 - Note Groups
07:21 - Roar
10:40 - Sample Browser
15:58 - Granulator
17:35 - Meld
19:20 - Scale awareness
22:57 - Seed Generator
25:53 - Recombine & Connect
27:46 - Stacks
29:38- Accessibility & Tunings
35:48 - Stacked Detail Views
37:40 - Normalise Clip Sample
38:38 - Updated Freezing & Flattening
39:50 - Quantize tool
41:55 - Max for Live
44:33 - MIDI effect updates & CC Control
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[@SchulleHBS]

This Live Update is absolutely amazing! ❤

[@dBsInstitute]

Yeah, some of the new features are great!

[@dBsInstitute]

Ableton has officially announced Live 12 for March 5th 2024! Watch this to get the low-down on all of the best new features 👀

[@JonahHache]

THANK YOU! I was watching a handful of short vids and this really broke down the guts of the new features!

[@dBsInstitute]

You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it. There's plenty more from ELPHNT and other guest speakers on the channel so make sure to subscribe 👀

[@wizarddeathmusic2937]

Tom is my favorite ableton trainer. great update, great rundown. thanks!

[@dBsInstitute]

He's great, isn't he! Glad you enjoyed this one!

[@MrMusic238]

stacked detailed view. Finally!!! 🙌

[@dBsInstitute]

🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@PhilippEmilHerrmann]

Thanks for the great and detailed overview, that was super helpful!!

[@dBsInstitute]

Really glad you enjoyed it!

[@kforkowskii]

dope guide ! thanks for the great content

[@dBsInstitute]

Glad you enjoyed it! Plenty more guides and tutorials for producers on the channel so subscribe if you haven't already!

[@frankbmusic3525]

great overview thank you so much!

[@dBsInstitute]

So glad you found it useful!

[@Tamko_Music]

Very deep and very well packed video!

[@dBsInstitute]

Thanks! Glad you found it useful :)

[@in.miscare]

awesome stuff! thank you!

[@dBsInstitute]

So glad you enjoyed this one!

[@Bashanvibe]

The drum program is next level!!! I may have to break down a upgrade

[@dBsInstitute]

Some of the new features are mad, aren't they 🤯

[@nicogrubert]

Great teaching skills!

[@dBsInstitute]

Tom is great isn't he?!

[@teddym2808]

Absolute legend. Thank you.

[@dBsInstitute]

Glad you found this useful!

[@OPdbx]

That new CC device he snuck in right at the end had me more excited than it should be. I could see that being really helpful with some of my weirder hardware synths and devices!

[@dBsInstitute]

Yeah, same! It should be a great improvement!

[@denizatalay]

Tom, you are a good teacher!

[@dBsInstitute]

He's great, isn't he!?

[@sentoul]

Thank you si much ELPHNT! this is so useful

[@dBsInstitute]

So glad you found this useful!

[@jamalbee596]

Great video! BTW, @ 41:47 is the same beat from 2pacs, “hitem up”.

[@sirob6812]

I installed Ableton 12 last night very impressed. Finally the arrangement view looks miles better and actually the better view. And seems a lot faster than 11 loading times

[@dBsInstitute]

Enjoy! It's such a great update.

[@sirob6812]

@@dBsInstitute I have just found one bug in it and that is my Code 49 keyboard won't play a b0 note or a B Flat note. The pads play the note. But it is Ableton 12 midi conflict because the code plays the notes when Ableton 12 isn't on

[@MINALImusik]

Thank you for this Elphnt, it is amazing how you explain things, would be great that you make a tutorial talking about Performance Pack

[@dBsInstitute]

He's great, isn't he!

[@syntheshwara]

very powerful sequencer overall.

[@Xopher30]

Thank you good sir

[@dBsInstitute]

🙌

[@JimvsBob]

I love this guy

[@dBsInstitute]

He's great, isn't he!

[@abulka]

An excellent presenter, a cut above most others. Complex content effortlessly taught, at just the right pace - for my brain anyway. And nice handling of questions, with great underlying knowledge.

