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Ursadorable
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Cost efficient Live training?

Post by Ursadorable » Mon Apr 08, 2013 1:37 am

Hi there,

I'm getting into electronic music as a hobby and have been dabbling with FL Studio. While it seems powerful enough, its way too obfuscated for a noob like me. After seeing all the voodoo of the new Push, I found a seller on eBay selling 4 new ones. I grabbed one, they all sold out in a couple hours of being listed.

Anyways, I'm looking to see if there's any cost effective Ableton Live training out there that won't break the bank. Bearing in mind that I'm a hobbist, by no means doing this for profit, I'm trying to find the cheapest training that won't give me bad advice.

I've looked at a few YouTube videos, but they pretty much assume you have prior Live useage and are somewhat familiar with Live's workflow. I'm not afraid to spend a few bucks, but I'm not looking at $500+ to do it.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

regretfullySaid
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Re: Cost efficient Live training?

Post by regretfullySaid » Mon Apr 08, 2013 2:03 am

There's no quick and easy way. Experience, books, youtube, vimeo, and of course, macableton.com.

I do now recall a set of videos from groove3.com, the one I saw was tips'n'tricks that was very helpful, but I think they have a few more you would benefit from, they should be inexpensive. Even if they're older versions, I'd look into it.
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Re: Cost efficient Live training?

Post by infernal.machine » Mon Apr 08, 2013 3:51 am

Read the manual ;)

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Re: Cost efficient Live training?

Post by Ursadorable » Mon Apr 08, 2013 4:11 am

infernal.machine wrote:Read the manual ;)
Depends on the manual, which I haven't received yet. Some are written in a way that they make alot of assumptions on your current skill level.. and I learn best by visual example. :)

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Re: Cost efficient Live training?

Post by [art] » Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:39 am

Learn by doing man! Get off the phone and start tweaking baby!

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Re: Cost efficient Live training?

Post by d.reamonn » Mon Apr 08, 2013 12:55 pm

macableton.com, the only resource you'll ever need.
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Re: Cost efficient Live training?

Post by littlepig » Mon Apr 08, 2013 2:10 pm

The lessons built into live...

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Re: Cost efficient Live training?

Post by Ursadorable » Mon Apr 08, 2013 2:16 pm

littlepig wrote:The lessons built into live...
Oh my.. yeah, I didn't know there were lessons built in. My Push and Live Intro won't arrive for a few weeks. :oops:

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Re: Cost efficient Live training?

Post by infernal.machine » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:53 pm

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Re: Cost efficient Live training?

Post by regretfullySaid » Mon Apr 08, 2013 8:13 pm

jrudess wrote:macableton.com, the only resource you'll ever need
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Re: Cost efficient Live training?

Post by Komodovaran » Mon Apr 08, 2013 8:25 pm

Sonic Academy has some pretty good videos about how to set up a basic tune completely from scratch, without any prior Live knowledge.

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Re: Cost efficient Live training?

Post by Ursadorable » Mon Apr 08, 2013 8:43 pm

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Soooo.. macableton.com then? :D

I've book marked the site and will take a further look when I get home. At quick glance, it appears rather homebrew in the site design..

I've also renewed my Lynda.com account which has a course and several videos.

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Re: Cost efficient Live training?

Post by d.reamonn » Mon Apr 08, 2013 8:48 pm

Ursadorable wrote:Soooo.. macableton.com then? :D

I've book marked the site and will take a further look when I get home. At quick glance, it appears rather homebrew in the site design..

I've also renewed my Lynda.com account which has a course and several videos.
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Re: Cost efficient Live training?

Post by Ursadorable » Mon Apr 08, 2013 9:18 pm

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