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Index
Ableton Live 9 Power!
Copyright Page
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Live 9
What Is Live?
What Sets Live Apart?
Goals of This Book
The Online Files
Chapter 2 Getting Live Up and Running
System Requirements
Ableton Live’s System Requirements for Macintosh
Ableton Live 9 Power!’s Mac Recommendations
Ableton Live’s System Requirements for PC
Ableton Live 9 Power!’s PC Recommendations
Installing, Running, and Updating Live 9
Live Installation Tips (Mac OS X)
Live Installation Tips (Windows)
Updating Live
Basic Computer Specifications
Audio Interface Specs
What Do You Need to Know About ASIO Drivers?
Choosing a MIDI Controller
Setting Preferences in Live
Look/Feel
Audio
MIDI/Sync
File/Folder
Library
The Record/Warp/Launch Tab
The CPU Tab
Licenses/Maintenance
Chapter 3 Live Interface Basics
Before We Begin…
Showing and Hiding
Working with Knobs, Sliders, and Boxes
Common Editing Commands
Context Menus
The Info View
The Help View
Session View
Clip Slot Grid
Tracks and Scenes
The Scene Launcher
The Mixer
Arrangement View
Relation to the Session View
The Arrangement Mixer
Clip View and Track View
The Clip View
The Track View
The Browser
Categories and Places
The Control Bar
Tempo, Time Signature, and Quantization
Quantization
Transport Controls
Punch In/Out and Arrangement Loop
Draw Mode, Computer MIDI Keyboard, Key and MIDI Map, System Performance, and MIDI I/O
MIDI and Computer Keyboard Remote Control
Overview
File Management
Sets and Projects
Saving the Live Set
Collect All and Save
Chapter 4 Making Music in Live
Clips and Tracks
Creating Tracks
Audio Tracks and MIDI Tracks
Understanding Clips
Adding Files from the Browser
Organization and Navigation
Recording
Recording in Session View
Session Record Button
Arrangement Record Button
Recording in Arrangement View
MIDI Overdub
Overdubbing in Session View
Overdubbing in Arrangement View
Recording Automation
Using Scenes
Arrangement View
Recording from Session into Arrangement
Back to Arrangement
Transport and Navigation
Locators and Time Signature Changes
Arrangement Editing
Automation Editing
Fades
Exporting Audio
Chapter 5 Clips
Common Properties of Clips
The Clip Box
The Launch Box
Sample/Notes
Editing Multiple Clips
MIDI Clips
Editing MIDI Clips
Adjusting the Grid
Editing Notes and Velocities
MIDI Editing Buttons
Quantizing Your Performance
Step Recording
Program Change
Importing and Exporting MIDI Files
Audio Clips
The Sample Box
Warping
Clip Modulation
Modulating Audio Clip Properties
MIDI Controller Envelopes
Unlinked Envelopes
Audio to MIDI
Convert to New MIDI Track
Slice to New MIDI Track
Groove
Chapter 6 Tracks and Signal Routing
The Master Track
Return Tracks
Group Tracks
Audio Routing
Submixing and Multing
Resampling
Virtual Outputs
External Outputs
Advanced MIDI Routing
ReWire
Masters
Slaves
Using ReWire with Live
Using Live as a ReWire Master
Using Live as a ReWire Slave
Chapter 7 Using Effects and Instruments
Device Types
Using Devices
From Browser to Track
Inside the Track View
Insert vs. Send/Return
Using Return Effects
Managing Presets
Hot-Swapping
Racks
Rack Basics
Chains
Macro Controls
Zones
Freeze and Flatten
Delay Compensation
Chapter 8 Live’s Instruments
General Principles
Modulation
LFOs and Envelopes
Filters
Global Parameters
Impulse
Sample Slots
Simpler
Overview of the Interface
Operator
Overview of the Interface
Creating and Shaping Sounds
Sampler
The Zone Tab
The Sample Tab
The Pitch/Osc Tab
The Filter/Global Tab
The Modulation Tab
The MIDI Tab
Importing Third-Party Instruments
The AAS Instruments
Electric
Mallet
Fork
Damper
Pickup
Global
Tension
Excitator
Damper
String
Termination and Pickup
Body
Filter/Global
Analog
Oscillators and Noise
Filters and Amplifiers
Filters and Amp Envelopes
LFO
Global
Collision
Excitators
Resonators
Drum Rack
Pads and Chains
Advanced Settings
MIDI Routing
Choke Groups
Sends and Returns
External Instrument
Chapter 9 Live’s Audio Effects
EQ and Filters
EQ Eight
EQ Three
Auto Filter
Dynamic Processing
Compressor
Makeup, Output Gain, and Dry/Wet
Sidechain
Gate
Glue Compressor
Limiter
Multiband Dynamics
Delay Effects
Simple Delay
Ping Pong Delay
Filter Delay
Grain Delay
Reverb
Modulation Effects
Chorus
Phaser
Flanger
Distortions
Overdrive
Saturator
Dynamic Tube
Erosion
Redux
Vinyl Distortion
Miscellaneous
Amp and Cabinet
Auto Pan
Beat Repeat
Corpus
Frequency Shifter
Resonators
Spectrum
Utility
Vocoder
External Audio Effect
Looper
Chapter 10 Live’s MIDI Effects
Arpeggiator
Style
Groove
Hold
Offset
Rate and Sync
Gate
Retrigger
Repeats
Transposition Controls
Velocity
Chord
Note Length
Pitch
Random
Scale
Velocity
Chapter 11 Remote Control
Enabling Remote Control
Control Surface Setup
Manual Controller Setup
Instant Mapping
Remote Mapping
The Mapping Browser
Special Mappings
Remote Controlling Plug-In Devices
About MIDI Controllers
Push
Getting Started
Drum Programming
Notes Mode
Device Mode
Working with Plug-Ins
Chapter 12 Playing Live…Live
The Hybrid DJ and Remixer
Preparing Your Audio Files
Performance Techniques
Live Bands and Other Performance Concepts
Click Track
Tap Tempo
Live Effects
Real-Time Loop Layering
Theater
Chapter 13 Live 9 Power!
Getting Your Groove On
Clip Cuttin’ Clinic
Harnessing Follow Actions
Minimizing Performance Strain
Templates
Drag-and-Drop Import and Export
Defaults
Scoring to Video
Importing Video
The Video Window
Keeping Sound and Video in Sync
Saving/Exporting
Managing Files
Manage Set
Manage Project
Max for Live
Drum Synths
Modulators
Sequencers
Convolution Reverb
Adding More Devices
Parting Thoughts
Index
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