[@chussein7]

easily the best ableton teacher i have seen on the internet so far

[@kirillsh1337]

One of the best Ableton Pros out there. Brings soul to the content he creates. Thank you!

[@Tube-tb4he]

Given that for me live will be about $200 for the upgrade, it feels solidly worth it. Meld is surprisingly one of my favorite new synths to use, Roar is an excellent distortion unit, Granulator 3 is solid, and there’s a handful of new sounds I like. I know the file browser is an issue for some folks, but it isn’t a problem for me personally. I just don’t have that many sounds/presets/plug-ins I use. I tend to build things relatively from scratch so I rarely need a very powerful searching tool. The main things I am disappointed to not see are proper time coding and video file handling for scoring work, and a better solution for pitch correcting.

[@dBsInstitute]

Some of the new features are 🔥 check out 40:27 to hear our students 🤤 over the real-time quantize update 😂

[@AudioCheck12]

This update was jsut incredible. Anyone who says different is not using ableton properly. Just stoked Thank you for great explination. I had some trouble understanding some of the features but you sorted me out proper. thanks

[@dBsInstitute]

So glad you found this video useful!

[@bananaroch5306]

Thanks

[@dBsInstitute]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@milkyway8353]

Ableton added freeze and flatten aka bounce in place, but no keyboard shortcut for it. Genius

[@FathysalamaOfficial]

Audio is very soft

[@DarkTrapStudio]

FINALLY MICRO TUNNINGS ! that were really frustrating working only with "blocked" notes

[@dBsInstitute]

🙌🙌🙌

[@Beegpapijimbo]

I may be alone, but I immediately love the new browser and tagging system. Still needs some work, but it's made my life so much easier

[@DJ_MARIANO]

37:50 YESS

[@dBsInstitute]

🙌🙌🙌

[@FXWS]

Is there finally an internal MIDI channel routing? If not, what's the point of the upgrade?

[@smilebombdotfm]

Can you freeze and flatten track groups now?

[@Mikas_Emil]

nope, i dont think so

[@peterbakker9531]

Will the parameters of the generator/ transformer also be adjustable in the push (2/3)?

[@akadz]

Ableton 12 is designed for the Push 3

[@p__meyer]

no

[@ELPHNT]

Not right away, no. But I believe they will come to Push eventually.

[@dBsInstitute]

Push 3 will continue to run on Live 11 first, the switch will be made but not on the day of the release. Once that switch has been made, you should be able to adjust all the MIDI editing functions on Push 3. We'll have to wait for the switch to know that for sure though!

[@NotDayWalker]

Man all i want is a shortcut to open and close at least the first plugin in the chain. people are requesting this for all of abletosn 20+ year history and not a single F*** is given from ableotn team.

[@sjoerdthabozz]

I cant find that awesome Alt-E command you discuss at 3:27 to split the midinotes. Is it Alt-E (on mac), what is the shortcut on windows? Great tutorial!!

[@dBsInstitute]

For Windows the shortcut should be: Hold[CTRL][E] Let us know if that works!

[@sjoerdthabozz]

@@dBsInstitute Thanks! After some fiddling it seems that you first have to press and hold E before holding CTRL. This should be documented somewhere as it's not very intuitive but highly productive :).

[@salehm1024]

Make sure to toggle off the midi functionality on your computer keyboard. Otherwise E + Ctrl won’t work. Theres hold E, ctrl + E, and E + ctrl

[@Hellemmm]

Midi PC messages for vst3? Vst2 support?

[@ELPHNT]

VST2 support hasn't changed. Not sure there's anything new with Program Changes.

[@DanChristos]

Just a quick note, I spent ages trying to figure out why the splitting feature mentioned @3:24 wasn't working for me. In case anyone else gets stuck here I thought I'd share what I found out. Firstly in Windows it's ctrl-e not alt-e also for some reason you have to hit and hold the 'e' before you hit the ctrl, to activate the split feature, control acts as a toggle to go between normal mode and dragging mode.

