How to Record Guitar in Ableton Live 11 or 10: Step-by-Step Tutorial
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Find out how to record guitar in Ableton Live 10 or 11 in a straight-to-the-point step-by-step tutorial. This tutorial also looks at how to use Ableton's guitar effects and guitar plugins in your recordings.
Learn how to connect your guitar to a PC in this guide: guitargearfind...
See the full step-by-step Ableton tutorial here: guitargearfind...
Learn more about recording guitar at home in this ultimate guide: guitargearfind...
If you're interested in creating guitar videos for RUclips, check out this guide: guitargearfind...
If you find this tutorial helpful, please let me know in the comments so I know if I should make more of them (let me know what tutorial you would like to see).
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Check out the full tutorial as well as other guides on recording, plugins, guitar effects and more here: guitargearfinder.com/guides/record-guitar-in-ableton/
Do you do any one on one training? Singer/songwriter trying to get a handle Ableton. Thanks.
While Ableton might seem daunting at first, it's pretty easy once you get used to the basic layout and I think you'll be fine without any one on one training.
I recommend just taking it slow and follow tutorials like this one whenever you get stuck. Try recording a guitar like in this video, then try recording vocals with a mic. Then if your audio interface has multiple inputs, try recording both at the same time. Take things one step at a time and you'll be fine.
Forums and social media groups dedicated to Ableton are also a great source of help when you get stuck with something. That's how I learned to use Ableton.
@@AaronMatthies Thanks man. I will heed your sage advice.
Thanks for this Aaron. Iv'e used FL Studio in the past and starting on a new DAW can be a bit daunting but this video has got me sold to try out Ableton Thanks buddy.
This is very helpful
Thank you Aaron!
Just got a 4i4 Focusrite for my birthday, Being 71 last week, my patience level with technology is low and had considered throwing the unit out of the window, however, you have saved the day and I am now up and running and smiling. My wife would like to thank you also and I look forward to viewing your other videos. Thank you very much
I know how frustrating something like this can be, so I'm very glad to hear my video helped. Have fun!
@Matt bro I feel u and I’m 18
71. Awesome
cheers greg
Glad you stuck with it! I'm 26 and have been frustrated at how these programs operate. Hence me coming to this video haha~ cheers !
That was the most useful and straightforward tutorial I’ve seen on this topic, thank you!
Unbelievably useful, I was just about to throw my Focusrite through the window. Thank you, so easy to follow (just read previous comment, I'm 60, it seems our generation throw things out of the window).
Haha you are not alone big boss, I'm 24 and considered the same multiple times.
I'm 62 and I AM there.
Hell, I'm 39 and ready to throw mine out the window! Lol. I'm trying to record and acoustic. 😬
im 17 dude i stg this comment made me die laughing cause i was about to do the same
@@andrewjones5955 got mine when i turned 17 i am now using it a year later lmao 😂
This is a GREAT tutorial! By far the best on RUclips for this activity, which is what lots of people want to do.
Straight to the point with clear instructions. THANK YOU!
another tip when putting stock ableton amp on your recordings is to have a cabinet with it too. they designed it in a way that you'd have the amp and cab together.
great video nonetheless, very informative and to the point.
This was so helpful and well done, Aaron. Thank you man
5:20 i can’t hear my guitar through the speakers, i’ve messed around a bunch in computer settings but can’t figure it out. any advice?
Thank you, I bought Ableton without ever using it and I was going crazy, thanks to your clear explanation I kept it and I'm still trying to like it, great job.
4:57 it's plugged in and it's not green. What have I done wrong. I have a scarlett solo plugged into my pc and the guitar jack into the solo and my guitar.
I couldn't make anything work using other videos. This was the best yet and I was able to record guitar immediately, even intuitively able to add a second and third track; Thank you so much..
Thank you sooo much. Ive been struggling trying to record stuff on ableton. This has been soo helpful
This was so incredibly useful. I'm new to Ableton and this made me feel so much better about using it. Thank you!
4:24 Ableton Live 11 is not like that on my PC, it's all a bunch of tiny windows crammed together, I cannot access the full menu you have at 4:24
Me too anybody have an answer?
Thank you very much. You covered all the things I wanted to know :)
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ty SO SO SO MUCH!! I thought I had bought a audio interface for NO REASON!!! so TY so muuuch dude!
my guitar sound is pretty low and when i gain the volume too much on my focusrite scarlett 3rd gen im getting buzzing/white noise in the background. Anyone got advice? i cant get rid of that. i literally have to decrease the gain so much that u can baerly hear the guitar
What happens when you press the INST button on the interface for that input channel?
@@AaronMatthies I press the isnt button as soon as I plug in the guitar and its like that so I guess nothing happens ?
