Fantastic Daniel. I've had Focusrite/Ableton for a couple of years now and due to work constraints never managed to sit down long enough to work these things out being a complete beginner. But wow, this little vid you've put together has got me going straight away. I was so happy when you pulled out the SM57 so I dug mine out. This vid really was made for me!! Lookout Steely Dan, here I come!! (OK, in my dreams haha). Thanks once again, man.
Good video, so useful. I like downloading songs from Spotify in mp3 format, then I use Moises to split the tracks that then go to Ableton. The challenge is to warp the tracks to get everything in good synchrony.
As far as teaching about making a beat to help keep timing, best vid ive seen so far. I can never even get a song started because I spend hours trying to figure out how to keep everything in time.
Thanks Peter! Glad you enjoyed it. This video is a bit old but I'm looking into putting out a lot more of this kind of content in the near future. Let me know if you have any requests.
Yep perfect timing... just picked up a scarlet and it came with the light version of the software. This has been very helpful thank you. I'm using a GT 100 and I have its outputs going into the scarlet, and then to a pair of FRFR speakers. Otherwise I lose all of the benefits of the GT 100 and what it has to offer. I'm sure there's other ways to configure things but that's what I have for now. Thanks again!
Just ran into this video. After reading a lot of opinion about how Ableton is only good for electronic music, this was very nice to see. It's got me thinking about upgrading my Lite...thanks for doing this. The tip about the bass lines was really helpful!
This finally makes sense to me. 😀I bought Ableton a while ago, not really sure how I’d use it. Now I’ll use to create tracks for practicing! Thanks. Hope you’re well.
@@DanielSeriffMusic im new in ableton (just a few days with playing with it) so still haven't stuck with anything in particular, but I'll keep you in mind
@@DanielSeriffMusic there is this plugin i run in a different app called ashost to make mi usb keyboard sound like a cloud drum. Is there a way to send that signal to ableton session view?
@@DanielSeriffMusic thanks again. I'm a complete beginner with all of this and it's a little overwhelming to be honest. I don't even know what questions to ask but your video helped! Keep up the great content!
I'll have to peruse your channel but off the top of my head.. how about a little help with understanding how to determine what bpm and signature a guitar riff might be recorded in, and how to set up a session in Ableton accordingly, and or help using the metronome. Thank you.
Thank you for that. I have ableton live lite. When I try to program the drums there is no 1/8th notes. And even with the tempo set at 80bpm they are playing stupidly fast. Can you help please.
Hey! You are welcome. Depending on whether you're on mac or PC the controls are different. You'll got to the grid and right click or control click the grid, set the subdivision to 1/8 rather than 1/16. That should do it.
Great question. I’ve used a lot. GarageBand is free so that’s a perk. I don’t love GarageBand or logic personally. Ableton has a $100 entry cost and you can get a ton out of it. I think it’s easy to use. When I record bands I like to use Pro Tools but that’s a deep hole to step in. Summary…I’d recommend Ableton unless you’re already familiar with GarageBand/logic and wanna go down that path.
Hey Arpan. Glad you dug the video. I have a new one as well. Check it out here: Throw Away Your Looper! How I Make Awesome Backing Tracks In Ableton Live
Daniel Seriff - Sure will check that. My scarlette Solo is on its way and I love specially blues. This will help me to use Ableton for improving guitars. Will appreciate if you can recommend good Guitar VSTs so that i can go to next level
@@arpandave18 Nice! There are some really great ones now. The Neural DSP is very good. You might check out the Corey Wong Version. Also Bias or guitarig are quite good.
@@DanielSeriffMusic Yeah of course! in your video you first line-in to ableton using interface. in the upgrade section you said using a mic(SM57) will get you better sound. But line-in should get more clean sound. Using mic is for the one who want the exact amp sound, right? :D Thanks for your reply!
