Ableton Live 7 Tips and Tricks [Paperback]

Martin Delaney (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 18, 2008

Create a Live template for performance/studio Work with Live's software instruments Create complex instrument and effect chains Control Live via wireless Audio editing workrounds within Live Prepare a Live set for performance Use Live with other music software

Ableton Live is the cross-platform software which has rocked the music world - gathering ardent fans in a way usually associated with performers rather than software. Musicians, DJs, remixers, composers, and producers alike have embraced Live, and it's fast becoming the universal software studio.

This book will give Live novices an insight into working methods that otherwise would take months to discover. For the more experienced user it promises a quick catch-up with Live's latest developments (including new software instruments, complex instrument and effects chains, the phenomenal audio slicing, and full video functionality), and a new perspective on some of Live's more established features.

The book does not duplicate the Live user manual, it expands upon it, and introduces creative concepts, workflow enhancements, and workrounds for common objectives and problems. It also includes interviews with high-profile Live users in a variety of musical genres, passing on their real-world experiences to you.

Although the Live interface is remarkably simple, there's a lot of power under the surface. This book will show you new ways to access that power.

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About the Author

Martin Delaney is a laptop musician, VJ, trainer, and video director. Ableton Live has been at the heart of his music work since its first release - for performance, recording, remixing, and production.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: PC Publishing; Third Edition edition (June 18, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1906005087
• ISBN-13: 978-1906005085
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,474,287 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing!, February 12, 2009

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J. Carl (Gothenburg, Sweden) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ableton Live 7 Tips and Tricks (Paperback)

I bought this book hoping it would kickstart my working with Live. It really hasn't. The book claims to be something different than the manual. Well, I'm not so sure. Since it wants to cover all aspects of Live it tends to be pretty shallow. Maybe I'm unfair, but to me it reads a bit like a salespersons description of the software. "Live can do this, and this and this..." but it doesn't really help you start doing those things yourself.
There's even a whole chapter devoted to midi-controllers, that also seem very much like salestalk for Behringer, M-audio etc.

What I would have like would have been regular lessons - tutorials guiding you through step after step.

I don't recommend this book. New Live-users would do a lot better at looking at all the free resources at the Ableton website. There you'll find great video tutorials as well as good lessons on pdf-files that you could print or read on screen.

(While it might not be relevant for Live, but just to show I'm not impossible to please: I bought a great book for another software - Propellerhead's Reason 4. The book "Reason 4 Ignite" by Matt Piper has a great structure that walks you through different parts of the software in well written examples.)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Book To Learn This Music Production Software, August 15, 2008

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M. Garcia (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ableton Live 7 Tips and Tricks (Paperback)

This is the book to learn this particular Music Program, by all means, this is not a substitute to the Ableton Manual but merely a companion to that, to get the best results out of this book, you need first to have the actual software install on your computer to follow through with the tips and trick it teaches, basically giving you a basic definition of the feature in question followed by a suggestion example to apply to your musical projects.

The illustrations shown here are quite clear throughout the book with big snapshots showing where you need to be around Ableton at all times which is very helpful, this is the area where most books fall short, drowning the user with endless text with not enough visuals to follow through.

The author (Mr. Delaney) obviously knows the subject matter very well, with the graphic ability to show not just the basic operations, but additional tricks to apply to your piece of music. Ableton Live 7 Tips and Tricks is really what it is, additional ways to use the program to your advantage beyond the Manual. I've been using Ableton Live since version 5 for Multimedia projects and even I've learn different ways of applying effects, dynamics and using hardware keyboards and controllers and better implementing Ableton Live with different Audio and Midi interfaces along with other Software's as VST or Rewire

Conclusion:
To get the best results out of this book, I suggest reading the Manual first and the built-in Tutorials that comes with Ableton Live to get real world satisfying results out of your Multimedia. Newcomers, Intermediate and Advanced User will all benefit greatly from this book.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

5.0 out of 5 stars great tips, April 9, 2009

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Michael Giovanazzi - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ableton Live 7 Tips and Tricks (Paperback)

this book lives up to it's rep. I have been using ABELTON Live since it was version 4
and now that i'm using version 7 i wanted a quick learn guide. This is it.
Simple explinations and pics to show you the way. thank you!