28 Piano Roll Tips You Wish You Knew Earlier (Ableton Live Tutorial)

[@EDMTips]

Hope you find this useful! Let me know if you want more Ableton-specific workflow tips below 👇

[@marvin469]

Bruh; them drums are sounding RIGHT lol. Is that a loop or a kit? Maschine got good kits that are pretty convincing. I'm new to Ableton & I am digging the quality in the sounds 👍

[@redpeople2192]

Hi Will, I would love something similar on Audio. You explain things so well.

[@hereisrich]

Will, great tips/reminders as always. In terms of saving MIDI clips, I found a better way. Just drag the clip itself to any place in the Live Browser on the left. Not only is the MIDI information saved, but the actual instrument and chain you used too, with the file extension ALC. Later, you can click on that clip and can immediately preview the phrase with the original instrument/chain, rather than having to load or drag a "deaf" clip onto a track to hear its contents. As a bonus, I find this is the best way to save my favorite patches/presets of plug ins, because you can audition a decent phrase in the preview that showcases the character of the instrument. If you like it, you drag the clip onto a blank track, and the instrument chain and a good example are right there.

[@EDMTips]

Love it! Great tip 🤙

[@rockingnightmareaj8398]

Finally a video where i can see the guys mouse, he says words clearly and actually SHOWS how to open stuf like the soft roll instead of

[@sushovanpal538]

i was at the 8 minutes mark then i got engrossed in the potential masterpiece i could make and started dancing and bobbinb my head

[@mattg.637]

It do be bobbinb

[@marciano21]

The quantity how you upload new materials is impressive. Quality Always like master 💪Big respect And thx for your work

[@EDMTips]

Thank you!

[@abyde]

Super helpful video! Thank you!

[@EDMTips]

You’re welcome, glad you liked it! 🙂🙏🏻

[@chromosundrift]

Wow cool I didn't know about parameter automation of the clip adding to the automation on the track in session view!

[@simonroyjonesuk]

Brilliant video, thank you. Midi stretch marker !! Never even noticed it and I've been using Live for years !!

[@EDMTips]

You're welcome, Simon, I am glad it was helpful! 🙌🏻 Is there anything else you're struggling with and would like me to cover?

[@Spladoinkal]

This is amazing! Awesome!

[@EDMTips]

Cheers, glad you liked it! 🙌🏻

[@EdmExpert]

great video ❤❤

[@EDMTips]

Thank you! Glad you liked it 🙏🏻🙂

[@LieSociety]

Thanks Will for reminding me of things I always forget to use!

[@djrandalldean]

Some gems in there even for experienced users

[@tomtainted6622]

another great video! thanks for the support!

[@cabalgaba]

Great video as always Will!

[@TangoVonDoom]

super dope tips, definitely needed the velocity tip

[@EDMTips]

Awesome, I am glad you found it helpful! 🙂🙌🏻

[@JB-Dubai]

thanks legend

[@EDMTips]

You're welcome! 🙌🏻

[@Ryebread000]

Legend 🔥

[@mastertigh-8617]

Thanks.

[@djgawsom7089]

thanks for the tips =)

[@jcapo1803]

"Babe wake up, WIll posted another banger tutorial"

[@NawafGuzman]

Nice One

[@EDMTips]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! 🙂🙌🏻

[@rubenrojano78]

This tutorial is fantastic!!! So many possibilities

[@djGreenALERT]

I knew a few of these but I have to say, that 'scale' thing makes it all so easy it feels like cheating...Just awesome.. Thanks for the tips..

[@EDMTips]

Happy to help!

[@lackadaisical0psimath]

Worth remembering though; sometimes notes and chords outside of the scale your in are useful, and if used properly can produce some really cool sounding musical compositions.

[@djGreenALERT]

@@lackadaisical0psimath I noticed that too, but creating something when you're tired and not concentrating properly, it's such a great tool to have in the arsenal.

[@negvey]

these tips are great!!! thanks

[@EDMTips]

You're welcome, glad it was helpful! 🙌🏻

[@katanabeatproduction435]

big thx!

[@modetechno7728]

Nice diffusers, Will!

[@EDMTips]

Cheers, glad you liked them 😁

[@jotacedocarmo]

great tips, thanks

[@EDMTips]

Glad it was helpful!

[@dj_kik]

cool tuto Will :)

[@EDMTips]

Cheers!

