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Table Of Contents

Welcome to Live
- 1.1 The Ableton Team Says: Thank You
- 1.2 What’s New in Live 10?
First Steps
- 2.1 Learn About Live
  - 2.1.1 Using the Info View and Index
- 2.2 Setting up Preferences
- 2.3 The Main Live Screen
Authorizing Live
- 3.1 Copy Protection FAQs
Live Concepts
- 4.1 The Browser
- 4.2 Live Sets
- 4.3 Arrangement and Session
- 4.4 Tracks
- 4.5 Audio and MIDI
- 4.6 Audio Clips and Samples
- 4.7 MIDI Clips and MIDI Files
- 4.8 Devices and the Mixer
- 4.9 Presets and Racks
- 4.10 Routing
- 4.11 Recording New Clips
- 4.12 Automation Envelopes
- 4.13 Clip Envelopes
- 4.14 MIDI and Key Remote
- 4.15 Saving and Exporting
Managing Files and Sets
- 5.1 Working with the Browser
- 5.2 Sample Files
- 5.3 MIDI Files
  - 5.3.1 Exporting MIDI Files
- 5.4 Live Clips
- 5.5 Live Sets
- 5.6 Live Projects
- 5.7 Locating Missing Files
  - 5.7.1 Manual Repair
  - 5.7.2 Automatic Repair
- 5.8 Collecting External Files
  - 5.8.1 Collect Files on Export
- 5.9 Aggregated Locating and Collecting
- 5.10 Finding Unused Files
- 5.11 Packing Projects into Packs
- 5.12 File Management FAQs
Arrangement View
- 6.1 Navigation
- 6.2 Transport
- 6.3 Launching the Arrangement with Locators
- 6.4 Time Signature Changes
- 6.5 The Arrangement Loop
- 6.6 Moving and Resizing Clips
- 6.7 Audio Clip Fades and Crossfades
- 6.8 Selecting Clips and Time
- 6.9 Using the Editing Grid
- 6.10 Using the ...Time Commands
- 6.11 Splitting Clips
- 6.12 Consolidating Clips
Session View
- 7.1 Session View Clips
- 7.2 Tracks and Scenes
- 7.3 The Track Status Fields
- 7.4 Setting Up the Session View Grid
- 7.5 Recording Sessions into the Arrangement
Clip View
- 8.1 The Clip Box
- 8.2 The Sample Box
- 8.3 The Notes Box
- 8.4 Clip Defaults and Update Rate
Audio Clips, Tempo, and Warping
- 9.1 Tempo
- 9.2 Time-Warping Samples
- 9.3 Adjusting for Good Stretching Quality
Editing MIDI Notes and Velocities
- 10.1 Creating an Empty MIDI Clip
- 10.2 The MIDI Editor
- 10.3 MIDI Editor Navigation and Transport
- 10.4 Editing MIDI
- 10.5 Multi-Clip Editing
  - 10.5.1 Editing in the Session View
  - 10.5.2 Editing in the Arrangement View
Converting Audio to MIDI
- 11.1 Slice to New MIDI Track
  - 11.1.1 Resequencing Slices
  - 11.1.2 Using Effects on Slices
- 11.2 Convert Harmony to New MIDI Track
- 11.3 Convert Melody to New MIDI Track
- 11.4 Convert Drums to New MIDI Track
- 11.5 Optimizing for Better Conversion Quality
Using Grooves
- 12.1 Groove Pool
  - 12.1.1 Adjusting Groove Parameters
  - 12.1.2 Committing Grooves
- 12.2 Editing Grooves
  - 12.2.1 Extracting Grooves
- 12.3 Groove Tips
Launching Clips
- 13.1 The Launch Box
- 13.2 Launch Modes
- 13.3 Clip Launch Quantization
- 13.4 Velocity
- 13.5 Legato Mode
- 13.6 Follow Actions
Routing and I/O
- 14.1 Monitoring
- 14.2 External Audio In/Out
  - 14.2.1 Mono/Stereo Conversions
- 14.3 External MIDI In/Out
- 14.4 ReWire Device Routing
- 14.5 Resampling
- 14.6 Internal Routings
  - 14.6.1 Internal Routing Points
  - 14.6.2 Making Use of Internal Routing
Mixing
- 15.1 The Live Mixer
  - 15.1.1 Session Mixer Features
- 15.2 Audio and MIDI Tracks
- 15.3 Group Tracks
- 15.4 Return Tracks and the Master Track
- 15.5 Using Live’s Crossfader
- 15.6 Soloing and Cueing
- 15.7 Track Delays
Recording New Clips
- 16.1 Choosing an Input
- 16.2 Arming (Record-Enabling) Tracks
- 16.3 Recording
- 16.4 Recording in Sync
  - 16.4.1 Metronome Settings
- 16.5 Recording Quantized MIDI Notes
- 16.6 Recording with Count-in
- 16.7 Setting up File Types
