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Posted by dJohn on Apr-05-2007 16:57:

Non-live use of Ableton

I keep going through the tutorials, but can't seem to find a way to organize a number of tracks to arrange and record in "studio" form aka without using Live, live.
Is there a way to use Ableton as if you were using MixMeister? I know the two programs are worlds apart in terms of functionality, but I'm looking to make a studio mix that would give me the flexibility of Ableton editing, without having to try and record using my damn keyboard as a mixing console.
Is it just a matter of lining up tracks in the Arrangement view? What about warping? How do you sync BPMS from one track to the next without live usage?
Sorry for the noobish questions, but this is a project I've been trying to get at for a while, with no success. Hopefully somebody can help.
Thanks.

Posted by Allied Nations on Apr-05-2007 17:39:

Re: Non-live use of Ableton

quote:
Originally posted by dJohn
I know the two programs are worlds apart in terms of functionality, but I'm looking to make a studio mix that would give me the flexibility of Ableton editing, without having to try and record using my damn keyboard as a mixing console.
Is it just a matter of lining up tracks in the Arrangement view? What about warping? How do you sync BPMS from one track to the next without live usage?

They arent that far apart at all. warp your tunes, use the arrangement view and drop them down onto the sequencer... its pretty easy if you warp properly they will usually snap to the beat correctly, otherwise you just have to go in there manually

Posted by Rebel Brown on Apr-05-2007 19:33:

www.abletonlivedj.com

A geezer on there called Vinkalmamn has done a guide for arrangement view mixes, get it here.

Posted by dJohn on Apr-05-2007 22:16:

Hey thanks for the help and info. I checked out the link on arrangements. The PDF files are corrupt, and the text is screwed up.
Allied, I've heard horror stories on how much of a bitch it is to warp tracks. What exactly do you do to warp the track? I know the concept behind it: Adjusting the 'elasticity' of the track to fit in the correct time frame. But...how do you go about this? How many warp markers, blah blah blah...?

Thanks again. Help is much appreciated.

Posted by SPAWNmaster on Apr-06-2007 00:58:

quote:
Originally posted by dJohn
Hey thanks for the help and info. I checked out the link on arrangements. The PDF files are corrupt, and the text is screwed up.
Allied, I've heard horror stories on how much of a bitch it is to warp tracks. What exactly do you do to warp the track? I know the concept behind it: Adjusting the 'elasticity' of the track to fit in the correct time frame. But...how do you go about this? How many warp markers, blah blah blah...?

Thanks again. Help is much appreciated.

READ THE MANUAL.

Warping is easy as long as your using tracks with relatively steady tempos (aka pay for your tracks and you won't have a problem). There are plenty of guides on abletonlivedj.com and this has been discussed in previous TA threads as well. I recommend the search button for that.