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Reference Manual Ableton Live 7 Sampler - Operator - Analog - Tension - Electric Session Drums - Drum Machines Orchestral Strings - Orchestral Brass Orchestral Percussion - Orchestral Woodwinds Essential Instrument Collection LiveVersion7.0.9forWindowsandMacOS July,2008 CreatedbyBerndRoggendorf,GerhardBehles,RobertHenke,Awi,ReinerRudolph,StefanHaller,StefanFranke, FrankHoffmann,AndreasZapf,RalfSuckow,GregorKlinke,MatthiasMayrock,FriedemannSchautz,IngoKoehne, JakobRang,PabloSara,NicholasAllen,HenrikLafrenz,JanBuchholz,KevinHaywood,DominikWilms,Christian Kleine,AmauryGroc,DanielB(cid:252)ttner,AlexKoch,HenrikHahn,SimonFrontzek,TorstenWendland,TorstenSlama, EduardM(cid:252)ller,JeremyBernstein,BernardChavonnet,CarlSeleborg,ClaesJohanson,BernhardBockelbrink,Nico Starke,J(cid:246)rgKlu(cid:255)mann. Reference Manual by Dennis DeSantis, Kevin Haywood, Rose Knudsen, Gerhard Behles, Jakob Rang, Robert Henke,TorstenSlama. Contentprovidedby: SONiVOX(cid:21)www.sonivoxrocks.com BigFishAudio(cid:21)www.big(cid:28)shaudio.com ChocolateAudio(cid:21)www.chocolateaudio.com Puremagnetik(cid:21)www.puremagnetik.com PhysicalModelingtechnologyprovidedby: AppliedAcousticsSystems(cid:21)www.applied-acoustics.com Copyright2008AbletonAG.Allrightsreserved. Thismanual,aswellasthesoftwaredescribedinit,isfurnishedunderlicenseandmaybeusedorcopiedonlyinaccordancewith thetermsofsuchlicense. Thecontentofthismanualisfurnishedforinformationaluseonly,issubjecttochangewithoutnotice, andshouldnotbeconstruedasacommitmentbyAbleton. Everyefforthasbeenmadetoensurethattheinformationinthis manualisaccurate.Abletonassumesnoresponsibilityorliabilityforanyerrorsorinaccuraciesthatmayappearinthisbook. Except as permitted by such license, no part of this publication may be reproduced, edited, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,recordingorotherwise,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionof Ableton. Ableton, Live and Live Pack are trademarks of Ableton AG. Apple, the Apple Logo, Mac, the Universal Logo, Mac OS, the AudioUnitsLogo,theQuickTimeLogoandQuickTimearetrademarksofApple,Inc. Windows,WindowsXPandWindowsVista areregisteredtrademarksofMicrosoftCorporationintheUnitedStatesandothercountries. Intelisaregisteredtrademarkof IntelCorporationoritssubsidiariesintheUnitedStatesandothercountries. SONiVOXisthebrandnametrademarkofSonic Network,Inc. VSTandASIOaretrademarksandsoftwareofSteinbergMediaTechnologiesGmbH.ReWire,ReCycle,REXand REX2aretrademarksofPropellerheadSoftwareAB.AASisatrademarkofAppliedAcousticsSystemsDVMInc.MackieControlis atrademarkofLOUDTechnologies,Inc.OggVorbisandFLACaretrademarksofXiphOrg.Allotherproductandcompanynames aretrademarksorregisteredtrademarksoftheirrespectiveholders. 1 Chapter 1 Welcome to Live 1.1 The Ableton Team Says: Thank You Live is the result of musicians wanting a better way to create, produce and perform music using a computer. A great deal of effort has been put into making Live easy and fun to use, yet at the same time capable of helping you create music with unlimited depth and sophistication. Thiseffortcontinuesevenasyoureadtheselines... infact,anew,improved Live version might already be available for download! Please check on our website now1, orchoosetheCheckforUpdatescommandfromtheHelpmenu. WehopeyouenjoyusingLiveandthatitenhancesyourcreativeprocess. Shouldyouhave suggestionsabouthowwecanimproveLive,pleaseletusknow2. YourAbletonTeam. 1http://www.ableton.com/downloads [email protected] CHAPTER1. WELCOMETOLIVE 2 1.2 What’s New in Live 7? 1.2.1 Multiple Time Signatures (cid:136) WorkwithmultipletimesignaturesinbothArrangementandSessionview 1.2.2 Movie Export (cid:136) Exportvideotoanew(cid:28)le 1.2.3 Slicing and REX Support (cid:136) REX(cid:28)lescanbeloadedandplayedinsyncwithotheraudio(cid:28)les (cid:136) Audio(cid:28)lescanbeslicedtoanewMIDItrack 1.2.4 Multiple Automation Editor Lanes (cid:136) View and edit multiple automation envelopes for a track simultaneously in the Ar- rangementView 1.2.5 Better Tempo Control (cid:136) Temporarily change playback speed to match the tempo of unsynchronized sources likeDJsorlivemusicians. (cid:136) Mapsongtempotomultiplecontrollersforcoarseand(cid:28)neadjustments CHAPTER1. WELCOMETOLIVE 3 1.2.6 Ableton Effects and Instruments (cid:136) DrumRacksexpandtheRackfamilywithintegratedreturnchains,chokegroups,and otherfunctionsoptimizedforbuildingdrumkits (cid:136) Tensionoptionaladd-oninstrument (cid:136) Electricoptionaladd-oninstrument (cid:136) Analogoptionaladd-oninstrument (cid:136) Compressor replaces the former Compressor I andII deviceswith threecompression models,feedback,sidechainingandmore. (cid:136) Spectrumperformsrealtimefrequencyanalysisofincomingaudiosignals. (cid:136) EasierintegrationofexternalhardwareeffectsandsynthesizerswiththeExternalAudio EffectandExternalInstrumentdevices 1.2.7 Device Improvements (cid:136) SidechainingisavailableinthenewCompressoreffect, aswellastheGateandAuto Filter (cid:136) EQEightisupdatedwithalargerdisplay, anewnotch(cid:28)lter, largerparameterranges andanoptional64-bithi-qualitymode (cid:136) Hi-Quality modes have also been added to the Operator instrument and Dynamic TubeandSaturatoreffects 4 Chapter 2 First Steps WhenyouinstallLiveandrunitforthe(cid:28)rsttime,youwillbepresentedwithadialogasking for your Live serial number. Please see the chapter on unlocking Live should you have questionsorconcernsduringtheauthorizationprocess. Ifyoudonot(yet)ownLive,youcanstilltryoutallofLive’sfeatures,butyouwillnotbeable tosaveorexportyourwork. 