The Little List of Tips and Tricks

[condra]

Quick Tip for samplists.

When recording audio, say, from a vinyl record, hitting Tap Tempo will insert warp markers in the audio each time you tap.

Nifty.

[emumbert]

Thanks man. I didn't even know this list existed. I've had my head in a project that has really ripped my off my regular haunts. Maybe I'll take up the tuba...less frustrating!

[buzby]

just found this out

clicking onto a track title bar and dragging it into the file browser will save it in the browser as a new set

[condra]

clicking onto a track title bar and dragging it into the file browser will save it in the browser as a new set

That is useful for saving a drum rack, with the samples included, for example.

[3dot...]

clicking onto a track title bar and dragging it into the file browser will save it in the browser as a new set

That is useful for saving a drum rack, with the samples included, for example.

... and clips

[condra]

... and clips

Or a collection of dummy clips, should you choose to roll that way

[buzby]

eq eight

clicking and holding and moving onto one of the filter selector numbers whilst pressing and holding the alt (mac) will alter the resonance/bandwidth or Q value

[djgroovy]

eq eight

clicking and holding and moving onto one of the filter selector numbers whilst pressing and holding the alt (mac) will alter the resonance/bandwidth or Q value

Nice find.

[3dot...]

eq eight

clicking and holding and moving onto one of the filter selector numbers whilst pressing and holding the alt (mac) will alter the resonance/bandwidth or Q value

Nice find.

...likewise when moving the Multiband Dynamics compression thresh./ratios...

Alt drag up-down left-right - adjust the under+above compressors of a certain band together...

Shift drag up-down left-right - adjust the under/above of all bands together...

[HouseContainer]

I would like to add a tutorial on How to sync Ableton Live using MIDI Timecode, between Windows XP, Mac OS or a mix of both.
Another small trick is to how to use Ableton Live Needle Drop with the Akai APC 40.

[Tone Deft]

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[jayemell]

Is this still possible in Live 8?

I tried it and the way that "distribute ranges equally" works seems to be different from what is displayed in the picture he's supplied.

Thanks for any clarifications.

jml

here's the quickest way i've found of knocking up a your own multisample Sampler, with a sample per key.
as far as i know this method is undocumented...
3. right-click > 'distribute zones equally':

[jayemell]

Ah; OK.
I read the fine print and this turns out to be more annoying than I had previously noticed.
It will suffice as an alternative for 3x the clicking tho.

I wonder if ableton plans on updating this feature... I suppose there could simply be a third option to select that reads something like "distribute to drum style map".

Is this still possible in Live 8?

[NPC]

just thought i'd share this tip of mine, although it is a bit old by now..it's to have two buttons for +1 and -1 bpm's.
on your controller editor, set the two buttons to the same cc# (say cc#30);
their behaviour to momentary;
the bpm increment button gets On Value:1 Off Value: 0
the bpm decrement button gets On Value:0 Off Value:127
then in live's midi map mode map this cc to tempo control
set the range of the tempo to 30-286 (i know its a lot but it is necessary to have variations of 1bpm. if you can settle down to 0.5 bpm increments then you can set this to say 60-187)
set the mode (in the lower left of live gui) to "relative-lin 2's comp"
have fun!

[3dot...]

just thought i'd share this tip of mine, although it is a bit old by now..it's to have two buttons for +1 and -1 bpm's.
on your controller editor, set the two buttons to the same cc# (say cc#30);
their behaviour to momentary;
the bpm increment button gets On Value:1 Off Value: 0
the bpm decrement button gets On Value:0 Off Value:127
then in live's midi map mode map this cc to tempo control
set the range of the tempo to 30-286 (i know its a lot but it is necessary to have variations of 1bpm. if you can settle down to 0.5 bpm increments then you can set this to say 60-187)
set the mode (in the lower left of live gui) to "relative-lin 2's comp"
have fun!

^^ this works for anything...not just BPM ..