hmm that was strange, i wanted to give you a thumb up and twice it directed me on the youtube video quality something page.. the third time i tried it gave you a thumb up..
I was so disorganized in the past but now I realize how much time I've wasted just setting stuff up while trying to create... thanks so much, this template is "just enough" without being over the top intense!
Extremely useful - I find it necessary to have an EQ pulled up automatically. I actually prefer the stock Ableton EQ so I can instantly see the frequency response whenever I click on a track
Watched this video seem like 1000 times, kept starting and stopping and then looking for plugins and trying to get my midi controller to work with vst. needless to say I'm pressing save on my Template now. Thanks again for the video. MPK
Thank you so much! I'm very new to Ableton and music production as a whole. Maybe now I can actually have a workflow and not be as overwhelmed with features ❤
Rarely if ever comment on vids but I'm constantly changing my templates adding weird and wonderful things I never use and and this was legit the the most flexible template I've made.great video
Like, sub'd, and notifications on. Looking forwards to seeing where you take me on my Ableton journey. The default template walkthrough bodes well for our future, I feel. 😁 Cornwall, UK.
I did learn and i'm very thankful for this!! been toying with ableton throughout the years and found that my writers block always got stuck with me building the format of each song. I never thought to make a template. I'm about to just that RN. TY
Just a note... You must have had one of the more latency inducing styles (Modern, Aggressive, Bus) activated on Pro-L2 and maybe even 2x oversampling and True Peak limiting as well. Turn on "Transparent, Punchy or All Around" and you get ~10ms, which to me is totally fine to play with.
Correct, the modes you mentioned are indeed around the 10ms range, I find that amount totally usable for general production, but I prefer having the absolute lowest latency possible while tracking. I usually switch to Pro-L once all the tracking is done.
New Ableton user here, longtime Logic user that decided to make a switch, the differences between the two are huge workflow-wise. So this video was great for me just getting started, I feel like learning to ride a bike all over again! 🤣 Any chance of going deeper into building this template up with another video? Like you I also want to have things neat and organized, have a "base" setup as a good starting point for each session. I liked the way you set things up, the thoughts on how and why. Anywho, great video! thanks a bunch 👍👍👍👍👍
Used correctly the Fabfilter Pro-L can do things the ableton limiter can not compete with. The ableton limiter is only good for convenience and saving CPU power.
ill be switching to ableton and this is exactly what i was looking for. have similar setup in my old daw and want to familiarize with ableton as quickly as possible.
Me watching this video knowing I always have and always will have my vocals at the top and drums at the bottom 👀 In all serious thought thank you! Great video. I've worked without templates forever, and know that I make songs slowly. Want to find ways to speed up my workflow!
If you have trouble finding a low-latency limiter just go pick up a clipper (g-clip, free clip, etc) and use that instead. As long as you don't push into it too much it will work similarly with 0 latency
I think you could improve the thumbnail!!! The video is packed with so good information. But i wasn't the first i click. Dint call attention. But is a great video !!!
hey Rave....I was about to create a template, but it bored me, because I didn't know certain parameters, but I am glad I found your video, as an ableton user this video helped me a lot, fucking susbcribed xD, how is it possible that you only have these subs, help this man to be recognized please :D
I LOVE THIS. But I did get lost on one part. I set up those Drum Midi tracks, but how do you use them? I created this entire pattern but I can't drag a sample onto the midi. Ideally I'd want to easily swap out different samples but keep the same drum pattern. Wouldn't it be much easier to just use a Drum Rack instead of 4 midi tracks? Is there an easy solution that I'm just not seeing? Thank you!
You should be able to draft the sample right into the midi track, in the device section. I prefer not to use all-in-one drum racks as they can limit mixing flexibility.
@@cglessman another great tip: put a drumrack into the midi channel, put your 128 favorite drum sounds (i.e. all your claps) on the cells, then put a midi pitch device before the drumrack. now you switch through your drum sounds by changing the pitch.
i just reread your reply...initially i didn't respond, but will this time...off hand that it may have been...in my case i'm well beyond the joke, but imagine for a moment someone is watching and they're really just getting started...the responsibility on people purporting to be knowledgeable on a subject is to reveat clearly and truthfully without an 'attitude of this is beneath me'...that's why i picked up on the offhand joke....demeaning those moving into either home recording or music producing as a profession isn't the responsible way to go about educating. it may have been a ''oh i've been doing this for years'' joke to you, but imagine for a moment a person who's just bought theiri first soundcard and they're only getting started in the world of i/o...it's a minefield of confusion and the offhand joke just added further to it....@@TheRaveBarn
Bro! I have been using Ableton for about 15 years and I didn't know that record was mapped to F9! I might have half known it long ago and it go garbled up in all the shortcuts I know for different DAWs, but still...Thank you! Always learning.