@@theclancyjack gotcha! Yes, so mic is going to get your true tone of your amp unless you have some kind of awesome amp plugin in your ableton. There are a lot available, Neural DSP, Mixwave. My preference is to definitely mic up the amp! Thanks for the comment and question.
Hi Daniel, i would like to say thank you for this video you have shared, i am using ableton for almost half year and keep on looking for youtube that something to learn on but your one is definitely Wow. I just dont know how to make or change the beat when chorus goes... any reply will be appreciated.
That is awesome! So glad you enjoyed the video. I would suggest duplicating what you have on row 1, and adding ride cymbal to it on the 2nd tow. That’ll give you a chorus lift. If you wanna do deeper arrangements, I think it’s best to use arrangement view.
Thank you so much for making this amazing video. Just purchased an cheap interface with an key for ableton 11 live lite. My guitar playing sounded pretty bad on the recording until i watched your video. Practicing is much more f7n now. Thank you. Subbed and l8ked👍
This was fantastic, please keep it up! I feel like I've hit a plateau with my playing and I didn't exactly know what to do until I watched this, thank you ✊✊✊
I just purchased Ableton to practice with the guitar myself. I don't enjoy playing alone with a metronome, and the speed adjustments in RUclips backing tracks don't work for me as well as I like. I think it's a great idea to work around an Ableton backing track with it's more fluid BPM controls. You have any project files available?
Hi Daniel, great lesson, especially for total newbies like me. Maybe it's a dumb question so I'll just drop it here. How do you get Ableton live to start recording after an empty measure (4 beats just like you say at 6:15)? I can't figure it out! I'd appreciate any help!
Hey Gavino! Thanks for the comment. There are two options here. If you want a countoff, at the beginning of your recording, click the down arrow that is directly beside the metronome in the top left corner. If you are in the middle of playing, there is a menu directly beside that one which you set for how long it take before your recording starts *while the track is playing.* Hope that is helpful!
Good video. I'd love to see you do this more. Maybe just building tracks to practice to? A suggestion would be: pick a key pick a genre Set up the foundation of the track (as you did in this video) - chord progression, palm mutes Then decide various scales to practice sequentially and then most importantly improvisation over them Then go further and discuss typical ways to break the track into section and not just a loop Follow up videos would be stock plugins to get a good sound? Crafting tones for genre? Paid plugins that enhance your playing etc. Keep going mate - good content
Hey Richard! Thanks so much for the comment and ideas. Tons of great stuff. This has been in the plans recently but I really dig your ideas. I’ve been trying to look for an effective angle for a new series and I think I could dive into this. How about a download of the track as well?
@@DanielSeriffMusic paul davids (another youthber) seems to have success with his camera angles. Check him out. I just think id benefit from practicing scales and improv using ableton as youve shown and love to see you explore it more.
@@propermint1 I don't think he meant camera angle, I think he meant story angle. which, in this case, would be your idea that you've offered in your original comment.
PRS question. How do you compare the CE24 Reclaimed Wood Semi Hollow Edition to the Special Semi Hollow you have in this vid? I have the CE24 Reclaimed but very interested in the Special but no way to compare. Cheers!
The Reclaimed is 1/3 the price. So that should be taken into consideration. Otherwise...both are really excellent guitars. I am selling this Semi Hollow Special. Really cool guitar but I have some other things in the works. It’s super tonally diverse!
I can totally be done in any DAW. That being said, I really believe that ableton is the simplest to use in regards to quick backing tracks for practice.
Sorry bro! Ableton far exceeds the quality and ability of a looper. Most people who use loopers have a terribel sense of time because they are practicing to their own arhythmic selves. With ableton? You can play with world class drummers, loop sections, loop smaller parts, create entire tracks, mix, pan. It's just heads above. Trust me, I've used tons of loopers over the last 15 years and do love them...but they don't remotely compare to ableton. Sorry bro.
