6 Essential Ableton Workflow Tips You Need to Know

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  • Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
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    0:00 Intro
    0:50 Essential Shortcuts You Need to Know
    13:47 Saving Defaults
    17:26 Importing Your Arrangement into Session Clips
    19:16 Advanced Workflow Tips
    21:30 Personalised Keyboard Shortcuts on Mac
    23:18 Mixing Session Workflow
    31:36 Outro
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  • @EDMProd
    @EDMProd  2 года назад +8

    If you liked this, we also have a 182-page Ableton Workflow Bible that dives even deeper - and it's free! Download it here 👉 www.edmprod.com/ableton-workflow-bible/

  • @RoitownINK
    @RoitownINK 3 года назад +49

    Tip for reference tracks: if you have something on your master track DO NOT route reference tracks to master. Switch the routing to your hardware output 1/2.

    • @EDMProd
      @EDMProd  3 года назад +3

      Very good tip! That will make using references muchhh easier when mastering

    • @robertgarvansnyder4665
      @robertgarvansnyder4665 3 года назад

      That’s super handy.

    • @haunted1994
      @haunted1994 Год назад +2

      It's better if you set a premaster where you route all your tracks/groups/etc and all your plugins and then you can set some analizer plugins on master, to check reference and your track.

    • @rylanmcneely2243
      @rylanmcneely2243 Год назад

      @@bdotstanley much mo better

  • @leroycarr9
    @leroycarr9 2 года назад

    Great video. I learned a lot of important shortcuts and mixing tips. Thanks!

  • @SenfSenferson
    @SenfSenferson 3 года назад +2

    Great Summary of awesome tips!

  • @amaxlevin
    @amaxlevin 3 года назад +1

    Amazing workflow tips! Thank you ☮️

  • @Dream.logic_
    @Dream.logic_ Год назад

    Such a great video man! amazing content and you are an amazing teacher, keep it up!!

  • @julesarindam7195
    @julesarindam7195 2 года назад

    Very well organized! Your website is great too. Thanks for sharing your work.

  • @yophosy5419
    @yophosy5419 2 года назад +1

    Great stuff - two esp wonderful are the premix comparison stuff and the xfer to session view although I could have done with the latter for the two tracks I have just created !!!

  • @chafaisimo
    @chafaisimo 2 года назад +1

    Amazing video ! Thank you man ! Your workflow is so smart

  • @ian6083
    @ian6083 2 года назад

    Thanks for such great tips!

  • @NiSoKai
    @NiSoKai Год назад

    Bro this is a bloody wonderful video. Thank you so much I learned a lot.

  • @plantificationpodcast
    @plantificationpodcast Год назад

    Seriously top notch act EDM Prod. Thank you so much. You guys are a goldmine. 🤙🏽😉

  • @Jason-io6oy
    @Jason-io6oy 2 года назад +3

    One of the best workflow tips I’ve seen on Ableton. Thx for sharing 🔥

  • @RoitownINK
    @RoitownINK 3 года назад +12

    I thought I knew my shortcuts, but I learned so much from this. I didn’t know that you can create your own shortcuts 🤯

    • @EDMProd
      @EDMProd  3 года назад

      I know pretty crazy huh!

  • @TheArtOfDreaming
    @TheArtOfDreaming Год назад +1

    Awesome tips! Been using Ableton for a couple of years now and still learned some good stuff here. Thank you!

  • @joshua5887
    @joshua5887 3 года назад +1

    Great video!! Thanks!!

  • @kob79jd
    @kob79jd Год назад

    Thank you so much for these real-world helpful hints in Ableton. I am climbing the learning curve, and I found these tricks to be a treasure chest of time-savers.

  • @astrokid_music
    @astrokid_music 3 года назад +1

    Amazing mate!

  • @xXStyleHDXx
    @xXStyleHDXx 10 месяцев назад

    I've followed all these tips and noted down in the Notepad. Specially the mix tips are really a game changer. Thank you so much!

  • @Pazaluz
    @Pazaluz 11 месяцев назад

    Thanks for making this video! i'm still learning Ableton after having used FL for a decade. Very useful tips!

  • @israeldaritzo7152
    @israeldaritzo7152 Год назад

    Thank you so much!!

