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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

30 Welcome to Live

•Nested chains can now be displayed, folded, and unfolded on Push 2.

•On Push 2, holding a track’s selection button arms the track.