Ableton Live 12 is King - My Favorite Features 👑

[@Tapeorchestraa]

one feature i dont see anyone talking about is the fact that audio output in settings now has an option for "system setting" which means your audio will automatically change based on what your system does, for example if you have headphones connected and you unplug them, ableton will automatically switch to whatever your system does rather than coming up with the message "audio engine is off" which is super handy for us laptop producers that are constantly switching outputs

[@zappers1000]

Glad to see this comment. Always been a frustration of mine. I even have to restart ableton sometimes so it sees the new audio output device lol

[@rahdays2]

This was available in Ableton 11. At least on Mac. Hadn’t noticed it in any previous version

[@Tapeorchestraa]

@@rahdays2 i have a mac and i couldn’t do that on live 11 but i also have a cracked version so maybe i didn’t get the update for it before live 12

[@Tapeorchestraa]

@@zappers1000 ong its hella frustrating

[@jomo493]

Good to know bro! Thank you🤞🏿

[@torley]

The live chop @ 7:44 makes it more like a physical and kinetic action, harkening back to when we used to splice magnetic tape. Thanks for calling this out!

[@off.icialswan]

Shortcuts: 6:50 - Cmd + E (Chop note - Grid) 7:33 - Shift + E (Chop note - Cursor) 7:54 - Opt + E (Chop note - Dragging) 10:05 - Cmd + J (Merge notes) 10:22 - Cmd + Opt + J (Extend note - Time range) 13:15 - Cmd + Shift + U (Quantize notes) 15:50 - Hold Down B (Draw - Latch tool) Techniques: 8:55 - Ramp (Velocity Ramp) 10:57 - Fold/Scale (Only shows scale in Piano Roll) 11:14 - Add Intervals 12:08 - Arpeggiator 12:41 - Flam (Drums/Lead) 13:15 - Quantize Menu 13:30 - Strum Menu 14:28 - Velocity Shaper 15:07 - Time Warp 16:21 - Rhythm Generator

[@miownize6130]

whats the windows equivalent to Opt + E? i tried Alt + E and didnt get the dragging

[@vitorhugoRH]

@@miownize6130Same question

[@SHOCMUSIC]

@@miownize6130E and then CTRL

[@Darrron]

@@miownize6130 I was trying to figure that out too and ended up seeing the shortcut key on the Info View window on the bottom left while having a MIDI clip open. Basically you press and hold E first and then hold Ctrl and then it'll activate the cursor while you hover over a MIDI note! For Windows: E + Ctrl (Chop note - Dragging)

[@Darrron]

@@miownize6130 Hold E first then hold Ctrl after while cursor is hovering over a midi note and you'll be able to drag it up and down to chop! Also, if you have a midi note selected Hold Ctrl first + E, you can use your up and down arrow keys to chop the notes

[@CabanasBeats]

huge. im going to use all of those features daily. ive been needing tools forever.

[@AlexandreSoma]

Midi features are AMAZING!

[@Slang_Forever]

Decap you representing me live12 is lit

[@freezachin]

Have they taken away the MPE feature with simpler that allowed us to do 808 slides?

[@vleudeumeur]

would be crazy if they fixed the way video works in ableton

[@FuranGameplays]

These guys just need to add a better audio editor, and we need no other daw lol

[@GG-zv9ku]

people just saw the 2 minute trailer video and assume the update was lacking. The more I learn about Live 12 the more I realize how huge the update is. Piano Roll is just as good as FL studio.

[@ItsWesSmithYo]

Ableton marketing team knows how to get out of the way and let the community flex 💪 which is the real value. You can find a legit deep dive on just about any button in every Ableton product. Blender is like this for visual production.

[@Closedgoodbye]

No it isn’t

[@hithere4289]

@@Closedgoodbye it absolutely fricking is

[@larsb.nielsen4481]

how is the issue for cpu handling? is it better than Live 11 ? in your video it show a lot of cpu handling ? hmmm?

[@rileytedrow6732]

Many people are reporting performance improvements

[@LDreTheGiant]

Never peeped the ramp feature that’s sick

[@djIraScience]

for me: piano roll in 12 still doesn't (have an option to) remember the last "clicked in" or drawn midi note length (in a clip), which FL's Piano Roll does easily and instantly by default also, no ability to turn off (disable) "all devices and instruments per track" to save CPU (which is honestly mind-boggling that they don't feel that's important, of value, or easy to implement) without having to do the Freeze as well as "hide/unhide tracks" (as per Bitwig)

[@thegoldenseed]

The ability to turn off per track might have to do with their code architecture. It may look simple from feature point of view. But, in term of code it might be difficult without code refactoring.