[@dBsInstitute]

Thanks for this, Dan!

[@Sarsour_]

Please tell me they've allowed a custom keyboard shortcut for Delete now....

[@dystopia-0616]

back space

[@Sarsour_]

@dystopia-0616 .... thats obviously not what I meant

[@lester3960]

With all of the controls for note generation, timing, splitting etc. it seems like a big miss to not include modulo or X:Y trig condition (note plays every x times in y loops a la Elektron or Fors Opal). It was the one thing I was hoping for the in 12's Beta phase.

[@ELPHNT]

The Generators and Transformers that come with Live 12 are really just starting points. They're open to Max For Live, so anyone can build whatever they want to work in there. Pretty sure we'll see some wild stuff here soon.

[@subwooferroads]

They need to make the plugin names different colours

[@NSW-ye3xw]

Upgrade prices for what you get are double the price of what they should be.

[@VELOPEMUSIC]

Roar about to be on everyones master chain. Lol

[@dBsInstitute]

Haha it really is amazing!

[@evanseesred]

I have 12 Beta and my Midi clip editor doesnt look like this. It has 6 tabs at the top left, the far right one has a dropdown menu with things like Pitch, Seed, Shape etc. How do I see what you're seeing? Or is this a limitation of Beta?

[@ELPHNT]

Right-click on the top bar in the Clip section (right next to the Clip Activator and Clip name) and make sure "Arrange Clip View Panels Automatically" is checked 😉

[@evanseesred]

@@ELPHNT wow, thanks. I would have never figured that out

[@MrOuija-rr8kq]

Dude all I want is a native “Bounce in place”

[@dBsInstitute]

Freeze and Flatten is Ableton's version of this, and it's been updated for Ableton Live 12, which ELPHNT explains towards the end of this video 🙌

[@ELPHNT]

Freeze & Flatten is Ableton's equivalent of Bounce In Place. its not quite as nice as a fully-featured Bounce In Place, but it gets you half the way there and its been improved a little in Live 12.

[@guacamole7496]

@@ELPHNT Can we finally freeze and flatten groups tho? As far as I'm concerned that's the only thing missing

[@williamshaneblyth]

time warp out of Bitwig but not as intuitive good to see they are taking some inspiration

[@casinomann]

Video being desynced from audio was sort of annoying, if that's possible to fix.

[@dBsInstitute]

Sorry to hear that! We will look into this :)

[@ahareally]

Not even 10min in - it blows my mind what Ableton can do - with a couple of clicks.

[@dBsInstitute]

It's pretty amazing, isn't it! Glad you found this video useful!

[@sr_bob]

Is there a release date yet?

[@PixelWaveAI]

2035

[@dBsInstitute]

Hey! There isn't an official release date yet, but Ableton have said to us that it will be coming soon. It's currently in beta phase but available for pre-order! There's a link in the description of the video.

[@Noldy__]

The beta is available to all Live 9, 10, and 11 users.

[@NgaTaeOfficial]

Ableton just announced March 5.

[@EvannAudio]

As long as you don't say boom, everything is cool with me

[@1783W]

Ableton needs the automatic VST during that pro tools offers. It’s so annoying scrolling through the effects and instruments put randomly together.

[@Jubnar]

Ableton 12 getting rid of folders is very disappointing! They should keep the tagging with the folders cause all my folders were already organized !

[@ELPHNT]

I'm assuming you mean the Audio Effects folders? You can achieve pretty much the same thing using Filter, just a lot more flexibly.

[@chickenlips74]

Has the audience left early? 😅

[@dBsInstitute]

Hahah nooooo 😂 They were all sat in middle and the back - honest!

[@neallarson3607]

Probably could have been informative, but I couldn' hear the results of your work, the speaking audio was too loud, and the Ableton volume way too low.. Cheers for the effort...

[@The_Invisible_Man]

Browser is not great, still needs a lot of work to actually be useful, as an example searching for VSTs is a real pain now, it’s much more confusing than live 11.

