I Switched to Ableton…

[@Ableton]

Thanks for the 10/10 and welcome to the fam ! 🔥

[@LabofmusicRecords]

Hello Ableton Team :) If I could have Cubase Pro 13 and Ableton 11 in one DAW, please make it happen :)

[@DBTHEPLUG]

FL better

[@andreawhiten1853]

the only thing stopping me from jumping on live 12 is it's excel esque look, i mean c'mon guys you should learn from luna in this department

[@RadaSmada]

@@andreawhiten1853 ableton has like the best designed UI out of any daw, people switch to it just for that lol. I don't even use it but just common knowledge

[@spectruum]

@@andreawhiten1853 idk looks good to me, i guess it's a matter of preference

[@dannyboycinco]

everytime i see someone trying Ableton for the first time, it brings back fond memories of me trying to figure it out. I love this DAW, it really brings out a new level of creativity with it's seemless workflow

[@emanu_3322]

Fl is better

[@Mastermind-cd2xi]

@@emanu_3322 nah

[@emanu_3322]

@@Mastermind-cd2xi ye it is

[@Mastermind-cd2xi]

@@emanu_3322 no

[@jannybravo8429]

That shit is hard to use

[@Ruairi.rollins]

Every time I see someone opening ableton for the first time, I always suggest to go to preferences>look & feel> colour> dark (or whatever the darker mode is). The stock bright grey is pretty awful imo but it’s looks seexxyyyyy in dark mode

[@semixproductions]

Exactly my thoughts haha

[@LeQuietkid]

I got a theme online which makes it matte black, and I love it

[@ESDMelo]

shit look like a excel table it dont matter what ttheme you use.

[@afrikankingzent]

​@@LeQuietkidwhere do you get that theme?

[@Ruairi.rollins]

@@ESDMelo maybe but it’s my excel spreadsheet ❤️❤️

[@spaindagoat2190]

For your master, put the glue compressor on, turn the compression level all the way down where the compressor is not working at all, then click the “Soft Clip” option at the top of the glue compressor. It’s like a soft clipper in FL Studio effect nothing will go over 0. You can then push your 808 a tiny bit past 0db for that feeling

[@1JUVI1]

And right click and enable over sampling !

[@mej6519]

ableton gets really interesting when you start to create your own instrument racks, audio effects racks, drum processing racks, parallel processing racks. and you can save all these racks and use them in other projects. i have my own dub techno effects racks, reverb, echo, delay, filter etc, its so much easy to drop an effects rack into a project than having to recreate a new rack every time. you can group tracks together, great for drums and for keeping the workspace tidy. and then when you think youve got ableton sussed, theres a whole world of max4live devices out there, a sound engineers wet dream. have fun man, and welcome to the ableton live rabbit hole :)

[@gtube1477]

I can do all of what you’ve described with reaper

[@BulAGOAT]

@@gtube1477 and a degree LMAO

[@gtube1477]

@@BulAGOAT ?

[@gainesdominique]

Sounds like Reason too

[@abelanc1090]

@@gtube1477He means its overly complicated compared to Ableton. FL is so cluttered and the popups kill me. Reaper os flexible but not intuitive. Ableton is clean simple and stable on Mac. Nothing is stable on Windows.

[@I.D.O.L.G.]

I remember buying a keyboard. And when it arrived I was super confused, cos it didnt have speakers or an audio output... Then I learned you need to have a DAW, and lo and behold, the keyboard came with a trial version of Ableton. How intuitive it was for me as someone that loves to fool around and discover... And it started me producing, making classical music out of 0 expectation. Love it.

[@djdrwatson]

Ocean, try warping and chopping up some breakbeats and add them to the track. Next learn about automation.You'll be able to twist the knobs on your midi keyboard and it'll change parameters of your effects. 0:39 Ableton does look basic but don't let that put you off, it has hidden depths which are *very* powerful. Once you get the hang of it Ableton is lots of fun. 😃

[@prod.pature3455]

Great one! It's nice to see that you gave Ableton another Chance, especially after the new version. Let's not forget that it doesn't matter what DAW you use, as long as you get the results that you want.

[@HITMAN1er]

I made the switch from logic earlier this year. I have never been more productive since making the switch. Live 12 has been a game changer. The piano roll was always the issue for me in previous versions but that changed with 12.

[@HITMAN1er]

Now issues I have. No bounce in place. You have to either freeze and flatten or change the output to resample to the tracks you want to bounce in place and print the midi

[@G-O-N-x]

@@HITMAN1er What do you mean, freeze and flatten is the same as a bounce in place, no ?

