Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Live 7 -- What Is Live? -- Why Was Live Developed? -- The World of Live -- How Does It Work? -- What Sets Live Apart? -- Possible Applications -- Goals of This Book -- The Online Files -- Chapter 2 Getting Live Up and Running -- System Requirements -- Ableton Live's System Requirements for Macintosh -- Ableton Live Power!'s Mac Recommendations -- Ableton Live's System Requirements for PC -- Ableton Live 7 Power!'s PC Recommendations -- Installing, Running, and Updating Live 7 -- Live Installation Tips (Mac OS X 10.3.9 and Up) -- Live Installation Tips (Windows XP and Vista) -- Updating Live -- Copy Protection -- Basic Computer Specifications -- Audio Interface Specs -- What Do You Need to Know About ASIO Drivers? -- Choosing a MIDI Interface -- Setting Preferences in Live -- The Look/Feel Tab -- The Audio Tab -- The MIDI/Sync Tab -- The File/Folder Tab -- The Record/Warp/Launch Tab -- The CPU Tab -- The Products Tab -- The Live Packs Tab -- Chapter 3 Live Interface Basics -- Session View -- Clip Slot Grid -- The Scene Launcher -- The Session Mixer -- Track Input and Output Routing -- Arrangement View -- Track Settings and Contents -- Relation to the Session View -- Overview -- The Live Control Bar -- Tempo, Time Signature, and Groove Controls -- Transport, MIDI, and Quantization Controls -- Punch In/Out and Loop -- Computer Keyboard, Key and MIDI Assigns, System Performance, and MIDI I/O -- Live's Custom Views -- The Browser -- File Browsers -- The Device Browser -- The Plug-in Browser -- The Hot-Swap Browser -- Saving Your Work -- Saving the Live Set -- Collect All and Save -- Managing Files -- Manage Set -- Manage Project -- Getting Help -- The Info View -- Getting Help Online -- Chapter 4 Making Music in Live -- Working Methods -- Using Live to DJ -- Using Live with a Band -- Multitracking.

Producing and Remixing Music -- Scoring for Video -- Live's Musical Building Blocks: Clips -- What Are Clips? -- What Do Clips Contain? -- Where Do Clips Come From? -- The Clip View -- Clip Name and Color -- Time Signature -- Clip Groove -- Clip Nudge Controls -- Quantize -- Launch Controls -- Velocity -- Follow Actions -- Tempo Settings -- Tempo Master/Slave -- Clip Start/End -- Loop Settings -- Loop Start Offset -- Editing Multiple Clips -- Warping Multiple Clips -- The Track -- The Audio Track -- The MIDI Track -- The Return Track -- The Master Track -- Track Freeze -- The Session -- Adding Clips to the Session -- Drag-and-Drop Techniques -- Editing Commands -- Using Scenes -- MIDI and Computer Keyboard Control -- The Arrangement -- What Is an Arrangement? -- Recording from the Session into the Arrangement -- Adding Clips to the Arrangement -- Editing the Arrangement -- Automation -- Locators and Time Signature Changes -- Looping and Punching -- Export Audio -- Scoring to Video -- Importing Video -- The Video Window -- Keeping Sound and Video In Sync -- Saving/Exporting -- Summary -- Chapter 5 The Audio Clip -- Audio Clip Properties -- Buttons -- Transpose and Detune -- Gain -- Warp Control -- Warp Modes -- Warp Markers -- Purpose of Warping -- Auto-Warping -- Manually Creating and Erasing Warp Markers -- Correcting Timing Errors -- Creating New Rhythms -- Setting Warp Markers for Multiple Clips -- Beat Slicing -- REX File Support -- Slice to New MIDI Track -- Clip Envelopes -- Volume -- Pan -- Transpose -- Sample Offset -- Sends and More -- Unlinking Envelopes -- Breakpoint Editing -- Recording New Audio Clips -- …In the Session View -- …In the Arrangement View -- Editing Audio Clips -- Clip Timing and Rhythm -- Editing in the Arrangement -- Tips for Great Loops -- Chapter 6 The MIDI Clip -- MIDI Clip Properties -- Recording New MIDI Clips.

