General usage newbie question
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:57 am
Hi,
I'm a new user of Live, and have the Live Lite version which came bundled with my MBox2. I've upgraded to 5.2, and I'm running this on an Intel Imac.
I read various things on the features list about the software being useful for jamming, or live composing etc. But after viewing some of the tutorials on the site (not all) and going through some of the lessons (not all) in the product, I'm not exactly sure how this jamming feature works.
I've seen various live solo performers attached to some kind of system which allows them to compose a loop on the fly, e.g. by playing a short guitar riff, and then that loop keeps playing while they play the next one. I'm VERY interested in this, and I'm hoping someone can tell me that this is exactly what Ableton Live can do. Apart from my guitar/mic/MBox, I have a midi keyboard with a foot switch, so I'm thinking that somehow I could be playing my guitar along to a drum track and press the foot switch when I want the loop to record, and then do the same for the next one...
Am I totally off the mark here or is this possible with Live? If it is possible, can someone point me in the right direction?
cheers,
Ian
I'm a new user of Live, and have the Live Lite version which came bundled with my MBox2. I've upgraded to 5.2, and I'm running this on an Intel Imac.
I read various things on the features list about the software being useful for jamming, or live composing etc. But after viewing some of the tutorials on the site (not all) and going through some of the lessons (not all) in the product, I'm not exactly sure how this jamming feature works.
I've seen various live solo performers attached to some kind of system which allows them to compose a loop on the fly, e.g. by playing a short guitar riff, and then that loop keeps playing while they play the next one. I'm VERY interested in this, and I'm hoping someone can tell me that this is exactly what Ableton Live can do. Apart from my guitar/mic/MBox, I have a midi keyboard with a foot switch, so I'm thinking that somehow I could be playing my guitar along to a drum track and press the foot switch when I want the loop to record, and then do the same for the next one...
Am I totally off the mark here or is this possible with Live? If it is possible, can someone point me in the right direction?
cheers,
Ian