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(Quick Pro Guides). Learn to make electronic dance music with the innovative application that started and is still leading the revolution! Start producing your own music from the ground up! Ableton Live is a groundbreaking program whose unique nonlinear, incredibly flexible features set it far apart from all the other digital audio applications. It is equally at home with making beats, remixing, live recording, DJing, live looping, sound design, electronic music, hip-hop, and much more. Unlike other books about Live that simply explain its features like a second manual, this hands-on-centric book contains a series of exercises that will walk you through all the features you need to produce professional sounding music with Ableton Live. Certified Ableton instructor Jake Perrine will guide you through the creation of an actual track from start to finish. And you'll get plenty of practice using Live with the audio content, exercises, audio samples, and session files contained on the accompanying DVD-ROM. A substantial appendix section offers discussions of important non-Ableton-specific topics, including digital audio basics, components of a producer's studio, considerations when buying a DAW computer, and more. In addition to over 20 years of making electronic music, certified Ableton trainer Jake Perrine has over a decade of experience teaching audio production, so not only does he know what he's talking about, he knows how to make sure you know what he's talking about! Whether you want to DJ, make mashups and remixes, play with a band, or build epic dance anthems from scratch, this book will show you all you need to know to achieve your goals with Ableton Live. Read more
Publisher : Hal Leonard
Publication date : January 1, 2012
Edition : Pap/DVD
Language : English
Print length : 182 pages
ISBN-10 : 1458400360
ISBN-13 : 69
Item Weight : 1.28 pounds
Dimensions : 1.11 x 1.11 x 1.11 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #4,595,904 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1,616 in Music Recording & Sound (Books) #207,348 in Humor & Entertainment (Books) #251,408 in Crafts, Hobbies & Home (Books)
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Format: Paperback
I had been trying to deal with Ableton Live Suite on my own and was feeling kind of frustrated. I have been playing and programming keyboards for over 40 years but have not been too interested in computers due to some bad experiences with computers and software. Anyone remember trying to perform on stage with a Commodore 64/Dr.T's sequencer? Early PC's/Voyetra? Nightmares. I decided to stop wasting my time with these machines and focus instead on my playing skills. There is absolutely no substitute for rehearsing/jamming with other musicians. That being said,I've recently decided to give the computers another go. It's a whole different world nowadays. Ableton Live is an intricate piece of software that will handle just about any digital music manipulation you can think of. Unfortunately that comes with a steep learning curve, especially if you are not savvy with modern computers. Do not think that just because you know how to program drum machines or synths or even 16-track digital recorders, that you will be able to take right off with Ableton Live. That's where Jake Perrine's guidebooks come in. Jake writes in an entertaining and informative style that will keeep you engaged with the material in this book. But most importantly you will get the foundation you need to really make the software your own. The DVD-ROM that comes with this book is very helpful as it takes you step-by-step through building a song from scratch (OK he cheated a little bit by using loops). You may get tired of listening to the same tracks over and over as you massage them into shape, but you will also get an education in critical listening and skillful use of effects. Now I've heard some complaints in other reviews that subjects like MIDI are glossed over. Do not fall for the idea that one 180-page guidebook is going to cover every Ableton topic in depth. If you don't know anything about MIDI and just stick to what Ableton does, inside the program itself, you'll be fine. On the other hand, if you want to wade into the treacherous waters of MIDI devices (be prepared to become a hopeless gear junkie), go ahead and get the companion book "Sound Design, Mixing and Mastering". Anybody who is a newbie to MIDI will find their questions answered there. I'll admit I haven't worked my way through the second book yet, but I've done all the exercises and lessons in "Producing Music" and can give it 5 stars for what it is- a basic but very thorough education in using Ableton Live to produce music. Go ahead and get both books, they're at bargain prices and worth every penny. I like it.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2012 by Smoothcut
Format: Paperback
