Ableton Live 8 Power! is the all-inclusive guide to making music with Ableton's revolutionary live performance and studio software, Live 8. Written for all Live users, from digital audio beginners to seasoned pros, this book explores each fundamental feature in Live. The book provides power-user tips and insider tricks for integrating Ableton Live into your home or professional studio. But Live's in-studio capabilities are just the beginning. Every last feature, button, fader, instrument, and effect in Live 8 was also designed with the live performer in mind. Ableton Live 8 Power! is a book written for musicians by a musician who uses and teaches the software on a daily basis. Whether you use Live for producing, composing, DJing, or film and television, Ableton Live 8 Power! will help you put the fun back into making music with computers, while taking your music to the next level.
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Jon Margulies is a producer, DJ, guitarist, and the creator of Hobotech. A professional performer since the age of eleven, he has appeared in a wildly diverse array of contexts and styles ranging from Coachella to Carnegie Hall. As the man behind Hobotech, he fuses roots Americana with big bass dance floor whomp and has toured around the U.S. and performed with artists such as Bassnectar, David Starfire and AN-TEN-NAE. As a leading expert on Ableton Live, Jon has developed curricula, taught classes and workshops for cutting-edge music school Dubspot, and is the author of 365 Live Tips, available at jonmargulies.com.
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37 of 38 people found the following review helpful
By Davis
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this book when I bought Ableon Live 8 Suite, and I had never used the software before. I read a lot of technical texts -- mostly software / computer texts, and I am just now getting into DAW stuff for fun. The book is more like a slimmed down version of the very large official Ableton User Manual PDF. It is more readable, and more narrative than the PDF, but not really by all that much.
It follows a particular style for technical texts that I don't care for much, which is to have chapters that just describe each function/feature of the software in a linear fashion. It doesn't promote learning all that well, b/c you tend to get bored just reading about feature after feature without being more interactive. It has available some live sets that you can download and there are a few areas in the book where it prompts you to try things, but not many.
By comparison, I also have the book Reason 4 Ignite by Matt Piper (also Cengage Learning), and it takes a completely different approach. Each chapter in that book has you start with blank instrument and work through a short lesson. This style I found much more engaging, and I learn the software so much faster.
With the Ableton Power book, I feel like I've learned enough about the software now by playing with it, that the book doesn't really provide much of a reference for me anymore, as I'll probably just go straight to the PDF User Manual. Your mileage may vary.
It follows a particular style for technical texts that I don't care for much, which is to have chapters that just describe each function/feature of the software in a linear fashion. It doesn't promote learning all that well, b/c you tend to get bored just reading about feature after feature without being more interactive. It has available some live sets that you can download and there are a few areas in the book where it prompts you to try things, but not many.
By comparison, I also have the book Reason 4 Ignite by Matt Piper (also Cengage Learning), and it takes a completely different approach. Each chapter in that book has you start with blank instrument and work through a short lesson. This style I found much more engaging, and I learn the software so much faster.
With the Ableton Power book, I feel like I've learned enough about the software now by playing with it, that the book doesn't really provide much of a reference for me anymore, as I'll probably just go straight to the PDF User Manual. Your mileage may vary.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Jacob
Format:Paperback
I actually bought a PDF format of this "Ableton Live 8 Power!" book online so I don't have a paperback or hardcover physically in my hands, but what I can give you is a brief overview of what's in the book. I recently switched from Avid's Pro Tools 9 to Ableton's Live 8 Suite (No I'm not crazy, Live is just a better DAW for the type of music I produce). So, obviously whenever you open up Live, you get confused and start to think how the heck does this work? I'm sure you've all seen Youtube video's of how easy users make Live seem, and honestly after reading up to Chapter 6 of this book, it is!
The first half of this book introduces you to the most basic concepts in Live such as the Arrangement and Session views. The chapters are very long and concepts that are touched on in earlier chapters are repeated in the following chapters (again, and again, and again). I recommend skipping around the book if you really need to know about a specific feature in Live. The book goes on to explain Clips, Scenes, Tracks, Warping Markers, Loop Markers, etc. The first six chapters will give you basically all you need to know on making music in Live. The chapters that follow describe Plug-Ins, Effects, Instruments (Midi Effects and Audio Effects, which are touched upon in the first six chapters). The author does an amazing job describing not only what a certain feature is used for, but what it does and how it works. I think this book is a "must have" for any Ableton Live 8 user that has just switched from a previous DAW.
