

- #ABLETON SUITE 8 TUTORIAL BEGINNER HOW TO#
- #ABLETON SUITE 8 TUTORIAL BEGINNER MANUAL#
- #ABLETON SUITE 8 TUTORIAL BEGINNER FULL#
Ableton did a pretty good job of making things consistent with common computer key strokes.įor when you get the full version, save your stuff often with Collect All And Save. When in doubt, try a basic key stroke (ctrl-c, ctrl-v, shift select, ctrl select etc) and try dragging and dropping things around. Go over to the tips n tricks forum and read the tips n tricks sticky, tons of info there.Īlso look for Ableton's youtube channel and the videos on this web site. Short, concise, well worded questions will get answered. then hover the mouse over parts of the display to see what things mean. OP - leave the help box open, it's in the lower left corner of the screen. "I want this to play with that." click, click, done. I thought Live's Session view was incredibly easy for beginners. I was a noob on Cakewalk and Sonar before going to Live. Ive lost count of the number of demo licenses for plugins have expired before Ive had a chance to run something more for 5mins for one reason or another and when the damn demo license is stored on a dongle - thats it - gone forever, no using another email address to get another demo. Infact this is far more important than knowing live, as Live in the end is a multitrack recorder and mixer - pretty much like any other at the most basic yes - these days timed demos are truly f***ing useless - they should be hour timed or something to reflect the actual time a normal person gets to play.
#ABLETON SUITE 8 TUTORIAL BEGINNER HOW TO#
The cost of buying Intro compared to the rest of the gear you will educate yourself about and invariably lust after is On the basis of the number of beginners who have started using live recently and joined these forums and in some cases dont even seem know how to plug something into a USB port, never mind read even bits of the Live manual, or viewed tutorials etc - I would say the answer is obviously Yes.Īlso please take the time to learn the basics of production and mixing - if you know that - then thats 90% of problems taken care of immediately - doesnt matter whether DAW based mixing, or hardware based, just read up on it, get some books, some vids or even a course - it will make your life so much easier.

maybe monitors, possibly a sound card and a myriad other bits and pieces will all need to be purchased as you build your setup. Of course, depending on what you are trying to do musically, some sort of basic controller, head phones at least. You pretty much have to commit to at least Intro and a 3rd party instructional video. If you are novice and not on unemployment (or worse, have a serious relationship with another human being) then the 30 day free trial is pretty well useless.
#ABLETON SUITE 8 TUTORIAL BEGINNER MANUAL#
The manual is not a document to help you understand how to make computer based music, its an explanation of Lives features with very little application for music production in the bigger picture. You will get some results fairly quickly but it gets deep pretty quick. If you have had no experience in making music on a computer and software, then Live is not the place to start as a complete novice.