[@TubbZilla]

Had to subscribe and like for this one. Thanks man.

[@EDMTips]

Really glad you liked it and thank you for the support! 🙏 Anything else in particular you’re struggling with and would like me to cover on the channel?

[@TubbZilla]

@EDMTips Right now I'm struggling with very basic stuff lol Like drawing in envelopes and effects to the tracks in transition mode? 😅 I am a noob.. I'm sure you have basics tutorials. I just need to go through your channel. Thanks though! I appreciate you asking!

[@AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69]

Awesome Will. I bought Ableton Suite 11 the other day and I'm really loving it!

[@EDMTips]

Nice! Welcome to the dark side 😁

[@thedj5914]

Hoping you got free upgrade to 12 🙌

[@morizanova]

Midi stretch really cool way to make variations . Thanks for let us know !

[@zakaroonetwork777]

Keep up these great Ableton tutorials and I might just have to switch back to Ableton From Protools and BitWig.

[@MegaMixking]

great video Will

[@EDMTips]

Glad you enjoyed it, Mark!

[@yashaswirkg]

You're a great teacher. Thank you.

[@raderh2o]

Very great tips! Awesome!

[@jorgegalvanjr.873]

Great tips!!! Thank you

[@redwoodproductionsmumbai8377]

soft is rather complex.. sotNice tutorialngs more than they should be. But you've made a great job explaining it!

[@xmawja]

thanks

[@iwasaqDJ]

TY, cheers 🙂🙌✌

[@EDMTips]

You’re welcome!

[@redpeople2192]

Fantastic tips Will. It was great having what some of the functions I see but never investigated actually are and how to use them. And yes, I should RTFM :).

[@EDMTips]

Glad you found them useful! Anything else you’d like me to cover this year?

[@redpeople2192]

@@EDMTips If you could run the same kind of tutorial on Audio processing that would be great. Also, reverb - different types, when to se, how to set up the returns vs on-channel - that is something i struggle with. Love your channel - do much gold.

[@redpeople2192]

The randomise function is so good. Just adds a little bit of 'human' .

[@EDMTips]

@@redpeople2192 Will add this to my to-do list!

[@darsaxlegion8125]

At the begging of the video it says 112k follower in your presentation but actually you have more! 😉

[@EDMTips]

Thank you, Darsax, I really appreciate your kind words of support! 🙌🏻

[@XXIII_89]

Man this would have been super useful.. if you had also included how to even open the piano roll that is...

[@rulypanda5318]

Exactly

[@brianwdowling]

Great lesson as always, thanks for producing these. Curious, what software do you use for recording the videos? Thanks. Brian.

[@EDMTips]

You're welcome, Brian! I am using Screenflow :)

[@brianwdowling]

@@EDMTips Thanks so much, it's a good program at a reasonable price point. Your videos are very well done, and I know they take a lot of behind the scenes work, but they are much appreciated by many.

[@hleet]

Thanks, really interesting

[@r-476]

Awesome video! Keep it up! I learnt a lot. You should do a "In the style of EBEN" (Specific song, My Decree) (Future Bass, Riddim).

[@thecylinderblockheads2999]

Useful tips thanks Will, the track was sonically pleasing is it available in its entirety anywhere ?

[@AlmaLibreStudios]

Mind blown.....thank you so much! (p.s. I tried Shift+Z to zoom out on a PC and it didn't work, not sure why though).

[@Perenbarn]

Is that a real defuser in the background or green screen? Great summary.

[@EDMTips]

A real diffuser

[@robertbaaij9682]

I expected to receive the piano roll editor power moves cheat sheet, what I did receive was welcome to your 2022 music production success action plan?

[@EDMTips]

Sorry, Robert, and thanks for letting me know....I'll sort it out now!

[@kisspoisonkisspoison]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@darsaxlegion8125]

It would be nice to have a Max for Live video tips from you! Just bought the Suite version and it has so much effects and other stuff! Would be interesting have a panoramic view (maybe which are the most useful packs) from an expert like you

[@EDMTips]

Noted, Darsax, I wish I had more time to act on all the ideas I get :)

[@darsaxlegion8125]

Yes man, I only suggest something that for me could be useful (and maybe for other)! In the meanwhile thank you for videos you do to help us! THANKS

[@Degreezzone]

Thanks. One question i still have. Copy e.g. the root-notes of a chord progression and put it 1 octave up or down "in one step". I do it marking them with the mouse and draging them with ALT to the new position. Whats your workflow for that? Cheers

[@Oddand-wu2ll]

Hi!! I have a really curious question. When recording MIDI note + sustain, do you know how to keep the sustain and delete only the midi note?