The best tutorial video on you tube. Thank you so much. You are an amazing teacher. Every step clearly explained and walk around for any problems that may occur. My Novation mini launchpad and m-audio interface are about to arrive today and abbleton live 11 lite key comes with it. New subscriber. Off to watch all your other videos now! 👍
Something went wrong with my monitor function. When I click on "auto" and press play, although the vertical bar moves in time, the monitor stays active, I hear it during the recording, and it won´t play the recording. Please help!!
Yo thank you so much, i was going crazy till i found your video
i was learning how to use this case my old program had a bad delay.. watching this i learned how to fix the delay on the other program.. ty
Great tutorial....its really helps a lot.. Thanks man.. Keep upload more of this videos 🙏
I need to know how connect Focusrite 18i20 with MacbookPro and Ableton Live 10 lite setup
Is it normal that my system-sound stops working if i use Asio instead of MME/DirectX?
Bro! it's Amazing You solved my problem! Thanks!!!
Is there a way to have the effect (like distortion) going while recording? Or are you always playing clean?
If you want to use your amp's drive channel or you have a distortion pedal, you can record with that tone into Ableton. Otherwise, recording with a clean tone allows you to tweak and change your effects at any time. You can also add effects before you hit record so you can hear them while recording. I recommend experimenting with different ways of recording with your effects so you can get an idea of what suits you best.
@@AaronMatthies that's what I'm looking to do, record with the effect. How do you do that?
Add the effect to the track before you start recording.
Hi Aaron, I am new to Ableton Live world.
Mind to give a bit torch? I noticed from your video 5:41, below In-Auto-Off button there is Master.
But in my case, it is not displaying Master, instead it is saying No Output.
What could be wrong of my setup? I'm using Fractal FM3 as my Audio Interface. I can hear my guitar sound, but when I press Record button, there is nothing being recorded.
wow; I've learned more in 10 min than in 2 hours of other videos on youtube! thanks
THANK YOU!!! I'll call you advil from now on cause you cured my headache
I am having difficulties I followed all the steps and the green bar is getting filled when I play so it the input is working but no sound is being outputted, I set the output to my speakers. Any ideas?
Oh sod!
While I was typing my long winded comment RUclips went onto the next video and wiped it out.
Yes!
Very helpful.
Yes!
Make more.
The concise, just go straight to the topic without waffle is much appreciated.
So I was with you on every step until you started hearing your guitar through your speakers. The section that you used to enable your guitar doesn't exist on my screen (The Ext. In section). Mine goes right from Audio 1 to that section on the right with the "1, S, Record Button, C etc...). How do I bring up that Ext. In section? I'm using a Microphone to record my acoustic. I'm not plugging the guitar directly in. Maybe that's the difference?
Thanks Aaron. you just made one middle aged man very happy ! Now, if you could assist me with my HSBC account as well . . . ( only joking )
THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOIOO much, took me so long to find out how to import audio but you made it so much easier
I have ableton live lite 11 and a ua volt 476p interface. I'm getting audio from my guitar without arming anything, and it isn't lighting up the green indicator or the master volume visualy. It's just a dry signal, but seems weird I can hear myself but it's not showing on screen. Also doesn't have any effect on the sound if I turn on a plugin. Won't record the signal either. I've already set up everything you showed, but I'm new to Ableton and completely stuck right now.
These daws so complicated. I just want to record a guitar riff.
Wish me luck, 'cause despite being 24 I'm the most fucking tremendous computer moron of an eastern hemisphere. You literally could show me any single panel possible to exist in any program and I wouldn't be able to use it a proper way. Trust me, I'd fuck up anything new I'd see in the computer, even my tech-freak brother admitted that I can mess up stuff that was created in way so no one could mess it up. Newest technology of phones and especially computers is so unintuitive that often I have no damn clue how to turn something off and I have to go for tutorials(I learned how to turn off my mac thanks to tutorial). By the way my brother has always glorified macs for being way better to work than Windows, that they're so simple and highly intuitive and now that I have it I can't reach anything further than a fucking desktop, now I immensely .
My dream is to become musician but it brings me to tears how dumb I'm with computers which are crucial to record tracks and share your music.
I know no one's gonna read it, but I needed a fucking space to cry out.
Thanks. It is good to know that Ableton is not plug-and-play. I'll stick to Garageband.
Thank you for taking the time to make this very helpful tutorial!
