How to DJ with Ableton Live 10 (2020)

[@CollectiveIntelligenceMusic]

Video number two in this series can be found here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/opaskmh-f8aJbcU

[@kokidchaz4790]

can i do this with pro tools or any other daw?

[@alice10888]

You have to invert the minimum and maximum values of your filter so that it won’t do the jump when you go to turn the knob. Thanks for sharing!

[@theleague383]

Wow i have been producing with Ableton for a decade now and doing this came SUPER EASY to me! Thank you tons!!

[@dj.pressed]

Just wanna thank you for helping me get started, this’ll change my life 🙏

[@BrickDesignerNL]

00:07:24 Looks like the on/off switch is causing the issue. Because ON is equal to the range of 1 to 127 and OFF is equal to 0. If you keep turning while it's switching on, it jumps to the peak value for ON - because it's an on/off (binary) switch - there is no higher state than ON. To solve this, maybe replace it with a macro on the value of the frequency 26 switch on. This has tought me a very cool thing; the nubs have different ranges per angle per thing you hook-up to it, and they start at the value the software is in when you start turning, and that can differ :). So one can be at 50% and on other at 0% and both having 100% as max on the same nob, and if you start turning both increase without taking over the value of the fysical position. Insane cool! (it's my first day every with Ableton ever, so I might give a suggestions that do not solve the issue you've encountered)

[@matyascerny9374]

The easiest way to manage the jumping is by first asign it to instrument rack macro and then the macro to the midi cc from controller! :) work for me, problem is with ableton as @BrickDesigner pinpointed.

[@myoslonorway]

Thx. Could you a video on this?

[@ZacharyAghaizu]

Exactly what I needed! Thanks

[@user-Chikotillo]

The best tutorial on setting up APC40mkii for performance on KZbin! And that techno track of yours is 🔥🔥🔥

[@doriansmith4776]

Dude, I can't remember the last time that I commented on a KZbin video, but seriously - You are the man!!!! Huge love from the UK (but also lived in Auckland and Wellington for 5 years... Thinking about it - Your video is like the Kiwi population - Helpful, easy and no bullshit, lol)

[@ChuckBoMomy]

U have to die it with Al controllers. Activate midi and all the way left u see a option changing the knop of slider option. Click on the option and check witch option works fine. It's all the way down left in Ableton. That will fix Al your problems with controlling midi in Ableton. Every controller sends current midi codes.

[@andypletch7068]

I had the same problem with the jumpy auto filter, I was able to fix it by creating a macro with the same paramaters then just midi mapping the macro

[@marloncajamarca2793]

Thanks Andy... It worked like charm for me!

[@elektrojakubski]

Thanks! it works great

[@hellonuurse]

ohhh sweeeet

[@BrianVincent_]

Bro you should rename this “mapping my midi controller to Ableton”

[@pauldavey57]

MAAAATE! Awesome! I've been digging into Live 10 for about a year but I've barely touched my control surfaces up to now, however, I came looking for video tutorials because a friend asked me to Dj dub/reggae at a small festival he's putting on out by a lake here (we're way out in the sticks in rural north east Thailand). Your video has been an excellent introduction, absolutely loving it. Cheers :-)

[@ricardourkutaki7194]

you are so great man!! thank you so much for so much help! Much love and health for you and your beloved ones!

[@waylandsmith]

Great setup, thanks. I can also confirmed that it works fine on my APC40mk2 if you first map devices to your group macros and then map group macros to midi. The other benefit of this is that you can save the effects group and it will include the max/min values in it and all that will be left is to map midi to it.

[@ninguendeningures]

Thank you!!!! And the pre-listening??

[@matyascerny9374]

JUMPING SOLVED! The easiest way to manage the jumping is by assigning the filter first to instrument rack macro and then the macro of the instrument rack to the midi cc from controller! :) works for me, problem is with ableton as @BrickDesigner pinpointed.

[@GabrielePacelli]

Thanks a lot!

[@KoshiroPsy]

Loving the highly quality content bro!! HD videos. 🔥

[@joaoalves7656]

Great video bro! Awesome explanation

[@LilaSwain]

Thank you! So helpful.

[@frsm_]

The Jump seems to be happening when you toggle de divice off/on.

