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Ableton is a digital audio workstation and sequencer.

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Setting up ableton live as a live looper?

I have seen that it is possible to set up Ableton to work as a live looper How is it done?
Willbill
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What is the best way of dealing with latency in Ableton?

I have a Lexicon Lambda which I use in Ableton and Audacity. Latency is hardly an issue in Audacity, but I can't seem to get it down to a manageable state in Ableton, no matter how many different setting I tweak. I used to use a Behringer BCA2000…
brian
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Ableton Live Instruments and Effects Have Disappeared From The Library...How to get them back?

I opened Ableton Live (6 LE - Mac Version) last night and none of the instruments or effect presets were in the Library pane. The instrument and effect unit names were there, but when I click on the arrow to expand the tree view...nothing appears. …
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Ableton: How do I automatically make a Clip "on beat"?

I can record a Clip from my MIDI keyboard and hit Play to hear it looped. But it's difficult to hit the Record and Stop button at just the right time so that my Clip has a consistent, say, 4/4 rhythm when I play it. Generally there are some…
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Does buying Komplete 8 help me at all if I already own Ableton?

Don't yell at me for asking a stupid question if this is dumb. I just started making music and I have been using Ableton the whole time. I was going to buy a Maschine controller so I can stop using my mouse and saw that there is some discount if I…
samoz
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How to activate MIDI controller in Ableton?

I have been having a problem in Ableton 8.2.2, when i turn on the Ableton and after that switch on my MIDI, Ableton never detect that. I have to restart Ableton and then it starts detecting the MIDI. So, how i can overcome with that? My setup is :…
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Ableton: Record everything I do and play it back on-screen

Is there a way to have Ableton record everything I do -- where I click, what I adjust, etc so that I can watch myself later? The best way to do this might be to simply record a video of my screen using some screen recording software. But if I…
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Is there a way to see the samples used by Ableton's Impulse instrument?

I'm running Ableton Live 8, and I've got a few Live Packs that have given me some nice presets for Ableton's Impulse drum machine plugin. However, I prefer their Drum Rack feature (due to the easy method of effecting individual drum suonds) and…
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Play in scale like Ableton's Push controller using a drum rack/other?

Ableton's new Push controller allows one to play only in certain scales, is this something that can be mimic'ed in a drum rack or something else? Are there any VSTs that have this ability?
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Instrument & Drum Rack disappeared in Ableton

I was in the midst of a project and suddenly I noticed my instrument rack and drum rack and other folders are merged into an empty folder that's the name of my current project. I tried going into another project and it was the same. I reinstalled…
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How do i create rap beats like the LA Beat Scene?

I have been recently following the LA Beat scene (Flying Lotus, Nosaj Thing, etc.) and am trying to figure out what methods they use to create their unique sound. What effects (reverb, sidechaining, compression, EQ settings, etc.) do you suggest I…
Nick H
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How to record audio in Ableton?

How do i record audio from mic with Ableton Live? Mic is connected to Line-In port of external audio card, card itself is recognized perfectly as i can hear VST's and such;
David Aizenberg