Answering Your 8 Most Common Ableton Questions

have asked me over the past five years about using Ableton Live On Stage. Everyone and welcome back to behind the space where this the podcast for folks that want to perform like a pro on stage with Ableton Live if that's you you're in the right place. This is your first episode welcome. My name is Will and I am so glad you're here. And if you're returning listener then welcome

back. So glad you're here. Today's episode is gonna be a little different. This is gonna be one that you're gonna really want to study maybe bookmark save this episode. I'm gonna be running through eight of the most common questions. I have heard over the past five years as an able to live certified trainer since I started from Studio stage about five years ago. These are questions that keep coming up over and over and I keep

going. Well, should I create more content? I've already created content today's episode. The goal is to try to kind of be a quick start guide. If you will, you know, a couple episodes ago. We did a quick start guide on how to get started with tracks and that went really well

and got some really good feedback. So my goal today is I'm gonna answer these eight questions and about two to three minutes, but then I'm gonna provide some free resources every single one of these that where you can die further is completely free. You can get a further answer to your question because if I try to answer all these really in-depth this would be like an hour and a half long episodes. I don't want to do that. I have a cup of tea to finish here and that's more important

than talking for an hour and a half. Now before we get into these eight most commonly asked questions that you'll be able to know the answer to by the end of this episode and you'll be ahead of everyone else before I

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say more of it. Okay, let's get to number one and get my goal with this episode is to answer these questions so that you have a step above everyone else and you can go ahead and get further down the road than everyone else is so

number one question I get quite often is what is the best Fell in the blank MIDI controller audio interface in ears all sorts of things. Right? What's the best piece of gear to use on stage? And this is a difficult question to answer because context really matters. Now what some people do and I think this is a flawed approach is some people go. My favorite artist is X Coldplay. I don't know why they came to mind. I haven't listened to Copeland probably five years. But favorite artist is

Coldplay. What is Coldplay use? I want to use everything Coldplay uses now Coldplay is not Coldplay because they use this type of guitar this type of veneer Ableton Live for tracks or whatever Coldplay is Coldplay because they're Coldplay, right but they just happen to use these things. That's one approach you can take but what you want to look for is geared that is Road tested that's used by people that's abused by people out on the road. That's gonna take a beating and

it's gonna keep working gear. That is simple gear that is is The maid and built for this type of scenario this type of world and again to try to make this easier for you because we could spend an hour and a half talking just about gear on this podcast and maybe we do a podcast where we just talk about gear. But to make this real easy for you. I've put together my gear guide of all my suggestions. I updated

it for 2023. It is full of absolutely everything audio interface midi controllers in ears hard drives best interfaces for vocal processing you name it. It's there and it's gonna be updated throughout the year. I've done it in a way this year that it's a living breathing document and so it's gonna be easier than ever to update and so to get

that all you have to do is head of from Studio to stage.com/gear. That's my gear guide and it's gonna give you access to everything because these are the two maybe most common things I hear. Well, what's the best MIDI controller for running tracks again, you'll get lots of options based on your context there. But the oak board mini by Oakton is my go-to. My number one suggestion for people asking that's audio inter. Sport running tracks play audio 12 for I could from iconnectivity hands

down. Nothing else even comes close to that. So that's question. Number one number two.

this is a good one session view versus Arrangement View and this is a really Nuance question in some ways in some senses one just asking shutter you session of your Arrangement view on stage. Well, I got to learn more about your context context is

super important here. In fact, I'm gonna make a note to link to one of my favorite episodes we've done on the podcast here but the importance of context and for me as a trainer something I'm trying to get a little better at is when people reach out and they say will I need help with this I'm trying to do this is really learning the context in which they're working. That's super important. But let's talk context for a second. If you're stepping on stage in

a linear type of performance environment. If you're a band on stage playing songs 99.9% of the time you're in a linear performance now, I need to find a better way to describe this because people here linear and they typically just think like we're on Rails. We're stuck. I don't mean that I mean you step on stage and play a song. Yes, you may

decide to repeat. Of course, you may decide to Loop an intro that is still a linear thing because there's a song structure if you're stepping on Playing a song with a song structure that's a linear nature. And if you're using backing tracks using click that's typically something done in a linear fashion linear doesn't mean we can't repeat just means we have a song structure and Arrangement 99.9% of the time