[@HITMAN1er]

@G-O-N-x not necessarily you can undo freeze and flatten. Also when you bounce in place in logic or commit in pro tools, you can choose multiple tracks and they become one audio file. It is also just a keyboard shortcut in logic as well. You can only freeze and flatten one a track at a time. Only thing comparable is resampling but it is a lot more extra steps which is strange since ableton is all about workflow

[@papatoni3311]

@@HITMAN1er just get "BIP" m4l device

[@G-O-N-x]

@@HITMAN1er Oh ok I see what you mean, I almost never bounce in protools so I'm not very familiar with it but it's true that if you want to "combine" multiple tracks it's easier.

[@RickyGoreMusic]

Next time you drag in an audio file, double click the sample and click the drop down to select “complex pro” and drag down the formants and envelope all the way down. It’ll make the sample sound much less choppy and on time. You can also pitch the sample up and down by using the “tones” drop down

[@punpun-ya]

switched from fl when 12 came out and what's really doing it for me is the world of max for live devices.

[@brianireland6885]

Dive into the racks. The drum racks are a great tool but also making your own keyboard and bass racks is amazing as well.

[@Dmyra]

nice bro! this is the og daw made by musicians for musicians. the modular open quality is so liberating. since 2012 never looked back *to combine multiple tracks, like bounce to a single file use "resampling", or you could export thru the master

[@mamba691]

Glad to see after your chat with Timbo he has show you the light to the holy grail of Abelton. I have being using Abelton for a while now and tbh, it’s always worked for me and my music seemlessly. Hope you are finding the same joy in the workflow 🙌🏾

[@papatoni3311]

ocean has been secretly using ableton 🤣 it's time to join Ableton gang

[@persona7-7-7]

If you have a lot of plugins for melodies, sure

[@rafaelcalandrini8946]

​@@persona7-7-7cubase have good virtual instruments

[@billysanchez-eh6nn]

@@persona7-7-7 ableton has the best stock plugins out of any daw tho

[@George-nx8zu]

Hey Ocean, looks like the BPM is getting automated, possibly on the master track. If you Right Click the BPM at the top you get a "Show Automation" option. You can also see every track's Automation by going into Automation Mode. There's a keyboard icon that is selected on the top right of your menu (its currently orange to indicate that you've turned Computer MIDI Keyboard On). This icon means that you can use your laptop keyboard to play MIDI notes so that pressing "A" on the keyboard plays a C MIDI note. If you temporarily turn this icon off, you can press "A" to look at the automation lanes for each track instead of playing MIDI notes.

[@prodllb]

Banger vid!!

[@MrStundon1]

The chords in the first melody are e minor and f major 7th. The chords in the original midi for the second melody are g minor 7th, d minor 7th, c minor 7th, d minor 7th, g minor first inversion, f major first inversion.

[@spaindagoat2190]

Whenever you drag in audio, make sure to click “No” when they ask do you want to import the time signature

[@ashokawashere]

Merge clips - Resample Pitch shift - double click audio file and you’ll see a pitch option in there as well as some different algorithms to choose from The learning curve is a little steep but once you get it it’s hard to use any other DAW IMO

[@prodbymai]

Ableton Ocean too OP

[@DamnDamariah]

shift + tab......my favorite shortxut because im always adding effects before, during and after melodies done

[@kronosse]

Knowledge is power, being able to work anywhere with any producer no matter what DAW they use. Really enjoyed this video.

[@mobyt9893]

Hi Ableton user here: when i first started with ableton i could see a complete mirror image when trying to navigate and figure out the daw was very funny to see you get the same level of confused when i first started. after a few months/weeks you'll get the navigation spot on and begin to love this DAW. With regards to your "random automation" when pulling in Midi clips, sometimes it will also important meta data associated with that clip such as time automation all you have to do it delete the automation on that clip, with the key button de selected in the top right corner of your view window press "A" on your keyboard and the automation lane should appear go to your master channel and delete the automation lane referring to bmp automation

[@jasperanstey2679]

Iv been considering switching to Ableton for a while. Been watching more tutorials on this DAW and I feel like I can get used to it quicker than it took me to get used to say Logic Pro.

[@tonic1667]

Every yt tutorial is on Ableton 😬

[@docjoekr]

As someone whose swore by Logic Pro for 10 years, this was the video I needed!