God bless you in Yeshua's name :)
i have no sound of my guitar recoding and i have to close something from the settings to hear it but after i can't recoding and if i open it back to rercord i can't hear the recoding what i can do to fix it ? ( i have my pedal as soundcard mooer ge200 )
When I record the guitar, I cannot hear it afterwards. Even when i press off on the audio monitoring, how can i fix this? (I am using headphones btw)
This video is perfect. Thank you
Thanks so much man! Was wondering why i couldn't here my guitar in Ableton
Not only my friend did I find that to be the video that I understood the most and for sure got the most out of it . Thank you for posting, now I have to go find your other ones... I'd love to work with you , take some lessons and or get to know you . I'm sure we can both benefit from each other we can share . Things I know you might not know and vise versa.. If you want I need a partner to show mw what I don't know and you are the only person i truly understood......Is there a way we ca work together??? So we both can learn, but I''ll most likely be the one learning from you!! Please think about it..... I hope to get in touch asap. Thank You!!! Hope you have a great day!
it helps me a lot. begginer here😁
can you pls. do a tutorial on how to record individually other intruments and mix them together with your vocals?
im running my 500x into ableton using USB is their anyway to make the record music stereo?
I'm using a u control uca222 works save for overdubing?
Someone please help. I have irig 2 as well, but it sounds really bad whenever I try to record my guitar on ableton using my speakers as my output.
thanks you so much Aaron explained perfectly!
Does anyone know how to get a Yamaha THR connected? It's showing up as a mic and I can't hear my guitar playing
followed all the steps, green bars show up so I know ableton is receiving the input, but still no sound and nothing showing up when i hit record. anyone else experience this and/or know a fix?
eq, compresor, overdrive/pedal, amp, cabinet, compresor. no need for amplitube
I have a question. How do i stop my second audio track from recording that which i recorded in my first audio track? I started playing a guitar riff, recorded it, and went on to record some bass in a second audio track, but both the metronome and the guitar was being recorded as i pressed record, within the second audio track (the bass track). How do i fix this?
I'm able to get my plug in distortion from amplitude but then it doesn't record audio, it records without the plug in tho . Any help?
Something about Australian accents makes me pay attention way better, thank you!
I'm a complete number on computers. But this gave me a help 😊 thanks
When I set asio as my driver and my focusrite interface it shows that there's audio being recorded but doesn't play audio even with monitoring off
Thank you so much! I was about to buy new monitors thinking mine was broken. I was just doing it wrong.
i dont have the money right now for an audio interface, i know its shittier quality but how do you record just through your computer speakers
I can't believe a software this expensive doesn't come with any amps preinstalled. Logic is a third of the price and does
I did exactly what you told me with the pluggin but my ssd5 drum pluggin will not show up. Can you help me out ..
Damn can't enable inputs or outputs. UA just shows me sample rates.
How can you play with effects live?
Turn on audio monitoring and add whatever effects you want.
@@AaronMatthies Aight, thanks!
mate you saved me and my friends band we will get far with this help
At 5:09 he says 'you should see a green bar fill up on one or two the channels' but my channels aren't lighting up, it seems like ableton can't hear the guitar although I can here through my monitor when 'in' is selected, can anyone help with this?
BROOO thankyou so much, this really helped and the tutorial was really easy to use as well :)
You didn't explain how to remove the effect after you load it in case you don't like it.
why does mine say "line" before showing my audio interface?
How do you get your guitar plug-in to be live as you play instead of after recording?
anyone know why my guitar is only recording through one channel, even when both are selected?
hello, at 5:09 sound is always read when i press in, i adjust interface but it doesnt change at all what can be a problem?
Very straight forward content. Got exactly what i needed. No unnecessary chit chat.
Thanks mate.
Thanks for posting. That really helped me I was getting frustrated that I couldn’t hear the recorded part, didn’t realise monitoring had to be off.
I’d like to add some drum loops to recorded guitar but whilst when I click on a drum pattern I hear it through my speakers when I drag them to a midi track I have to play the kit (keys on Mac or midi keyboard) I just want the pattern as the sample sounds. I’m at ground zero here as you can tell. Perhaps future Ableton videos you may consider adding simple drum loops to a guitar part? I can’t see any drum loops in Ableton and I have the full version. I’m sure it’s just me getting the hang of it though. Keep up the good work. Thanks again.
Glad you found it helpful. It can be frustrating learning how to use a DAW like Ableton. There are so many features crammed in that it's frustrating when something just doesn't seem to work.
I'll keep drum loops in mind for future videos. You'll get the hang of it.
Can you just use the line out of your amp into the pc line in?
This was the best video I found for this subject. It is to the point and told step by step. Excellent work.