[@Oddand-wu2ll]

I already subscribed and liked haha

[@TheLindaHarrison]

Hi thanks for the tips! Do you have a new link for the download? I'm getting a 404 error when I click the link in the description. Thanks again!

[@belacs7053]

How do i keep the grid from changing say from quarter notes to 8th notes when inputing notes on the piano roll grid? Its so annoying inputting the notes and it randomly switching

[@888Winkler]

I have a question. In the piano roll I want to pan individual midi notes but it seems that there isn't a pan option at the bottom where the velocity for the notes are. Am I missing something or is this not possible in Ableton?

[@dennisward100]

Please can you help? My piano keyboard and guitar notes don't match with the Abelton keyboard. For instance E on my guitar and piano show as an 'A' on the Abelton keyboard... Can you help me get it to show as 'E' please?

[@brosifmcjoseph644]

im using yamaha hs8s to listen to this and the last few videos i have been getting really high frequency transient artifacts from the mic! Idk if its only me but it is really distracting :(

[@OneStepToday]

Te problem with playing with keyboard 🎹 midi is that the note duration is not same as with clicking with mouse. How to automatically normalise note duration after using midi keyboard?

[@Jvssvl]

Hi Will, quite an informational video. Question, what’s the name of the wavetable preset @ 12.22?

[@zakaroonetwork777]

How does one find out what scale they played in by ear?

[@mageprometheus]

28 Piano role tips you don't need if you're a Reaper nerd. That's 17 minutes of my life I will never get back so I must be a Will fanboy. 😄

[@synthstudio3672]

notes keep on playing after its size in midi. how to stop that. i mean the sounds are sustaining beyond note length. this overlapse other sounds. please help

[@DominikKristen]

Hm..Ableton...I'm out. 😕 but great video anyway 👍

[@Atrionix]

The best DAW, used by most at the top in the industry :D

[@DominikKristen]

@@Atrionix yes I believe you. The Beatles didn't used Ableton and they were also successfull 😎 No, I'm working with cubase because it was gift. 😊

[@mitchmarsili]

@@Atrionix It makes me laugh as those who follow the herd think it is the daw that makes their songs beautiful.

[@Atrionix]

@@mitchmarsili I’m glad I could make you laugh man, always happy to help others :D however, I want to see your evidence to “those who follow the herd think it is the daw that makes their songs beautiful”, as I’ve never seen this to be the case. I, for one, use ableton, and I’ve seen myself how amazingly the DAW inspires creativity and has a great workflow, and this aligns with the fact of how it is the most used DAW at the top level - it is at this level for a reason of course! Although, I have never once thought to myself - “I’m using ableton, and therefore my songs are all beautiful!” This is a very strange proposition indeed ;)

[@mitchmarsili]

@@Atrionix I do not doubt that ableton is a good daw ... but on several channels I have noticed many ableton users tend to belittle other daw without even knowing them ... nothing personal my comment was not directly related to you, but it was my opinion in general ...Then it also depends on the genre you do

[@caolanoh1]

guys I'm new to abelton 11....Im having a slight issue with navigating the grid in the key editor...it doesn't let me zoom out past 4 bars worth....Even if I select a 16 bar region in the arrangement view....Any ways round this? Its very hampering.

[@phelper4554]

One question to tip 11 is there way to make the notes short. Say you have a Legato line but you want the notes all the same short length…

[@brianwdowling]

Highlight all and then hover over one near the end of the until the ] shows, you can then drag to shorten and shortening one will shorten all.

[@phelper4554]

@@brianwdowling i know but this is tedious work. In fl you have a simple shortcut for that. I thought ableton has maybe something similar

[@lewchootrain]

What version of Ableton is this?

[@EDMTips]

Ableton 11

[@v3ryclever]

is this ableton 11 or 10?

[@Blueblackngold]

Fl Studio is so much better

[@EDMTips]

What do you like most about FL?

[@Blueblackngold]

@@EDMTips it’s intuitiveness and cleanliness. Piano roll is not for live instrumentations in ableton

[@markkurochkin1785]

Sad fact: I'm an ordinary teenager, I shoot good music content, or rather I play the piano. but no one is watching me, God bless those who have read this)