[@s.m.i.t.2207]

yes!!!! your're one of my fav producers and I use Ableton too, I am an absolute noob and would love some straight forward, simple tutorials!

[@FedeAliprandi]

don't know if someone said this already, but when you put effects on the channels maybe it's best to put them in a return channel and then bounce the signal from that to the channel where you want the effect to be applied. That way you don't lose "energy" on the sound.

[@ShoShoUK85]

For anyone thinking of joining team Ableton, take some time to learn Session View. It's the biggest advantage over other DAW's for me! Bit of a learning curve but once you understand it, productivity tends to skyrocket 😎

[@KC-bi9jw]

I switched to Ableton 8 years ago, welcome to the promise land. Now I'm learning FL Studio because all my clients use it. I am extremely well versed in Pro Tools, Ableton, and Logic, Ableton is the superior DAW for just capturing your ideas without thinking. FL Studio makes me think (it doesn't use the standard macOS shortcut scheme), but damn did I make a banger lol. Pro Tools obviously for recording and mixing. I tell MUSICIANS who want to produce to use Logic, plus it's a much fairer price and a 1-time purchase, and they like that since they aren't tech-savvy. Basically if you ask me, I'm gonna probe some questions and see how computer-literate you are, then I make the recommendation lol.

[@kirtandreamrezzer]

Once you get over the minimalistic design of the interface, and learn a few basics, the thing with Ableton is the immediacy & flexibility of capturing your ideas simply & quickly. I love REASON (graphics and it's old school studio vibe) & LOGIC, but I find myself gravitating to Ableton Live most of the time, especially when I just need to lay ideas down before I forget them. Yes, it takes some learning/adjusting to the unique interface but, Ableton is made to work quickly (or LIVE ) without getting in the way. The SESSION VIEW non-linear workflow is great for creating (loops) ideas and playing them back in whatever order you want, the interface is not as rigid or complicated as other DAWs. I find myself missing a lot of the PIANO ROLL keyboard shortcuts when using other DAWS. At least that's what I feel makes me use it the most.

[@JOCKULITO]

I like how you go about showing daws from an actual first impression

[@Paul-gp5om]

Hi Ocean... glad to hear you're trying Ableton.. At the end of the day though it should always be about using the DAW that best serves your own way of working... BUT... I hope you give it a good go before deciding. Something very important that I picked up on your last Ableton vid and this one was your mention of the DAW's appearance. Ableton doesn't look flash, but music production is about functionality, intuition and familiarity.. As such the stock devices all have a nice 'familiar' look within the DAW, this leads to a nice 'intuitive' work flow. Once you've used one, the other make sense as the interface and controls have a 'generic' Ableton feel. I'd much rather that processing power is focused on audio, rather than 'swish' looking devices with hi-res, animated interfaces.. And, let's not forget 'Session' view as well.. Ableton's secret weapon.. Not only can this be a great way to sketch out and try ideas before committing them, but the the live applications are very powerful indeed. There's a reason why it's called 'Ableton Live'

[@sambrio]

Ableton is GOATED on time, audio warping stock stuff and a loot more

[@DixonBeats]

Instantly clicked 😆 I remember I brought my Push2 to the Mansion 🤪

[@drenalynofficial825]

When using audio files, remember to set Warp mode to Complex or Complex pro. Yours was set to Beats, which is more for drum samples.

[@Sazonov_beats]

Ableton is lit! i first tryed fl, but even years ago found it a little bit of difficult, ableton is more intuitively understood, especially when u wanna sound design and stuff like automations. The main minus for me is that if u wanna create melodies, he is a liitle bit radically pitch the sound in piano roll, but otherwise i like it

[@natskar]

I am pretty inexperienced, but after using FL Studio for a while and then trying out Logic Pro and Abelton, I absolutely would pick Abelton over Logic Pro X. As per most apple applications, almost everything felt like it was annoyingly in a dang menu or shortcut, so that was a no-go. I still prefer Fruit Loops though because of it’s use of in-app windows and the *keyboard* mmm I love the keyboard in FL. Really dig the UI of Abelton though, it was pretty easy to figure everything out, and how everything was just up in front of you made it look really nice

[@spideywesk1883]

I love Ableton so much!!❤

[@joshbutler5207]

To merge audio, create a new audio track and set the input to Resample and make sure the record button is on. Mute anything you don’t want to merge and hit record to sample the combined audio.

[@joshbutler5207]

Also, each audio file has its own pitch control, no need for sound shifter.

