Ableton Live Automation Tutorial

[@alanshewitt]

Another great tutorial. Thanks! Also, if you ever wondered why the pencil tool is the letter B, the word for “pencil” in German is “Bleistift”.

[@johnnykirchens3692]

You can also hold your ALT key while drawing with the pencil to draw freely while you still have your grid enabled :)

[@SeedtoStage]

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[@johnnykirchens3692]

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[@_banja]

YOU CAN????

[@aarondicker]

Great tip, thanks. Command on a Mac it seems

[@Paul-gp5om]

proper helpful

[@pthomas36]

I'm a total Ableton noob, and some of this stuff is pretty humbling, and overwhelming, but it's also always completely fascinating and I watch all these vids. You're great at doing what you do.

[@SeedtoStage]

Timestamps: 0:57 - Automation Mode Switch 1:22 - Automation Track Menu 3:15 - Switching Automation Lanes 4:08 - Breakpoints 5:25 - Glide Note Synth Tip 6:25 - Draw Mode 7:30 - Gridless Draw Mode 8:25 - Resize Tracks 9:19 - Envelope Curves 10:19 - Selection Edits for Envelopes 11:27 - Recording Automation 13:50 - Selection Skewing 16:39 - Insert Shapes 18:15 - Multi-Parameter Viewing

[@Piel_]

18:15 Also, while in the automation view you can add all of your programmed automations at once by right-clicking under the tracks name and choosing 'add line for every automated envelope' Great job man, keep it up !

[@MarkTheCat]

At the moment of writing this comment this video has 0 dislikes. This is the first time I see a video with over a couple of thousand views with absolutely no dislikes on it. Well done!

[@macmoll]

6159 views and still no dislikes!

[@SeedtoStage]

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[@zebulinshelton760]

Your pacing is top notch and I am excited for the course! Especially if it vibes in the same way these videos do.

[@xavierawouters2711]

This channel is a gem!! Thank you so much

[@Paul-gp5om]

another super useful tutorial. My confidence with Ableton has been helped no end by your vids bro

[@aarondicker]

Another great video, thanks so much! I've been using Ableton for years and consider myself fairly well versed but I always look forward to your videos cos I know I'll learn lots. Best tutorials on KZbin, well worth the Patreon.

[@vivektyagi6848]

That's a Ton Packed in 20 minutes. Many Thanks.

[@Artek604]

19:00 seeing multiple lanes of automation per track was already in v9, probably much earlier.

[@amado7760]

Thank you so much Seed to Stage. Nice. Really liked the "Selection Skewing". I noticed you have automation on your track volumes. I was trained that track volume automation is advisable through "Utility" at end of effects chain. Either way still achieves your goals. Ableton possibilities and approaches are endless. Once again thank you so much. Nicely done.

[@SeedtoStage]

I've always found that approach to be nonsense. A. The volume slider for each track controls track output post effects anyway, B. Its a nice visual aid to see the sliders and their various positions. If there is one slider not to touch imo, that would be the master slider. That way whatever limiter youre using is true to its setting. A utility plugin is best for controlling relative width, checking summed mono, and adding or subtracting gain inline

[@amado7760]

@@SeedtoStage Thank you for the insight Seed to Stage. I appreciate it. I believe the reason for automating volume changes through Utility, is to keep the main audio level slider on the track for when you are in the mixing phase of the audio production workflow. Agreed that slider positions are definitely a nice visual aid and additional Utility functions. Thanks. Looking forward to your courses. Already submitted my email.

[@SeedtoStage]

@@amado7760 oh ok I thought someone was advising you to mix with utility devices as well. Word. Thanks!

[@RobbieSko]

Great tutorial, as always my man! Thank you 👍

[@djlinusmunich]

Really liking your tutorials a lot! Thanx ;)

[@shreepadgandhi6739]

Superb!!! Very informative... Am a beginner started recently after purchasing a Ableton Intro License for Win10... Shreepad, Pune city, India

[@upsidedawn_]

Good stuff, u just resolved lots of issues i encountered with automations... Useful as always 👍 Keep up the good work 🙏

[@___vinithkumar___]

Amazing as alway❤️🔥

[@jasonogara207]

Dude I so find your tutorials so awesome and so informative. I have a little question about your courses, I know you keep them up to date have you incorporated Live 11 in them. I know its a lot to ask as it's only just come out, my Birthday is coming up and I can so see me asking my family for money towards your courses ☺️

[@lazoo2000]

Niice... helped a bunch, thanks!

[@bvrbvs]

Looking forward to the courses! Specially mixing. Btw, what's your take on izotope neutron for mixing? I see you use stock in your tutorials but do you switch to other tools when not in KZbin land?

[@SeedtoStage]

I dont use izotope stuff that often. I'm all fab filter and UAD

[@spencererhart4594]

this helped a ton thank you! i'm not seeing the Tuvan setting in my wavetable though, is that something you need to download? sounds pretty sweet. Just got live 10 and your videos have been helping immensely!

[@randymiles7023]

Is there a way to limit the range (magnitude of the effect) displayed in the automation window? Sometimes the effect is so sensitive that I want to have extremely fine control, but even expanding the vertical size of the automation window doesn't get me as much control as I want.

[@SeedtoStage]

you could map the control to a macro, then limit the macro range, then look at the macro knob's automation. boom

[@randymiles7023]

@@SeedtoStage great idea! Thanks!

[@bllymusic9614]

Thanks!

[@federicogoez]

GREAT!!!

[@danbient]

I can't remember. Is there a command to simplify a drawn in curve that has a million break points?

[@Piel_]

There is. All the way down the 'Editition' menu or in the right-click menu, both while selecting what part of the automation you want to simplify.

[@NemoBabelfish]

what‘s this small Midi Controller?

[@SeedtoStage]

its a faderfox uc4. Great company really great controllers

[@juwonnnnn]

👍

[@Ferrichrome]

Thanks for the great tips , your music is amazing as well btw. I must say you seem a bit tired in this video, get some sleep bruh!😂

[@SeedtoStage]

lol i actually just woke up and you can see that by the end of the video the coffee kicked in hahaha

[@Ferrichrome]

@@SeedtoStage lol that's understandable, keep up the great work man👍