@@DanielSeriffMusic @Daniel Seriff I know what DAW is for but in this video you show how to jsut make a loop to practise with. basicaly what you do 4:55 - 6:55 and takes you 2 mins to do in the video you do with looper in literaly 15 seconds You probably never played with looper enough. 1) It improves your sence of rythm showing you exactly what you do wrong and when you re bad in tempo 2) for example BOSS RC 30 and many others has click track and drum machine built in (no chance of inconsistent tempo and a bad loop) 3) unlimited overdub 4) completely hands free like press record, set tempo, set drums(I prefer to be more musical and do my own beats percusively), create a loop ,overdub. deleting a loop 5) encourages musical thinking overall. BTW the resonator uke in tha background is SICK
Brand new lesson for beginners on Ableton Live! ruclips.net/video/5dKxXZza4jU/видео.html
Lovely lesson! Thanks for keeping it simple and taking the time to show us. This was inspiring. I'll be using what you have shared here.
So glad it was helpful!
Fantastic Daniel. I've had Focusrite/Ableton for a couple of years now and due to work constraints never managed to sit down long enough to work these things out being a complete beginner. But wow, this little vid you've put together has got me going straight away. I was so happy when you pulled out the SM57 so I dug mine out. This vid really was made for me!! Lookout Steely Dan, here I come!! (OK, in my dreams haha). Thanks once again, man.
Hey man!! So glad you found it helpful. It’s truly the best practice platform and so fun.
Great lesson! 🤘
Appreciate you taking the time to watch!
immensely helpful!
So glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks, this is great and inspiring me on a fun way to practice and learn! 🙏🏼💛
Awesome! I can't recommend Ableton enough!
Daniel this was extremely helpful for me Thank you. Please keep the Ableton tips coming.
Thanks so much, John!!
Thanks Man! Super helpful.
So glad! Thanks for watching.
Good video, so useful.
I like downloading songs from Spotify in mp3 format, then I use Moises to split the tracks that then go to Ableton. The challenge is to warp the tracks to get everything in good synchrony.
Very cool!
As far as teaching about making a beat to help keep timing, best vid ive seen so far. I can never even get a song started because I spend hours trying to figure out how to keep everything in time.
Hey Greg! Glad it was really helpful for you. Let me know if you have any questions or ideas for videos.
Thanks for putting this together mate!
Thanks Peter! Glad you enjoyed it. This video is a bit old but I'm looking into putting out a lot more of this kind of content in the near future. Let me know if you have any requests.
Yep perfect timing... just picked up a scarlet and it came with the light version of the software. This has been very helpful thank you. I'm using a GT 100 and I have its outputs going into the scarlet, and then to a pair of FRFR speakers. Otherwise I lose all of the benefits of the GT 100 and what it has to offer. I'm sure there's other ways to configure things but that's what I have for now. Thanks again!
Excellent. Scarlett will work perfect with that setup.
Just ran into this video. After reading a lot of opinion about how Ableton is only good for electronic music, this was very nice to see. It's got me thinking about upgrading my Lite...thanks for doing this. The tip about the bass lines was really helpful!
Hey Doug. Thanks so much. I absolutely love it.
This is awesome! Good job!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you! That was cool
Awesome. Thanks for watching
Nice vid - I just bought a focusrite which comes with ableton this was so helpful…….cheers
Fantastic! Going to make more of these. Thanks for watching.
Just what I needed. Thanks man
So glad! Thank you!
I also have abelton I heard someone say that you could just play an the software would add drums with the correct tempo I enjoyed the video thanks
Hey Jimmey! I haven’t seen it add drums before but Apple Logic has a feature kinda like that. Thanks for watching.
Super cool thanks !
Thanks for watching!
This finally makes sense to me. 😀I bought Ableton a while ago, not really sure how I’d use it. Now I’ll use to create tracks for practicing! Thanks. Hope you’re well.
Nice!! So glad to hear it. Good to hear from you. Hope all is going great for you, as well.
Dude, loved your content and the vibe you transmitted while explaining. Thanks a lot
Hey David!! Thanks so much for the kind comment. I need to make more of these type of ableton videos. Any questions or suggestions?
