Ableton Forum

I'm curious to know how other folks are using Ableton (particularly people with the APC40 or something similar) to do live DJ'ing. (I was searching thru threads but couldn't come up with much since I can't use two-letter terms.)

How much do you dice up tracks? Simple intro/body/outro, or do you get ...

I picked up Ableton Live + an APC40 a few months ago and have gotten used to the basics of how things work. Been doing tutorials, lots of practice, that sort of thing. In sum, I feel like I've got a firm grasp of beginner-level techniques for getting around in Ableton (with my APC40).

Now I'm ...

Hey folks,
I'd really like to map "1-bar quantization" and "no quantization" to dedicated buttons on my APC40, but I can't figure this out for the life of me. I've scoured the manual, these forums, and Google to no avail. Any help here? Specifically, I want to make these settings correspond with ...

Hey all,
I'm struggling to settle on a good setup for my APC40. Essentially, I'd like to have a number of effects (let's say 8 to keep things simple) that I'd like to be able to apply to any track on the fly. So ideally, I could have beat repeat in my 1st device control, a compressor in my 2nd ...

Hey folks,
I'm a newbie here, so be nice :mrgreen: I just picked up an APC40 after playing around with Ableton (Live 8.1) for a few months. I've also got an LPK25 on the way. In the mean time, I'm trying to figure out the best way to approach beat-making with the hardware and software that I ...