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what's the best way to learn the basics? how long did it take you? |
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i taught myself. i dont really use it a lot, mainly for djing 10 tracks per minute. i dont compose on it. |
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sorry that was useless. i think its got the easiest learning curve out of any software ive used. took me a week or so to get to a level where i could do a lot of the stuff i can do in other programs. i guess the best way would be tutorials but i just mess around. |
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i'd only like to use it for djing really |
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The Tutortials within Live 5 and 6 are way excellent to get you way started. Should you need more you can write me an email. I can send a nice dvd-rom with a tutorial I just received, covering everything from installation, audio set-up and even advanced features. So Tolstoyed, let me know =) |
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well hey, that's very nice of you..if i won't learn how to use it in 6 months im contacting you : ) |
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Sure mate, it's a done deal, anything for my xltronic friends =) |
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Teach yourself, within a month you'll know all the important bits off by heart, within a few more, you'll be able to master it. |
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ive been using it 2 yrs now, took me a month or so to pick up the basics by using the tutorials. do not doubt the power of impulse -- its probably the best thing about ableton combined with the envelope editor.. |
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the chick presenting that ableton tutorial vid irritates the hell out of me. "Ableton warp function - Warp 1 engage!" cringe worthy |
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If I can use it anyone can use it. |
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yeah that ASK DVD was alright, downloaded it and it was somewhat helpful. your right though that chick ruins the parts that arnt tutorials. |
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can you burn me a copy of the actual program? i'm poor :( |
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it's the fuckibng business. second only to ProTools. Mark my words, chap ;-) |
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that's why i thought i'd give it a whirl i ended up actually buying a lisence for it |
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it's a neat program, for any use. Composing, live looping, or live djing. It took me an hour to get into the basics. |
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well, you have at least one advantage compared to me. you understand english! |
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Hahaha! Tolstoyed: Yeah, because your english is so bad dude. |
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it's much much worse when it comes to technical details. |
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dont bother |
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I don't really like DJing with Ableton, but it's certainly possible. I mainly wind up using it to make soundboards of samples for use when DJing (in the session view). If I've broken a track up into its composite loops beforehand I'll sometimes use it for live re-editing of a track. It's pretty good for writing tracks too- the arrangement view is like a souped-up version of the simple sequencing program Acid. If you've used acid before, you'll pick it up very quickly indeed. If you've not, or you just want to learn to do one thing with it (eg just play live with it/just dj/just make tracks) you'll pick it up fairly quickly. Even if you want to master it completely, it shouldn't take very long, say 2-3 months. One thing I really rate about it is that it has very good, easy to follow tutorials that assume no prior knowledge. They're nicely divided into different topics and if you work through those you'll understand it in no time. Despite my prefering decks to it, I don't want to give the impression it's no good for DJing. Some 'proper' DJs use Ableton exclusively. Casper was playing the other room at the place I was DJing on Saturday and he didn't use anything else. |
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well the thing is you can do more stuff when mixing with ableton, i'd like to do a bit more than just mix two tracks together..though it may take a while before i learn how to, yeah :) |
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do a bit more, like taking your shirt off? |
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i was thinking growing carrots.. |
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You could always run the channels into Live separately and use it as an effects box type setup. |
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started using it 'properly' today. good stuff. |
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im still pretty much at the begining..i installed it and that's about it.. |
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If I want to just play back midi files, to external midi equipment, is Adleton Live the way to go? I don't want to use my laptop to produce any audio at all, just use it as a sequencer. |
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have you tried buying mc conrad a red bull and talking about japan? |
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watch out; mc conrad uses ableton live. if you buy him a redbull he'll give you the data |
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