Table of Contents -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Live 4.0 -- 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 -- CHAPTER 2 Back to School -- MIDI Primer -- Why Was MIDI Developed? -- Remote Control -- What Is the Language of MIDI? -- Binary Numbers -- Putting It All Together -- Benefits and Pitfalls of MIDI -- Digital Audio Primer -- What Is Sound? -- How Is Sound Represented in the Computer? -- Sampling Process -- Sample Rate -- Bit-Depth -- Benefits and Pitfalls of Digital Audio -- CHAPTER 3 Getting Live Up and Running -- System Requirements -- Ableton Live's System Requirements for Macintosh -- Ableton Live 4 Power!'s Mac Recommendations -- Ableton Live's System Requirements for PC -- Ableton Live 4 Power!'s PC Recommendations -- Installing, Running, and Updating Live 4.0 -- Live Installation Tips (Mac OS 9.2 and Beyond) -- Live Installation Tips (Mac OS X 10.1.5 and Up) -- Windows 98, 2000, and XP -- Updating Live -- Copy Protection -- Basic Computer Specifications -- Audio Interface Specs -- Selecting the Right Sound Card -- What Do You Need to Know About ASIO Drivers? -- Choosing a MIDI Interface -- MIDI Connectivity -- Setting Preferences in Live -- The Audio Tab -- The MIDI/Sync Tab -- The Plug-in Tab -- The Default Tab -- The Misc Tab -- CHAPTER 4 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, Groove, Metronome, and Sync -- Follow, Play, Stop, Record, MIDI Overdub, Quantize, and Pencil -- Punch In/Out and Loop -- 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 -- Saving Your Work -- Saving the Live Set -- Saving the Set as Self-Contained -- Finding Missing Samples -- Working with Multiple Versions -- Getting Help -- The Info View -- Getting Help On-Line -- The Course Technology Web Site -- CHAPTER 5 Making Music in Live -- Working Methods -- Using Live to DJ -- Using Live with a Band -- Multi-Tracking -- Producing and Remixing Music -- Scoring for Video -- Live's Musical Building Blocks: The Clip -- The Clip -- What Do Clips Contain? -- Where Do Clips Come From? -- The Clip View -- Clip Name and Color -- Time Signature -- Groove Template -- Quantize -- Launch Controls -- Velocity -- Follow Actions -- Tempo Settings -- Clip Loop/Region -- Loop Settings -- Loop Offset -- The Track -- The Audio Track -- The MIDI Track -- The Return Track -- The Master Track -- 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 -- Region Markers -- Render to Disk -- Rendering Techniques -- Summary -- CHAPTER 6 The Audio Clip -- Audio Clip Properties -- Buttons -- Transpose and Detune -- Gain -- Warp Control -- Warp Modes -- Reverse -- Warp Markers -- Purpose of Warping -- Creating and Erasing Warp Markers -- Correcting Timing Errors -- Creating New Rhythms -- 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 -- Destructive Sample Editing -- Editing in the Arranger -- Tips for Great Loops.

CHAPTER 7 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 -- Standard MIDI Files -- Importing MIDI -- Exporting MIDI -- CHAPTER 8 Using Effects and Instruments -- Using Effects in a Session -- The Track View -- The Effect Browsers -- Adding an Effect to a Track -- Plug-in Types -- Re-ordering and Removing Effects -- Managing Device Presets -- Warnings -- Tips -- 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 -- Modulating Devices with Clip Envelopes -- Automating Devices within the Arrangement View -- CHAPTER 9 Live's Audio Effects -- EQ and Filters -- EQ Four -- EQ Three -- Auto Filter -- Compression and Gate -- Compressor I -- Compressor II -- Gate -- Delay Effects -- Simple Delay -- Ping Pong Delay -- Filter Delay -- Grain Delay -- Chorus -- Reverb -- Resonators -- Distortions -- Erosion -- Redux -- Vinyl Distortion -- Utility -- CHAPTER 10 Live's MIDI Effects -- Chord -- Pitch -- Random -- Scale -- Velocity -- CHAPTER 11 Live's Virtual Instruments -- Impulse -- Overview of the Interface -- Importing Sounds -- MIDI Control -- Audio Routing -- Simpler -- Overview of the Interface -- MIDI Control -- CHAPTER 12 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 13 Playing Live . . . Live -- DJ -- Assembling Your Audio Files -- Warp Marking Your Songs.

Performance Techniques -- Band -- Click Track -- Tap Tempo -- Live Effects -- Jazz Improvisation -- Elastic Arrangement -- Real-time Loop Layering -- Theater -- Sound Effects -- Music Cues -- CHAPTER 14 Live 4 Power -- More Warp Markers -- Beat Wreckin' Clinic -- Harnessing Follow Actions -- Clip View Creativity -- Minimizing Performance Strain -- Markers -- Templates -- Sample Editing -- Which Audio Editor to Use? -- Wave Editor Tips -- Streamlining Loops for Live -- Linking Two Computers -- APPENDIX A: Shortcut Keys -- General Shortcuts -- Session View Shortcuts -- Arrangement View Shortcuts -- Other Handy Strokes -- APPENDIX B: Web Resources -- Ableton Live 4 Power! Web Site -- Live Templates -- Example Sets -- Where To Get Plug-ins -- Commercial Plug-in Developers -- Free Plug-in Developers -- Staying Informed -- Where To Get Loops -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.