Table of Contents -- CHAPTER 1 Live 6 -- 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 -- Web Downloads -- 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 6 Power!'s Mac Recommendations -- Ableton Live's System Requirements for PC -- Ableton Live 6 Power!'s PC Recommendations -- Installing, Running, and Updating Live 6 -- Live Installation Tips (Mac OS X 10.2.8 and Up) -- Live Installation Tips (Windows 2000 and XP) -- Updating Live -- Copy Protection -- Basic Computer Specifications -- Audio Interface Specs -- Selecting the Right Soundcard -- 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 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 -- 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 -- Finding Missing Samples -- Working with Multiple Versions -- Getting Help -- The Info View -- Getting Help Online -- 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: Clips -- What Are Clips? -- What Do Clips Contain? -- Where Do Clips Come From? -- The Clip View -- Clip Name and Color -- Time Signature -- Groove Template -- Clip Offset 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 -- Loop/Region Markers -- Render to Disk -- Rendering Techniques -- Scoring to Video -- Importing Video -- The Video Window -- Saving/Exporting -- Keeping Sound and Video in Sync -- Summary -- CHAPTER 6 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 -- 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 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 -- Importing Standard MIDI Files -- Exporting Standard MIDI Files -- Using the Live Clip Format -- CHAPTER 8 Using Effects and Instruments -- Using Effects in a Session -- The Track View -- The Effect Browsers -- Adding a Plug-In to a Track -- 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 9 Live's Instruments -- Impulse -- Overview of the Interface -- Importing Sounds -- MIDI Control -- MIDI Routing -- Audio Routing -- Simpler -- Overview of the Interface -- MIDI Control -- Operator -- Waveforms and Harmonics -- Overview of the Interface -- Creating and Shaping Sounds -- Synthesis Examples -- 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 -- Creative Ideas for Using Sampler in Your Productions -- CHAPTER 10 Live's Audio Effects -- EQ and Filters -- EQ Eight -- EQ Three -- Auto Filter -- Dynamic Processing -- Auto Pan -- Compressor I -- Compressor II -- Gate -- Delay Effects -- Simple Delay -- PingPong Delay -- Filter Delay -- Grain Delay -- Chorus -- Phaser -- Flanger -- Reverb -- Resonators -- Distortions -- Saturator -- Dynamic Tube -- Erosion -- Redux -- Vinyl Distortion -- Miscellaneous Tools -- Beat Repeat -- Utility -- CHAPTER 11 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 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 6 Power -- More Warp Markers and Envelopes -- Beat-Wreckin' Clinic -- Harnessing Follow Actions -- Minimizing Performance Strain -- Templates -- Sample Editing -- Which Audio Editor to Use? -- Wave Editor Tips -- Streamlining Loops for Live -- 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 -- X -- Y -- Z.