[@Bashanvibe]

The learning curve is hell!!! The light bulb has recently come on for me I’m learning Abelton for stage production use!!! I’m still in LPX!!! You will get better the more you learn about it!!!btw changing pitch in Abelton is way better than LPX in my opinion!!!

[@Chopcity_213]

Love abletons workflow great DAW

[@dazzer_]

Very cool. That's one step closer to Bitwig. You are almost there.

[@astralyd]

Couldn't agree more

[@bodyofbeatz9501]

You can move the files to the left. And the tracks to the right.

[@TonyThomas10000]

You should try working in Session View and then moving the tracks into arrange view. You can actually record them in. Very fast!

[@ArchAngelMusiq]

Cmd+U for quick quantize. Cmd+Shift+U to get your full quantize settings and apply it. Welcome to the #AbletonGang

[@string_walker]

Ableton is the best. What draw me to it was the fact that I got it for free after I bought the focusrite, but the UI? I love the UI. People who say its easier or friendly to beginners are just envious they are used to other DAW's. I get it you stick with the one you are used to but change can be awesome. Another thing, did I mention the UI? I love how the effects and instruments UI looks.

[@BoySURIKATA]

bro please, change the theme, everyone says that ableton is ugly, NOO!! the default theme is ugly, change to dark or install some... I Use FL and Ableton and Ableton just wins in everything, too much pratical and easy to use

[@_madonkey_]

Welcome to Ableton :) Glad to have you on board

[@steven4217]

Im making the switch too! Im so excited to use Ableton

[@blacklegacyassets]

I started with hardware, keyboard workstations, mixers and multitrack recorders. Then Reason but Ableton is my favorite way to make beats

[@egavasenoynot1]

even if you cry or dance or whatever you do FL STUDIO IS just LIT its ICONIC its legendary

[@emanu_3322]

You alr knowww

[@JakeSmith-pr4zc]

FL is honestly awful, its just easy for beginners

[@mrpinguin9189]

@@JakeSmith-pr4zc It's not awful, as a former fl user: it's a nice piece of software to program your drums in and to draw in midi stuff. organization is just a mess. the fact that automation is it's own clip is just stupid in my opinion.

[@JakeSmith-pr4zc]

@@mrpinguin9189 yeah awful was a bit of an exaggeration tbh but out of all the daws i’ve tried it’s easily the worst, although as you said the drum programming is great. but i do understand why a lot of beginners like it

[@LeQuietkid]

@@JakeSmith-pr4zc the only thing I like from FL (As someone who's never used it) is easily the drum programming; it's so simple and easy

[@smoothsavage2870]

@0:38 Ableton's GUI is customizable, so if you dont like how it looks you can change it!

[@nomad1517]

Also. The reason why live looks like that and how it was designed is to make performing live easy. It's clean. Organized and easy to see in the dark. Ableton is both a production tool and a live instrument.

[@iTrensharo]

I think Acid was the first DAW to do BPM and Key Synching for samples. Never quite improved its MIDI enough to stay relevant, though. It had a really good workflow for working with samples.

[@RicardoSilva-jj6rg]

Make sure to deselect the auto fade-in/out option in the preferences. Otherwise ableton will create a fade on longer samples. I saw it doing it in the video. Otherwise, great choice! You´ll discover some incredible features in the next sessions.

[@SodarBeatz]

Im thinking of switching as well.

[@JONTHEDREAMER]

Glad to have you bro

[@joeford454]

Great video ocean, ive been using logic pro for years,i have an old copy of ableton and i have used it about six times,at first i could not get my head around it,it seem bit long winded,but one thing i noticed is that ableton is a very powerful daw,which i liked so i think i need to spend a few months day in day out to use it.i rate ableton.peace bro

[@cph2004]

I am a long-term fl studio user but I like ableton because it is better to use live. So, it is a tool to be used for the best job. Great video.

[@oliversamuelsson6051]

If you want to merge the audio tracks just create and arm a new audio track, change the input of that one to resample, solo the tracks you want to merge and record👍

[@ohwni]

FINALLY ABLETON LOVE ❤️

[@bounzig]

When you import midis you get a question if you wanna import tempo and time signature, if you click yes Ableton will put automation on that midi. That's why it sounded strange when you played your imported midi.

