Ableton Live 12: Advanced MIDI Editing

Join Ableton Live expert Thomas Cochran with these in-depth Ableton Live video tutorials for a look at several tips and concepts that will make MIDI editing faster, smarter, and easier in Ableton Live 12. From time-saving features for quickly creating chords to useful tools for generating complex drum patterns and more, there's plenty here to help you improve your workflow and generate musical ideas that inspire. By the end of this Ableton Live course, you'll be ready to implement some or all of these features in your very next production. These Ableton Live videos are designed for users who have basic experience with Ableton Live 12.

Videos

• Quickly Making Complex Drum Patterns (12:15) - To start off the course, Thomas shows how to quickly make new drum patterns using the new midi editing features. These controls let you add humanization and complex velocity variation with just a few clicks.

• Quickly Making Chords (10:59) - Shows how the new scale degrees feature is used to generate chords. This video also shows how chords can be quickly transposed within the scale to make complex chord sequences.

• Using Generative Stacks For Complex Chords (12:05) - Lean how the new stacks feature can be used the automatically generate chords that are in key with your projects.

• Generating Complex Drum Patterns (13:33) - Shows how the rhythm generators are used to make drum patterns. Thomas also shows how the ornament controls are used to add variation.

• Getting Creative With The Arpeggiator (10:31) - Learn how the arpeggiator can be used to quickly make complex patterns. Then see how the Time warp modifier can be used to adjust these musical sequences.

• Advanced MIDI Generation (14:12) - To wrap up the course, we get creative with the MIDI generation tools and lean how the connect modifier can be used make passing chords. Then we look at how the recombine controls can be used to make a bridge section for a song.