How to Live Loop | Arturia Minilab Mk2 and Ableton

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

I made some modifications to the subtitles, so guys in other countries than english speaking ones can use the translate tool in youtube and understand better what i am saying. Cheers!

[@victortvik]

Спасибо друг!!! Теперь буду изучаться!👍

[@МаратоАрцахский]

Благодарю Вас, Друг Дорогой ! Вы очень умный , порядочный и доброжелательный парень 👍✊🔥

[@BassFunMusic]

You killing the energy!!!🔥🌊

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

😁💪

[@ВалерияЛыжина-г4ь]

I am so happy to find your video, so far its the best one to learn Ableton live looping for beginner. Thank you a lot!

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

You are welcome! Have fun!

[@scampifrity]

I must be dreaming. This is the worse video ever

[@mikefelligno407]

Ty. Been wanting to live loop, but knew setting it up was the important thing to do...youve shown me...now ive got to practice!

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Glad i could help :) Have a good time looping :)

[@Rajantuber]

seen your videos over the time and liked them so much. This one is one of the best tutorials I have seen on live looping

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Hey, thank you very much!!!

[@Rajantuber]

@@Marius_Tarceatu Subscribed!!!

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Nice! Thank you :)

[@MrRealjj]

Thank you so much man!!! I am beginner ,can't even get my voice recording using dynamic microphone using window 10 Ableton 11 live.but already exciting when I see your post here ! Thumbs up!

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Easy does it. Take your time and enjoy every milestone. This thing in pretty hard but also rewarding :)

[@AjarnSpencer]

nice simplified explanation. Important to watch both keyboard and where you put yuor mouse cursor in ableton to get it right though. Hard to watch both at same time.

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Yeah, i guess you are right. I need some more editing skills to convey that a bit better. Thanks.

[@BuilderTrevin]

I just got one of these and this video really explained that i needed to know!

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Glad to help! Let the music flow :)

[@allosomuchheart]

Thanks love this video - keep revisiting this.

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

I’m glad i could help! :)

[@vlads2361]

Отличный обзор! Мне, новичку в DAW, очень нравится, много полезной информации по работе с DAW! Интерфейс отличается от FL S и Logic pro, в которых я пробовал писать музыку. Сейчас в поисках видеомонитора, размера экранов ноутбуков не хватает ... Пока не определюсь, хотя пересмотрел много обзоров. Ноутбук MB air M1 (16/256) с Logic pro x на MacOS 13.3. Как вариант под Windows 10 есть ноутбук Acer Swift 3 c установленными несколькими DAW, в том числе Ableton. Оборудование для домашней студии почти собрал, осталось определиться с видеомонитором. Удачи Вам, Мариус!

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

All options sound good. Good luck to you too and have fun making music. Cheers!

[@vlads2361]

@@Marius_Tarceatu Thank you!👍

[@Pendrag0n]

Love the bass :)

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Thanks :)

[@davidobandoreyes9080]

Great tutorial. Thanks!

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rumblersoppa9709]

Simple and objectve. Thanks.

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Glad to help:)

[@iam-music]

Hey thanks for the vid...but it would be good to know what you are doing...you use the remote script, NOT midi mapping, you DONT set buttons to arm tracks...you add the options file to auto arm.

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

What script? What i showed here in this video are many of the things i use in my live covers. I don’t use any scripts. It’s kind of a compliment if you would think so … Also, if you don’t belive me, try watching the cover videos in slow motion and you will see when i arm my tracks.

[@iam-music]

@@Marius_Tarceatu i didnt mean to be ruda...i just watched a number of various videos...tracks should auto arm which is also not mentioned by many others. Midi mapping is the long way around...remote script manages ableton control globally...it will save you others a lot of time and pain :-) eg hold shift + pad 8

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

I will look into that and get back at you. Cheers!

[@scampifrity]

@@Marius_Tarceatu You know what! This thing about slow motion watching is necessary because some parts of your video is esoteric. When I get it I will make a much better tutorial than you did that's for sure.

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

You must be a really chill guy dude. Kind of hard to make music with your atitude … but good luck anyway.

[@picavox4774]

Thanks, very usefull!

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Glad to help!

[@jonpok2151]

Exelent and easy can You also show how to activate drumpads?

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

I don’t like drumming on pads. The keys on the minilab are way more responsive so i never took the time to learn.

[@llll-lk2mm]

helped a lot thank you

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

You are welcome :)

[@mimmosonic]

Thank you!!!!!!

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

You are welcome :)

[@jeancarlo.7872]

Hola te sigo desde Peru, seria genial que des tutoriales, exitos!

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Intentaré hacer más tutoriales en el futuro. ¡¡¡Gracias!!!