if you're doing that you should be using Arrangement view. Now. If you're in a non-linear environment, meaning you're stepping on stage, you're just gonna play a section and play a section and play a section. As long as you want to Loop it almost in like a jam band type thing a live looping type scenario and then you want to bring in another thing and you're launching clips and you want things to play nonlinear and

a lot of different timelines to play at once. Then session view is the way you should use the way you should go. So it all depends on context. I just did a video I think a week ago where I took a song and able to live and I said, here's how we format the song in session view. Here's how we format this song and Arrangement view because this is a subject I've talked about for many many years even before I started from CD of stage back at my very first company loops and worship.

And I was a session viewed devote a and I build a master set in session View and ran tracks and I was very stubborn very close-minded and I never tried using Arrangement View and the one day based on a suggestion of a friend at the time. I tried Arrangement View and I realized wow this view was actually made for linear things

and for running tracks and it saved me so much time. So if you don't believe me, don't take my word for it, like seriously do not click the link in the description this video watch my session view versus Arrangement view video. Plus I'll link to my building a live set in less than five minutes video where I show you with my actual process. How quickly and easily you can build and Ableton Live set and if you're even if you're considering using a Ableton Live

set to do like a master set. I think we've got a video on that that I'll link to as well but tons of resources there. So the quick rule of thumb here, if you're doing a live looping type scenario nonlinear performance session view, if you're doing a linear performance playing with a band using packing tracks

are click Arrangement View and again do not take my word for it. Check the videos out where I show you you'll see exactly happen and then try it yourself and make your decision based on that not based on what some dummy on a podcast or video says and I want to add one caveat there and then we'll get to number three. I'm going longer on these then I should sometimes people I'll share that info with them. They'll go. Yeah, but I'm gonna like trying to make music artists and I'll go okay.

Are you doing a linear performance and nonline nonlinear? And sometimes it is like a live looping DJ they're firing Clips, but a lot of times they're doing a linear thing of playing song there maybe. Producer they want to do a set that

of songs. They've produced it's electronic music and for some reason they get hung up on Arrangement view because they feel like if I'm an electronic musician, I have to use session View and I have to make a really complicated hard thing and I have to step on stage and do something that's hard and complex. Otherwise, no one's going to care. That's simply not true. If it's linear a range of view if it's non-linear session view. Okay number three, this is a

big one and I've got a great answer for you number three how to become an Ableton Live trainer. Um, this is called Ableton Live certification program. You could become an able to live certified trainer. I've been able to live certified trainer. I think since I can never remember it's either 2011 or 2010 it was before my kids were born and they were born in 2012, but I've been

able to I've certified trainer for a very long time. However, you you look at that and it's probably one of the best decisions I've made definitely in my career the connections I've made through that The credibility I got because of the certification has just been amazing now. I did a full Deep dive into how to become an able to live certified trainer plus I talk about what certification is and isn't in one of our first episodes that maybe actually be the first episode.

No, the first episode of the podcast is rtfm. So it's not that but it's one of the first like five episodes of this podcast. So you're listening to it's like a deep dive into what a certification should you consider it is it for you? So I'll link that in the show notes, but in short things always mention that people certification is not a way to learn able to live. It is not a program where you show up for a weekend you learn about able to live take a

test. So if you're looking for a way to learn able to live from Studio to stage.com/subscribe plus I have I don't know if it'll be out by the time this episode releases. But as soon as it's out, I have a article that I will link to that's a kind of in-depth process of this that announces some other ways that from

see a stage will fill in the gaps there. So if you're looking to learn able to live certification is not for you if you already know able to live you've used it for many years you understand different context in which Ableton can be used, you know, not to pick on my church friends, but I hear from a lot of church friends that are like, hey, I want to become a certified trainer. Okay why you know and I'll say well if you want to learn it's not no. No, it's not that I want to learn I've mastered

using able to live. Oh cool. How long to use it three months cool. So you're like producing music recording. No. No, I just use it for tracks on stage with my worship pain. Okay, cool. Well, you know what? DJ comes to you and ask how to use able to lie. Well, that's you know, I'm gonna be a certified trainer. I just I'm not going to talk to them certification is all about your knowledge of Ableton your ability to communicate that knowledge clearly and teach people from a diverse set of

