The Ableton Q&A Thread

[pesky]

how do i apply groove/swing to my drums within drum rack?

[Disco Nutter]

Drag the groove to the midi clip in your channel.

You'll see it on the farthermost left next to the piano roll. And you can either apply it so it can be seen in the piano roll or leave it as it.

[SubEndub]

Hey all, I've been messing around on Ableton for a while, but still not sure how to make a 'dirty' sound for bass and wobbles. Do you have to use Operator?

if you want to actually get a decent sound, operator sucks. operator is an fm synth so basically the only thing you're going to be able to get is a really muddy signal. i would invest in massive or albino if i were you.

[Disco Nutter]

Completely NOT true. Operator can make some really nasty, dirty, growly and whatever-you-want-it-to sounds.

[symmetricalsounds]

if you want to actually get a decent sound, operator sucks. operator is an fm synth so basically the only thing you're going to be able to get is a really muddy signal. i would invest in massive or albino if i were you.

[king_rat]

When using Beat Repeat, is it possible to pause the track you're sampling from while stuff is repeating? I want the song to pick up where it left off, after the loop or whenever I let my finger off the button.

[gnome]

Hey all, I've been messing around on Ableton for a while, but still not sure how to make a 'dirty' sound for bass and wobbles. Do you have to use Operator?

if you want to actually get a decent sound, operator sucks. operator is an fm synth so basically the only thing you're going to be able to get is a really muddy signal. i would invest in massive or albino if i were you.

Where do you get your "knowledge"?

[symmetricalsounds]

nice little article

http://abletonlife.com/getting-lives-dr ... ike-an-mpc

[Nickelwound]

Hey guys, this thread is great. Ive been wondering if its possible to have say, two instances of massive open, and control both of them with midi? I thought maybe that could give for some nice stereo growls/melodies.

[jyro]

Hey guys, this thread is great. Ive been wondering if its possible to have say, two instances of massive open, and control both of them with midi? I thought maybe that could give for some nice stereo growls/melodies.

not sure if you can arm two tracks to record simultaneously (im sure that you probably can), but otherwise you can just copy the midi over on to your second instance of massive to achieve the same thing

[symmetricalsounds]

you can create one midi track and have the midi information piped to the 2 instances of massive, read up on routing in the manual. other option is to have both instances in an instrument rack together.

the instrument rack option is definitely easier, i'm still not 100% on routing in ableton. something i should probably read up on myself.

[Nickelwound]

Hey guys, thanks for informing me on those options. Damn, the instrument rack thing really is an easy solution, I will look routing up though; seems interesting :]

[symmetricalsounds]

Hey guys, thanks for informing me on those options. Damn, the instrument rack thing really is an easy solution, I will look routing up though; seems interesting :]

yeah routing is definitely worth learning properly, i've kinda skipped learning it because of the group tracks function has meant i haven't really needed to use it.

worth playing about with the racks too, so much functionality built into them.

[skwiggo]

Hey guys, this thread is great. Ive been wondering if its possible to have say, two instances of massive open, and control both of them with midi? I thought maybe that could give for some nice stereo growls/melodies.

not sure if you can arm two tracks to record simultaneously (im sure that you probably can), but otherwise you can just copy the midi over on to your second instance of massive to achieve the same thing

hold ctrl and click the arm track button on each MIDI track. Then you can play and record whatever you want and it'll record the same notes for both MIDI tracks, although you could just copy it over. also works for audio tracks which is a lot more useful IMO

[symmetricalsounds]

Hey guys, this thread is great. Ive been wondering if its possible to have say, two instances of massive open, and control both of them with midi? I thought maybe that could give for some nice stereo growls/melodies.

not sure if you can arm two tracks to record simultaneously (im sure that you probably can), but otherwise you can just copy the midi over on to your second instance of massive to achieve the same thing

hold ctrl and click the arm track button on each MIDI track. Then you can play and record whatever you want and it'll record the same notes for both MIDI tracks, although you could just copy it over. also works for audio tracks which is a lot more useful IMO

you can use ctrl like that to solo more than one track too.

[Morrello]

You can also set it in your preferences so you can arm/solo as many tracks as you like without needing to press ctrl. Under record/launch/warp in preferences, uncheck 'exclusive solo & arm'

[symmetricalsounds]

You can also set it in your preferences so you can arm/solo as many tracks as you like without needing to press ctrl. Under record/launch/warp in preferences, uncheck 'exclusive solo & arm'

nice

[Ascian]

try turning that channel off and see if it exports properly, i know that doesn't solve the problem but at least would know for sure if it's that channel that is the root of the issue.

Yeah I had tried that before..

and what happened?

it did export fine or it didn't?

you say you remade the synth, did you try just saving the settings before as a preset and then bringing that back into the project?

no worries that you got it sorted through another path but i am kinda curious as to what the issue was, not something i've seen before.

Yeah I tried all of this mate, really weird!

It's not a pirated version of Massive (synth I used) either.. First and only time it's ever happened!

I brought up a tune I'm working on the other day and it had randomally frozen a track too hmm! Ahh well, it's all sorted

[symmetricalsounds]

after all the recent talk about the issues of the forum and the downfall of all that is good and great etc... etc...

i have to say this thread is probably the best on the production forum. peeps that just love to help and everyone chips in without any cockiness or bitching. big ups to everyone in here i reckons.

[Tiger Blood]

hey guys i was wondering, im really new to ableton and i wanted to get my notes to rise up at the end of a long note in a kind of sweep, or sweep downward but when i program individual diagonal downs in the piano roll it plays each not so isnt constant or fast.

How do i go about doing it ?

Thanks !