cool vid, but I rarely find myself using templates even if its one I created. I prefer making custom audio fx racks, midi fx racks, and instrument racks instead. Each and every Track you make is going to be unique in the way you mix it, automate it, etc etc. I find making racks instead makes things more versatile. I also prefer to bus everything or use sends (same thing almost) and the bus channels/send channels are almost always unique for each track. Its good to know why you're doing something and how to do something instead of using a "hamburger helper" preset or template or whatever etc etc. Learn what the fx do and your music making process will be much faster and much less wasted time fooling around. another reason I'm not into templates is this... most producers tend to focus on only arrangement view or only session view. Personally I use both arrangement and session when I make tracks. I like having my parts layed out in session view into scenes because it makes it much easier to make remixes/edits and its awesome to have scenes if you're performing live
I agree, major oversight from Ableton. Maybe Ableton 12 will have this, I don't see it in the release notes, but it might get implemented before the official release 🤞
when he said set volume fader to -12 I stopped watching. use gain on channels instead keep the faders at 0 or close to zero because the more you are far away from zero it will be harder to control the levels. its not linear guys. this is just incorrect. just sayingl.
Incorrect? I think not. There are no rules in music, just preferences. Pro Tools for instance, gives users +12dB of fader to work with, while ableton only goes to +6. By setting the faders to -12dB, I now have +18dB to work with, is it a more coarse control at -12db? Yes, but it hasn't caused me an issues personally and I like the extra room to boost, this isn't a mixing template where +-0.5dB makes a huge difference, it's a production template for fast translation of ideas. Having to navigate to the channel effects and adjust a gain pot because the fader is out of room (for instance when working with a very quiet VST preset) is much slower than just boosting on a fader. I typically don't mix in Ableton anyway, Pro Tools is my preferred DAW for that use and my attention to gain staging is much more detailed in my mix template. I've had over 150 million streams with the faders defaulted to -12dB as set out in this video, so it don't think it's an issue.
Prediction: This channel is going to blow up...seriously. EXCELLENT educational material!
hmm that was strange, i wanted to give you a thumb up and twice it directed me on the youtube video quality something page.. the third time i tried it gave you a thumb up..
LOL
@@TheJimmyJoker NIce! Thx!
I'm impressed. I mean I have many templates, but I picked up many little things I didn't consider.
Download link pleae
I was so disorganized in the past but now I realize how much time I've wasted just setting stuff up while trying to create... thanks so much, this template is "just enough" without being over the top intense!
I never thought about setting custom default audio tracks!
Suuuuuper useful
Extremely useful - I find it necessary to have an EQ pulled up automatically. I actually prefer the stock Ableton EQ so I can instantly see the frequency response whenever I click on a track
Man, I don't say this often but this was pure gold.
Really helpful for someone who is starting, thanks man
Watched this video seem like 1000 times, kept starting and stopping and then looking for plugins and trying to get my midi controller to work with vst. needless to say I'm pressing save on my Template now. Thanks again for the video.
MPK
This was great, definitely what i need to do, thanks!
Thank you so much! I'm very new to Ableton and music production as a whole. Maybe now I can actually have a workflow and not be as overwhelmed with features ❤
Thnx man! Procrastinated to do this for ages. Finally, did it!
Nice!
Rarely if ever comment on vids but I'm constantly changing my templates adding weird and wonderful things I never use and and this was legit the the most flexible template I've made.great video
Glad to hear it! Thanks! I definitely designed this to be super flexible as I'm always working on different genres.
Wow, thanks! I’m into templates recently, but now thinking about customizing tracks’ default states. Thanks for inspiration!
And this whole time, I've been adding/configuring channels one at a time for every project!!! 🤬 Thanks!!! This new workflow is SICK!!!
Like, sub'd, and notifications on.
Looking forwards to seeing where you take me on my Ableton journey. The default template walkthrough bodes well for our future, I feel. 😁
Cornwall, UK.
Subbed - crazy value in this video and you're fun to watch. Good stuff
Thank you buddy! I'm new to working in DAW's in general and this really helped me to get started on new projects!
you did great! nice editing, kept it interesting to follow along to. Looking forward to watching more
Thank You for all this valuable yet free knowledge, great starting point for any beginner, subscribed
I did learn and i'm very thankful for this!! been toying with ableton throughout the years and found that my writers block always got stuck with me building the format of each song. I never thought to make a template. I'm about to just that RN. TY
I suggest making a PREMASTER return track that routes to master.
Just a note... You must have had one of the more latency inducing styles (Modern, Aggressive, Bus) activated on Pro-L2 and maybe even 2x oversampling and True Peak limiting as well. Turn on "Transparent, Punchy or All Around" and you get ~10ms, which to me is totally fine to play with.