  • @eternal_music_ways
    @eternal_music_ways 4 месяца назад

    Great tutorial ❤

  • @sativaviolet
    @sativaviolet Год назад +1

    you're the man! I've been using ableton forever it rocks, its easy to kinda get stuck in session mode looping, lol, nice , complete, and very useful boss. I appreciate your channel

  • @davidpotsdam
    @davidpotsdam Год назад

    VERY USEFUL

  • @MultiMam12345
    @MultiMam12345 2 года назад +1

    Great set of tips!
    Get keyboard maestro and map every shortcut that requires 2/3 keys to press to f1,f2,f3 etc. Or map them to any single key presses.
    Add karabiner to use your modifier keys ( command, shift, control, option ) as f13,f14,f15,f16 on press and release. Or mouse clicks.

  • @samuelarba6695
    @samuelarba6695 3 года назад +2

    Thanks!

  • @scrillahands
    @scrillahands 3 года назад

    Great video, thanks for sharing your knowledge!

    • @EDMProd
      @EDMProd  3 года назад

      No problems! Glad you enjoyed

  • @drvoodoo3073
    @drvoodoo3073 2 года назад

    My favorite topic!

  • @kanavgupta2816
    @kanavgupta2816 2 года назад

    this was a great vid

  • @sirioaureli
    @sirioaureli 2 года назад +1

    This was a really great video, thanks a lot!

    • @EDMProd
      @EDMProd  2 года назад +1

      You're very welcome!

  • @pk3776
    @pk3776 3 года назад +2

    Bloody genius 👍🙏

  • @belito5237
    @belito5237 2 года назад

    ah man this was gold! 👏👏👏

  • @SayajinKanak
    @SayajinKanak 2 года назад

    Thank you!

  • @spectralcodec
    @spectralcodec 2 года назад +1

    Wow the people that make this software must be really smart!

  • @4ktraveltours
    @4ktraveltours 3 года назад +1

    Thanks

  • @anatolyhrenov8071
    @anatolyhrenov8071 2 года назад

    Thanks a lot for these tips👍

  • @paco83h
    @paco83h 2 года назад +3

    5 years of ableton and despite this, I learned a few things to save time. Nice!!!

  • @duyetmai4432
    @duyetmai4432 Год назад

    thanks BRo

  • @19o
    @19o 2 года назад

    second video watched from you today. thanks a lot

  • @PMZpablo
    @PMZpablo Год назад

    great1 Thanks! By the way, there is a tab to transient like protools and logic on live?

  • @slowdivisionmusic
    @slowdivisionmusic 2 года назад

    Well done again for the space at the start I will do it also. I am not sure it is a good thing to erase the locator it is important for coherent automation in the chorus and stuff. Thanks again

  • @robertgarvansnyder4665
    @robertgarvansnyder4665 3 года назад +1

    Great video!
    PS CMD+SHIFT+I = I/O (not Insert)

  • @dulcegabrielameridanavarro7764

    Hi! Do you know shortcuts for audio editing in Ableton in order to compete with Protools workflow? 😊

  • @tristant9686
    @tristant9686 2 года назад +1

    Why do you recommend turning off the compressor's autogain?

  • @big-E-Smallz
    @big-E-Smallz Год назад

    lol my sigh of relief within the first 2 mins of this video. For some reason I never knew a 100% consistent way to switch those views.

  • @contraspower6302
    @contraspower6302 Год назад

    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @lwpweb
    @lwpweb 2 года назад

    somesting strange: on my mac the cmd grid off is not working for the selection of the starting point. The starting point is always falling onto grid while pressing cmd and only the end point can be set arbitrarily.

  • @seangill2413
    @seangill2413 3 года назад +1

    Are you using an external preamp? Vocals are sounding smooth fam. great video as well obviously.

    • @EDMProd
      @EDMProd  3 года назад

      Yep, thanks! I'm using the Dynamite DM1 preamp to boost the level of my Rode Procaster + the onyx pre in my Mackie 1640i mixer

  • @slowdivisionmusic
    @slowdivisionmusic 2 года назад +1

    Again….well done for referencing yourself lol such a good idea

  • @pirds102010
    @pirds102010 Год назад

    what is command Option on windows? STRG + ?

  • @chrispysaid
    @chrispysaid Год назад

    Cmd+3 sets the grid to triplet, no need to turn off grid to get a triplet swing.

  • @chillydoog
    @chillydoog 2 года назад +1

    nice cans brev. whots the make of those?

    • @EDMProd
      @EDMProd  2 года назад +1

      They are beyerdynamic dt 880 pros!