[@MrOuija-rr8kq]

The tagging system is hot though

[@MrOuija-rr8kq]

Does putting “.vst” still work? Live 11 was kind of trash with browsing as well tbh

[@veritas7010]

I'm still unsure if current features in beta such as piano roll will actually come out well done rather than raw. But I'm not gonna be surprised with the latter outcone most of their core devs are slow af nowadays it seems

[@ELPHNT]

It takes a bit of getting used to, and I also didn't love it at first, but now that I've figured out how to work with it, I'm kind of in love with the new Browser. Don't get me wrong, it's far from perfect, but I'm told there are some exciting updates in the pipeline. Also, if you're searching for VSTs, CMD or CTRL + F is your friend. Takes you right to the search bar, and you can just search for exactly what you're looking for.

[@Tube-tb4he]

I personally haven’t found searching for VSTs to be too bad in live 12. It took a sec for me to adjust but at the end of the day it’s just typing in the name of the plug-in I want to use. If it’s something I use a ton I just tag it as a favorite.

[@datoraikna689]

whos this guy

[@dBsInstitute]

This is ELPHNT! He's an Ableton Certified Trainer - he really knows his stuff!

[@DavidComdico]

The disdain with which he says “very Western” is itself very Western.

[@helmutweinberger4971]

It really needs some AI tools for rhythm and chord progression, harmonization, etc. Just a random generator is quite weak!!! Apart from that it is the go to DAW because it is so responsive and reliable. I did order the Standard Version immediately.

[@dBsInstitute]

Random generators can be super powerful, but I'm sure it's only a matter of time until more AI tools are integrated into DAWs. We recently did a tutorial on the AI players in Logic and often do tutorials on AI tools for music production. Take a look around the channel and make sure to subscribe!

[@F4xP4s]

Is Trash now... Trash?

[@ELPHNT]

By Trash I'm guessing you mean iZotope Trash? Considering that it's been discontinued, I think it was already "trash" before this, unfortunately...

[@F4xP4s]

@@ELPHNT Indeed iZotope's Trash. The new Ableton effect looks like it can fulfil the same niche in a much more conveniant way!

[@ELPHNT]

@@F4xP4s Yeah. Roar is an animal 🔥

[@F4xP4s]

@@ELPHNT Do Elephants Roar?!

[@ELPHNT]

@@F4xP4s Hehe, they kinda do, yeah. Along with lots of trumpeting 🎺 Very into jazz are the elephants 👌

[@regulatedfreestylevideos]

i'm getting old cuz all these new generative doodads seem for people who aggressively don't wan't to come up with musical ideas or rhythms from their own heart lol. like i love experimental tools and happy accidents and chance and all that but if you don't personally want to arrange your drums and kiss each one on the forehead i don't even know why you're opening the program

[@dBsInstitute]

I guess there's a place for both, isn't there! These tools can be great for getting you out of a creative block and inspiring ideas but maybe not so great for arranging a tune from start to finish!

[@RemmyMusic1]

ngl all the generative stuff sounds like junk. those patterns and rhythms it gives sound completely unmusical and not useful for real music.

[@TheShredFaster]

that’s like blaming the brush when a painting looks bad

[@RemmyMusic1]

not at all. Your analogy is more like, you buy a brush that has a battery and paints random patterns. @@TheShredFaster

[@TheShredFaster]

@@RemmyMusic1sure, but that still sounds like a useful tool to me. painters use various techniques to flick paint onto canvas all the time. you can't possibly control where all the paint drops will land so it's essentially random as well

[@RemmyMusic1]

the idea is useful to you because you obviously don't paint 👍@@TheShredFaster

[@findingwondrlnd]

Random/Generative material is intended to create happy accidents and idea generation. I render out a 16 bar and then might find a few 1/4 beat rhythmic gems out of that that I will clip out, double, make variations. Great for days when you're not feeling super creative.

[@DjTee2]

nice🔥🔥🔥🚒

[@dBsInstitute]

Glad you enjoyed it!