musical backgrounds and experiences. You don't have to be a DJ to teach a DJ how to use Ableton Live to DJ you'll know the bits and the pieces right? You can find all that in the manual and then you just experiment and use it right comes down to know and when you use session and a range of view for example, but it's again certification is an auto way to learn able to live. It's it's a way to get a certification a piece of paper. If you will that says this person knows what they're talking

about. We certify their teaching ability. They're knowledge of able to live and it's really a great way. If you're going to be a teacher you should definitely do it. If you're gonna be a consultant of some type, you know, maybe considered doing that. But again, I'll link in the show notes to that full episode where you can dive deep plus I'll share some other ways if you're looking for hey, I want to learn able to live really well and sort of badge certificate saying I

know it then got some really good ways. So you can do that links in the show notes number four. This is a pretty specific to Ableton. And if you don't understand the the setup here, then that's fine. Just watch the video. I can't

use my MIDI controller and my stop track at the

same time. The heart of this question is I have taught people for many many years Way Beyond from City of stage years of how to create something called a stop track and that's a really poor term because it's actually a little midi clip that's assigned to the stop button and Ableton Live and when you get to the end of your song, it stops and you stop it using a virtual midi driver, which is either the IEC driver on on a Mac Loop be one on a PC and basically it gets to

that clip and it's a sign to stop and it stops able to live the next question people get and I'll link to the video showing how to set that up. It's kind of step one step to the next question I get is. Yeah well, but I have a midi controller and on my MIDI controller. There's a stop button and when I assign my stop button

to stop and Ableton, my stop clip doesn't work. And when I assign my stop clip to Ableton Live my MIDI It doesn't work it all comes down to understanding how Ableton treats midi and I cannot have two different midi notes two different midi commands assigned to the same function in able to live but I can have multiple devices sending the same midi note. Midi Channel. Midi CC whatever it is midi channel to one thing and Ableton. So all you do and I've got a detailed tutorial

showing exactly how to solve this. All you do is make sure that stop note that midi clip and that MIDI controller send the same midi note midi message. Maybe midi note. Midi CC and the same midi Channel. Now, you're gonna hear that and you're gonna say, yeah, we'll put my SPD still doesn't work. It's because you miss that second piece midi Channel say midi message either note or CC and midi Channel and we do that that's gonna

work and that get so fundamental bit of able to live knowledge. Which again is that two multiple devices sitting multiple midi notes many channels cannot control one thing and able to live but you can have multiple devices multiple things that are all sending the Midi Channel midi note or midi CC and assign one of those once and all of them will work how much

shared a paid resource but I'm not going to do that. But it's a course on from CD of the stage that helps you understand just the basics of how many Works in able to live which would be super helpful. But again, check out the link in the description and the show notes for that. Okay. Number five. I'm gonna hit this

one in just a second. But before I do just quick reminder, if you're watching on YouTube hit the Subscribe button and enable the Bell icon again, it's just a free way to say thanks to most importantly though more important than telling me. Thanks is making sure you get access to this content as soon as it's available as soon as it's out.

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that is to make it feel like one-on-one tutoring. I'm coaching you through how to use Ableton Live for your performance, whether you're an artist whether you're a live looping artist, whether you're a worship leader, whether you're a cover band a band out on the road, whatever your scenario is, there's content for you there. Okay number

five what version of able to live should I buy again? Context is everything so let me hit you really quickly and I've got again some free resources tutorials. I'll link to here plus my gear guide number one. If you're just getting started with Ableton Live get Ableton Live light which is gonna be with a product that you've purchased a mini controller or audio interface.