[@djIraScience]

@@thegoldenseedThanks for the reply ! I can manually turn off all the devices on a track. All I was looking for: is a hotkey (or a small icon object) that would turn off all the devices in a track, versus me having to do it manually. Something like: Control-Shift Mute button (maybe) to "Disable Track". For now, I'll stick with Freeze Track to save the CPU resources : )

[@apollothamc]

Wow Ableton live 12 ALREADY … I”,M STILL ON 10😂😂FFS

[@LuciousKage]

Dont hate on me but. i think im good with 11, there are sooooo many plugins that can do much more then that i dont think its worth it to update from 11

[@JJ1NE]

This is definitely a bigger upgrade than 10 was going to 11. It would be super dope if you could have session view inside of arrangement view and watch your performance get recorded in real time on one screen. The piano roll is looking fantastic. As far as drums it would put it on par with FL if you could change the pitch of a drum sample without having to put it in it's own separate track.

[@VanceSwango]

I'm ngl. What the creator of FL did with was absolutely genius & ahead of its time. You can alter the pitch, pan, filter & resonance properties of a sample on a per note basis... like whaat 🤯🤯

[@PFitty]

@@VanceSwango per note basis thats a feature fl took from music 2000 / mtv musicgenerator a beat making game/program on the playstation 1 where i started they where ahead of their time

[@lanadamusic]

You have a workaround enabling second window. It's handier if you have a second screen ofc

[@PhobosCollective]

@@lanadamusic yeah, you solved the top comment, just enable the second window. People asking for things that are already there is why we cant have nice things

[@jahhe2611]

it's a good update, the problem is that it's just a couple years late if you compare it to where other daw's are atm.

[@teewestmusic]

I was worried at first but after watching this demonstration of Ableton 12, I’m definitely upgrading. Appreciate this.

[@pestleandmortarr]

Same

[@HORNGEN4]

Not buying till they fix BASIC issues and improve FUNDAMENTAL functions. Audio editing still sucks. Multi clip editing still sucks.

[@clowray2747]

I'm running an i7 2600 desktop and 12 says I have to upgrade my computer just to use it. Shame on ableton. I'll stick with 11 suite. I'm a pensioner, i'm old, 67!

[@gamechops]

The arpeggiate in MIDI is going to me life changing for me. I’ve been setting up multiple tracks and bouncing MIDI from one track to another to edit arpeggios. So dope.

[@AlerionMedia]

Same here

[@fortymileswest]

Really informative video. There were a few tips in there I haven't seen mentioned before. Question: what drum kit are you using in addictive?

[@boza_de_producer]

Is a dope update, if only they can also give us Audio Pitch correction Tool soo we can use Ableton Live without switching DAWs for Audio Editing

[@Phadddy]

Agree

[@Phadddy]

Then it would have been worth the high uprade price

[@jn1346]

Just get a max for live device ? Tons of free pitch correction.

[@boza_de_producer]

@@jn1346 wow you’re soo smart why didn’t i think of that 🤦🏽‍♂️i been using ableton live for 5 years and u think i don’t know Max4live wow you’re soo smart 😂

[@cubexBeats]

@@jn1346something good Like autotune or even so precise like melodyne?

[@SurroundeR22]

i'd say none of these updates arent possible to do in my ableton 10 ._. i'd say at max they shave off like 300ms of a task, i do all of the midi grid thingies u showed by hand, and its not slow. but damm i do rlly wanna be able to see the clip and the plugin view simultaniosly ._. but i feel like this is a flaw with the old program and not an "update", thats just a fix,

[@MikaMoupondo]

Hey man! I have been watching many previews on 12, but yours is the most work related and practical one. I can really see the potential now. I didn't get my beta testing spot yet but now I know: Must upgrade!

[@dkkrecords]

concur

[@MikaMoupondo]

@@dkkrecords ✌️

[@SiegelBantuBear]

Sure! Presentation matters. Part of data analytics skill. Great workflow demo here.

[@itsnotch64]

Yea.... looks like i'm upgrading. You're a good salesman Decap. Even though this could have been put in ableton 11.

