Setting up monitor mixes for a musician using Send and Return tracks
Audio recording and quantization of the recorded material
Mixing and routing, using insert and aux effects-creating audio subgroups
Freezing tracks
Working with video
Saving channel strip settings within a clip
File management: File Manager capabilities, Saving and Creating Live packs
2nd session: MIDI
Brief review of 1st session's key topics
Setting up Lives' MIDI preferences
Impulse: Creating beats using its own effects and filters, routing its outputs into multiple tracks
Recording and processing MIDI clips (MIDI basic aspects review)
Using MIDI effects and VST/AU Instruments
Using and setting external controllers
Advanced usage of MIDI clip envelopes for external hardware control: Sending program change messages, cc, creating multitimbral sounds in an external synth
Syncronizing Live to external devices and vice versa
Sampler: multilayering sampling and "hypermodulation" capabilities
In depth usage of Instrument and MIDI effects rack
Sequencing in the arrangement window: Clip placement, Editing commands and automation
Saving MIDI track settings within a MIDI clip
Exporting and Importing MIDI clips
Rewire Master and Slave modes
Controlling Rewire slave devices via Live's MIDI tracks
Recording Rewire inputs into Live
3rd session: GET READY FOR THE STAGE: Live performance and Djing
Brief review of 2nd session's key topics
Using your own templates
Optimizing preferences for Live performance
Audio/MIDI clips launch modes
Usage of scenes for live performance
Creating on the fly loops and MIDI assignements
MIDI absolute/relative modes
Live performance with session and arrangement view
Costumize session-clips and mixer view
Managing audio files for a dj set
Warping mp3/wav songs
Dj tools (Auto filter, Beat Repeat, Eq 3)
Using cues and sends for monitoring
Recording your performances
Review of Live's key features
Q & A
Preview of some Ableton artists videos
3 hours self practice under instructor's guidelines