[@shrugbyofficial]

This vid helped me complete my set up to my pioneer sb3 had to come back for the quantize trick

[@richardpenney4122]

Hi Andrew, thanks for this video. I just ordered my akai apc40 mk2. Should be with me Tuesday. This is one of the reasons I brought it. Would you be able to show how to split up a track and use it for loops ect. Also would the way your mapping this out, could you put stem tracks in and use them as stems? Best regards Richard

[@doflamingo85]

coul you make a video on how to set up loops usign akai in a live session? kind of makin the songs on the way i gues

[@illGatesMusic]

Great video man! Thanks for making this. Have you done any comparisons with the EQ3 and other devices? I find the sound really grating personally and have avoided using it since EQ8 was created. Lately I find the Channel EQ makes a good option for DJ use as well. I'd also encourage you to do some tests because I don't believe the frequency response is flat when the poles are at -3dB. Each one is probably doing a little dip of -3dB at it's pole frequency. If you put in white noise (or caucasian commotion if you're being PC) and then observe the spectrum that comes out you will know for sure. I haven't done that test, but I have my suspicions and I encourage you to do it before you perform live using EQ3 with all the poles at -3dB as "flat". All nitpicking aside I found this video series very informative and I'm glad that you made them! Thanks for being a boss! Dylan aka ill.Gates

[@SonicDephect]

Been playing with this idea lately as EQ3 def colors the sound, you can tell by the popping you get when turning it on and off that it isnt transparent. Thought about using EQ8 instead but not sure how to set it up like a 3 band, just found the channel EQ today and it seems to be a better option.

[@laurenspagen]

Do you still recommend APC40 MKII in 2021 for this kind of live performance? Thanks for your answer

[@dendraspace]

I like the filters

[@PaulNose]

You're my hero! :)))))

[@jasonvotaw5966]

Awesome video!!

[@jameslloyd1942]

Thanks man, finally looking into music production with ableton and your guides are a great help, also big love to the TOOL poster and T-Shirt, you seem like someone I would get on well with haha!

[@FocsBLS]

Heyy! Great video, im digging this setup! but I need help with setting the Nudge buttons on Ableton, I'm using the 11 now, maybe thats why I dont see it? Thank for your insights

[@langetlikisorma]

Hi I’m new to ableton , do you have a video to show on rnb djing

[@mnmlSausE45]

Uhhh crazy guy .. very nice setup. THx

[@BrickDesignerNL]

Just tested what happens if in a group you add a 3rd; raw track, and on "track" you add the low/high pass filters, and put A|B on track + raw track. Then you can shoothly switch between both with the a|B fader and they are always in sync because you start them with the Group button. So you can alwasy exscape easilly if you screw up you filters in live performance ;) So switching from hearing like from stadion speakers on an open field sound to "yes, I'm in the party" smoothly just with the A|B, like walking in via a door, if you put the volume slider just a bit lower on the filtered piece, it really gives you that coming closer to the music feel.

[@FrostysTunes]

hello andrew :) great to see you safe from whats going on in the world

[@oboravibes]

thanx for the video bro! i have a question.. how can you map APC40 when it is already automapped by ableton? i try to map but it behaves as it coded by the preset of ableton's surface. I can't map it like a random midi device. please help ?!

[@areublue]

the fast forward and rewind buttons are missing on my view of ableton, does anyone have a fix?

[@NikolaiHofmann]

I have the same problem. Did you solve it, already?

[@alexferia9697]

@@NikolaiHofmann Having an issue with this as well

[@alexferia9697]

Wow, all you have to do is make sure warp is on. Fuck Lmaoooo

[@dmolinah]

great vid! I have a question: the track status to see the soundwave is not working when I map it to a button. whats the trick? Also, what do you use the "cues" tracks for?

[@myoslonorway]

Possible to download this template please?

[@ImakIlaha]

thanks for that video! i have got an apc40mk2 too! I will test!

[@djskab3800]

how can u beat matching likedj controller?

[@bibassemichel4138]

Thanks for this video. Why not share your template ?

[@quinxx12]

So is this jumping around at 12:15 easily dealt with? Looks very annoying.

[@soundinfractals]

channel 1 and channel woopsy daisy

[@maryolukas1324]

Could you make this template available for us?

[@dear2023]

was waiting for this vdo brooooo

[@elektrojakubski]

Anybody has an idea how to apply rewinding in ableton 11 ?

[@bmade129]

just want to say i mapped my launchkey 49 with these settings and im in love. not sure how im going to fit everything on the pads though, might stop here or put a few things from the next video in, i think i only have 2 pads left

[@cyu0249]

What's the difference using Ableton vs Rekordbox?

[@LebenWerden]

Hello, thanks for videos. Makes using the scale effect any sense when djiing?

[@erdenizm.4202]

how can i mix different bpm songs with this setup

[@MsElegance23]

How do you connect a Numark DJ Controller with Ableton Live 10.

[@better2beme]

Sorry I am new to production, I haven't purchased a controller yet but can this be done in a Ableton push 2 ? Or would you suggest the apc40?