[@AizenIPlannedIt]

unfortunately Live will never catch up to FL's pianoroll at this point, aside from all the tools already available in fl's pianoroll, they democratized it by adding python scripting for the pianoroll, because of that users are creating all sorts of innovative midi tools in the pianoroll that imageline haven't thought of themselves & making it available for other users.

[@literallyanything3497]

Ableton's new piano roll isn't exactly left behind in that area though, an important thing that no one mentions is the fact that they introduced Max For Live integration into the Live's Piano roll. And that means that now it's also possible for the community to make devices specifically for the piano roll. Now whether it's as good as FL python scripts I don't know. But something similar can be achieved with Live

[@keveydaking]

Its a shame Ableton didnt get a LFO embedded into a plugin like BitWig

[@EvrythngMarvelus]

I wish your camera view wasn't on the screen. Hard to track what you're clicking.

[@joshhanson9321]

I wonder if the new MIDI features will allow you to make a group of notes end at the same place without having to edit each individual note. On Logic Pro, you just hit option and selected note ends will snap together. Very useful when recording in chords on MIDI keyboard and then cleaning up after. As of L11 you must keep relative note lengths.

[@bobyatron7525]

You might have changed my mind. I didn't really care about a lot of the stuff that was added/changed - maybe I will change my mind when I actually use the feature - but the piano roll features need a full on tutorial to understand how much cool stuff has been added.

[@flashback4588]

The hate is mostly because it feels more like an update rather than an upgrade This feels like Ableton Live 11+ rather than 12 FL studio is the biggest competitor and it has had these features for almost a decade Ableton wants to charge you for something that should have been an update I use both FL studio and Ableton and i dont see a reason to pay for features that ive had for over a decade in FL I also use Cubase and most of this has been in Cubase for years

[@jensenraylight8011]

FLStudio literally wasn't Ableton, and Ableton have their own "One Pager" & "Live" flow, that was crushing the other DAW, because other DAW like to obstructing the screen all the time yes, Ableton didn't have that one feature that FL had, but, FL also are fundamentally flawed beyond repair, and it took hack after hack just to patch up their fundamental mistake. but, regardless, both are completely usable to procuce real music

[@SoftClip_Q]

LP user. This is the update that I think will get me to switch. The piano roll has been lacking in Ableton and this looks fire. Love the transform features.

[@lonhamlala6846]

Nothing beats Cubase. Cry cry and cry again

[@rockawayjah]

can we extract multiple chains from the drum rack or is it still 1 by 1 ??

[@SHOCMUSIC]

yeah the piano roll was one of the biggest things I missed from FL, you definitely sold me for upgrading!

[@DCeeMusik]

I knew I had to upgrade after seeing what they were adding to MIDI editing. Ableton guys used to complain that we didn’t have control over manipulating MIDI in ways FL guys could. With this update, there’s no need to complain. The note chop and ramp features alone got me excited. The crazy thing is this is just 12.0. Where will they take the updates after this? Live 12 is amazing. I have no need to go to FL unless I’m collaborating.

[@antgeeze7129]

Thanks bro…you can also use the arrow key to search throuh the similar sounds..just going up and down… so much easier than clicking each one

[@HowardCharlesUK]

I really didn't care about upgrading until I watched this. Now I have to get it!

[@IAMSNZZZY]

Ableton finally did it @7:00 !!! The Views is awesome as welll 🙌🙌🙌

[@CinoPORakaDjCino]

Thought was the only one who said that Ableton is King & I don't use 100% of the program! 

[@Jubnar]

Anyone know why Ableton live 12 doesn't show the VST folders anymore? Its all VSTS now and no folders...so now I don't know what is what cause everything was organize by folder names!

[@piccoloblack]

Yes these are good QoL changes but the reason people are calling it out, is because Ableton labelled this as 12 instead of 11.5, with a hefty update price tag for non youtuber users 😭

[@geebee44]

I own both FL and Ableton and the FL piano roll is almost unbeatable but what is unbeatable and will alwyays keep FL winning is the lifetime FREE updates. With that said great job with the demo. You made me feel better about upgrading from 11 to 12... Salute DeCAP!

[@zythum999]

True.

[@AykutKlc]

Do you recommend any videos about FL's piano roll? I'd like to see what it is capable of.

[@geebee44]

@@AykutKlc i don’t have any specific videos to recommend however, a general search for FL Piano Roll will yield plenty good results.

