Ableton Live Bootcamp
Recording MIDI & Automation
March 27, 2023
CORE | MODULE 4: RECORDING MIDI & AUTOMATION
Topics covered in this video:
- What is MIDI
- What is a MIDI cable
- What types of information is transferred using MIDI?
- Forms of MIDI cables
- The difference between controllers and synthesizers
- Types of controls on a small midi controller
- How to setup MIDI controllers with Ableton Live
- Natively supported controller
- MIDI signal flow
- Record arm
- Output latency & optimizing buffer settings
- Recording MIDI into the arrangement view
- Add locators
- Metronome settings
- Quantization settings
- Stretching length of MIDI note
- Adjusting loop length in arrangement view
- Loop recording
- Seeing hidden clip content
- Adjusting the start marker
- Slide clip content
- Lane view comping
- Capture function
- Assigning midi mappings to controller
- Overdub recording mode
- Info view
- Dry/wet parameter
- Recording automation
- Overdub recording automation
- Automation indicators
- Automation mode
- Automation nodes
- Navigating automation view
- Adding new automation lanes
- Manually programming automation
- Adding/removing nodes
- Pre-made automation shapes
- Delete multiple nodes
- Add automation curves
- Copy & Paste automation
- Duplicate automation
- Cut automation
- Manipulate automation shape
- Flip automation
- Copying device and automation
- Copy moving
- Recording into Session View
- Clip record button
- Clip launch button
- Clip stop button
- Clip end marker
- Clip loop brace
- QWERTY midi keyboard
- Heads up display for viewing velocity and octave range on QUERTY keyboard