r/ableton

I got ableton because lite was cheap and I needed a way to program drums. I’m coming from reaper and the built in hot keys are what I used for quick navigation, I hardly have to use the mouse. I’m finding in ableton I’m using the mouse for everything and the tutorials I watch they use mostly mouse

Is that just how ableton works or am I just missing what the hot keys are

The thing that bugs me the most is moving side to side in a project, I always end up messily zooming out instead of just moving side to side. Also setting and snapping to a mark feels like a lot of steps

I decided to try ableton live since it came with my minilab 3 and it is way to confusing - fl studio producer of almost 3 years can someone break down the main things I must know

I've been using Live since version 3, it transformed how I made music previously coming from Cubase and Logic Pro.

That said, let's be honest - it's getting bloated. It's MASSIVE, with tons of plugins and sound creation options, which is great. But the user interface and workflow is getting tough, and the weird bugs are increasing.

I'd be overjoyed if Ableton said that live 13 was going to be bug fixes and UI / workflow improvements ONLY. Just like Apple did with a release of OS X years ago.

Give us the ability to hide tracks, create folders of them in projects and manage them better. Let us arm multiple tracks with one key stroke. More elegant and accurate automation. Give us true multi-screen operation. Remember the last IO device used. Let us name MIDI interfaces and channels. Editing clips that are mapped across the arrangement. Improve the MIDI editor itself. Allow native plugins to be popped out and zoomed into and not stuck in the silly narrow view they are today. Etc etc etc.. I'm sure you all have your own needs and wants.

It's still a great DAW overall but I often think of trying out something different.. fuck sake Ableton think of your users and remember that if you make their musical life EASIER and FASTER as was always the foundation of this software, they will reward you with loyalty.

Sorry for the rant... just spent 4 hours with multiple takes in the arrangement and was pulling my hair out getting lost in shit that should be easier to organize!

Hi. I would like to have my track names wrapped, or just somehow fully visible without the need of widening the track title bar column.

Is it possible? (Live 12.4)

So I've heard a few people mention they do the above for various reasons (1 they use for idea creation 2 for arrangement/mixing/mastering etc)

Just wondering if this is usual or rare, I use Ableton live for everything, I have seen a few people say others are better for mixing/mastering but I'm not forking out for another DAW unless essential which I doubt.

I'm just kind of curious how many people do this and what/why?

Seems like it would be a PITA workflow wise at least.

Please I need a hail Mary solution for latency issues. I've tried EVERYTHING on the Ableton website and multiple YouTube videos. I've tried asio4all. Reducing buffer size and raising the sample rate do nothing. Changing the output device still sounds terrible. I have the Scarlett Solo interface but I know that's not the issue because I swapped interfaces with my friend and mine sounds fine on their mac. I turned off low power mode. I genuinely can't think of what to do to fix it other than get a mac :')

Im a noob of ableton, i got experience with music vocabulary and a bit of experience as i come from fl studio. I don’t want to be stuck learning things that i will never use or doing some basics things the complicated way so my question is: what’s the best way you learned to use ableton? What do you regret spending most time on then finding you were doing it alla wrong/harder? What type of video or school do you suggest? Evert tip is appreciated thanks

also what does this kind of effect called? ive heard something similar to this several times before

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVLnE4PD7My/?igsh=ZjB2dTJmb3BxZDdy

Hey All,

I wanted to create a pipeline so any one could start making Max For Live plugins using AI. I've been working on this like crazy so that any non-technical music peeps can dive in and bring their ideas to life. TBH I vibecoded it, but I've used it to make my own plugin and it seems to be working!

If you're not used to "IDEs" or GitHub I created a super noob guide so its not all overwhelming. I spent last Saturday deep diving to understand GitHub.

Hopefully this is helpful! I'm sure there's people a million times better at this sort of thing than me, so please feel free to build on this!

GitHub Link

Also you'll want to check out this line on the README if you're a super noob -
New here? Step-by-step with zero jargon: docs/START_HERE.md

Very confused here. Located my crash folders and see two sets of base files and undo but they don't seem to have any of the sets in them.

Just two folders that have 'band' in them that look like garagband in one file and in bade files it just says untitled that looks like the regular default set if I double click it.

Is my lost set lost in space now or is there a way to recover it?

Thanks

I'm having a latency issue in ableton 12. I'm running a UAD Apollo with external synths. The problem isnt that the audio is late but that it's early. I've tried lowering the sample rate, turning keep latency off, delay compensation etc. It's only doing it in a track that I'm currently working on that is about 45 tracks deep. I have a syth playing with an external instrument plugin and Im trying to record the audio to a separate audio track. I tested it in a new ableton session with only 1 external instrument and recording it back through an audio track and the recording is in time. Please help I've been sitting here for 2 hours trying to figure out what the problem is.

My arrangement view goes up to 3.6 million bars. When I press W it shows me the whole arrangement, and when i try to use shit cmd x to cut the excess time, it doesn't delete anything. any suggestions??

edit: please only serious answers bruh

Hi! Does anyone know if there is a way to get the microtuner without purchasing suite? Like can i in some way buy it seperatly?

Hello everyone, I'm posting because I haven't found anything online about this, and I don't know how to approach it.

I've been using Ableton here and then, I learnt about it at school but mostly for recording and sampling and such... Lately I've been creating synth effects and soundscapes mostly for cover songs and such, but I'm gonna start playing those effects and synths on a live band setting...

But my question is, how do I manage to play a 20 song setlist, each using with different effects and samples??

Do I create 20 files and open a file for each song? Do I load them all into a single file?? (I'm scared to do that because some samples and effects are automated, and mostly I fear a computer crash with only 1 file for everything).

I really don't know how to approach this, and the last option I mentioned seems to be my most viable option, creating a file for each song, with all the necessary effects for that song.

I'm open to suggestions and advice.
Thanks.