I seriously underestimated Live (a couple years ago when I was using FL Studio). Now that I see what I've been missing, I don't think I'll ever switch from Ableton's Live.
I'll update this post when I'm finished reading the last chapters of the book.... Read more ›
The first half of this book introduces you to the most basic concepts in Live such as the Arrangement and Session views. The chapters are very long and concepts that are touched on in earlier chapters are repeated in the following chapters (again, and again, and again). I recommend skipping around the book if you really need to know about a specific feature in Live. The book goes on to explain Clips, Scenes, Tracks, Warping Markers, Loop Markers, etc. The first six chapters will give you basically all you need to know on making music in Live. The chapters that follow describe Plug-Ins, Effects, Instruments (Midi Effects and Audio Effects, which are touched upon in the first six chapters). The author does an amazing job describing not only what a certain feature is used for, but what it does and how it works. I think this book is a "must have" for any Ableton Live 8 user that has just switched from a previous DAW.
I seriously underestimated Live (a couple years ago when I was using FL Studio). Now that I see what I've been missing, I don't think I'll ever switch from Ableton's Live.
I'll update this post when I'm finished reading the last chapters of the book.... Read more ›
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Kevin
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I recently started using Ableton Live 8 Suite as the main DAW for my home studio. This is an incredible program that can be used in a plethora of ways. I selected this book in hopes that it would help me learn all of the ins and outs of the software and give me some good tips on Live implementation. This is a well written book but it does not go much deeper than the manual that came with my software. By the time the book arrived I had already learned just about every thing in it by reading the manual, watching online videos, doing the tutorials included with Live, and playing around with the software. To be fair I am a professional engineer and have a lot of experience in audio recording, having worked with many different platforms over the years. If you are just getting started with Live and digital recording this may be a good book to read. However, for anyone related experience it may not be worth it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By studio geek
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
The book tends to go feature by feature with a lot of "yea for Ableton" filler in-between. For me it would be less of a grind if there were a narrative that introduced the features as part of typical task done in a recording session. I give it 3 stars relative to the piles of other tech books that I've read. Also, the book is very geared to Ableton as a music performance tool rather than an environment in which to record. This I guess is fair but not what I want out of it.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By jobaloon
Format:Paperback
honestly i've gotten so much more out of youtube tutorials and other, more experienced, users help. this book has not really been beneficial to me.
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I know ableton 9 is already out but I bought this book 6 months ago, once you get into it, its pretty well thought out, they way he lays it out makes perfect sense and ease of understanding, and I tend to remember what I have read, I don't seem to need to reference it much. Wish the graphics were in color, the B&W makes it look borring. Recommended for beginners like me.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Explains a lot.
This helps you get acquainted and used to the interface and it's depth but there is little hand holding in this book. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Ron Burgundy
5.0 out of 5 stars
Whoa!
Not only was this the best guide I've ever used, but I've had a chance to see the author perform and he doesn't just talk about Ableton - he maximizes its potential. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Steven B. Grafing
5.0 out of 5 stars
The only Ableton Live worth owning.
I own several books targeted at Ableton Live and can confidently say this is far and away the best. It could be used as textbook for an classroom environment. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Josh Szepietowski
3.0 out of 5 stars
Book
Bought it with good intent. Thinking I was going to become a actual productive user with Abelton. WRONG. Not the books fault. Abelton required TIME. Lots of dedication. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Ant
5.0 out of 5 stars
Quality book
"Ableton Live 8 - Power - The Comprehensive Guide" is a very good quality book. I receive it for 2 weeks ago and im learning and enjoying a lot. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Jorge Cordeiro
5.0 out of 5 stars
Boss
Fantastic book, haven't really had the time to work through the whole thing but it looks exactly what I was lookin for.
Published 22 months ago by Dj pledge
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very good
I am just learning ableton live and already have a deep understanding of thenprogram thanks to this book. Read more
Published on April 5, 2011 by Nick
5.0 out of 5 stars
The book to have for Ableton Live 8
I got this book as part of a Berklee Online Ableton course and have used it ever since. Incredibly comprehensive, but easier to read and get through than the manual. Read more
Published on January 30, 2011 by Mr Flinchy
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