[@trenjyboi]

FL Studio has its own way of doing things or making work easier I think so

[@OldDirtyMors]

I have no idea how people can make good music with a DAW like Ableton. I mean, dont get me wrong, i know its a question of taste. IMO its ugly and the features compared to a DAW like Cubase are just years behind.

[@kpopbutlofi]

Of course it is indirectly sponsored lol. Push 3 was, a good word and the next products will be sponsored come on guys lololol. Anyways he is right it's cool to add features but it's 2023 and should be called an update not an upgrade and should be free or way less expensive, it's actually a shame to charge for that. From standard to suite is an upgrade, from 11 to 12 is more an update.

[@sebbosebbo9794]

the Clip note operators are from Adam Murray ,,Sculptor"....FREE M4L device.... its 2 years old and free.. Ableton sell this as fresh Idea...for near 200 $... p.s. the mixer in arangement view exist even as M4L device and ccan be moved to other screen or on every position you want since V10... Sadest. part Ableton V11 user are now domed to live with the crappy performing LiVe V11 version without Updates even after only 11.3..... .......

[@iceprada2]

Boy you’re tripping talking about the piano roll might be on the same level! I saw you have to click three different buttons to do a roll..in FL we click once! Not ten different buttons plus a click..from our brain to the daw! We are not delayed by complex button combinations. Ableton can’t get something as simple as clicking one button on the mouse to add a note.

[@phinestro]

Yess now it’s got the logic / protools feature ! It’s way better now along with with wave form! Its awesome 👏🏿 I’m sold on this A 1:59 Along with similarly search ! It’s so dope !!!!!!!!!!

[@ericxel]

We STILL NEED A "bounce group(s) to stems" feature ... i emailed them and was told it was being evaluated however i dont know if they implemented it yet. Also for creating sample libraries a quick drag and drop of audio into a folder that would create a .wav file with the efx on it would be fire

[@robflores5172]

I wanna try Ableton next. It's ugly as fuck but it seems like it might be nice to pair with Reaper. Reaper being the peoples daw, the real king.

[@Marco-gc5xr]

WHAT'S THE SHORTCUT TO OPEN/CLOSE THE CLIP VIEW??? PLEASE (it was CMD+OPTION+L but now doesn't work)

[@karacoldmusic]

The triple mixer, clip, device view is so fire... that would've been enough for me AND all the piano roll stuff..I'm gonna be playing around for hours lol

[@BrassicaMusic]

RIP Atlas/XO 🥲

[@3van3rown]

Every 'my favorite features' video has different features lol! Really shows how many new features they added, can't even discover them all.

[@mikaelsarabi7737]

What kit are you playing in Addictive Drums?

[@woodrowjr.7166]

FL is the gold standard as everything is compared to it nowadays. And FL Studio 24 just raised the bar again.

[@frankvazquez5974]

This update seems weak. Like, why couldn't they also let you see session/arrangement view side by side like Bitwig? Is it that hard? Saving something for another weak update in the future?

[@agentm00se]

does anyone know how to automate parameters for plugins on a return track in ableton 12 please? Its driving me nuts trying to figure it out!!!

[@angelfmusic]

I prefer the note repeat of my Mpc key 61 which does the repeats ad your programming the beat without stopping. But I’m looking at ableton as another workflow.

[@KarasamaBeats]

Has there been any improvement on the CPU usage ? Great Video btw !

[@filmingkey]

I like to produce mostly with my Push 2 so it would be great to see how these new features are incorporated, if at all, using the Push 2 or 3. Ableton doesn't like to provide many features on the Push so I'm not counting on it.

[@FelixDegenaar]

Question: how does Ableton determine what "similar" means? Similar in what way?

[@renechang2406]

This is all about time efficiency. These upgrades are good.

[@nicolasalexander408]

I don't know how anyone could possibly complain about being able to produce your own music in a bedroom no matter what....once upon a time it was cassette recorders at dawn and heating your pedal batteries up on a stove to get some more juice out of them! ;D

[@Blue-f5c]

Seem like all they did was integrate Max for Live Devices into the tabs. And all those synth seem to sound the same. And with a little sound design or tweaking you get the same sound. Honestly I am not impressed because all the new feature can be done with max for life or midi devices.

[@jacquescolmenero7760]

yeah costs 220.00 canadian to upgrade to 12. Think the "improvements" are worth it?

[@invisiblecurious856]

I think I will still stuck in ableton live 11. Well there were some updates on ableton 12. Upgrade if you want to upgrade to 12. Stay if you want to stay in ableton live 11 because It was just that decent already, tbh. Imo.

