Whats easiest way of muting little bits of audio on tracks
Whats easiest way of muting little bits of audio on tracks
Whats the easiest way of muting little bits of audio on tracks
i used to use cubase
on cubase i would have 2 or 3 elements playing
i would want to try out how those elements would sound switching between
so what i'd do is this
i go the part and CTRL click it a certain way in from the start say 1/8 with the scissors
this function would cut the part into equal 8th parts (very good)
(the part size would be calculated from the distance from the start of the part to where i cut)
I would do this with say 3 parts playing at the same time and and mute off bits to try variations
on cubase mute tool =7 delete=3
so hitting 3 or 7 to change tool i could quickly mute or delete the small sections i didn't want
How can i do this on Ableton live?
is there a hot key for disable part (or do i have to use the drop down menu every time?
are volume envelopes the only way to do this sort of thing fast?
any tips welcome
i used to use cubase
on cubase i would have 2 or 3 elements playing
i would want to try out how those elements would sound switching between
so what i'd do is this
i go the part and CTRL click it a certain way in from the start say 1/8 with the scissors
this function would cut the part into equal 8th parts (very good)
(the part size would be calculated from the distance from the start of the part to where i cut)
I would do this with say 3 parts playing at the same time and and mute off bits to try variations
on cubase mute tool =7 delete=3
so hitting 3 or 7 to change tool i could quickly mute or delete the small sections i didn't want
How can i do this on Ableton live?
is there a hot key for disable part (or do i have to use the drop down menu every time?
are volume envelopes the only way to do this sort of thing fast?
any tips welcome
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Re: Whats easiest way of muting little bits of audio on tracks
you can midi map the mute buttons on all your tracks(the box with the track number in it, in case you don't know) ...im not sure what you are rocking as far as a midi controller....you can do it with your computer key board like this.
at the top right hand corner of LIVE, click the button that says "key".... everything that is midi mappable will turn orange....click on your track number then click a key on your keyboard...for example click on track 1 then hit the letter "a" on your keyboard... track 2-"s" track 3- "d" and so on....now you can listen to your looping jams and mute when you want by hitting the letters on your keyboard.
or you can use subtractive arrangement in the arrangement view....heres how....do your clips in the session view.... make them all like 4 or 8 bar loops....then drag them over to the arrangement view by clicking and holding the clip and hitting tab to take you into arrangement view then drop them in their respective track (or you can just globally record all your clips at once for a hundred bars or something.) if you just drag them over....... duplicate every clip for how ever many bars you think you want your song to last for......then midi map the mute buttons on the arrangement view how i described above....then play your song muting where you want to mute, using the newly mapped keys on your keyboard....if something muted sounds good, just select that section of the track and delete it....if you want to get real pimp with it, you can make a template with 8 tracks or something like that....midi map the mute keys etc. then in LIVE's PREFERENCES the FILE FOLDER you can SAVE CURRENT SET AS DEFAULT.....so you won't have to midi map all of your stuff the time.....every time you open live, it will be ready to go.....not sure if this is the answer you wanted, but it is how i would do it....good luck
at the top right hand corner of LIVE, click the button that says "key".... everything that is midi mappable will turn orange....click on your track number then click a key on your keyboard...for example click on track 1 then hit the letter "a" on your keyboard... track 2-"s" track 3- "d" and so on....now you can listen to your looping jams and mute when you want by hitting the letters on your keyboard.
or you can use subtractive arrangement in the arrangement view....heres how....do your clips in the session view.... make them all like 4 or 8 bar loops....then drag them over to the arrangement view by clicking and holding the clip and hitting tab to take you into arrangement view then drop them in their respective track (or you can just globally record all your clips at once for a hundred bars or something.) if you just drag them over....... duplicate every clip for how ever many bars you think you want your song to last for......then midi map the mute buttons on the arrangement view how i described above....then play your song muting where you want to mute, using the newly mapped keys on your keyboard....if something muted sounds good, just select that section of the track and delete it....if you want to get real pimp with it, you can make a template with 8 tracks or something like that....midi map the mute keys etc. then in LIVE's PREFERENCES the FILE FOLDER you can SAVE CURRENT SET AS DEFAULT.....so you won't have to midi map all of your stuff the time.....every time you open live, it will be ready to go.....not sure if this is the answer you wanted, but it is how i would do it....good luck
Last edited by eddiex on Mon Jul 04, 2011 2:44 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Whats easiest way of muting little bits of audio on tracks
theres number of ways to reach the goal your doing
you can create an instrument rack with a chain of instruments, and then select 'chain' then midi map to the chain select ruler, and you can automate which instruments play at what time
oh but thats if they are midi tracks
you can create an instrument rack with a chain of instruments, and then select 'chain' then midi map to the chain select ruler, and you can automate which instruments play at what time
oh but thats if they are midi tracks
Re: Whats easiest way of muting little bits of audio on tracks
What i do is : Right click on clip header, deactivate clip(s)
Re: Whats easiest way of muting little bits of audio on tracks
cheers guys
so theres no easy way then
mapping mute buttons is ok until you record over it again the mute mappings stay flashing
recording automation is ok until it loops round then it erases everything
deactivate clip is the best idea, but live forgot to include a shortcut key? (i searched and there are posts going back ages on this - ie no shortcut key for activate/deactivate clip)
i wrote to Ableton about it
I'm starting to realise that they probably aren't going to include a shortcut key.
so theres no easy way then
mapping mute buttons is ok until you record over it again the mute mappings stay flashing
recording automation is ok until it loops round then it erases everything
deactivate clip is the best idea, but live forgot to include a shortcut key? (i searched and there are posts going back ages on this - ie no shortcut key for activate/deactivate clip)
i wrote to Ableton about it
I'm starting to realise that they probably aren't going to include a shortcut key.
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Re: Whats easiest way of muting little bits of audio on tracks
I would edit the desired audio in Arrangement and edit one of the envelopes of the Track/Mixer settings (There's at least a couple you could use, more if you have fx on the track.)
Then use your pencil (CTRL-B) tool and draw the envelope, set the grid how you want it and mute the sections that way.
Then use your pencil (CTRL-B) tool and draw the envelope, set the grid how you want it and mute the sections that way.
Re: Whats easiest way of muting little bits of audio on tracks
i use the pencil tool to automate the volume in the clips. you can mute the audio down to zero in whatever note division you need quickly
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Re: Whats easiest way of muting little bits of audio on tracks
cheers guys, its seems like the best way of doing this method of muting
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Re: Whats easiest way of muting little bits of audio on tracks
do this and in Clip View hit the 'unlink envelope' button and you can get the type of quick mutes in the way I think you described.memes_33 wrote:i use the pencil tool to automate the volume in the clips. you can mute the audio down to zero in whatever note division you need quickly
if I get you, make the envelope really short, like 1/4 note with 1/8 of it muted.
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