Introduction
1. Info View
From the menu, View-Info
Or type "?"
2. Selector Buttons and Re-Sizing Windows
Triangles - open up or fold in
Re-size by moving your mouse over borders
3. Browser
Sounds - presets of instruments arranged by type, used in MIDI tracks
Drums - presets of drum kits, used in MIDI tracks
Instruments - same as Sounds but arranged by technology
Audio Effects - devices used to change the sound, used in both MIDI and Audio tracks
MIDI Effects - devices used to change the notes being played, used in MIDI tracks
Max for Live - additional Sounds, Instruments, Audio Effects, MIDI Effects, created in the Max for Live programming language
Plug-Ins - instruments, sounds, audio effects, MIDI effects from 3rd party sources, in VST format, which can be used inside Live, used in MIDI tracks
Clips - pre-recorded pieces of music, used in either MIDI or Audio tracks
Samples - recordings of audio, can be loops (long) or one-shot (short), used in Audio tracks
Grooves - add swing to your beats or melodies
Templates - save your favourite selection of the above as a template for easy use
4. Activate the Computer MIDI Keyboard
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| Source: https://www.schoolofsynthesis.com/blog/blog-post/playing-notes-your-computer-keyboard-ableton-live |
Here is a full tutorial on The Computer Keyboard as a MIDI Controller
Also a video tutorial https://sonicbloom.net/en/ableton-live-tutorial-the-computer-keyboard-as-a-midi-controller-video-tutorial/
5. Hands on Task
Recap Video - Live's Browser
Navigation
6. Load the Tour of Live set
7. Mixer (Volume Controls)
8. Zoom in and out
1. To smoothly change the zoom level, click and drag vertically in the beat-time ruler at the top of the Arrangement View -
2 and 3. To zoom in and out of a selected Clip, use the computer keyboard’s + and - keys
4. To zoom into a selected Clip selection completely, press Z. You can revert back by pressing the X key.
5. To optimize the height of all tracks to fit the Arrangement View, click the H button or H key. To do the same for width click the W button or W key.
6. The Arrangement Overview is like a “bird’s-eye view“ of your music. To scroll the display, click within the outline and drag left or right; to zoom out and in, drag up and down.
7. To which part of the Arrangement you are seeing, drag the outline’s left and right edges.
8. To see a specific part of the Arrangement in more detail, click on it in the Overview and drag downwards to zoom in around that part.
9. To have the Arrangement display follow the song position and scroll automatically, turn on the Follow switch
10. You can split Clips using the right mouse button or the CTRL-E key command.
11. You can re-size Clips by clicking and dragging on the left or right edge of the Clip, once you see the cursor become a square bracket [ or ]
12. You can Cut and Paste clips by selecting them with mouse, then either right-click or use the usual CTRL-C, CTRL-X and CTRL-V key commands
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