20 Workflow/Production Tips in Ableton Live 9

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Hi forum!

I took some of my favorite (less obvious) tips and tricks in Live 9 and compiled them in a tutorial-style video. I wanted to share it with this community:



It's pretty light on the explanatory stuff, but I think it should still be easy to follow.

Here's the list of tips, in case you want to skip ahead when watching:

1. unlinked clip envelopes for synthesis.
2. putting 3 identical LFOs in one rack and then slightly offsetting them
3. chopping before duplicating
4. deactivate all resampled channels; bring in clips to write sequences
5. default audio track on 'resampling'
6. instrument racks + chain selector for morphing synths
7. sidechain as external input for envelope follower
8. OS level macros for repetitive keyboard presses
9. playback scrubber with a muted clip to find cool parts of a clip
10. warping with the BPM slider
11. perfect high/low split (using phase cancelation)
12. empty midi track for organization
13. audio buffer rate and CPU resources
14. cleaning up session clips
15. using folders named '--------' as dividers
16. audio follow
17. recording against a loop forever
18. using a muted chopping block track that you can solo to find parts
19. duplicating effects in a row
20. slice to midi + randomizer + short midi clips + skrillex (or whatever)


if you like it/hate it ... let me know! thanks for watching!
 
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