Explaining Ben Böhmer's Live Performance Setup - Ableton Session View

How Ben Böhmer sets up Ableton to play live (like he did in his Cercle Balloon session)
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In this video PML tutor Attila (The Sixteenth Bar) takes over the channel and shows you how to connect, set up and map your Ableton Project. This will technically enable you to set up Ableton Live just like Ben Böhmer uses it to perform his live shows and is a commonly used way to perform live for electronic artists in general.
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[@ProductionMusicLive]

In this video PML tutor Attila (The Sixteenth Bar) takes over the channel and shows you how to connect, set up and map your Ableton Project. This will technically enable you to set up Ableton Live just like Ben Böhmer uses it to perform his live shows and is a commonly used way to perform live for electronic artists in general. - Watch full video of Ben here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpjclZ2sgaqjiM0 (this is the video we are referring to).

[@sdixon305]

Everything you guys have produced surrounding Ben Bohmer is absolute gold. More, please!

[@sdixon305]

Also, am I the only one surprised that only 2/8 of the channels are devoted to melodic elements? Was surprised that in such an efficient setup there’s 5 drum channels, including 2 hat channels.

[@xmaligno]

​@@sdixon305 that's because the main melodies are played live with a midi controller and Diva synth. 😁

[@MikeManaMusic]

Would love to see the Session View Course :)

[@ProductionMusicLive]

Full launch coming up next week. Early Bird Access Link in the description!

[@Risingcyc]

you're so organized and mindful in your teaching, taking into account the perspective of actual beginners. So good! THANK YOU!

[@sahamanyu]

Good stuff guys! Content topics are really up there :) I had to go through a massive series of videos back then, to understand how to create Live templates for myself. Keep up!

[@3082frank]

Thank you for the video, i k lnow i am 3 years late...nut this video is totally priceless..as I am contemplating migrating to Ableton live for live solo performance 😊

[@G3ra300]

absolutely amazing, thank you !

[@TheFatihOzel]

I dont normally comment but, you guys are best at what you do. I learned so much from your videos 🙏🏻.

[@ProductionMusicLive]

Thanks a lot Fatih! Highly appreciate your comment, especially since you seem to count as one of the "quiet" observers :)

[@gioogle7629]

I actually have not seen yet such a transparent tutorial about playing live, especially when it relates to an artist's template, thanks for these amazing series with Ben!

Valuable information, explained clearly

[@corelli58]

Excellent explanation of the differences between session and arrangement view.

[@MalteSchmidt]

Absolutely great content

[@rg533able]

Bought the beginners bundle last week - really high quality and def worth it.. would live to see some shorter 'tips' type videos on youtube 5-10 minutes on things like how to get sound 'X' or maybe how to use certain features of Ableton. But great work guys!

[@rg533able]

Just discovered pml tips of the day on Instagram so answered my own suggestion.......

[@concretepanther5430]

Great video! Would love you to create a video on how to set up efficiently a Live session for multiple tracks for full live performance (mixing from one song to the next)

[@aquab3]

Thanks guys!!

[@evelic]

Very well explained.

[@Charlie451__]

Excellent vid, please more Session View Tutorial, thanks so much

[@Fubuki43]

Awesome!

[@markusschwieger3128]

Thank you so much! very helpful!

[@ProductionMusicLive]

Glad it was helpful!

[@antoine691]

Tank you so much !

[@titrationss]

Please do the master class as mentioned!

[@serwithme]

Hi this is great ! Thank you :) Yes I would love a video to show us how to compress full song template into only 8 stems. I get lost and overwhelmed on the idea of how to organize it, especially with the elements that are added and removed throughout the track in the arrangement view. Thanks 😁

[@siddarthnayanar9727]

Hey! Have you figured a way around this by any chance?

[@user-sd7rs9xc3x]

great man

[@hallocine]

Advanced courses could be cool for Live Performance. In this video, it's really for beginners. When you know all about send & returns, about MIDI assignation, about launch clips, about groups, about audio effects but you want to go further. Ben Bohmer's live is a bit different because he has very long scenes (duration of his song), and he doesn't launch anything by hand. It's a max for live device which launch it.

[@bubbagrayer4283]

Yeah man it’s a good beginner video but he is just really explaining what session view is and how it works

[@paintedred1]

Thank you for the great tutorial. I have a project with return channels and group processing. How to make stems like this?

[@rickann]

Super good video, very clear, and a great use case!! I was wondering when you want to play live like that but going through multiple songs, how do you proceed? do you have to prepare the set in advance and set all the scenes one after the others for the entire live set? Or is there a way to choose on the fly what you want to play and upload a song as a group of scenes while playing live another one? Perhaps if you can refer me to a video explaining how, it would be much appreciated. Keep going, I'm following you channel now :-)

[@ReinhardtBuhr]

i also want to know this...

[@konsolenopa7480]

Ableton + Push 2 = 💜 Thx for the video 🙌🏼

[@massimomarazzo9180]

ABLETON + ALLEN HEATH K2 is a better choice. With One controller you have pads AND volume faders.

[@neonvoid]

the best part is that you don't even need to prepare ANYTHING. you can build the WHOLE set from scratch on the push2 only.

[@musicbydhruv]

Also like another doubt is how would you recommend to set the Scenes? like 1 Group for each song or all the kicks in one channel for all the song and so on (arranged as the sequence), as of now how I was thinking was to do was all the different songs in different group but then the number of channels will just increase and transitioning would be a problem, any suggestion/tip please?

