Now we'll add a Drum Rack to our first MIDI track so that we can create some drum beats. You can also right-click the title bar of a track and change the name of the track to help you stay organized: ![]() Some people prefer to make all of their drum and percussion tracks one color, and their melody tracks another color, and so on, to organize their workspace. My MIDI track in column 1 happens to be green, so right-click the title bar of the first MIDI track and change yours to green as well (highlighted with a red rectangle in the picture below) so it matches mine, to make the tutorial easier to follow. The colors of each track are random when you start a new Live set, but you can change the colors by right-clicking the title bar of each track. ![]() MIDI tracks are for playing instruments, and Audio tracks are for playing digitally-recorded sounds and samples (because MIDI clips store a different type of information than Audio clips do): These are called "tracks" or "channels," and the gray rectangles below the track titles are where you can store clips that you can play using your Launchpad (which we'll do in a moment). Bonus MPE Tutorialįor a comprehensive list of everything that’s new in Live 11 & to download it, visit Ableton’s website.When you run Ableton Live 11 Lite, or when you start a new session by clicking File/New Live Set, it starts you off with 4 columns which are labeled MIDI, MIDI, Audio, and Audio (highlighted with a red rectangle in the picture below). Download the Live 11 project & rack here. We've made the project and the rack Rob uses in this series freely available. There's also a little look at another new feature 'Snapshot'. Rob then adds everything to a rack, assigning different parameters to the macros. Using the new LFO modulator tool in Live 11 Rob maps an LFO to his sample directly on the sample editor! You'll also see how to adjust the shape of the waveform and the LFO rate. Part 2: Advanced features, Modulator Tool & Snapshot This is all quite standard stuff so far but you'll start seeing some of the new features when Rob starts playing with the velocity range. To make it sound less like a 'horrific machinegun', Rob adjusts the low-pass filter cutoff in Simpler. He then sequences in a bassline, drawing a run of notes using a couple of handy shortcuts. Rob uses a bass sample from Loopcloud, dropping it onto the device chain ready to use in his track. Senior tutor Rob Jones looks at some of the new features and how to use them to create more interest and variation when working with MIDI instruments. ![]() ![]() This video is about creating a varying bassline using the clip editor. Ableton Live 11 tutorial part 1: New Features In The Clip Editor However, Rob is also in the process of creating new updates, which will be added to the course, so anyone with version 11 already or looking to upgrade will be 100% catered for. The Beginners Guide to Music Production in Ableton Live course is totally compatible with Live 11, as most areas taught are exactly the same in the new version. With the recent release of our Beginner's Guide to Music Production in Ableton Live course and subsequent bundles focusing on Live 10, we decided to make some of these new tutorials free for everyone. The sharp-eyed amongst you may have noticed that our latest live streams have all been using Live 11, so Producertech have been quietly building up content using this version. From speculation over new features to debating the merits of certain skins, the community has been alive with excitement for Ableton’s latest major update. If you’re a Live user, you’ve probably been following the developments over the last few months. Ableton Live 11 is out now! We've put together a series of free tutorials looking at the best new features including MPE!
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