First, for international buyers, I live on the brazilian's south and this cheap book came to me in 5 days through DHL. Very impressive. And it took 5 days, because nobody were in the house. On the 4th day they came and delivered a nice card with the exact time they would be on the next day. Amazing. The book itself is a very good step-by-step guide. I like the writing style and the author's Preoccupation about the basic audio concepts (on appendices). I knew about them, but I really liked the way it was explained on this book. I think we ever need new thoughts about the fundamentals. I really learned a lot with this book. Sometimes it is hard to follow some very detailed steps. And you really must follow every word. If you simplify what is being said, and quickly take an action, you won't get the expected result. So, I think that Perrine gave us a lot of attention on those words. It gave me a quick approach to the software, and I know how it works. Really, it's a very basic book, but it was what I needed. The Live's manual is complete, but it is also sterile. I truly recommend it for the beginners like me. It worth every penny. P.S.: I also bought the second Book "Sound Design, Mixing & Mastering" and unfortunately it has about 60 pages from the first book. It's a shame.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2012 by J. R. Kampa
So different from a manual. Jake steers you through Live with exercises that propel through Abletons great features.It comes with a DVD so DO NOT buy the Kindle version as I did. You need the DVD to do the work:). I ended up with both but is was worth every penny. This is essentially a book for beginners, I believe. I was completely baffled by the initial complexity of Live but now I am hooked. I am no youngster, I recorded for CBS back in the late 60's in London..very OLD SKOOL for sure!! I worked through the old Fostex cassette units. then the Fostex Hard Drive units. Anyway..a great book...two thumbs up:)
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Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2012 by Richard S. Melhuish
Format: Paperback
I would give it five stars, because as an instructional guide it is great. I is particularly good for people just getting started. But the music files you have to work with are GOD AWFUL. I wanted to jab my eardrums out with a needle while listening to them, but I have to admit, I did get some solid reinforcement for what I had been learning from my millions of Youtube hours.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2013 by caitiffchoir
Format: Paperback
There are no problems in reading and understanding when making music. The book is simple to read and understand..
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2023 by Dickie Repass
Format: Paperback
This is a basic book, clearly intended for someone with no prior experience. That's fine, I'm new to Ableton (though not to DAWs generally) and wanted a clear and concise intro. The Ableton manual isn't bad, it's just not organized as a progressive tutorial that builds on each lesson to a final track. I was looking for a "let's roll up our sleeves and go step-by-step through hands-on techniques, in the order you'll need to learn them to make a song with Live." And though what is in here is generally more clear and step-by-step than the manual, it isn't really a progressive tutorial that ties it all together cleanly, and it doesn't do as much filling-in gaps in the manual that you otherwise only learn by trial and error as I was expecting. Furthermore, about 20 out of roughly 170 pages are spent on things not directly relevant to Live (touting but not explaining operations of 3rd party plugins, very mediocre explanations of basic DAW theory and studio layout). This appendix is touted as a feature, but it's far from the best explanation I've read of anything in it. That wasted 20 pages is unforgivable when you consider the title of the book, an the fact that the following things are omitted: - composing using the piano roll ("piano roll" doesn't even appear in the index) - how to record midi note events in arrange view - automation and automation lanes - MIDI anything, actually ("MIDI" also doesn't appear in the index -- seriously) - Dealing with Ableton agr files (though there is a section on warping, quantization and grooves as applied to clips which is the best part of the book) - Grooves with anything other than clips (i.e. nothing on how to lay down a drum track with grooves and export it to a looping clip) - Ableton instruments, or for that matter, any instruments or tracking with anything other than clips - Ableton Racks (there's some basics on effects, but nothing about big effects racks) The author appears to promote the idea that Live is *strictly* a clip-based audio looping, sequencing and processing tool -- and that nobody would ever want to play notes (despite mentioning several VST softsynths in the appendix). Considering the book is called "Producing Music with Ableton Live" and not "Looping and Arranging Clips with Ableton Live", those items above seem like very serious oversights which those 20 pages (and more, really) of nonsense ought to have been given over to. I learned enough from the manual and YouTube videos to now know some of what it is I don't know, and am now going through that trial and error phase I'd hope this book would help accelerate or jump over. And Ableton is not trivial, it has lots of cool stuff (and seemingly a glaring deficiency -- only being able to record non-note MIDI events into MIDI session clips not MIDI arrange tracks), enough so that I had to scour the manual and WWW rather than turning to this book as I'd hoped to. If this book actually described the whole range of (out of the box) ways to produce music in Live with the same clarity as the rest of the book (and maybe added a bit more depth, and/or continuity of tutorial), I would've given this book 4+ stars. But I think the title is misleading and the content insufficient in some very important respects.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2012 by S. V. Bugaj