  • @justinmandar7193
    @justinmandar7193 2 года назад +1

    Hey EDM Prod!
    Whenever I try to clear the names of the files like you do in the mixing view with CMD + R then SPACE, it is simply not working for me. It seems I have to do it one by one. Anything I am doing wrong?
    Thanks for the great content!
    Justin

    • @EDMProd
      @EDMProd  2 года назад

      Hey Justin,
      Renaming clips is very temperamental, and it has changed a bit with some of the recent updates too.
      If the clips are the exact same length and you have NO empty space on the timeline highlighted, you can rename them with CMD+R then Space.
      If you want to rename your whole arrangement to get rid of all the names I would recommend highlighting everything, going into the clip view (Shit Tab) then right clicking where it says the amount of clips (e.g. 22 Clips), clicking rename then hitting Space. This will remove all the clip names too

  • @smokypaige4857
    @smokypaige4857 3 года назад +2

    ABLETON IS AWESOME. WOW! THANKS MAN. QUICK QUESTION....HOW DO YOU GET THE TITLE OF THE EFFECT TO SHOW. MY REVERB/DELAY RETURNS SHOW BUT THE INDIVIDUAL TRACKS DO NOT.

    • @atkimusic
      @atkimusic 3 года назад

      They all show in the chain. Unless you have a separate track/send for the fx they won't show their title in the mixer but instead in the chain of that track you're applying processing on.

  • @Carefullyprepared
    @Carefullyprepared Год назад

    13:25, getting for some freestyle haha 😂
    Like if you heard it too

  • @leftistsareinsane
    @leftistsareinsane 2 года назад

    I just felt like saying that the Jerky Boys are the greatest. If you know, you know.

  • @chrispysaid
    @chrispysaid Год назад

    Here's a workflow tip:
    Cmd+F, type what you're looking for. Stop hunting and clicking through folder hierarchies.

  • @beatsprodbycm9455
    @beatsprodbycm9455 3 года назад +1

    i Hope this video helps cause damn i been struggling lol

    • @EDMProd
      @EDMProd  3 года назад

      What have you been struggling on mostly? Just workflow stuff?

    • @beatsprodbycm9455
      @beatsprodbycm9455 3 года назад

      @@EDMProd Yeah that and also getting past the loop/intro stage and actually making something full. Sometimes just seems daunting.

  • @curtisnewton4045
    @curtisnewton4045 2 года назад

    hahaha ... Ich HAVE to write it in your comments:
    I was betting, which Short-Cut is your most used :D And I was so unbelievable sure, that it HAS to be "CMD + Z" :D :D :D
    I named Tracks after this :D Its by far the most shortcut I used in my Life :D And now I'm really concerned aber this :D hahaha.
    And I never used "SHFT- TAB" ever in my life. And I think I spent nearly the last 25 Years in front of Ableton (more or less :) )
    Great, how music AND the creators are different. I love it!!
    Great. I had to stop watching this Video and had to finish my project. Everybody knows this :D It's like a Junkie.
    But I will come back, Luca.. I like your thoughts and how you explain things. See you soon.

    • @EDMProd
      @EDMProd  2 года назад

      Thanks for the comment! CMD-Z is definitely up there too, but to be honest I dont even realise myself SHIFT TAB-ing nowadays so its hard to tell haha. Glad you enjoyed!!

  • @jawadkazmi8856
    @jawadkazmi8856 2 года назад

    It's not to like it's a lot to absorb. What we mean by "a lot" 💫🤔🥴💥🤣 to much information for 10Xs viewing. But thank you because it is quite useful 😆😆 keep the tutorials coming but Please just do a 5 minute or so vid on setting up a digital piano for old school writers like us) so we can just record 🎹 and layer after we understand how to record it and play back and hear it lol

  • @jordonjones297
    @jordonjones297 2 года назад +1

    the thumbnail reminds me of squid game lol

    • @EDMProd
      @EDMProd  2 года назад

      Haha! Maybe we're getting copied over here at EDMProd ...

  • @slowdivisionmusic
    @slowdivisionmusic 2 года назад +1

    Man erasing label !!! Didn t even know that what was possible so cool

  • @treyhudson73
    @treyhudson73 2 года назад +1

    Holy F#$@, man! The title of this video is misleading as this is WAY more than just 6 tips!!!

    • @EDMProd
      @EDMProd  2 года назад

      Haha glad you enjoyed!