User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Welcome to Live
- First Steps
- Authorizing Live
- Live Concepts
- Managing Files and Sets
- Working with the File Browsers
- Sample Files
- MIDI Files
- Live Clips
- Live Sets
- Live Projects
- The Live Library
- Locating Missing Samples
- Collecting External Samples
- Aggregated Locating and Collecting
- Finding Unused Samples
- Packing Projects into Live Packs
- File Management FAQs
- How Do I Create a Project?
- How Can I Save Presets Into My Current Project?
- Can I Work On Multiple Versions of a Set?
- Where Should I Save My Live Sets?
- Where Should I Save My Live Clips?
- Can I Use My Own Folder Structure Within a Project Folder?
- How Do I Export A Project to the Library and Maintain My Own Folder Structure?
- Arrangement View
- Session View
- Clip View
- Tempo Control and Warping
- Editing MIDI Notes and Velocities
- Using Grooves
- Launching Clips
- Routing and I/O
- Mixing
- Recording New Clips
- Working with Instruments and Effects
- Instrument, Drum and Effect Racks
- Automation and Editing Envelopes
- Clip Envelopes
- Working with Video
- Live Audio Effect Reference
- Auto Filter
- Auto Pan
- Beat Repeat
- Chorus
- Compressor
- Corpus
- Dynamic Tube
- EQ Eight
- EQ Three
- Erosion
- External Audio Effect
- Filter Delay
- Flanger
- Frequency Shifter
- Gate
- Grain Delay
- Limiter
- Looper
- Multiband Dynamics
- Overdrive
- Phaser
- Ping Pong Delay
- Redux
- Resonators
- Reverb
- Saturator
- Simple Delay
- Spectrum
- Utility
- Vinyl Distortion
- Vocoder
- Live MIDI Effect Reference
- Live Instrument Reference
- Max For Live
- Sharing Live Sets
- MIDI and Key Remote Control
- Using the APC40
- Synchronization and ReWire
- Computer Audio Resources and Strategies
- Audio Fact Sheet
- MIDI Fact Sheet
- Live Keyboard Shortcuts
- Showing and Hiding Views
- Accessing Menus
- Adjusting Values
- Browsing
- Transport
- Editing
- Loop Brace and Start/End Markers
- Session View Commands
- Arrangement View Commands
- Commands for Tracks
- Commands for Breakpoint Envelopes
- Key/MIDI Map Mode and the Computer MIDI Keyboard
- Zooming, Display and Selections
- Clip View Sample Display
- Clip View MIDI Editor
- Grid Snapping and Drawing
- Global Quantization
- Working with Sets and the Program
- Working with Plug-Ins and Devices
- Using the Context Menu
- Index
INDEX 523
count-in for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Count-In preference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
CPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
CPU Load meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
CPU Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Create Analysis Files preference . . . . . . . . . 44
Create Folder command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Cropping
audio clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
MIDI clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
crossfader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22, 192
and remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
automating the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Cue Out chooser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
cue points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . see locators
cueing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Cut Time command
in the Arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
in the MIDI Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
D
Decoding and Web Cache preferences . . 42
Delay Compensation option . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Delete All Time Signature Changes com-
mand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Delete Automation command . . . . . . . . . .252
Delete command
and devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
and envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
and tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
in the Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Delete Fragmentary Bar Time command 79
Delete Locator button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Delete Locator command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Delete Time command
in the Arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
in the MIDI Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Delete Time Signature Change command 78
Demo Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Detune eld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Device Activator switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Device chooser . . see Clip Envelope Device
chooser, see Fades/Device chooser
devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
compensating for delays . . . . . . . . . . 227
presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
the Live audio effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
the Live instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
the Live MIDI effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
the Max Audio Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
the Max Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .447
the Max MIDI Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
using Audio Units Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . 226
using Live devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
using plug-in devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
using VST Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
dither . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Double/Halve Original BPM buttons . . .116,
124
Draw Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
and drawing MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
with clip envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Draw Mode command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Drum Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Drum Racks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Pad View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Duplicate Time command
in the Arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
in the MIDI Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Dynamic Tube effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293