Format: Paperback
This book was a disappointment. I bought this book, along with the companion book "Sound Design, Mixing and Mastering with Ableton Live" by the same author and publisher last year when I made the shift from my previous DAW to Ableton Live. Ableton Live already comes with a hefty, generally very thorough manual; for an "after market" instructional guide to compete with the vendor's manual, it would have to offer something the manual doesn't - like more sophisticated tricks, or clarity where the manual is turgid and obscure. This is not the case with this book. It is like "Manual Lite" - it is more superficial than the manual, and omits a lot of features and spends dozens of pages explaining the subtle nuances of very basic stuff that anyone with a mouse and more than 1 day's experience using computer software could figure out, like how to create a new file or save a file (called "sets" in Ableton-speak). It is clear that the author or the publisher saw a money grabbing opportunity by taking what should have been a comprehensive 200 page book on using Ableton Live and splitting it into two 150 page books for twice the money. If you are doing the math, the reason why the two books add up to more than 200 pages is because there is significant duplication of content between the two books. So what is the difference between this book and its companion? This book only covers the use of audio files in Ableton Live. There is no coverage of MIDI. This book will teach you how to insert an audio file into a set, how to record it into an arrangement, how to trigger it in Session view, how to use warp and groove features, and how to apply audio effects. Anything related to other features, to the extent covered at all, are covered in the companion book. Using MIDI Controllers? No. Applying MIDI effects? No. Using built in "instruments" or third party VST soft synths? No. Creating "racks"? No. For any of the foregoing, do not look for it in this book - it is out of the scope. Strangely, I/O is covered (very superficially) in this book, although it begs the question, why in a book mostly dedicated to making music out of pre-recorded WAV files? The most important feature of a third party after market guide is missing completely, and that is the "above and beyond, how to really use it" features. There is not nearly enough discussion of I/O, which for me is one of the most important features of Ableton Live (probably because I play with so much external hardware). Another feature covered in a very disappointing way is the use of racks - racks are powerful, and the author tells us that, but does not show us how or why they are so powerful. The clever use of racks, return tracks, and I/O can result in some very mind-blowing music production environments, none of which is remotely suggested by these books. There is something a bit illogical about the split also. If a book begins by introducing audio files and completely leaves out the creation of MIDI clips until book two, that presupposes that the beginner has an abundance of audio files just sitting around, waiting to be inserted into a set. But how does that happen without either (a) making a bunch of audio files from either live recordings or from bits of MIDI flown through instruments or VSTs to produce sound or (b) acquiring a bunch of pre-made, off-the-shelf commercial audio files from the numerous "loop" stores in the cybersphere. But there is a certain school of music production that says commercial loops should be used sparingly, if at all. It is a much more professional approach, this school would assert, to begin from scratch making your own MIDI files, running them through instruments, and recording the results. This is generally how I use a DAW. I will not say I do not own commercial samples, or play with them for ideas or to add a missing sound or effect here and there. But how can anyone say you are producing music if you are just looping together a bunch of purchased WAV files that sound nifty when played together? Do not get me wrong! I use WAV files in my own work - especially WAV files I make myself either from live recording or by running MIDI through VSTs. Sometimes it is very useful to take a series of clips and record them all into a WAV file in advance of continuing to work on the composition because it takes a load off of the computer resources not to run a bunch of VSTs every time you play back the tracks together. But to this point and to conclude: all of this is to say, the books do not cover enough, what they do cover is covered in a very illogical and superficial way, and it was commercially inappropriate to sell these books as two books rather than one.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2013 by Saltillo
Format: Paperback
One the best Ableton books I've read; explanations clear, concise, and straightforward. Finally a book on Live with practical information not bogged down in technical details.
Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2012 by Joe Fialko