2.1 Learn About Live Livecomeswithasetofinteractivelessonstotakeyoustepbystepthroughthekeyfeatures of the program. The lessons are organized in a table of contents, which can be opened directly in the program via the Help menu. We highly recommend following the lessons. Many users have told us that the lessons helped them become familiar with the program veryquickly. We also recommend that you read the Live Concepts chapter, which encapsulates every- thing that Live is and can do, and is therefore a worthwhile read for both beginners and CHAPTER2. FIRSTSTEPS 5 experienced users. The remaining chapters of this manual serve as in-depth reference for thematerialintroducedinLiveConcepts. 2.1.1 Using the Info View and Index Live’sInfoViewtellsyouthenameandfunctionofwhateveryouplacethemouseover. For certainitems,youcancreateyourowntextanditwillappearinthiswindow. TheInfoViewandits Show/HideButton. Ifyourequiremoreinformationonaspeci(cid:28)cuserinterfaceelementortopic,pleaseconsult thisreferencemanual. Theindex,foundattheendofthemanual,containsthenamesofall userinterfaceelementsandwillleadyoutotherelevantsection. 2.2 Setting up Preferences Live’s Preferences window is where you can (cid:28)nd various settings that determine how Live looks, behaves and interfaces with the outside world. This window is accessed from the Preferences command, which in Windows is available in the Options menu and in OS X CHAPTER2. FIRSTSTEPS 6 is available in the Live menu. Preferences can also be accessed with the Ctrl , (PC) / , (Mac)shortcut. Live’sPreferencesaredistributedoverseveraltabs: (cid:136) IntheLook/Feeltab, youcanmakevarioussettings, includingthelanguageusedfor textdisplayandthecolorscheme,or(cid:16)skin,(cid:17)fortheLiveuserinterface. (cid:136) The Audio Preferences are used to set up Live’s audio connections with the outside world via an audio interface. Please take the time to follow the program’s built-in (cid:16)Setting up Audio I/O(cid:17) lesson, which will walk you through all the steps required to set up and optimize the settings for any given system. To access the lesson, use the LessonsTableofContentscommandfromtheHelpmenu. (cid:136) The MIDI/Sync Preferences are used to help Live recognize MIDI devices for three separateanddistinctpurposes: (cid:21) Playing MIDI notes. To learn how to route an external device into Live for MIDI input,orhowtosendMIDItoanexternaldevice,pleaseseetheRoutingandI/O chapter. (cid:21) Controllingpartsoftheinterfaceremotely. Thissubjectiscoveredindetailinthe MIDIandKeyRemoteControlchapter. (cid:21) Syncing the program with an external sequencer or drum machine, either as a masteroraslave. PleaseseetheSynchronizingviaMIDIchapterfordetails. (cid:136) The File/Folder Preferences pertain to Live’s (cid:28)le management and the location of plug-indevices. (cid:136) TheRecord/Warp/LaunchPreferencesallowcustomizingthedefaultstatefornewLive Setsandtheircomponents,aswellasselectingoptionsfornewrecordings. (cid:136) The CPU Preferences include options for managing the processing load, including multicore/multiprocessorsupport. (cid:136) The Authorizations/Trial Preferences are used to manage licensing and installation of theLiveplatform,andadd-oncomponentsliketheOperatorinstrument. CHAPTER2. FIRSTSTEPS 7 2.3 The Main Live Screen MostofyourworkinLivehappensinthemainLivescreen. Thisscreenconsistsofanumber of views, and each view manages a speci(cid:28)c aspect of your Live Set, which is the type of document that you create and work on in Live. Since screen space is usually limited, the Liveviewscan’tallbedisplayedatthesametime. Eachoneoftheselectorbuttonsatthescreenborderscallsupaspeci(cid:28)cview;clickingthis one,forinstance,opensLive’sDeviceBrowser: TheDeviceBrowser Selector. To hide one of Live’s views and free up screen space, click on the triangle-shaped button nexttoit. Torestoretheview,clickthebuttonagain. AViewShow/Hide Button. YoucanrunLiveinFullScreenModebyselectingtheFullScreencommandfromtheView menu. ToleaveFullScreenMode,clickthebuttonthatappearsinthelowerrightcornerof thescreen. FullScreenModecanalsobetoggledbypressing F11 . (Note: OnMacOS X, this key is assigned by default to ExposØ, and will not toggle Full Screen Mode unless ExposØhasbeendeactivatedorassignedtoadifferentkeyinOSX’sSystemPreferences.) If one of the browser views is open, you can adjust the main window’s horizontal split by dragging. CHAPTER2. FIRSTSTEPS 8 AdjustingtheMain WindowSplit.

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