[@Mundadrum]

Excelent. Thanks.

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

You are welcome! :)

[@nicodetandil]

fantastico exelente

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Thank you!

[@artimoshka100]

multumesc mult !

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Cu placere :)

[@МаратоАрцахский]

Превосходно 👍👍👍 Браво

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Thank you!

[@OrestT-g9d]

Hey thanks. For some reason I have a delay (like half a second) when I save the track so it's a bit hard to make a perfect loop. Maybe some settings?

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Check out your latency.

[@OrestT-g9d]

@@Marius_Tarceatu yep. That helped. Thanks. One more question. Sometimes my knobs are stuck in the main Ableton window and not functional even for native Analog lab. Maybe someone is experiencing the same issue? 😔

[@mapleneck1520]

thank u soooo much!!

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

You are welcome :)

[@franciscomontero6897]

Thank you so much!!!!

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

You are welcome!!! 😊

[@raulangulo9800]

Great video man! Only doubt I have is to stop takes separetly, when I press the pad again it will just repeat the take from the beginning

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

You have to have the clips launch in toggle mode which lets you switch on or off the clips with the same play button. I don’t really remember the exact settings, but you can check the clip settings, when you select it, under launch settings.

[@50somethingNew]

good one

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Thank you!

[@neeliv]

Appreciate the video, a great resource for someone who is already starting with Arturia like me. I have one question - for some reason I need to keep pad pressed and it is not starting recording. MIDI Mappings are same as on your video. It is because I did not change to 16 note quantanzation (2:30)? If so, can you tell me how can I do that?

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Check out the answer i gave to Raul Angulo here in the comment section. I think that will solve your problem. I am not on my computer right now but you can check record quantization in one of the drop down menus on the right upper corner. Hope this helps. Cheers!

[@from1stday]

i'm new of using arturia and ableton. holy freak i have so many questions T-T

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

I will do an advanced version of “how to live loop” in the future. Maybe i will answer some of yours as well :)

[@from1stday]

@@Marius_Tarceatu Oh yes please! I'll look forward to that!

[@erdew8m8]

@@Marius_Tarceatu Cant wait for advanced version

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

I have been dragging my feet at that one. Need to start cracking on it :) It will surely come!

[@flaviocampos8053]

is it the same for minilab 3? can't wait to get my hands on mine. ty!

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Not quite. There are some things that stay the same, but some others that are not. I will make a how to live loop video, featuring the minilab 3.

[@flaviocampos8053]

@@Marius_Tarceatu thanks a bunch!

[@22smudger]

Pretty much every example I see of the Arturia Minilab mk2 is based on it being paired with Ableton. Are you able to use the approach you described here with other DAWs, such as Tracktion Waveform?

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Well, I can’t speak for other daws as i don’t use them extensively. What i can say is, every Minilab comes with a free version of Ableton that has limitations, but u can use for live looping. Also, midi mapping should work in any daw, the lauching clips part and looping them should be a bigger problem.

[@karokepispiano]

Thanks for your video. I also have a minilab3, but even though I did everything exactly in the video, the recording does not start when I press the first note. I cannot solve this problem. I have been dealing with this for about 3 days. In the video, everyone starts recording by pressing a note and it loops, I don't know why, what am I doing wrong?

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

@@karokepispiano make sure you are on the daw mode on the arturia minilab

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Also, this is the minilab mk2

[@karokepispiano]

@@Marius_Tarceatu First of all, thank you for your answer. The problem is that in your and other live loops I watched on KZbin, the red light turns on when I press the note, but in my case, the red light is fixed and when I press it again to record, it turns a darker red. Where am I making a mistake?

[@karokepispiano]

and yes daw mode on

[@mjaa1307]

The record will start on the next quatized bar, it doesn't start when you hit the keys, it just seems so.

[@HDKastro]

Hello, thank you for this great tutorial, but I have a problem. When I want to start recording with the pad it gives me a note and not the start of recording why ?

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Have you tried using the Shift+Pad 8 to switch to the ableton specific set of pads? The pads by default are notes on the scale. If there isn't anything you can do, try and change some things in the minilab setup program:midi control center.

[@diddzundmichi1605]

I solved it with just setting up another midi connection with the pad and the record button

[@NOONE_MUSIC]

I need help. I'm trying to make live loops and I have a launchpad and 2 keyboards. All of them are connected to a send which is then connected to a general bus. I have one empty track dedicated to loops, but as soon as I record something with one of those three, the launchpad and the keyboards stops making sounds(even if there is a signal). What could it be?

[@nicolasrubiano2434]

How do you get the red and green lights from the pads, every time you record or play? Thank you!!

