The Ableton Q&A Thread

[Depone]

i have a little wav sample i'm using. now when i pitch it up a little and loop it, it cracks always on some point. i tryed warping differently and it stills kinda distorts at some point.

help...

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Please describe your problem more clearly and we will try to sort you out. What are you trying to do? Whats the sample of? Is it an audio loop as a clip?

Check your zero crossing points of the sample/loop. If the waveform starts or ends not on 0, your gonna get crackles and pops.
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[gh02]

Could do with a few pointers on pitch bend, ...... nm sorted

[DZA]

Is there anyway to randomize midi notes?

[continuumdnb]

Is there anyway to randomize midi notes?

Draw mode, close your eyes, click away.

[Echoi]

i havent read any of this thread, so not sure if this has been answered in here

but im having trouble recording into ableton, say i have a film in windows media player, and wanted to record a sample, how would i do it correctly?

i just cant seem to get an input signal

[DZA]

Is there anyway to randomize midi notes?

Draw mode, close your eyes, click away.

Figured it out now

[gnome]

Is there anyway to randomize midi notes?

Draw mode, close your eyes, click away.

Figured it out now

I guess your using Live 8 then?

[jdw]

is there a way to map a vsts velocity to a midi control?

[DZA]

Is there anyway to randomize midi notes?

Draw mode, close your eyes, click away.

Figured it out now

I guess your using Live 8 then?

Yup

[timg]

Hi, i am on ableton 6, just noticed that input-output circle on the right is grayed out and i no longer seem to be able to route tracks etc....

Any ideas?

Thanks, T.

[timmyyabas]

hi, i've just upgraded to live 8. in live 7 and before when setting beat markers and stuff, i would set the 1st one where i wanted it and then move bar 16 or wotever to where it needs to be.

now in live 8 i can get the starting point set, then do that warp from here buisness, where ableton will decide the bpm of the track, which is usually close, but not bang on, so i wanna make a wee adjustment. however, i can't coz i can't just select bar 16 or wotever and drag it. i'm guessing it's something to do with creating a new beat marker and doing some shit, but i dunno.

any help will be much appreciated.

[timg]

hi, i've just upgraded to live 8. in live 7 and before when setting beat markers and stuff, i would set the 1st one where i wanted it and then move bar 16 or wotever to where it needs to be.

now in live 8 i can get the starting point set, then do that warp from here buisness, where ableton will decide the bpm of the track, which is usually close, but not bang on, so i wanna make a wee adjustment. however, i can't coz i can't just select bar 16 or wotever and drag it. i'm guessing it's something to do with creating a new beat marker and doing some shit, but i dunno.

any help will be much appreciated.

hi, they changed the way warping works in live 8...

try watching some of the tutorials on youtube, eg : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-mU26qWq7k

T

[timmyyabas]

assholes!

this better be easier, or better or something!

cheers for teh linkage.

[gnome]

assholes!

this better be easier, or better or something!

cheers for teh linkage.

Much better from what I hear

[contakt321]

assholes!

this better be easier, or better or something!

cheers for teh linkage.

Much better from what I hear

WAY more intuitive, WAY faster, WAY better, and WAY easier

[timmyyabas]

cool, i guess i'll just have to get a wee bit of practise in.

i'm still setting my first beat marker at the start of the 1st beat/bar, if i don't want to use any other beat markers and just have a constant bpm throughout the tune/sample, is the only way to adjust this by shifting the bpm of the sample up and down from the bpm counter in the sample window thingy?

i suppose i could get used to that now i know how to do it. i still liked the dragging of bars around tho, twas easy.

anyhow, cheers for the help ppl. there's no doubt more questions to come as i start using more and more parts of live. i've only been using it for knocking up my own mixes in arrangement view. there will hopefully be some bassline related questions in the future.

[DZA]

assholes!

this better be easier, or better or something!

cheers for teh linkage.

Much better from what I hear

WAY more intuitive, WAY faster, WAY better, and WAY easier

I must a fucking idiot then takes me fucking time to warp something

[contakt321]

I must a fucking idiot then takes me fucking time to warp something

For sure

Jokes.

Anyway, for me, the fastest way to warp in 8.

1. Create a Warp Marker at the beginning of the Track (TIP: Hold shift and slides the audio around in small increments to get it perfect)
2. Determine where the beginning of the Third Bar is, place a Warp marker here.

Now you should see roughly the BPM of what you are Warping. (In the Clip BPM setting)

3. Change the master tempo (upper left corner) to whatever the Clip Tempo is (I generally round to the nearest whole number - example: 139.9, I make that 140)
4. Right Click or Command Click on the 1st Warp Marker (at Bar 1). Select "Set 1.1 Here"
5. Right Click or Command Click on the 1st Warp Marker (at Bar 1). Select "Warp X BPM from here"

Now your Tune should generally be good, however, if you are going to DJ or need things to be super tight:

6. Go to the beginning of Bar 5, place a warp marker, get it perfect
7. Now, do the Same at Bar 9, Bar 17, Bar 32, Bar 64, and every 32 Bars from here on, as well as the any bar after a break/breakdown

You are rock solid

[lushman]

Thought I'd share a really useful rack instrument I got (can't remember where from now). It's basically 8 Impulse drum machines combined together, which allows for really easy layering of samples, independent eq's, effects chains etc. Here's the link http://www.yousendit.com/download/RmNCT ... SHhMWEE9PQ.

Have fun

[wayoftheworld]

shits bad lush....thanks for that. if anyone else is interested in this sort of thing, there's a whole thread of user-submitted racks in the ableton forum. lots and lots of useful stuff