[@musicbydhruv]

I dont know why but that ";BPM" feature aint working on my live 12 Suite, Can someone please help what could possibly be wrong?

[@WEUWE100]

You saved my ass! thank you!

[@p-reitz]

Pls make a video about How to set ableton up for performing!

[@realNincompoopline]

How do I break up a very complex project into stems? Talking about classic instruments, lot of experimental sound design, sub bass, loads of different drums, atmos and vocal chops,..? Bens Music is pretty simple regarding the project size and arrangement. What do I do if I have like 200+ tracks and beat changes etc? Any advice on breaking up those complex projects in stems?

[@wacho31]

Great tutorial! now i know how I should use session view:) Could you know what is the reason that after connecting midimix first fader in akai midimix in ableton is disabled? other faders are automatically assigned to correct path in ableton. If I teach first fader to first path is ok, but when i switch to the second bank on right side then first fader still control path but still on first bank not second bank?

[@RutgerSteenbergen]

Great video, exactly what I was looking for. Thanks! Two questions though: is Ableton Lite good enough for this approach? And is there a cheaper controller than Push 2? I'm happy with Studio One and otherwise I have to buy a complete new DAW and dedicated midi-controller.

[@massimomarazzo9180]

ABLETON PUSH 2 ISN'T a valid choice for live use, then It doesn't have faders.

[@Wendel_Kos]

hi m8 thanks for making this video...i was wondering how to do a much more 'live' live act.. so no complete stems but simpler 4 or 8 bar loops and a couple of bigger parts for the breakdowns and fx...i used to play live like crazy in the 2000's with two MC505 and it went great...just looping and filtering and drums muting on the fly...I had gigs on bigger festivals and i went really well...now i want to do the same, but with one APC40 and Ableton..any change you can help me with this? Thanks!!!!

[@sebastiantamayo3601]

A live performance masterclass would be really interesting. Please do. 🤙🏽

[@ProductionMusicLive]

Hey Sebastian, thanks for the feedback. What else do you think would be needed, that hasn't been covered in this video here, plus in the video, where Ben explains his Live setup?

[@sebastiantamayo3601]

Production Music Live creating effect racks for live performance. Also, I know that some artist play live but also play other artists music. How would they go about chopping and creating stems of other peoples music. How do you ensure that your songs loudness level up to other artists tracks when your setting up your stems. Do you master the stems afterwards? I believe these are all topics that are currently missing in the internet and would be really helpful for others going this route.

[@ProductionMusicLive]

Early Bird Access: How To Ableton Session View - Full Course with Attila (Link in the description)

[@roonnss]

Production Music Live I have a question. Im a Logic Pro X producer, but I am big fan of your videos, because it really helps me to get ideas flowing. My question is, will your videos always be about ableton? Nothing wrong with that, Im just curious. Keep sharing these GEMS please

[@ProductionMusicLive]

Hi Ronnie, thanks! Yes, PML is an Ableton focussed channel. We've set up an extra channel for FL Studio Tips on KZbin and we even have a separate Instagram Channel for Logic (@logic_tips). However, we currently don't have the time / manpower to cover Logic on KZbin as well (we only occasionally manage to do so on insta). Tom & Francois from our core team love and use Ableton every day, so their time is best used when working with Ableton Live. Thanks for commenting, we'll definitely try to keep it up! :)

[@Hurtmon]

Explaining MARC HOULE Live Performance Setup, please

[@Steve_2day]

Is it possible to automate behaviour of a stem? What if you want to do live vocals but need a delay and long reverb decay at the end of a sentence, can you automate that in the scenes mode?

[@JonnyLust]

Great video! Do you guys know by any chance if it's possible to program the APC40 mkII so that all faders go up to 0db? That is, without mapping a fader to a specific channel. Otherwise the fader would always be stuck when I navigate across channels. Thanks!

[@Pierreduchzy]

Place a utility with the gain set to -6dB on every tracks. If you need to you can set it as a default track (right click on the track). Now the maximum position of the APC's faders will set your tracks to 0dB

[@andrewso50]

has the export of stems been done including return and master effects?

[@alp_tugay]

Will you do any masterclass with Ben Bohmer about how he makes his tracks?

[@andreunaqui7680]

Para disparar clips lo hace con la Xone k2 y lo hace con el primer clip vacío en Ableton para poder parar los clips desde ella, los siguientes clips los debe sustituir a los primeros así dispone de 6 clips y si sigue el procedimiento es infinito ♾️💯🕺

[@wrigna1]

Is there a way to tell ableton to sequentially play each scene for a specific amount of bars automatically?

[@gianlucaprimus7081]

This is for one song, but what if I want to add more?

[@atakumusic]

What controller is being used in your explanation?

[@berke123123]

What is the name of or where I can find the song played between 7.59 - 8.06

[@ProductionMusicLive]

"PML - Sun Vibes" - Link to soundcloud: soundcloud.com/productionmusiclive/pml-anjuna-vibes-ableton-live-template

[@MikeManaMusic]

I think more people would like this video but it's not public listed

[@MrAngeloDy]

...It would be very nice of you

[@ReadTheMusic]

Hey, join our Ableton Live community on Facebook: facebook.com/groups/389896525699488

[@sotpu-kp5027]

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[@Cloudgirl778]

having video background music playing whilst explaining is very confusing and not helpful at all. :)