Correct, the modes you mentioned are indeed around the 10ms range, I find that amount totally usable for general production, but I prefer having the absolute lowest latency possible while tracking. I usually switch to Pro-L once all the tracking is done.
Thanks a lot my man!!!!
Suscribed! Thanks my man, very natural explaining :)
I also setup kick and snare side-chain compressors on my groups, with input signals already setup
Excellent template man. Thanks for helping artists out.
Agreed. It is boring to dial up the EQ and Comp settings every time for every track, which takes more time than making music.😅
Thank you. Liking, subscribing, sharing and most definitely implementing. This was an excellent video. Well done.👍
Great Video gonna get on this going to save me a lot of time !! Great stuff !
Great tutorial! It would be great to do a more in depth tutorial on reverbs. Thanks!
This has saved me so much time!
New sub!!! Now that I’m getting a little better on AL coming from LPX I’ll have to use this to create my own template!!!
What a lovely video man. Thank you
New Ableton user here, longtime Logic user that decided to make a switch, the differences between the two are huge workflow-wise. So this video was great for me just getting started, I feel like learning to ride a bike all over again! 🤣 Any chance of going deeper into building this template up with another video? Like you I also want to have things neat and organized, have a "base" setup as a good starting point for each session. I liked the way you set things up, the thoughts on how and why. Anywho, great video! thanks a bunch 👍👍👍👍👍
Used correctly the Fabfilter Pro-L can do things the ableton limiter can not compete with. The ableton limiter is only good for convenience and saving CPU power.
I put the kick in my bass group, it really helps with mixing
I watched this through a few times. Excellent in every way. Thank you for your contributions! E
I really liked this template man! Will give it a go to get some inspiration from! Thanks!
Bro. Thank you. So many things just clicked
ill be switching to ableton and this is exactly what i was looking for. have similar setup in my old daw and want to familiarize with ableton as quickly as possible.
Awesome! Thanks for all the help!
Great video - clever, useful, & funny. Thank you!!!
Thanks for watching! More videos on the way!
Nah, thank YOU, this was awesome.
Thank you much! Loved this as a beginner producer..
Awesome tutorial. Thanks. 😊
Excellent, helpful, useful! Thanks!
Me watching this video knowing I always have and always will have my vocals at the top and drums at the bottom 👀
In all serious thought thank you! Great video. I've worked without templates forever, and know that I make songs slowly. Want to find ways to speed up my workflow!
Brilliant. Surprised you don’t have more subs and likes. Thanks 🙏
Very informative. You have gained a new subscriber!
Great video! I love templates. Creating templates is something I do as a meditation…However, I rarely use the templates I create. 😂
Great tutotrial. Thanks!
Thanks!
If you have trouble finding a low-latency limiter just go pick up a clipper (g-clip, free clip, etc) and use that instead. As long as you don't push into it too much it will work similarly with 0 latency
free clip!!
Really nice vid, definitely gonna watch more:)
Good tips
Subbed great fun content, and very useful, thanks, man.
6:58 ... Bruh... I frantically started pulling off power cables thinking there was power surge or something...
Other than that... great tips... 👍👍👍
🤣🤣🤣 Sorry about that mate!
Can you perhaps post this template? Dropbox, GooGdrive, etc?
yeah
I'll be releasing the template (and some others) soon, stay tuned!
Thank you I enjoy a lot!!!!
I think you could improve the thumbnail!!! The video is packed with so good information. But i wasn't the first i click. Dint call attention. But is a great video !!!
SO HELPFUL THANK YOU!!!
Nice video men
Love this
that was fun
Thank you sir
Fire content!
Really helpful Thanks !
Thanks for watching!
Amazing video!!! Question could you put in description a ableton template?🙏🙏🙏🙏 would be good!
Bro do you have template for it???
Very helpful - ty!
what interface are you working with recording instruments and vocals? another awesome video!
My trusty old RME UFX!
Yeah, this was great, definitely a sub situation.
share the template please
hey Rave....I was about to create a template, but it bored me, because I didn't know certain parameters, but I am glad I found your video, as an ableton user this video helped me a lot, fucking susbcribed xD, how is it possible that you only have these subs, help this man to be recognized please :D
I'm just starting out with the channel, thanks for the support!
pls put template here for download
I use gain-12db instead of touching the volume...
I LOVE THIS. But I did get lost on one part. I set up those Drum Midi tracks, but how do you use them? I created this entire pattern but I can't drag a sample onto the midi. Ideally I'd want to easily swap out different samples but keep the same drum pattern. Wouldn't it be much easier to just use a Drum Rack instead of 4 midi tracks? Is there an easy solution that I'm just not seeing? Thank you!
You should be able to draft the sample right into the midi track, in the device section. I prefer not to use all-in-one drum racks as they can limit mixing flexibility.