I just got my Focusrite 2i2 and at my Ableton 11 i dont see the Amp at audio effect, please advice from where can i get it, thanks
The Amp plugin doesn't come with every version of Ableton. You can buy it separately on the Ableton website, but honestly, there are far better guitar amp plugins out there (even some of the free ones are better than Amp). Check out my guide on free and paid guitar plugins here: guitargearfinder.com/guides/best-guitar-plugins/
Fantastic.. thank you very much
Thank you so much, this Video of yours helped me a lot!
Can someone help me i can't here any sound but the green bar is indicating there is sound
i always have a loud rustle in my recording how do i fix that?
THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!!! I have an assignment due in my Ableton class and it NEEDS guitars. I have everything together, but I just keep hearing this guitar part in my head I have to add... And now I can! THANK YOU!!!!
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, YOU'RE A LIFESAVER !!!
Great Video Aaron. Really well explained. I have Abelton live 11 Lite. I can't seem to find the Audio Effects under the amp tab? Can anybody offer any insights? I wonder is because I have the lite version.
Thanks I'm glad you liked it. You're right, the Amp plugin doesn't come in the lite version. While you can purchase it separately, there are a lot of better free and paid amp plugins covered here: guitargearfinder.com/guides/best-guitar-plugins/
Still can't my guitar to work on ableton. I have a presonus audiobox usb 96. I followed every step you talked about, still nothing works. Only my m7 mic works.
Same here
The best 10min spend in my life! 👌
I've done everything in this video, with the exception of using a Focusrite Scarlett Solo, and I can't hear anything from my PC speakers.
What interface and audio driver are you using?
Very nice tutorial, thank you so much. Something I wanted to mention (in case it helps anyone else) has to do with some excessive feedback coming from somewhere. My Gretsch is plugged into my interface, connected to my laptop, and I figured out that by disconnecting the laptop power cable, this greatly reduces the feedback. I think it has something to do with the grounding, and maybe the single coil pickup in my guitar.
man please help me, how can i record an amp sim through ableton?
This video was useful up to a certain point. I’m using volt 176 and just trying to hear my guitar out of the computer speakers and I hear nothing. I’m using windows. If anyone can help, please let me know. I’m searching everywhere for answers.
Did you read the guide I linked to in the description? In it I talk about how you need to use an audio driver like ASIO4ALL if you want to hear your guitar through your computer speakers. Start there and if you're still stuck, leave another comment with info like what driver you're using.
my sound in ableton is lagging a lot, its like it starts to sound after a second and lags every second
This is frustrating. My icons don't look exactly like yours with the Ableton Live 11 Lite that I have, I'm using a focusrite scarlett solo interface, I CAN hear my guitar when playing it, but when recording it the waveform doesn't show up and doesn't seem to record it. This video doesn't seem to help with the slight different icons that I have and no idea how to fix my issue
yoo youv'e probs already fixed this but i had the same issue. u have to click the S on the track next to ext in
This is great! Everything works, but now I can’t use my headphones? It plays through the computer speaker, but now when I plug in headphones?
Without knowing the details of your setup, the speaker output and the headphone output will likely be seen by Ableton as two different output options, so you'll probably need to play around with the routing options to use your headphones or switch back and forth.
I am having a weird issue where I can see all the audio levels in my tracks within Ableton when I play my guitar, but the audio is not playing though my speakers for some reason.
I'm using 'Focusrite USB ASIO' as the driver type with the 4i4, has anyone else had this issue?
Do you get any other sounds from Ableton through your speakers or is it just the guitar track not working? Are you talking about speakers connected to your audio interface or your PC speakers?
Thanks very informative for an old analog guy
Thank you for the video Sir, when I choose ASIO input and focusrite usb output, there is no output audio. Then how can I hear the output sound from my PC?
If you choose Focusrite USB output as your output, you will only hear an output when you plug speakers into the Focusrite's output jacks. To hear the output on your PC, you need to use a driver such as ASIO4ALL and select your PC's output instead.
How to transfer the recording to the video or photo slides, please
absolutely priceless, nicely detailed, thank you for making this videos, it's been many videos without finding someone wanting to go into details. nice job!
I use the Line 6 POD GO as my audio interface for recording. Even though my audio monitoring is on, I’m not able to hear the audio. Any tips?
Are you using the Line 6 audio driver or something else? Have a read through the POD GO manual as it does talk about hardware monitoring vs DAW monitoring and it might help.
So when i go into my audio effects, i don have the "Amp" option there. Also i have a Nalex ninja VST plugin, and when i put it, the sound do changes but it sounds like shit. Any help? :D
The 'Amp' plugin and a few others on my list is only available on certain versions of Ableton. I haven't tried the Nalex plugin yet, so I'm not sure what might be happening. Maybe see if you can get a different free VST to work fine, that might help you figure out what is going wrong with the Nalex plugin.