If not then look at Ableton Live intro The cheapest most affordable way to get started to figure out if this is for you I hear from people not all the time, but I hear from people on the on the YouTube that will comment and say God this is the worst god-awful interface I've ever seen and I go cool. Well don't use it. Like that's fine. You know, I hate mainstage. I can't stand to look at my stage. I hate Pro Tools. I

hate the way Pro Tools looks basically everything about it. But if you want to use it and that's your thing great fantastic, but I would rather you figure that out after spending like 75 bucks then spending a thousand dollars, but if you're gonna use tracks in able to live you need able to live stay in it, I'll get people occasionally reach out and say Hey, I want to use able to live for tracks, but I just I don't want to spend the money on standard and I always tell them you can

get started in intro when it comes to using Ableton for backing tracks, but you are gonna hit limitations really quickly with track limit standard is the way to go Ableton sweet is the way to go if you want to use some setlist management things that require Max for life if you want to use ableton's built in sounds But for you know, I would say 90% of the audience watching listening to this Ableton Live standard is where you need to be if you click the link in the description of this you can

purchase able to live standard and support my efforts as a content creator and as unable to live certified trainer Crossing you nothing extra and you purchase directly through Ableton, which is a great way to do that plus side note. If you become a free to Stage student, then you can purchase Ableton at the edu discount and save tons and tons of money so from csh.com/subscribe and that's where you'll you'll find the PATH on how to get Ableton into discount. Okay?

Number six again. This is a highly specific question. I'll give some context here. How do I get Ableton sessions to

sync? How do I get Ableton sessions to sing a lot of times people reach out because they see maybe my content on the play audio 12. They want to create a redundant rig and one of the first questions people get is. Hey, I don't want to set up my session to where I press play on my midi control and it starts both machines. I want my backup machine sync to my a machine so that it's perfect and everything's perfectly

in time. I hear this once twice a month always typically from people that are just getting started. Create a red Diner rig or maybe they're coming from something like DP or Pro Tools that they used live for

tracks. And that's how they did it there. They want to learn how to do an Ableton Live because of the way able to live Works a couple things up front one Ableton has an inherent and not bug but if you try to sink two sessions and you get past measure 1025 your second Ableton Live session will automatically stop check out the link in

the description the show notes where I show you exactly how to solve that. I'm getting that question more often than not and I think that's because most people start with the Redundant thing and and think this is the right way to go. I'm getting that like once or twice a month now, which I never got that question until about a year ago. I think it was Josh. I think Joshua was the first person that reached out.

Shout out to Josh if you're listening can't remember your last name right now. But so when you're thinking able to live there's this issue with measure 1025, which happens to do with midi numbers hexadecimal numbers, whatever it's bigger issue for smart people show you exactly why that happens how to solve it in that video. To Ableton doesn't have what's called freesync right now or the ability to you know, if this computer goes down in your your synced using timecode, then this computer will

stop as well too. So if you're using timecode, which side note Ableton cannot sync via LTC only MTC if you don't know what that means skip past this portion of the podcast competitive about 30 seconds, then join me back, but Ableton can only sync via MTC not LTC there's a multitude of methods and ways to convert LTC to MTC but it's for another day another podcast, but it can only sync via MTC the downside those right now sinking via MTC

if this computer stops, this computer does not keep running. There was an update to Ableton. Around 11.2 some Beta release or whatever where I think they're trying to improve that to our eventually it will kind of do that like freesync thing that most empty C timecode-based things

do which is that this goes down. This one will keep going so until they get that feature and even when they do get that feature, I don't I've don't very much need that feature because I just use my MIDI controller plugged into my play audio 12. I press play and that sends that signal to both computers in both computers play at the same time random side note have the same exact type of computer hard drives and everything don't use like a new computer in a really old computer because you're

not really doing redundancy there. You're just kind of playing with fire and hoping things work out have both computers be plenty powerful. As much as possible the same exact specs and everything. So that stuff stays perfectly in sync, okay.

Number seven, this is a good one. Why disableton keep crashing? This is something I hear on YouTube and it typically goes a little more like this man. The new update to Ableton is so stupid because every time I open it it does this or instantly crashes. They're idiots. They don't know what they're doing. And that's those snares where I kind of step back. This is just me personally, you you live your life the way you

want to live your life. But for me when I get in this scenarios like that right now, I'm testing a product a brand new product from a company and the software at this product is not loading on my computer. Now, I could look at this and I could say this company's idiots. They cannot make software to save their lives or I could look back and go maybe it's something about my setup some unique thing about my setup. If I assume I'm wrong here then maybe there's a little better way, you know

way to go about this. So why does Ableton keep crashing? Here's this is less of me answering that question and more of giving you a method and a pathway of how to go forward when you're having issues with Ableton Live Ableton is a fantastic company with fantastic developers who know what they're doing. They know how to develop products. They know how to release products to beta test products, but they cannot test Every it's impossible. There's no software developer

