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 532
Texture Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Time Ruler Format option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
time signature
and scene names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92, 96
time signature changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Toggle Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Tones Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Track Activator switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Track Delay control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Track Delays selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
track meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Track Status eld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Track title bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Track View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
audio and MIDI in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
automation in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
compensating for device delays . . . 197
devices in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
exporting samples with . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
grouping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
in Arrangement View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
in Session View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
inserting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
mixer controls in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
renaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
resizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
return tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
the Master track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
unfolding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82, 84, 253
Transient Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Transient Loop Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Transpose quick-chooser button . . . . . . . .see
quick-chooser buttons
Transposition knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Trigger Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Triplet Grid command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
tutorials . . . . . . . . . . .see Ableton, see lessons
U
Undo command
and Arrangement editing . . . . . . . . . . 140
and automation editing . . . . . . . . . . . 252
and recorded clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
and recording MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Unfold Track button . . . . . . . . . . . . 82, 84, 253
Unfreeze Track command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
unlocking the program see copy protection
updates . .see Check for Updates command
Upload/Download Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
Use Audio Units preference . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Use Plug-In Custom Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Use VST Plug-In System Folders . . . . . . . .223
User Account/Licenses Preferences . . . 7, 10
Utility effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
V
Variable Bit Rate les . . . . . . . . . . see samples
Velocity Amount eld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Velocity Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Velocity effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349
video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
and warp markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
clip view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273
exporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
importing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270