[@avgytenjoyer91]

some of these features are dope but some are just do thinks that you could accomplish by playing the parts live like strum. As a piano player you gotta feel like omni man a little saying "look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power".

[@s.a.d.444]

Broski FL has these things for years, idk I can't take ableton seriously, it looks like a toy for me after fl. Everything is so sharp, not smooth, piano roll is still designed and realised terribly

[@onkgopotsemotsei6132]

Looks great, thanks for this. Can anyone help and tell me which Addictive Drums package that is ?

[@haaspaas2]

A lot of these feel like basic UI changes that should have been in ableton 10 years ago already. I'm not impressed with the ability to have multiple views open at the same time, I'm impressed that they took this long to do it and then make us pay for it.

[@OMGlvl86turtlepilot]

WTF this video alone got me stoked. then i got to the flam/ghost note part and im super sold. ok and strum. that one dude (wont name him) that made a video bashing ableton 12 is ignorant just sayn

[@manoeleguinaldo]

Horrible appearance of Ableton 12 compared to Ableton 10 - this is quite noticeable

[@kennyswargiary]

ableton need inbuild pitch correction tool like melodyne/newton....

[@aarontoalet]

Not sure how much faster "command + option + J" is than simply clicking the note and extending it to the point you want.

[@cubexBeats]

You forgot to highlight the space where‘d you like to extend the notes - agree with you. 😅

[@redirishmanxlt]

What Addictive Drums kit were you using? Sounds really dope!

[@Johanthegnarler]

Few more upgrade plans and you'll catch up to Bitwig lol. Now if only Bitwig would upgrade their damn piano roll.

[@redirishmanxlt]

Damn, that drum pattern was amazing! Took you what, couple minutes.

[@rodeointblud]

The thing like chopping midi to the grid and normal “all around”view should be free and done way before.

[@98INST]

I'm on 10, the 12 I'm already in love with it

[@Kharrari]

The drum stuff at the end is wild. Love it

[@mattyb8929]

how do you do the shortcut at 8:02 on windows?

[@gimme_daloot]

Hold Shift + E then hold Control. Kinda wonky

[@soniibeatz]

I saw Omari messing with Ableton 12. the updates look great

[@aemythjensen]

I've seen several reviews they all showed many things related to the piano roll and were nice but none mentioned the strum. And the rhythm generator is awesome too. Now I'm very excited. I already signed up to buy it when it is released.

[@kpopbutlofi]

If the strum is what you are after take a look at the max device 'sculptor' it's free and has more features than the new Ableton Piano roll. Honestly if you dig into Max 4 Live devices you don't need the ultra expensive 'upgrade'

[@ShaheedShabazz]

I wish the update had updated some things for performing live with Live.

[@greatruin]

Trying to use the option+e drag up command on a pc and can’t figure out the key command. Does anyone know?

[@MikeDeanOfficials]

Fanboy. No mention of the cost of upgrades that we should have had years ago. Big fanboy

[@albert-stefanstancu4634]

FL studio have something that no daw will beat: Smooth flow of the animations Lifetime free updates

[@jahhe2611]

Drum rack similarity basically show's us where u stole the samples from? LOL

[@62433N]

I love that they kept the most important feature in all of Live: the X-Y control zone beside plugins. Let’s hope that they add that black thing to native devices too when version 13 comes out

[@domanca-dk3mx]

Hahahah facts

[@AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69]

Why can't I upgrade? No one even bothers to mention anything about it.

[@marknesium]

STRUM!!! 🔥🔥🔥 Are there more favorites folders finally???

[@RainerErhart-t3f]

samples in drum rack are never in tune cause root is c3 in sampler so you need to change the root key with every sample

[@ItsTheMajorScalebro]

This was a better video than alot of the ableton12 promos ive seen so far

[@karl9411]

Its an upgrade ,that requires no money .Ableton is catching up

[@jonathanbrito9762]

How do you edit clips in the session view? Was trying to find out how to do that. Like automate in the session view

[@joemojou6653]

I´m wondering how the new browser search functions will mess up the harddrive space and speed. They need to save all those huge library setting somewhere.

[@thechildplay]

thanks a lot for this review. excuse me but you’re breathing weird in to the mic!

[@bauxmonk5981]

MAnnnnn I needed this exact review of 12. Thank you. PRE-ORDERED

[@Itsanasmusic]

off topic but what preset are you using in addictive drums 2?