An illustrated guide from an Ableton Certified Trainer to enhance your Live music production skills with MIDI, audio sequencing and arrangement techniques, automation, modulation, MPE, and external instruments Key Features Make the most of Ableton Live 11 tools and processes to create, record and edit your own music Engage with non-linear workflow for both music production and live performance Unveil the best solutions to common pitfalls and mistakes committed by Ableton Live users Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book DescriptionThe Music Producer's Guide to Ableton Live will help you sharpen your production skills and gain a deeper understanding of the Live workflow. If you are a music maker working with other digital audios workstations (DAWs) or experienced in Ableton Live, perhaps earlier versions, you’ll be able to put your newfound knowledge to use right away with this book. You’ll start with some basic features and workflows that are more suitable for producers from another DAW looking to transfer their skills to Ableton Live 11.2. As you explore the Live concept, you’ll learn to create expressive music using Groove and MIDI effects and demystify Live 11’s new workflow improvements, such as Note Chance and Velocity Randomization. The book then introduces the Scale Mode, MIDI Transform tools, and other key features that can make composition and coming up with melodic elements easier than ever before. It will also guide you in implementing Live 11's new and updated effects into your current workflow. By the end of this Ableton Live book, you’ll be able to implement advanced production and workflow techniques and amplify live performance capabilities with what the Live 11 workflow has to offer.What you will learn Understand the concept of Live, the workflow of recording and editing Audio and MIDI, and Warping Utilize Groove, MIDI effects, and Live 11 s new workflow enhancements to create innovative music Use Audio to MIDI conversion tools to translate and generate ideas quickly Dive into Live's automation and modulation capabilities and explore project organization techniques to speed up your workflow Utilize MIDI Polyphonic Expression to create evolving sounds and textures Adopt useful techniques for production and discover the capabilities of live performance Who this book is for If you are a music producer, enthusiast, or hobbyist with a basic understanding of using Ableton Live for simple projects, this Ableton Live 11 book will help you improve your skills to employ the best features and techniques in your projects. This book is also for producers familiar with other DAWs looking to leverage their transferable skills to learn Ableton Live.

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Learn the basics of producing music with Ableton Live software. Ableton Live has become one of the most popular platforms for music production since its introduction in 2001. Its intuitive interface allows beginners to make music right away, while offering deep functionality to satisfy even the most advanced user. Ableton Live 101 and the included online media files will guide you through the fundamentals of music production, including: studio setup and configuration, using basic Ableton Live controls, creating Ableton Live sets, importing and working with audio and MIDI files, recording audio and MIDI, making selections and navigating, editing audio and MIDI, and basic mixing and exporting. Mastering these basic skills is the first step toward becoming an Ableton Live expert. Get started on your path to modern music production today with Ableton Live 101!

A music-career book like no other, The Music Producer’s Survival Guide offers a wide-ranging, exploratory, yet refreshing down-to-earth take on living the life of the independent electronic music producer. If you are an intellectually curious musician/producer eager to make your mark in today’s technologically advanced music business, you’re in for a treat. This new edition includes industry and technological updates, additional interviews, and tips about personal finances, income, and budgets. In this friendly, philosophical take on the art and science of music production, veteran producer, engineer, and teacher Brian Jackson shares clear, practical advice about shaping your own career in today’s computer-centric "home-studio" music world. You’ll cover music technology, philosophy of music production, career planning, networking, craft and creativity, the DIY ethos, lifestyle considerations, and much more. Brian’s thoughtful approach will teach you to integrate your creative passion, your lifestyle, and your technical know-how. The Music Producer’s Survival Guide is the first music-production book to consider the influence of complexity studies and chaos theory on music-making and career development. It focuses on practicality while traversing a wide spectrum of topics, including essential creative process techniques, the TR-808, the proliferation of presets, the butterfly effect, granular synthesis, harmonic ratios, altered states, fractal patterns, the dynamics of genre evolution, and much more. Carving out your niche in music today is an invigorating challenge that will test all your skills and capacities. Learn to survive—and thrive—as a creative-technical professional in today’s music business, with the help of Brian Jackson and The Music Producer’s Survival Guide!

Learn the basics of recording, processing, and mixing audio using Ableton Live software. This robust and innovative digital audio workstation opens your way to a musical toolkit used by musicians, performers, and producers worldwide. Audio Production Basics with Ableton Live will guide you through the essential audio production tasks you’ll use to make the most of your Live software. The exercises in this book can be completed in any edition of Ableton Live, allowing you to get hands-on practice with Live’s creative tools. With this book and the included online media files, you’ll get working experience using Ableton Live, covering everything from setting up your computer to the fundamentals of audio production, including: Basic digital audio workstation operations and audio hardware options Principles of sound production and microphone use Essential Live concepts and operations MIDI fundamentals for playing and recording virtual instruments Working in the Arrangement View and the Session View Managing devices and routing signals in Live Using automation to create dynamic changes to audio Mixing your projects and exporting final mixed tracks Ableton Live is easy to set up, flexible, and fun to use. And everything you learn here will apply when you are ready to move on to more advanced study in audio production. Take a step to unleash your musical inspiration and creativity with Audio Production Basics with Ableton Live.

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Jon Margulies' comprehensive guide to Ableton Live is back! This updated edition does far more than bring you up to speed on all of Live's new features-it teaches fundamental concepts and important workflows that every Live user needs to know. Used in top college programs such as NYU's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, the Ableton Live Power! series is well known as the definitive guide to Live. In this new edition, you'll learn the software in depth and get the lowdown on all the latest updates, including the Wavetable synthesizer, multi-clip editing, Capture, and Live 10's many workflow improvements. Jon's friendly, engaging writing style and deep knowledge of the program come together to help you hone your production skills without losing sight of what's most important: making music!

Ableton Live is a specialist music software program designed to work as a live performance tool, as well as meet a composer / songwriter’s needs for recording, arranging, mixing and mastering. Because of its origins as a live instrument, it gives the performer unparalleled beatmatching and crossfading capabilities, with all the techniques used by a traditional DJ or turnablist, and more. This new essential guide takes a step-by-step approach to the program, with projects, tips and examples throughout. Part of Flame Tree’s successful Everyday Guides Made Easy series on a range of computing and app titles.

Manzo and Kuhn provide readers with all the practical skills and insights necessary to compose and perform electronic music in a variety of popular styles. Even those with little experience with digital audio software will learn to design powerful systems that facilitate their own compositional ideas.