Hardware developer. No matter how big they are Apple Samsung Google whoever it is. They can test every possible scenario with every possible piece of Hardware around to release hardware and software that's 100% bug-free. It just does not exist. We live in a world where they're imperfections. It does not

exist. But when Ableton releases a piece of software, they have gone through enough automated and you know, non-automated like individual testing things with a group of beta testers to say, we believe the software is as bug free as we could possibly make it and the updates that we have added are worth updating and asking you to update So they released their software if you run into an issue. Please do not go to YouTube to look for the answer. I know it's

ironic because I make content for YouTube. You're literally I am not a YouTuber though some of the other day made a comment about YouTubers. I'm not a YouTuber. I'm someone who makes content for YouTube but two don't one don't go to YouTube looking for the answer. Okay. Number two. The first thing you should do is support at ableton.com and people I've reached out and people have said able to blah and I'll say well to support well, they don't have a phone line. They will.

Okay. Well either sit there with your arms cross and be pissed that they don't have a phone line which God bless them. I'm so glad they don't or just email support ableton.com. If you don't hear back within 24 hours, they either did not get your

ticket or it's in your spam folder. They're not ghosting you support and ableton.com they have ways of getting bug reports or Mableton that only they have the tools and ability to read that a YouTuber does not have the ability to your buddy down the street. Is Ableton six years ago doesn't have access to that. So please please if Ableton keeps crashing one assume it's maybe you immediately reach out to Ableton supported ableton.com. It's fine to look on the internet on YouTube for

folks that are part of the from City to Stage Community. I tell them often. Hey Post in our community, ask other fellow community members or they have in the same issue. Maybe that'll give you some confirmation. Maybe someone will find an answer or they heard back from Ableton before you did and they can pass the knowledge along to you but start reaching out start making efforts, I'll hear from people that will live for years with weird

quirks and bugs because they never updated. They're Ableton version and they just believe this is the way it is Ableton doesn't as a company doesn't create software with the goal of pissing you off or making your life harder. There's something specific about your scenario. That's just not working. So if you run into issues support it able to not calm sure Google it you'll probably find a video. I did an article I did that says here's how to fix it. Try that

if it works great. If not don't comment on the YouTube video and ask that person to solve your problem for you and you can always like book your coaching session with me or the certified trainer someone but before you pay anything support at ableton.com, okay, my last question of

saved it to the end because only about 30% of you. Does this really apply to but that is should I use playback prime or Ableton Live if you're a worship leader, if you're a Church musician, then this applies to you first thing up front. If you're not getting used tracks in a church context then do not use playback or prime. These are closed ecosystems created for Churches to do church music they are really great. Incredible resources, but they're closed ecosystem. They're not

made for bands looking around backing tracks. I know there's some other apps out there and I would love to dive deep and explore some of those that are iPad iPhone base that are just, you know, upload content from anywhere into them. These apps are not that that's not what they're made for so If you're not a worship leader, if you're not using tracks in a church setting do not choose playback your Prime. It's it's a foolish decision if you do but if you aren't worship leader, it's a real

serious question because both both of these apps have developed. They're very mature. I would argue in a lot of ways they are a little too mature and they need to step back and go back to the Simplicity in which they were first the goal of Simplicity when they first were developed and I've talked about that a lot publicly, but I've got so much content where I lay out and do a over an hour long shootout between playback Prime and able to live I look at every single

feature stack it up to able to live we Compare costs. I have some specific videos where I shoot out playback versus Ableton Prime versus Ableton check all that out. Do not take my word for it. Right? I work for most tracks.com for five years playback was my baby and led the team and designed a lot of the features that are currently in that app, and I'm super proud of that. But if I step back from a as unbiased as I can possibly be perspective, here's my couple really quick thoughts.