@@DanielSeriffMusic im new in ableton (just a few days with playing with it) so still haven't stuck with anything in particular, but I'll keep you in mind
@@Eldovid Cool man! Enjoy it!!
@@DanielSeriffMusic there is this plugin i run in a different app called ashost to make mi usb keyboard sound like a cloud drum. Is there a way to send that signal to ableton session view?
@@Eldovid Hmmm. You might be able to open that plugin on a midi track in Ableton. Sorry, haven't dealt with that.
Just picked up a MOTU M2 yesterday from Reverb.Thanks for this! I will be digging practicing with some homemade tracks.EXCELLENT video!
Man!! That's fantastic. Welcome to the club and please hit me up with any questions!
Awesome bro super helpful 🤙
Awesome!! Thank you.
Well done !
Thanks so much for watching!
Thank you for this. You're a really good teacher man! This is the most useful I've seen for someone at my level so far!
Hey Tyler!! Thanks so much man. So glad it was helpful. If you have questions or thoughts for other lessons...please let me know!
@@DanielSeriffMusic thanks again. I'm a complete beginner with all of this and it's a little overwhelming to be honest. I don't even know what questions to ask but your video helped! Keep up the great content!
Thanks, it's great.
Thanks for watching
I'll have to peruse your channel but off the top of my head.. how about a little help with understanding how to determine what bpm and signature a guitar riff might be recorded in, and how to set up a session in Ableton accordingly, and or help using the metronome. Thank you.
Sounds good man. I'll see if I can get on that.
Perfect video for where I’m at. Just got an interface and ableton a couple of weeks ago for exactly this purpose. Thanks!
Awesome! Thanks so much. I’m actually making a course for Ableton right now. If you have any questions or confusion, please reach out!
Yeaaa. That is exactly what I was looking for. Great video.
Hey Zeljko! Thanks so much for the comment! Please let me know if you have any specific requests for otehr video ideas! Take care.
@@DanielSeriffMusic Thanks for your help. I'm still struggling with the basics in Ableton like how to configure all inputs and conect my guitar.
Thank you for that. I have ableton live lite. When I try to program the drums there is no 1/8th notes.
And even with the tempo set at 80bpm they are playing stupidly fast. Can you help please.
Hey! You are welcome. Depending on whether you're on mac or PC the controls are different. You'll got to the grid and right click or control click the grid, set the subdivision to 1/8 rather than 1/16. That should do it.
Besides backing tracks, do you think ableton is the easiest/best for songwriting too? Easier/better than GarageBand?
Great question. I’ve used a lot. GarageBand is free so that’s a perk. I don’t love GarageBand or logic personally. Ableton has a $100 entry cost and you can get a ton out of it. I think it’s easy to use. When I record bands I like to use Pro Tools but that’s a deep hole to step in. Summary…I’d recommend Ableton unless you’re already familiar with GarageBand/logic and wanna go down that path.
@@DanielSeriffMusic thank you! That’s really helpful. I might take the plunge with ableton.
awesome !
Thanks so much for watching!
Thanks for sharing how you build your tracks. Just starting out using Ableton
Glad to hear you enjoyed it. Please reach out if you have any questions.
Thanks buddy. its very useful. thanks a ton
Hey Arpan. Glad you dug the video. I have a new one as well. Check it out here: Throw Away Your Looper! How I Make Awesome Backing Tracks In Ableton Live
Daniel Seriff - Sure will check that. My scarlette Solo is on its way and I love specially blues. This will help me to use Ableton for improving guitars. Will appreciate if you can recommend good Guitar VSTs so that i can go to next level
@@arpandave18 Nice! There are some really great ones now. The Neural DSP is very good. You might check out the Corey Wong Version. Also Bias or guitarig are quite good.
Nice!
Thank you!
thanks, its really helpful
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks so much.
