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Abelton Mixing 101

I'm new to ableton, its a pretty hardcore program. go ahead and call me a noob and a loser and make fun of me, but what i lack in ableton i dominate in photoshop so yeah haha.

I've gone thru the DJ'ing tutorials and still im having problems beat matching and getting basic transitions between tracks. shit i cant even get my tracks to play one after the other.

any WILLING help or tips for a mega NOOB would be greatly appreciated!

thanks in advance

I'm not telling any of my secrets!




Read teh manual.

Damn I thought this was going to be an Ableton mixing tutorial.

I get about 5 pm's a week from people asking me how to mix in ableton.

If my dumbass can figure it out then you guys can too!

I have been messing around with the demo the last couple weeks and have had problems with beatmatching and throwing songs on time. Its weird, all the beats get mapped out perfectly and the exact bpm gets detected, but for some reason they do not play in sync. Is there more that needs to be done to the tracks besides letting Live auto warp them? I know sometimes you have to adjust the first beat, not sure what else needs to be done.

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Originally posted by zizack I have been messing around with the demo the last couple weeks and have had problems with beatmatching and throwing songs on time. Its weird, all the beats get mapped out perfectly and the exact bpm gets detected, but for some reason they do not play in sync. Is there more that needs to be done to the tracks besides letting Live auto warp them? I know sometimes you have to adjust the first beat, not sure what else needs to be done.

im in the same boat mate.

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Originally posted by Clovis86 I'm not telling any of my secrets! Read teh manual.

i will thanks

Haven't you guys been through the included tutorials that come with the demo? They even have ones that focus on DJ'ing.

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Originally posted by Ryan0751 Haven't you guys been through the included tutorials that come with the demo? They even have ones that focus on DJ'ing.

yup, went thru em, still pretty noobish haha

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Originally posted by eFeKz im in the same boat mate.

+1

does the lack of being able to save hinder the full warping process?

Well yeah...can you not save your warp markers in the demo?


Ableton Auto-warp = NEVER USE.


It never works well unless the sample is like 30 seconds or less...even then...I dont like to rely on it.


Also, if tracks are not launching correctly, check that the quantization is on GLOBAL...this way Live will know to count in using the overall tempo. Also, make sure launch mode is Trigger, with Legato on.

another ableton n00b


wait so am I I have no idea what im doing on it buttttttttt Im getting better each day so it doesnt frustrate me

Hmmm maybe someone "lost" the manual. Or it amazingly did not come with the software.

That is a common problem with music software.

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Originally posted by Clovis86 Well yeah...can you not save your warp markers in the demo? Ableton Auto-warp = NEVER USE. It never works well unless the sample is like 30 seconds or less...even then...I dont like to rely on it. Also, if tracks are not launching correctly, check that the quantization is on GLOBAL...this way Live will know to count in using the overall tempo. Also, make sure launch mode is Trigger, with Legato on.

thanks for the tip, i will do that, i think it will be able to help me out a bunch =D

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Originally posted by tvmann Hmmm maybe someone "lost" the manual. Or it amazingly did not come with the software. That is a common problem with music software.

Haha.

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Originally posted by InterMilan31 another ableton n00b wait so am I I have no idea what im doing on it buttttttttt Im getting better each day so it doesnt frustrate me

lol, i used to be like that in photoshop, now 3 years later im a pro!

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Originally posted by tvmann Hmmm maybe someone "lost" the manual. Or it amazingly did not come with the software. That is a common problem with music software.

Haha i see what you're saying. no i bought ableton, but i havent really read the manual very much. i thought, shoot, id be lazy and do the dj'ing tutorial. since im no better then when i first got the program i will have to read between the lines. no easy way out of this one.

two turntables and a mixer. no hassle

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Originally posted by Basstard two turntables and a mixer. no hassle

Yeah but can you have 6 tracks going at the same time all perfectly matched up?

I can.

That's not necessarily a good thing

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Originally posted by Clovis86 Yeah but can you have 6 tracks going at the same time all perfectly matched up? I can.

if your good enough yes clovis.

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Originally posted by Clovis86 Yeah but can you have 6 tracks going at the same time all perfectly matched up? I can.

I'm up to 4! Hooray!

I've just switched to Ableton, it took me a while to figure it out. I'd recommend you to visit Ableton.com lots of usefull information there

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Originally posted by Ryan0751 That's not necessarily a good thing

Depends on the DJ!

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