…In the Session View -- …In the Arrangement View -- Quantizing Your Performance -- Overdub Recording -- Editing MIDI Clips -- Adjusting the Grid -- Editing Notes and Velocities -- MIDI Clip Envelopes -- MIDI Ctrl Envelopes -- Mixer Envelopes -- Virtual Instruments and Effects -- Importing and Exporting MIDI Files -- Importing Standard MIDI Files -- Exporting Standard MIDI Files -- Using the Live Clip Format -- Chapter 7 Using Effects and Instruments -- Using Effects in a Session -- The Track View -- The Effect Browsers -- Plug-In Types -- Reordering and Removing Effects -- Managing Presets -- Signal Path -- Using an Effect as an Insert -- Using a Send Effect -- Using Sends Only -- Control and Automation -- Controlling Live's Devices with MIDI -- Controlling Plug-In Devices with MIDI -- Control Surface Lockdown -- Modulating Devices with Clip Envelopes -- Automating Devices Within the Arrangement View -- Racks -- Creating Racks -- Rack Basics -- Chain List -- Rack Devices -- Macro Controls -- Managing Rack Presets -- Creative Ideas for Using Racks -- Chapter 8 Live's Instruments -- Impulse -- Overview of the Interface -- Importing Sounds -- MIDI Control -- MIDI Routing -- Audio Routing -- Simpler -- Overview of the Interface -- MIDI Control -- Operator -- Overview of the Interface -- Creating and Shaping Sounds -- Sampler -- The Zone Tab -- The Sample Tab -- The Pitch/Osc Tab -- The Filter/Global Tab -- The Modulation Tab -- The MIDI Tab -- Importing Third-Party Instruments -- New to Live 7 -- Global Parameters -- Electric -- Mallet -- Fork -- Damper -- Pickup -- Global -- Tension -- Excitator -- Damper -- String -- Termination and Pickup -- Body -- Filter/Global -- Analog -- Oscillators and Noise -- Filters and Amplifiers -- Filters and Amp Envelopes -- LFO -- Global -- Drum Racks -- Pads and Chains -- MIDI Routing -- Choke Groups.

Sends and Returns -- Chapter 9 Live's Audio Effects -- EQ and Filters -- EQ Eight -- EQ Three -- Auto Filter -- Frequency and Resonance -- LFO -- Envelope -- Sidechain -- Quantize Beat -- Dynamic Processing -- Auto Pan -- Compressor -- Compression Basics -- Gate -- Delay Effects -- Simple Delay -- Ping Pong Delay -- Filter Delay -- Grain Delay -- Chorus -- Phaser -- Flanger -- Reverb -- Resonators -- Distortions -- Saturator -- Dynamic Tube -- Erosion -- Redux -- Vinyl Distortion -- Miscellaneous Tools -- Beat Repeat -- Utility -- External Devices -- Chapter 10 Live's MIDI Effects -- Arpeggiator -- Style -- Groove -- Hold -- Offset -- Rate and Sync -- Gate -- Retrigger -- Repeats -- Transposition Controls -- Velocity -- Chord -- Note Length -- Pitch -- Random -- Scale -- Velocity -- Chapter 11 ReWire -- What Is ReWire? -- Masters -- Slaves -- Using ReWire with Live -- Using Live as a ReWire Master -- Using Live as a ReWire Slave -- ReWire Power -- Chapter 12 Playing Live…Live -- DJ -- Assembling Your Audio Files -- Warp Marking Your Songs -- Performance Techniques -- Band -- Click Track -- Tap Tempo -- Live Effects -- Improvisation -- Elastic Arrangement -- Real-Time Loop Layering -- Theater -- Sound Effects -- Music Cues -- Chapter 13 Live 7 Power -- More Warp Markers and Envelopes -- Beat-Wreckin' Clinic -- Harnessing Follow Actions -- Minimizing Performance Strain -- Templates -- Linking Two Computers -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.