To be fair you can do any of this in any daw. Beautiful two guitars in view
Absolutely! You are correct, but I’ve used a ton, and for this purpose Ableton is the absolute easiest.
Hey, Daniel thanks for the nice video. Could you please make some more videos about making rock tracks in Ableton? thank you in advance
Absolutely!! Thanks for the message.
Hi! Want to ask, the mic upgrade is fix the "line-in" issue, right? same fix with a preamp pedal or a amp+cabinate(or more advaced) plugin, right?
I am sorry! This is an older video. Not sure exactly what you mean. Can you explain?
@@DanielSeriffMusic Yeah of course! in your video you first line-in to ableton using interface. in the upgrade section you said using a mic(SM57) will get you better sound. But line-in should get more clean sound. Using mic is for the one who want the exact amp sound, right? :D Thanks for your reply!
@@theclancyjack gotcha! Yes, so mic is going to get your true tone of your amp unless you have some kind of awesome amp plugin in your ableton. There are a lot available, Neural DSP, Mixwave. My preference is to definitely mic up the amp! Thanks for the comment and question.
@@DanielSeriffMusic Cool!! Glad to know the details, Thanksfor your answer :D
sounds like allman bros - nice job
Thanks so much.
Hi. Great stuff. Question, how does your mic doesn't pick up the backing track. I don't see you using headphones.
I am using a shotgun mic, which is fairly directional. That being said, You're hearing a mix from the computer audio and mic as well.
Good job man. simple but efficient !!
Hi Daniel, i would like to say thank you for this video you have shared, i am using ableton for almost half year and keep on looking for youtube that something to learn on but your one is definitely Wow. I just dont know how to make or change the beat when chorus goes... any reply will be appreciated.
That is awesome! So glad you enjoyed the video. I would suggest duplicating what you have on row 1, and adding ride cymbal to it on the 2nd tow. That’ll give you a chorus lift. If you wanna do deeper arrangements, I think it’s best to use arrangement view.
How do you make it loop only a certain amount of times?
Sorry. I only use it in this way. You could copy and paste into the arrangement view (click tab) if you’re trying to arrange a song or something.
Thank you so much for making this amazing video. Just purchased an cheap interface with an key for ableton 11 live lite. My guitar playing sounded pretty bad on the recording until i watched your video. Practicing is much more f7n now. Thank you. Subbed and l8ked👍
That is so awesome!! Thanks so much for sharing.
This was fantastic, please keep it up! I feel like I've hit a plateau with my playing and I didn't exactly know what to do until I watched this, thank you ✊✊✊
Thank you, Tyler! Working on getting back to the RUclips channel.
I just purchased Ableton to practice with the guitar myself. I don't enjoy playing alone with a metronome, and the speed adjustments in RUclips backing tracks don't work for me as well as I like. I think it's a great idea to work around an Ableton backing track with it's more fluid BPM controls. You have any project files available?
Thanks so much. I am working on an Ableton course right now for guitarists!
Nice! Good practice tips!
Ahh man! Thanks so much. Love yum our channel and hilarious FB troll posts. :)
lol! Once upon a time you had to have people to play with! ;D
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! It is nice to jam with folks but at least ableton doesn't show up late or stoned. Hah!
@@DanielSeriffMusic So true! xD
Hi Daniel, great lesson, especially for total newbies like me. Maybe it's a dumb question so I'll just drop it here. How do you get Ableton live to start recording after an empty measure (4 beats just like you say at 6:15)? I can't figure it out! I'd appreciate any help!
Hey Gavino! Thanks for the comment. There are two options here. If you want a countoff, at the beginning of your recording, click the down arrow that is directly beside the metronome in the top left corner. If you are in the middle of playing, there is a menu directly beside that one which you set for how long it take before your recording starts *while the track is playing.* Hope that is helpful!
Nice guitar
Thanks Sean!!
Totally digging these Ableton tutes Daniel! You got a sub.
PS what are your audio A & B sends going to? cheers
The A and B are default reverb and delay!
