Ableton Live 5 Power!: The Comprehensive Guide (Paperback)

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Product Description

Ready to unleash the awesome power of Ableton Live 5? As its name suggests, Ableton Live 5 was designed with the live performer in mind-but it goes well beyond that. You can integrate this live performance and studio software into your existing home or professional music studio to produce, compose, DJ, and much more. But how? "Ableton Live 5 Power!" is the key you need to revolutionize your studio by incorporating Live 5. Written for musicians by a fellow musician who uses Live on a daily basis, this useful guide explores fundamental and advanced Live features, and provides insider tips, tricks, and interviews with Live power users to provide you with a comprehensive overview of the ins and outs of this powerful software. Whether you are a beginner in the digital audio field or a seasoned pro, "Ableton Live 5 Power!" is the reference you need to take your music to the next level.

About the Author

Chad Carrier serves as Technical Marketing at M-Audio. Another drummer and producer, Chad has been working with computer-based music since he was 16. Heavily involved in the electronic music scene in LA, he can be found doing live performances using Ableton Live. Chad has also written tutorials for Ableton and is also involved in product design at M-Audio.

Product Details

• Paperback: 424 pages
• Publisher: Course Technology PTR; 1 edition (November 8, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592009751
• ISBN-13: 978-1592009756
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #923,699 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource, February 17, 2006

By	Ernest Buckley (Brooklyn, New York) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I downloaded Live 5 using it as a demo now and also purchased Chads book: Ableton Live 5 Power so I can began to discover this much talked about program!

I have found Chads writing easy, fun and very informative. This book is worth the price alone simply for Chads excellent writing explaining analog and digital sound. Using multiple visuals the reader is able to grasp the ideas presented more fully and faster.

The book does not get into the "nitty gritty" details that a true Power User may demand but the books does give enough information for someone such as myself (a beginner) to feel like they know the program. I guess thats where the Power part stems from.

If you are looking to learn Live or more about it, buy this book. If you want lots of tricks, I do not believe this is what you want.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Is Just what you need!!, January 20, 2006

By	Leandro G. Gonzalez (Miami, Florida) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I can't believe i am the first to review it.
If you got Live 5.
YOU NEED THIS BOOK.

even if you think you know everything/ I'm sure you don't.

If you are a beginner you will love this book too.It is very simply written, and it is very easy to understand.

Get this book. Chad thanks for this book. I owe you a big one.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A good introduction, prepare to skip ahead..., April 19, 2006

By	J. DEATS (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Ableton Live is the most intuitive sequencer available to today. About half of the book covers information that I feel is obvious, or explained very clearly in the operations manual provided by the vendor. The other half is useful information that leaves you wanting more. This is the information on how to use the effects, proper technique with envelopes and quite a few tutorials on leveraging Live's time warping feature on audio clips.... This information is worth the price of the book, even if you aren't a fan of the Power! series (untill we get another book on Live anyway, as of this writing this is the only one available).

I wish there was more information on production technique with the effects (really outside the scope of this book I guess) I think a chapter devoted to Impulse would have been nice. Impulse is the underrated rhythm sampler that comes bundled with live, it's a very powerful virtual instrument that has completely replaced my use of external ryhthm programming devices. The vendors operations manual doesn't cover Impulse very well and neither does this book...