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Just press Shift+Pad 8 on the Minilab, while in Ableton Live. It’s the special preset made by Arturia.

[@spareplanet]

"Let's record some music" is followed by launching a clip which records the music. However, you did not state what you pressed to launch the clip. Maybe RECORD?

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

You can actually see on the minilab picture in picture that i press the first pad to start recording.

[@amitanand29]

Can you please let me know if the same will work for Minilab 3 as well. I am trying live looping and it’s not working

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

There are some different things on the Minilab 3. Especially on the part where you arm the tracks.

[@amitanand29]

@@Marius_Tarceatu Yes

[@amitanand29]

@@Marius_Tarceatu Please do let me know if you have any tutorials for the same.

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

I do not have a tutorial for the minilab 3 but i am planing on doing one in about a month or so!

[@amitanand29]

@@Marius_Tarceatu Ok sure. I will wait 🙏🏻

[@Pianistom]

Hi! Great video, I learned a lot. However, if I want to export my loop from ableton, the wav file I get corresponds to the final project (all tracks playing at the same time). However, I'd like to export the audio so that you can hear the instruments recorded one by one in a progressive way (like the loop covers you see on KZbin). Does anyone know how to do this with Ableton? Thank you in advance!

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

You can record in arrangement view while you are playing using shift+record button. Then you can bounce to audio.

[@WycliffStudios]

Hi bro! Thanks for the video. Would you choose a Novation Launchkey Mini or Arturia Minilab in 2021 ?

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Hey there! I didn’t try the novation launchkey, so i can’t say for sure. All i know is that the Minilab has decent keys, and that is important to me.

[@WycliffStudios]

@@Marius_Tarceatu yea I heard that they have the best keybed feel among the controllers

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

@Wycliff Studios Yeah, that was one of the reasons i bought it. Still, the launchkey should have the same functionality within Ableton if you want to make some music :)

[@armatheos]

how to delete recorded instrument and record it again if u make mistake?

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

You just select the clip that you recorded and press delete.

[@zmanpianoman]

Is it possible to live loop along with an audio track? I would like to enhance my piano music? Thanks

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

It should be possible, just put your track on one of the ableton clips. Also make sure the track has the same bpm as the one set in ableton! If you just want to play piano alongside a backing track, just switch to arrangement view and drop the track there. Set the bar up top to the length of the track and enable the repeat button.

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Just read your comment again and i understood better what you are trying to say. If you want to live loop with your piano playing, just make sure you play your piano by the metronome in ableton. You can actually see in some of my videos making that very thing. Cheers!

[@iithax01]

One problem you skipped a lot of what i have trouble with i tried arming my pads but it wouldnt arm and idk how you added the instruments but it aint working for me

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Check out the midi mapping that is in the tutorial for arming. Also, you just drag the instruments to the clips to load them.

[@jenifergarcia9536]

Como haces para que el loop empiece en el tiempo ? Que configuración hay? Y en preferencias para la latencia? Gracias

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Set clip launch to 1 bar in the top right corner of Ableton. It’s set as this by default. You can change latency in the soundcard options, or options in Ableton. I usually go for 128 samples for good latency.

[@alexsuu7]

Salut , sa faci si in romana asa ceva cum sa facem un beat de inceput ca sunt mult tineri care cauta in romana unul calumea, succes!

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Salut. Poate in viitor. Pana atunci, ai subtitrarea youtubeului!

[@Keep_and_Play]

How to remove pauses at the beginning and end of a recording?

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

I don’t understand what you are asking.

[@Keep_and_Play]

@@Marius_Tarceatu когда в режиме сессии с миди клавиатуры запускаю запись пэдом, то в начале идёт промежуток, потом пишет ноты, останавливаю запись, оно продолжает писать пустоту, и получается "луп" с огромной паузой между повторами, а у Вас в ролике ноты пишутся с начала сетки, и когда повторяется, то получается непрерывно.

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Похоже, у вас не очень хорошо настроены настройки, чтобы Ableton записывала то, что вы играете. Попробуйте посмотреть во вкладке миди в настройках

[@worfir]

The samples were from Abelton ?

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

The ones from this video are from Ableton, yes.

[@worfir]

@@Marius_Tarceatu Could You tell me the names? This project is awesome for ears:)

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

@@worfir Haha, thanks. I will check them out when i get home. Cheers!

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Hey, sorrry for the delayed answer. The instruments are as follows: 707 Core Kit Synthetic Choir Strings Classic Synth Bass Steel of Drum Cheers!

[@blinxownu6642]

how does your recordings start on the first note? As soon as I press a pad it start recording so I end up with a delay thanks!