How is your rig set up to avoid latency? I use a focusrite interface and there is always a delay when i DI right into ableton.
I’m using the UAD Apollo and it has direct monitoring.
Good video. I'd love to see you do this more. Maybe just building tracks to practice to?
A suggestion would be:
pick a key
pick a genre
Set up the foundation of the track (as you did in this video) - chord progression, palm mutes
Then decide various scales to practice sequentially and then most importantly improvisation over them
Then go further and discuss typical ways to break the track into section and not just a loop
Follow up videos would be stock plugins to get a good sound? Crafting tones for genre? Paid plugins that enhance your playing etc.
Keep going mate - good content
Hey Richard! Thanks so much for the comment and ideas. Tons of great stuff. This has been in the plans recently but I really dig your ideas. I’ve been trying to look for an effective angle for a new series and I think I could dive into this. How about a download of the track as well?
@@DanielSeriffMusic paul davids (another youthber) seems to have success with his camera angles.
Check him out.
I just think id benefit from practicing scales and improv using ableton as youve shown and love to see you explore it more.
@@propermint1 I don't think he meant camera angle, I think he meant story angle. which, in this case, would be your idea that you've offered in your original comment.
PRS question. How do you compare the CE24 Reclaimed Wood Semi Hollow Edition to the Special Semi Hollow you have in this vid? I have the CE24 Reclaimed but very interested in the Special but no way to compare. Cheers!
The Reclaimed is 1/3 the price. So that should be taken into consideration. Otherwise...both are really excellent guitars.
I am selling this Semi Hollow Special. Really cool guitar but I have some other things in the works. It’s super tonally diverse!
Standard or suite? Because I am only a guitarist and singer, and I don't do beats likes that. What do you suggest?
I use Suite but you could even use intro. It’s very powerful as well.
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That's great! Thanks a lot!
@@GavinoBalata Welcome!
Can this be done with other DAW or is it something special from Ableton Live?
I can totally be done in any DAW. That being said, I really believe that ableton is the simplest to use in regards to quick backing tracks for practice.
I consider Ableton great for writing and recording music not just for a practice tool
Of course. There was no mention that it’s only good for practice. It’s just great for practice as well.
Of course. There was no mention that it’s only good for practice. It’s just great for practice as well.
Of course. There was no mention that it’s only good for practice. It’s just great for practice as well.
too much talking... 2:43 and still nothing. pls, speed it up :)
Haha. Sorry! Trying to get to the point faster these days.
Jesus Christ you can cut away 10 minutes on this. You just sit and talk thinking that is what we like. How old our computer is etc...
Thanks for the comment, bud!
@@DanielSeriffMusic Well
Lmao why dont you just buy a loop pedal. Much better practise tool, zou can do everything hands free as well. Backing track done within 30 seconds
Sorry bro! Ableton far exceeds the quality and ability of a looper. Most people who use loopers have a terribel sense of time because they are practicing to their own arhythmic selves. With ableton? You can play with world class drummers, loop sections, loop smaller parts, create entire tracks, mix, pan. It's just heads above. Trust me, I've used tons of loopers over the last 15 years and do love them...but they don't remotely compare to ableton. Sorry bro.
@@DanielSeriffMusic @Daniel Seriff I know what DAW is for but in this video you show how to jsut make a loop to practise with. basicaly what you do 4:55 - 6:55 and takes you 2 mins to do in the video you do with looper in literaly 15 seconds
You probably never played with looper enough. 1) It improves your sence of rythm showing you exactly what you do wrong and when you re bad in tempo 2) for example BOSS RC 30 and many others has click track and drum machine built in (no chance of inconsistent tempo and a bad loop) 3) unlimited overdub 4) completely hands free like press record, set tempo, set drums(I prefer to be more musical and do my own beats percusively), create a loop ,overdub. deleting a loop 5) encourages musical thinking overall.
BTW the resonator uke in tha background is SICK