- 16.8 Where are the Recorded Samples?
- 16.9 Using Remote Control for Recording
- 16.10 Capturing MIDI
  - 16.10.1 Starting a New Live Set
  - 16.10.2 Adding Material to an Existing Live Set
Working with Instruments and Effects
- 17.1 Using the Live Devices
  - 17.1.1 Live Device Presets
- 17.2 Using Plug-Ins
  - 17.2.1 Plug-Ins in the Device View
  - 17.2.2 Sidechain Parameters
- 17.3 VST Plug-Ins
  - 17.3.1 The VST Plug-In Folder
  - 17.3.2 VST Presets and Banks
- 17.4 Audio Units Plug-Ins
- 17.5 Device Delay Compensation
Instrument, Drum and Effect Racks
- 18.1 An Overview of Racks
  - 18.1.1 Signal Flow and Parallel Device Chains
  - 18.1.2 Macro Controls
- 18.2 Creating Racks
- 18.3 Looking at Racks
- 18.4 Chain List
  - 18.4.1 Auto Select
- 18.5 Zones
- 18.6 Drum Racks
  - 18.6.1 Pad View
- 18.7 Using the Macro Controls
- 18.8 Mixing With Racks
  - 18.8.1 Extracting Chains
Automation and Editing Envelopes
- 19.1 Recording Automation in Arrangement View
- 19.2 Recording Automation in Session View
  - 19.2.1 Session Automation Recording Modes
- 19.3 Deleting Automation
- 19.4 Overriding Automation
- 19.5 Drawing and Editing Automation
Clip Envelopes
- 20.1 The Clip Envelope Editor
- 20.2 Audio Clip Envelopes
- 20.3 Mixer and Device Clip Envelopes
- 20.4 MIDI Controller Clip Envelopes
- 20.5 Unlinking Clip Envelopes From Clips
Working with Video
- 21.1 Importing Video
- 21.2 The Appearance of Video in Live
- 21.3 Matching Sound to Video
- 21.4 Video Trimming Tricks
Live Audio Effect Reference
- 22.1 Amp
  - 22.1.1 Amp Tips
- 22.2 Auto Filter
- 22.3 Auto Pan
- 22.4 Beat Repeat
- 22.5 Cabinet
  - 22.5.1 Cabinet Tips
- 22.6 Channel EQ
  - 22.6.1 Channel EQ Tips
- 22.7 Chorus
- 22.8 Compressor
  - 22.8.1 Sidechain Parameters
  - 22.8.2 Compression Tips
  - 22.8.3 Upgrading from Legacy Mode
- 22.9 Corpus
- 22.10 Delay
  - 22.10.1 Delay Tips
- 22.11 Drum Buss
- 22.12 Dynamic Tube
- 22.13 Echo
  - 22.13.1 Echo Tab
  - 22.13.2 Modulation Tab
  - 22.13.3 Character Tab
  - 22.13.4 Global Controls
- 22.14 EQ Eight
- 22.15 EQ Three
- 22.16 Erosion
- 22.17 External Audio Effect
- 22.18 Filter Delay
- 22.19 Flanger
- 22.20 Frequency Shifter
  - 22.20.1 Frequency Shifter Tips
- 22.21 Gate
- 22.22 Glue Compressor
  - 22.22.1 Sidechain Parameters
- 22.23 Grain Delay
- 22.24 Limiter
- 22.25 Looper
  - 22.25.1 Feedback Routing
- 22.26 Multiband Dynamics
  - 22.26.1 Dynamics Processing Theory
  - 22.26.2 Interface and Controls
  - 22.26.3 Sidechain Parameters
  - 22.26.4 Multiband Dynamics Tips
- 22.27 Overdrive
- 22.28 Pedal
  - 22.28.1 Pedal Tips
- 22.29 Phaser
- 22.30 Redux
- 22.31 Resonators
- 22.32 Reverb
  - 22.32.1 Input Processing
  - 22.32.2 Early Reflections
  - 22.32.3 Global Settings
  - 22.32.4 Diffusion Network
  - 22.32.5 Output
- 22.33 Saturator
- 22.34 Spectrum
- 22.35 Tuner
- 22.36 Utility
- 22.37 Vinyl Distortion
- 22.38 Vocoder
  - 22.38.1 Vocoder Tips
Live MIDI Effect Reference
- 23.1 Arpeggiator
  - 23.1.1 Style and Rate Sections
  - 23.1.2 Transposition and Velocity Sections
- 23.2 Chord
- 23.3 Note Length
- 23.4 Pitch
- 23.5 Random
- 23.6 Scale
- 23.7 Velocity
Live Instrument Reference
- 24.1 Analog
- 24.2 Collision
- 24.3 Electric
- 24.4 External Instrument
- 24.5 Impulse
- 24.6 Operator
- 24.7 Sampler
- 24.8 Simpler
- 24.9 Tension
- 24.10 Wavetable
Max for Live
- 25.1 Setting Up Max for Live
- 25.2 Using Max for Live Devices
- 25.3 Editing Max for Live Devices
- 25.4 Max Dependencies
- 25.5 Learning Max Programming
Max for Live Devices
- 26.1 Max for Live Instruments