[@mansurdorado]

Ab Live is looks clean, modern, intuitive

[@clivekoman269]

Constantly pushing your limit always innovating and learning new ways to be creative

[@Guest-iv4qo]

Nice, clicked as was curious about software, now i know i should get it

[@SplashWaveBeats]

Out of all the Daws I have used, Ableton is my favorite Daw to make beats and sound design in. BUT.....Ableton's reverb and mastering tools suck!!!

[@kwesidillz_466]

I just can't wait for you to hit 500K. Love from Ghana West Africa🇬🇭

[@prodbyocean]

🫶🏿 almost there

[@Nubbley]

Ableton is amazing. I always recommend it, welcome to the club!

[@alanserna]

If you want to see the next part of the midi at 6:00 just go to the track view and make the midi track longer, and it will be longer. Literally just click and drag to whatever beat or bars you want longer, im sure there's another method, but that's the way I do it

[@Pabyyy]

I almost when Ableton back then because it was 50% off during quarentine. I went with FL instead because they dropped flex and I was hyped for that.

[@mr.f_dnb]

Automations are just better in Ableton, working with audio and samples is just better in Ableton, creating FX chains is super easy. The visual elements in terms of your sounds are super precise. I guess the only thing that I can say is that some of the stock plugins maybe aren't as good as other daws. But honestly having tried most of the main DAWs it's just a no brainer

[@Mr-sx8eu]

Lights is insane 🎶

[@IsotonikStudios]

Welcome on board!!

[@marekd2733]

For some reason FL is weird to use with trackpad on mac. Ableton is so much more intuitive but I love „canvas“ that FL offer. Like you can have automation and everything anywhere not just in exact line.

[@rolandoastudillojara3054]

I start whit Ableton a few months ago, and its really inspirational, the worflow ist stupid simply, so i star make my beats on it, and mixing in other, S1 or Luna

[@collingnl2105]

For the second beat: which kontakt banks are those paino and bass guitar? Sound awesome

[@marwanfarha9168]

You can just resample master channel if you wanna consolidate both as one audio clip

[@BenJonesBeatsTV]

I need to learn this I've had the lite version installed for a while

[@entyce66]

You need to go by the tempo window and right click and delete the tempo automation

[@marekd2733]

You had automation for some reason on the BPM and time signature. You could see it that there was red dot which mean some automation was happening. You changed the bpm and it turned into gray dot = deactivated automation.

[@diversekcox]

welcome to the club. Ableton is great to perform with also.

[@zodiac909]

THE REAL reason this man switched over was because of that "FL Studio vs Ableton vs Logic: Which DAW is the fastest" vid that Simon Servida made. ;)

[@256marr]

Abelton for the W🔥🔥

[@AnthonyOrSmth]

From the looks of it, Ableton is pretty good!

[@inperfectsequence7840]

Ableton is a good DAW and many are leaving Logic because every new update means that in a short period of time you have to change from Mac. Ableton live is for Windows and Mac OS and many stop using Mac to continue with Windows and Ableton live. Mac users prefer to have an old version of Logic Pro along with Ableton live 12 that works since Mac OS 10.13. And that causes people to stop using Logic. For me personally, Logic Pro since version 10.5 is a brutal tool. Ableton has improved a bit in its version 12, but it does not have the same advantages. 🤔

[@Jackporter_music]

Wow, I literally changed to abelton. Within the past day. This video popping up I think is foreshadowing that it was meant to be. 🎶 🎉

[@INNERMONO_]

Ableton is the fucking goat! You honestly don't need anything else if you have live suite, paired with the m4l devices most of which are free it's unstoppable! Live is like the modular synth of DAWS

[@Buci_beats]

🔥🔥🔥

[@RigelSounds]

finally!

[@Auraboy444]

Man you’re goated 🛸

[@fira3reo]

i learned how to use FL and after watching people producing on Ableton i got used to it easily

[@michaelhonormusic]

I cant live without my stock plugins in Cubase but Ableton looks very interesting. Maybe I can use Cubase only for mixing.

[@JuhoSprite]

redux is basically just a bitcrusheer

[@kwestpearson4040]

I might move to Ableton

[@opiumpakboss]

switching to excel is crazy🤣

[@JayJaymusic]

The great part of chopping samples in Ableton 12 is: there is no clicks! Ableton auto fades everything for you… you can tweak it to fine tune it but you don’t have to.

[@amy145181]

YESSSS next level

[@FrankThaTank00]

resample to blend sounds 🤯🤯🤯

[@FrankThaTank00]

look into resampling in ableton

[@confidencetawandaguma412]

I used logic and Ableton, but my production life changed compleletly when I switched to FL