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

At the metronome settings in ableton, top left on the main screen, set your count in to whatever you are comfortable with

[@mjaa1307]

hey hello, at 03:15 you hit the pad again and the clip stops the recording and starts to play, how do you do that?

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

The clip launch mode must be on toggle. You can find that in options somewhere.

[@mjaa1307]

@@Marius_Tarceatu you are right, I thought the same feature was in Bitwig but it doesn't. Besides the clip doesn't really stop it just stops the recording after completing the quantization isnt' it?

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Yes. You can try recording in loop. Loop 4 bars and then add layers on different channels. I have a video about 4 ways to live loop. Watch it, maybe it will help you.

[@mjaa1307]

I will answer myself, you can do it with Jurgen Mossgraber Script and Launchpad X.

[@aloha5071]

Hice todo lo que dijiste en el video pero cuando quiero empezar mi musica el shift + cualquier otro pad no funcionó para nada y fue obligada armear con la computadora... No sé que hacer ayuda porfa

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

No presionas el botón shift, presionas el botón pad1-8/9-16. Los pads 1-8 se usan para iniciar clips y los 9-16 para armar pistas. ¡Espero que esto ayude!

[@aloha5071]

@@Marius_Tarceatu Ay si obvio es que me equivoqué pero es el button pad 1-8/9-16 que no funciono... Puedo contactarte via Instagram para enviarte mi video ?

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

¿Hiciste un mapa midi usando el botón midi arriba a la derecha de ableton? ¡Presiona el botón de armado de una pista y luego un pad para mapearlo! Puedes enviarme video en insta si quieres.

[@alhimik28]

акцент конечно прикольный))

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Балканская жизнь 🤷

[@salvdoor]

Is anything like this possible in Logic?

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

I don’ really know, sorry. Looping should definitely be possible, getting clips to launch might prove harder or impossible.

[@petrutapacuraru-huizenga3250]

I still dont get how you arm your tracks just before live looping. I did all you did by 3.07 in the video and then, right after you say 'let's make some music', you make some and my minilab not. I cant get this armed tracks/pads - no live looping for me.

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Do you have the minilab mk2 or the 3?

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

If you do have the mk2, make sure you have set up your pads to arm the tracks in with the midi function of ableton!

[@petrutapacuraru-huizenga3250]

Thanks! Yes I did exactly as you. I have an mk2 Do I perhaps have to also set the mini lab in the Arthuria midi centre?

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

@@petrutapacuraru-huizenga3250 It should be set from the get go if you pushed Shift+Pad 8 to get to the factory built preset for Ableton. Also remember that i need to press the button on the Minilab to get to the 9-16 pads, press them to arm track, then come back to 1-8 pads so i can press the record button. Also, you might want to check your Ableton preferences>record warp launch>Launch and select default launch mode to toggle. Cheers. Hope you get it.

[@petrutapacuraru-huizenga3250]

Ok, I’ll check again and retry! Cheers!

[@marzenamudrak3691]

I still do not know how to loop :D

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Well, go back to the begining of the video 😅

[@marzenamudrak3691]

@@Marius_Tarceatu you are not telling what you are clicking and why, in the middle.. ;)

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

I will tell, i just don’t remember where. Tell me the time where you don’t understand and i will tell you what it is.

[@DavidFunable]

doesn't work at all. hate this ableton

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

You will surely get it if you stick with it. Check out the comments here also, there are some good questions i answered. Cheers!

[@scampifrity]

I feel you. Same for me here I'm getting totally frustrated.

[@SubhraUltimate]

Very low volume video

[@scampifrity]

I am Lost at 3:00 what is going on? It was all simple and suddenly you pushed bunch of buttons for God knows why.

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

Just watch as i do that 3 more times and you will get it. Arm track, hit record, play, and hit the pad again to end the looping clip.

[@scampifrity]

@@Marius_Tarceatu How do I hit record using Arturia Minilab 2? On which button? I watched the video over and over and I am still stuck. Is it because I use Ableon Lite? It seem I just cannot record what I play. The only way is to click the Record button with the mouse on the computer.

[@scampifrity]

@@Marius_Tarceatu I got this answer from Internet: "Does Ableton Live 11 Lite have looper? Re: Going Loopy Looking For Looper In Ableton Live Lite 11 No it's not part of Live 11 Lite, you can google a comparison table between versions to show the limitations."

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

@scampifrity You must first assign a button on the arturia minilab with a pad, using the midi function. The top right corner of Ableton Live.

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

@scampifrity It talks about the looper in ableton which is an instrument. You do not need that.

[@vatsalguruvayurappan9724]

thank you so much!!

[@Marius_Tarceatu]

You are welcome! Have fun :)