- 26.2 Max for Live Audio Effects
- 26.3 Max for Live MIDI Effects
MIDI and Key Remote Control
- 27.1 MIDI Remote Control
- 27.2 The Mapping Browser
Using Push
- 28.1 Setup
- 28.2 Browsing and Loading Sounds
- 28.3 Playing and Programming Beats
- 28.4 Additional Recording Options
  - 28.4.1 Recording with Repeat
  - 28.4.2 Quantizing
- 28.5 Playing Melodies and Harmonies
  - 28.5.1 Playing in Other Keys
- 28.6 Step Sequencing Melodies and Harmonies
  - 28.6.1 Adjusting the Loop Length
- 28.7 Melodic Sequencer + 32 Notes
  - 28.7.1 32 Notes
  - 28.7.2 Sequencer
- 28.8 Navigating in Note Mode
- 28.9 Controlling Live’s Instruments and Effects
- 28.10 Mixing with Push
- 28.11 Recording Automation
- 28.12 Step Sequencing Automation
  - 28.12.1 Note-Specific Parameters
  - 28.12.2 Per-Step Automation
- 28.13 Controlling Live’s Session View
  - 28.13.1 Session Overview
- 28.14 Setting User Preferences
- 28.15 Push Control Reference
Using Push 2
- 29.1 Setup
- 29.2 Browsing and Loading Sounds
- 29.3 Playing and Programming Beats
- 29.4 Additional Recording Options
- 29.5 Playing Melodies and Harmonies
  - 29.5.1 Playing in Other Keys
- 29.6 Step Sequencing Melodies and Harmonies
  - 29.6.1 Adjusting the Loop Length
- 29.7 Melodic Sequencer + 32 Notes
  - 29.7.1 32 Notes
  - 29.7.2 Sequencer
- 29.8 Working with Samples
- 29.9 Navigating in Note Mode
- 29.10 Working With Instruments and Effects
  - 29.10.1 Adding, Deleting, and Reordering Devices
  - 29.10.2 Working with Racks
- 29.11 Track Control And Mixing
  - 29.11.1 Rack and Group Track Mixing
- 29.12 Recording Automation
- 29.13 Step Sequencing Automation
- 29.14 Clip Mode
- 29.15 Controlling Live’s Session View
  - 29.15.1 Session Overview
- 29.16 Setup Menu
- 29.17 Push 2 Control Reference
Link, Synchronization, and ReWire
- 30.1 Setting up Link
- 30.2 Using Link
- 30.3 Synchronizing via MIDI
- 30.4 Connecting via ReWire
Computer Audio Resources and Strategies
- 31.1 Managing the CPU Load
- 31.2 Managing the Disk Load
Audio Fact Sheet
- 32.1 Testing and Methodology
- 32.2 Neutral Operations
- 32.3 Non-Neutral Operations
- 32.4 Tips for Achieving Optimal Sound Quality in Live
- 32.5 Summary and Conclusions
MIDI Fact Sheet
- 33.1 Ideal MIDI Behavior
- 33.2 MIDI Timing Problems
- 33.3 Live’s MIDI Solutions
- 33.4 Variables Outside of Live’s Control
- 33.5 Tips for Achieving Optimal MIDI Performance
- 33.6 Summary and Conclusions
Live Keyboard Shortcuts
- 34.1 Showing and Hiding Views
- 34.2 Accessing Menus
- 34.3 Adjusting Values
- 34.4 Browsing
- 34.5 Transport
- 34.6 Editing
- 34.7 Loop Brace and Start/End Markers
- 34.8 Session View Commands
- 34.9 Arrangement View Commands
- 34.10 Commands for Tracks
- 34.11 Commands for Breakpoint Envelopes
- 34.12 Key/MIDI Map Mode and the Computer MIDI Keyboard
- 34.13 Zooming, Display and Selections
- 34.14 Clip View Sample Display
- 34.15 Clip View MIDI Editor
- 34.16 Grid Snapping and Drawing
- 34.17 Global Quantization
- 34.18 Working with Sets and the Program
- 34.19 Working with Plug-Ins and Devices
- 34.20 Using the Context Menu
Index

101 Arrangement View

Chapter 6

Arrangement View

The Arrangement View displays the Arrangement, which contains music laid out along a song

timeline, like a multitrack tape.

A Piece of Music in the Arrangement View.

The Arrangement View is a powerful editing tool that easily lets you combine and arrange MIDI,

loops, sound effects, video and complete pieces of music.

6.1 Navigation

Live offers several fast methods for zooming and scrolling the Arrangement display: