Learn to create, produce, and perform your music at a professional level with Ableton Live 9 from Routledge. This softcover book and web-based media combination is engineered to follow Live's non-linear music environment. The book looks and feels like the program, and its unique format utilizes the terms and creative features of Live, with tabs, keys, pointers, and labels to help you learn the small things that make a big difference.
Packed with professional insight, concepts, definitions, and hundreds of tips, tricks, and hidden features, author Keith Robinson covers the nuts and bolts of the software. You'll learn techniques for creating, producing, and performing, and identify all the tools you need for making music on the fly.
Table of Contents
- Scene 1 – Live 9: Create, Produce, Perform
- Scene 2 – Overview: Live 9
- Scene 3 – The Quick Way to Start Making Music!
- Scene 4 – Global Recording: Arrangements on the Fly
- Scene 5 – Session View Concepts
- Scene 6 – Arrangement View Concepts
- Scene 7 – Clips
- Scene 8 – Recording
- Scene 9 – Working with Scenes
- Scene 10 - Automation
- Scene 11 – Grouping Tracks
- Scene 12 - Groove
- Scene 13 – Warping Your Mind!
- Scene 14 – Loops, Slicing & More Looping
- Scene 15 – Instruments & Effects
- Scene 16 – Device Racks
- Scene 17 – Controlling Your Universe
- Scene 18 – ReWiring the Digital World
Author
Keith Robinson is a composer, sound designer, audio engineer, and producer living in New York City. He is also a lecturer at The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, New York University, specializing in Producing Music with Software & MIDI. Keith’s music has been used in numerous commercials and multiple feature films. Currently, Keith serves as vice president and developer for the sample library company Sample Logic LLC. His company’s award-winning products are heavily used throughout music for film, TV, and the gaming world. Keith is a member of ASCAP and holds a bachelor's degree in music education & trumpet performance as well as a master’s degree in music technology: scoring for film and multimedia from New York University.