[@mrandiboy101]

i cannot find the nudge fast forward buttons in live 11 :/ anybody knows how to find them?

[@darkcommission]

Excellent mate, great video. I'll re-unbox my Maschine Jam and have a go at DJ-ing my recorded hardware-produced music (Techno Acid Trance) 😎

[@siriusam7587]

esos saltos de nobs no me gustan nada, en lugar de APC 40 MK II que otro controlador recomiendas comprar en un futuro?

[@krule0041]

how do i stop and play individual channels? mine just plays and stops at the same time

[@boredfather6317]

any advice on what to do if im using a midi with only 8 knobs? i know instrument racking is a thing but idk how to apply that and map it to filters. thanks so much for the tutorial!

[@projecttakeoverofficial4983]

Great video dude! I was wondering how you can warp audio with a changing tempo built into the track without it sounding weird. And how you can implement that into your set. It would be great to make a video on how you can do that sort of like how you can with rekordbox and CDJs. I have a not-so-perfect way of doing it but wondering if you have a better way to automate the tempo as well (ex. if the track goes from 140 to 160 and you want the Ableton session to follow that baked-in tempo change IN CLIP VIEW) Thanks!

[@emirdemirhan1186]

really helped, thanks a lot!!

[@tylermunnmusic]

The strange behavior of the knobs has to do with the custom MIDI maps conflicting with the Pre-mapped MCU inputs. You can turn this off in MIDI preferences but then you will lose scene launch control. If you map the controls to macros instead of custom MIDI maps these should work natively with the controller.

[@thomassoutherton619]

assign the auto filter to macro 1 and it stops the jumping issue.

[@garyusinger]

I have been enjoying your videos on using Live and both Push and APC40 for DJing. I have all three and will follow the videos on my gear. I am curious if you have Serato and have tried that with the Live and the hardware? With Serato Pro you also get FX control, and was wondering how that might work with Live.

[@ontherisemusic9785]

Do you have your template available

[@fcflemme]

Bonjour, Peut-être que l'un d'entre vous pourrait m'aider pour un souci que je rencontre sur Ableton ! Quand j'exporte mon set en format audio, le fichier wav correspondant n'est pas du tout de même qualité que le set :( La qualité est moins bonne, le son est moins " chaleureux " moins " rond " et il y a comme une sorte de reverb un peu sale (discrète mais présente). J'ai essayé de changer le nb de bits, la fréquence d'échantillonnage mais rien n'y fait :/

[@CollectiveIntelligenceMusic]

Hey dude - I hope you can read English. My girlfriend is French and has translated the question for me. You should use 16bit and 44.1 as a standard. How are you recording the performance? You are recording it into a spare channel then exporting? Are you sure it's not passing through additional processing accidentally?

[@fcflemme]

@@CollectiveIntelligenceMusic Hi ! You'll thank your girlfirend for me ^^ ! I use standard settings. I juste manage my sample, mixing then create the hole song in " master " and then i export. Maybe i accidentaly change some settings :/ ! Do you know if there is a way to set up standard settings without deleting my personal sample, drumrack... ? Thanks for the help !

[@dirkgreen]

Hey homie I have an APC mk2 and the jump thing happened for me too. Does that mean my APC is crap?

[@CollectiveIntelligenceMusic]

I got a feeling that it's a very common problem with this controller - I'm not sure if there is a fix...

[@dirkgreen]

Hey homie. I did a bunch of testing and I figured it out! You have to map them to a macro knob first then map that knob in User mode. That stopped the jumping for me :)

[@matyascerny9374]

@@CollectiveIntelligenceMusic The easiest way to manage the jumping is by first asign it to instrument rack macro and then the macro to the midi cc from controller! :) work for me, problem is with ableton as @BrickDesigner pinpointed.

[@itsik777]

This video helped me switch from Traktor to Ableton, so thanks a lot! :) just one info and one question please :) info: I did the same mapping on the same APC 40, and it also jumped, so I delete the mapping that switches on and off the filter, and it worked out perfectly! Question: I am working on suite 11, and I can't find the arrowes to move the track (wich you mapped the nudge button to) where please can I find it? thanks a lot! :)

[@0fficial_mon072]

having the same issues as well

[@NikolaiHofmann]

Me too

[@SweetScaleTV]

Great share!! can let me know if you can dj with serato dj and ableton together??