To three minutes number one, if you're just getting started as a worship leader playback or prime and I've said this time blue in the face, but she's playbacker Prime which one of those should I choose? Well one go to multitracks dot app multitracks.app. And that's a free quiz I've put together or I'm going to ask you some specific questions and based on the answers to

those questions. I'm going to tell you exactly what app you should use playback prime or Ableton Live but to decide between this two apps it comes down to where you get your content from. Again, what's the keyword here ecosystem even more

important keyword closed ecosystem. If you use in purchase content from Loop Community use prime if you purchase content from multitracks, you use playback these apps these companies will reward you if you stay in their ecosystem, you know, you're gonna see all your

songs directly in the app. You can download them. You can edit songs pretty easily edit your setlist that sort of stuff but you start to pay the tax when you leave the ecosystem if you use playback and you want to use content from Loop Community or you use prime and you want to use content from I'll check so you're gonna pay the tax. What's the tax? Well, you have to go purchase the thing from the other company, you have to upload it to that company's Cloud. You have to wait for the

cloud to process it. You have to then go do all the work to add in your markers your Tempo changes your time signature changes, if the company even allows you to do that to then get it in your app and to have a second class citizen type experience, right that content will never be as nice as the content. Downloaded from those companies and you're going to spend way more time doing that in those apps than you would enableton live.

So if you're just getting started playback at Prime depends on where you buy your content if you're willing to stay in that ecosystem if Trax is really not your thing. You just don't care about it. Then just stick in one of those ecosystems maybe consider multi tracks that may win out in the end. You can look at the price comparison there multi-tracks is cheaper than Loop community in the end. I know LC's app is completely free playback has the

intro tier which is completely free. But when you look at kind of like the tears that you need to do things similar to Ableton multitax is cheaper by a couple cents like it's on a whole lot. But when you compare all three, you'll see that that Ableton Live in the long run is actually cheaper you don't get content with it, but it's actually cheaper and

all that again. Don't listen to me fact check me check my videos check the Google sheet where I put together all that data and research that's yours to access for free. This is me trying to be as un As possible, but I think if you just don't really care much about tracks stick with one of those maybe consider multitracks because you can pay it's gonna cost you can get quite expensive but you can get a service that's going to allow you

to sink your charts with Ableton with playback rather. It's gonna allow you to get files. You can load in Pro Presenter that's going to save you time but you're gonna pay a lot for that. And as soon as you cut off those Services you lose access to to that right as soon as you cut off the services you no longer can download more Pro Presenter files. You can't do the cool sync stuff and it only works in that app as to Ableton which is an oak

and open ecosystem. It gives you far more flexibility to edit and customize so all of those videos I've laid out so much stuff, but I would say in the end if you're looking for the app, that's an open ecosystem lets you make edits like, you know, exactly edit transitions between songs, you know to edit song sections and add transitions between song sections instead of just seeing everything as a block.

To straighten out the tempo of something if you download a song from an artist where they decided to have Tempo variations in it, and there's no reason for that. You can straighten out the tempo for that again. You can easily use content from any one of those sources format your song in less than five minutes, which is far faster than either of those apps will ever be and plus

you get a desktop app, you know? Yes. I know Prime playback or available on desktop, but I would not consider them desktop apps. They are Touch first apps that have been brought to the desktop and there's some weird quirks within that. Try adding midi cues in either of those apps and tell me they're faster than Ableton and then you can build a set

and able to live in less than five minutes. And again, I've got content showing you how to do all of that but check out those resources, right my goal is to try to go as in-depth to share my data and in fact something I've highly considered doing is creating a playback in Prime course just so I can say I really truly am unbiased because right now you could say yeah, but will you sell a site dedicated to teach you people how to use Ableton, of course,

you're gonna say Ableton is better. Why don't say it's better for everyone. I don't say it's better in every scenario. I I talk about it being an open ecosystem, but I've thought well, maybe I should do a playback in Prime course just to say literally I have no bias in this whatsoever. You can subscribe and just take my playback course or prime course, if you're interested in that let me know that'd be really easy to do and honestly those apps have gotten so

mature again, I would argue maybe a little too mature. I think a lot of cases you need a course to understand every feature of those apps, but that's neither here near there. Okay, so there's our eight questions if there's something I didn't get to in. Episode that you go will how about this? Could you answer this one? This is one I run into or I've talked to some friends, and they have the same question. Leave a comment. Let me know. I'll do my best

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