Ableton Live 10

Question 1

Ableton: shift+”Arrangement Record Button” (at the top)

Answer 1

Records an arrangement into the arrangement view as you play it live in session view

Question 2

Ableton: little orange button lights up

Answer 2

to tell you that what you are hearing as you play around in session view is not what is written into arrangement view. clicking it will play the arrangement.

Question 3

Ableton: “return tracks”

Answer 3

process audio sent to them from multiple tracks

Question 4

Ableton: ReWire applications

Answer 4

this is how you daisy chain Live with another application (like Reason) so they play in sync. Live can be a ReWire Host or Device

Question 5

Ableton: recording audio

Answer 5

arm individual tracks with their little record buttons then hit arrangement record up top

Question 6

Ableton: ⌘T

Answer 6

create new audio track

Question 7

Ableton: To record to multiple tracks

Answer 7

⌘-click the respective arm buttons, set different input signals to each (only useful with multiple separate signals like a band)

Question 8

Ableton: to punch in

Answer 8

set the loop braces up top, then activate the punch in and out buttons up top around the loop button

Question 9

Ableton: to make several attempts to record a section

Answer 9

activate the loop button with loop braces set and punch in/out on, then you can unroll with undos when satisfied

Question 10

Ableton: when you load an impulse instrument into a midi track, these keys on a midi keyboard will play the intrument

Answer 10

C3-C4

Question 11

Ableton: to create an empty midi track

Answer 11

double click on any empty cell in session view on that track, but not on the record circle

Question 12

Ableton: “Record Quantization” lives in this menu

Answer 12

The Edit menu contains the record quantization dropdown

Question 13

Ableton: “Session record button” (vs Arrangement record)

Answer 13

overdubs on armed tracks. While playing, click again to toggle off and practice a new pattern until you’re ready to record it, then click again.

Question 14

Ableton: ⌘B

Answer 14

Toggle “Draw Mode” to activate the pencil (next to the keyboard button upper right), so you can draw midi notes

Question 15

Ableton: To change grid density of notes in the note editor

Answer 15

CTRL-click anywhere in the MIDI note grid and select note fractions

Question 16

Ableton: To quantize a bunch of MIDI notes after writing them

Answer 16

EDIT > Quantize Settings…

Question 17

Ableton: To select a range of MIDI notes and change velocities

Answer 17

Click the white piano key next to the MIDI notes, then change the velocities in the red circles below

Question 18

Ableton: To change length of loop

Answer 18

Change the number in the “Length” box in the “Notes” tab to the left of the MIDI notes grid

Question 19

Ableton: To quickly double the length of a loop

Answer 19

Hit “Dupl. Loop” button in “Notes” Tab

Question 20

Ableton: The two sets of stacked flag shaped markers in the MIDI notes grid do these things, respectively:

Answer 20

The top ones set the loop, the bottom ones set start and end

Question 21

Ableton: shift-tab

Answer 21

toggles clip view and device view within one session cell down below

Question 22

Ableton: An expanded version of Impulse is:

Answer 22

the Drum Rack instrument