[@NikolaiHofmann]

Hey Andrew! I just restarted to produce and dj and your videos really help me a lot, even though I'm producing and playing trance. But still, I love to listen and to dance to psytrance, too. This series has brought me to the point where I really enjoy djing in Ableton Live. I've got only one problem. I'm using the Live 11 Standard version and I can't find the rewind and fast forward buttons. I figured that it's still important to be able to have this option, even though I can warp and set cue points. Some tracks change their tempo in the break and then the warping doesn't work in the outro of the track and the kick will not be synchronized well. How can I solve that?

[@williestyle2345]

Hello Andrew, Question , If u used the 1st 6 faders for your Low, Mid And Highs - Where did u midi map your volume faders?

[@CollectiveIntelligenceMusic]

Hey man I use the LOW/MID/HIGH EQ for the over all track volume! So I don't need dedicated volume faders.

[@sammymontana5658]

can i use headphones on this machine? it arrived today but i don't know how to listen the beats on my headphones :/ only need to know how to set everything in sync, pre listen my tracks and how to add effects and save my template :D

[@christinley5213]

Thx for doin this homie!!! Fkn koool!!!:)

[@montanabassmusic]

im having the same issue with the filter jumping, I think it has to do with the fact it is going from on to off rather than the other filter going 0-127 which doesn't have this issue

[@CollectiveIntelligenceMusic]

Hmm it's very frustrating isn't it - the knobs are amazing when they work properly!

[@nowananda]

Dirk Green wrote above : "Hey homie. I did a bunch of testing and I figured it out! You have to map them to a macro knob first then map that knob in User mode. That stopped the jumping for me :) "

[@koa33]

Hey bro! You gotta come play a set at mushroom valley in October, there won't be Any international artists, so we need Aussie bound earthlings, I'm also working on a set for mushroom, I'm not quite ready for D floor performance yet, but I'm planning on bringing all my gear and setting up a jam in the middle of the campsite :) much love bro!

[@italosouza6290]

Eq three still changes the sound, do you feel it? even though it’s flat it doesn’t sound linear. how do i solve? hugs!

[@humpback5890]

Ive seen Madeon dj set and i always wanted to learn how tf he does it

[@StephSancia]

I only have Ableton Live LITE so can anything be done with that version ? I do have Presonus Studio One Pro and can't ATM afford Ableton Live FULL. Gratitude for this ✌️

[@christinley5213]

I think you can still do this in lite version..not 100% sure though

[@blearbenin]

cooool stuff 🔥💥

[@DaydreamDeluxe]

I just ordered an Akai APC40 MKII and unfortunately only have been able to use Ableton Live Lite the last four years hahaha But this will prove to be very useful for my future DJ sets as I'm tired of just using a Pioneer CDJ3000 at the club I perform at. Cheers, mate!

[@marcello4258]

Seems like the apc40 isn’t sold anymore

[@doflamingo85]

amazing

[@dear2023]

bro can u plz tell me that where u learnt Ableton live Daw

[@CollectiveIntelligenceMusic]

I teach it on my KZbin channel mate...

[@shurryk]

Thanks man!! i always overlooked that rewind and fast forward possibility, so everytime i launched a track at wrong timing i was stuck and fucked aha you solved a lot of trouble to me (: Keep them coming bro

[@CollectiveIntelligenceMusic]

Haha nice glad it helped you bro

[@sonnizen1426]

Hey, did you ever find out why the knobs weren't behaving as they should've? Edit: nvmd, I see what's up in ep. 2 now.

[@dear2023]

love from pakistan .

[@trxxblx-wxs-hxrx]

Im currently working on templates for the Launchpad mk2 x Launch Control xl (spendid combo) I soon to be Akai App 4, dm if you want

[@TheRealTeebz]

"oh, the knobs not doing what it is supposed to, we'll just move on." ahhhhhhhhggghhhhhhh

[@BrianVincent_]

I sent this to my friend so he could see how you DJ inside of Abelton and more than half of that is mapping to the controller…. Cmon homey

[@CollectiveIntelligenceMusic]

Uhhhhh, what else did you expect bro? Nobody is using Ableton to DJ without some kind of controller...

[@mcdan2696]

B R I L L I A N T. !

[@snip_king428]

Damn, I'm lost

[@crestgamez]

Dont trust auto filter. Keep it off, it will keep screwing up the performance.

[@dear2023]

first like

[@ryderinblack]

Why does everyone do that pausing, awkward saliva swallow? Lmfao

[@CollectiveIntelligenceMusic]

Because we're humans.

[@st_420]

Tf is this quality? I wanna learn how to dj with Ableton not counting pixels.

[@鸟生蛋]

Too complicated and feels like stupid to use a producer software to djing

[@ThomasWaschko]

toooooooo faaaast..nothing for beginners

[@smokemachines666]

Hey man thanx for your lesson . Any ideas how to manage to have visual contact of both decks?