@@TheRaveBarn I'm glad you replied.. that was the solution thank you so much!
@@cglessman another great tip: put a drumrack into the midi channel, put your 128 favorite drum sounds (i.e. all your claps) on the cells, then put a midi pitch device before the drumrack. now you switch through your drum sounds by changing the pitch.
I would have thrown in a Utility on each track set to -10db. I use this to mix levels...
Excellent suggestion!
Awesome video bro! How did you create that midi alias Just by dragging at the "10:49" mark in the video?? ?
the midi clip was set to loop, you can see the little ridges on the top and bottom of the clip
The reference track should talk some record from computer(guess) or idk lol , idk why it should change the ext out ?
It needs to be ext out so it bypasses any effects on the master bus.
put the template to download
anyone else with Live Lite and the 8 track limitation?
Why you didint leave template for us to download ?
can we download this template?
my arragemenet always are made with max for live Sketch....
if it's not 1/2 you need to examine life decisions.....be interesting to hear why the sweeping statement?
It's just an off hand joke. Don't read into it. In fact, I'm using outputs 29/30 now 🤣
i just reread your reply...initially i didn't respond, but will this time...off hand that it may have been...in my case i'm well beyond the joke, but imagine for a moment someone is watching and they're really just getting started...the responsibility on people purporting to be knowledgeable on a subject is to reveat clearly and truthfully without an 'attitude of this is beneath me'...that's why i picked up on the offhand joke....demeaning those moving into either home recording or music producing as a profession isn't the responsible way to go about educating. it may have been a ''oh i've been doing this for years'' joke to you, but imagine for a moment a person who's just bought theiri first soundcard and they're only getting started in the world of i/o...it's a minefield of confusion and the offhand joke just added further to it....@@TheRaveBarn
also record : f9
Bro! I have been using Ableton for about 15 years and I didn't know that record was mapped to F9! I might have half known it long ago and it go garbled up in all the shortcuts I know for different DAWs, but still...Thank you! Always learning.
Can you share the template?
Slash key for loop....I see you were a studio one user🤔
Indeed. I'm pretty well acquainted with all the major DAWs and spent a couple years on S1 for tracking.
@@TheRaveBarn Respect! Yeah S1 is a great daw it's up there with the main three. Also thanks for vid! Made my own template following!
Only 303 subs?? Let's fix that!
u deserve sub
Thank you!
❤❤❤
Why do you groop every single Track ?
So that theres already a group made when you gotta add more tracks ;)
cool vid, but I rarely find myself using templates even if its one I created. I prefer making custom audio fx racks, midi fx racks, and instrument racks instead. Each and every Track you make is going to be unique in the way you mix it, automate it, etc etc. I find making racks instead makes things more versatile. I also prefer to bus everything or use sends (same thing almost) and the bus channels/send channels are almost always unique for each track. Its good to know why you're doing something and how to do something instead of using a "hamburger helper" preset or template or whatever etc etc.
Learn what the fx do and your music making process will be much faster and much less wasted time fooling around.
another reason I'm not into templates is this... most producers tend to focus on only arrangement view or only session view. Personally I use both arrangement and session when I make tracks. I like having my parts layed out in session view into scenes because it makes it much easier to make remixes/edits and its awesome to have scenes if you're performing live
You need to address studio one, cubase and logic users upfront at the intro to these videos instead of saying nothing. 😮
Don’t yu love workarounds…. Ore creative DAWs just use hide show rather than having to create “unused”….real oversight from ableton
I agree, major oversight from Ableton. Maybe Ableton 12 will have this, I don't see it in the release notes, but it might get implemented before the official release 🤞
when he said set volume fader to -12 I stopped watching. use gain on channels instead keep the faders at 0 or close to zero because the more you are far away from zero it will be harder to control the levels. its not linear guys. this is just incorrect. just sayingl.
Incorrect? I think not. There are no rules in music, just preferences. Pro Tools for instance, gives users +12dB of fader to work with, while ableton only goes to +6. By setting the faders to -12dB, I now have +18dB to work with, is it a more coarse control at -12db? Yes, but it hasn't caused me an issues personally and I like the extra room to boost, this isn't a mixing template where +-0.5dB makes a huge difference, it's a production template for fast translation of ideas. Having to navigate to the channel effects and adjust a gain pot because the fader is out of room (for instance when working with a very quiet VST preset) is much slower than just boosting on a fader. I typically don't mix in Ableton anyway, Pro Tools is my preferred DAW for that use and my attention to gain staging is much more detailed in my mix template. I've had over 150 million streams with the faders defaulted to -12dB as set out in this video, so it don't think it's an issue.
STOP IT WAVES
Why are you deleting the A Reverb and B delay?