Table of Contents

What's new (and old) in Live 7?     1
What is Ableton Live?
Who is Live for?
How do they use it?
What's new in Live 7?
Get organised     9
Installation
Mac or PC?
System requirements
Check for updates
Cracks
Another use for Demo Mode
Managing your computer's resources
What hardware do you need?
Signal routing, ins and outs
Do the Lessons
Shortcuts
Configuring audio/MIDI hardware
Managing files and sets
Keeping file sizes down
Templates
The Browser
The Library
Moving to Live 7?
Ten top transitional tips
Managing files and sets     19
Load sets or parts of sets into another set
Collect all and save
What lurks in the project folder?
Manage Files menu item
Clips, scenes and a little on tracks     23
Clips in general
Nudge
Groove
Unlinking clip envelopes
Consolidation
Crop sample
Follow actions rule!
Live clips
Audio clips
REX files and audio file slicing
MIDI clips
Scenes
Song header scenes
Routing audio between tracks
Devices     39
Audio effects
MIDI effects
Instruments
Device racks
Device delay compensation
Sampling in Live     47
Audio clips
Simpler
Impulse
Sampler
Hot-swapping samples
Automation     51
MIDI clip automation
Audio clip automation
Automating the cross fader
Envelopes in tracks - the Arrangement View
Versatile envelopes
Envelopes in the Library
About the views     59
Left brain, rightbrain!
Live talks to itself     61
Live can send MIDI to itself
The MIDI mangler
Performance notes     67
A set for every song, or every song in the set?
Prepare your set for performance
Onstage troubleshooting
Device racks in a live situation
Solo performance - J-Lab
Jamming
Using Live within a band - Songcarver/Keith Lang
Freeze tracks in the Session View
Jamming in the Arrangement View is just wrong
Live in the theatre
VJing - video performance alongside Live
Recording and rendering your set
Make more of the mixer
DJing notes     79
Why is Live good for DJs?
Pre-listening/Cueing
MIDI hardware setup
Live DJing with Tarekith
Warping entire songs
Tap tempo
Tempo Nudge
Studio notes     85
Songwriting
Remixes and mashups with Live
Movie notes     93
Movie soundtracks with Live
Locators
Can you VJ with Live?
Exporting it all together
Teaching notes     97
How to get somebody hooked on Live
In the classroom with Live
Using Live with other software and hardware     101
ReWire
Live and Reason - somebody has to be in charge
Render without recording
What's in the catch?
ReWiring Live to Logic
Down another Mac-only alley - ReWiring Live to GarageBand
Arkaos VJ
Using Live with external hardware instruments and audio effects
MIDI Time code and MIDI Clock
Using Live with hardware keyboards and controllers     113
Less is more - the Kenton Killamix Mini
M-Audio Trigger Finger
Behringer FCB1010 MIDI foot controller
The Mackie Control Universal Protocol
M-Audio Ozonic
Jazz Mutant Lemur
Going wireless - the Nintendo Wii Remote Control and WiiToMidi
Apple iPod Touch and Remote Buddy
Not actually MIDI: the Griffin Technology PowerMate
Using Live with audio and MIDI interfaces     125
Apogee Duet FireWire audio interface for Mac OS X
Echo AudioFire 2 FireWire audio/MIDI interface
Edirol FA-66 FireWire compact audio/MIDI interface
Combo audio/MIDI interfaces/controllers
Live and multiple audio interfaces
Get more sounds     131
Samples on disc
Online samples
Apple Loops Oand Apple instruments
Using Live with Stylus RMX
Ableton Live Packs
Puremagnetik
Operator and the other Live add-on instruments
Record your own
External sound generators
External DSP cards
Live packs     139
Links     141
Top ten keyboard shortcuts     147