Comments on: Video tutorial: Recording loops with Ableton Live http://waysidedrive.com/blog2/2009/06/19/video-tutorial-recording-loops-with-ableton-live/ Ramblings that may change your life forever Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:08:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jeremy http://waysidedrive.com/blog2/2009/06/19/video-tutorial-recording-loops-with-ableton-live/comment-page-1/#comment-5100 Jeremy Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:41:00 +0000 http://waysidedrive.com/blog2/?p=295#comment-5100 Hello Esteban! Thank you very much. Unfortunately I can't answer your question. If you can MIDI map to Amplitube then you should be able to. I haven't used the program in years so I'm not sure. Best of luck! Hello Esteban! Thank you very much. Unfortunately I can’t answer your question. If you can MIDI map to Amplitube then you should be able to. I haven’t used the program in years so I’m not sure. Best of luck!

]]> By: Esteban http://waysidedrive.com/blog2/2009/06/19/video-tutorial-recording-loops-with-ableton-live/comment-page-1/#comment-5099 Esteban Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:33:56 +0000 http://waysidedrive.com/blog2/?p=295#comment-5099 Hi, Nice Video!! i have a question, do you know how to program the fcb1010 with Amplitube? thanks for your time Hi, Nice Video!! i have a question, do you know how to program the fcb1010 with Amplitube? thanks for your time

]]> By: Darren http://waysidedrive.com/blog2/2009/06/19/video-tutorial-recording-loops-with-ableton-live/comment-page-1/#comment-4524 Darren Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:33:49 +0000 http://waysidedrive.com/blog2/?p=295#comment-4524 Thanks Jeremy, well maybe all it took was for you to say what should happen... this is exactly what ableton is doing now. but yesterday when i was working and using my fcb1010 i had clips that were just staying in record mode when i hit them the second time. now what would cause that? i guess i need to poke around to make sure that the signals that the foot pedal is sending are kosher. i'll let you know if i figure out something useful. let me know what you think of the tune i have up on the bicycle page. all the best with the growing family. thanks for your time, dD Thanks Jeremy,

well maybe all it took was for you to say what should happen… this is exactly what ableton is doing now. but yesterday when i was working and using my fcb1010 i had clips that were just staying in record mode when i hit them the second time. now what would cause that? i guess i need to poke around to make sure that the signals that the foot pedal is sending are kosher. i’ll let you know if i figure out something useful. let me know what you think of the tune i have up on the bicycle page. all the best with the growing family. thanks for your time,

dD

]]> By: Jeremy http://waysidedrive.com/blog2/2009/06/19/video-tutorial-recording-loops-with-ableton-live/comment-page-1/#comment-4515 Jeremy Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:27:28 +0000 http://waysidedrive.com/blog2/?p=295#comment-4515 Oh and I'll let you know if we play Austin! My wife/bass player/cellist is due to give birth to our first child in about a month so we'll be out of commission for a while ;). I checked out your site and the steel drum stuff sounds cool! I'll have to listen to it from home tonight. And thanks for the donation! That's very kind.! Oh and I’ll let you know if we play Austin! My wife/bass player/cellist is due to give birth to our first child in about a month so we’ll be out of commission for a while ;) . I checked out your site and the steel drum stuff sounds cool! I’ll have to listen to it from home tonight. And thanks for the donation! That’s very kind.!

]]> By: Jeremy http://waysidedrive.com/blog2/2009/06/19/video-tutorial-recording-loops-with-ableton-live/comment-page-1/#comment-4514 Jeremy Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:22:09 +0000 http://waysidedrive.com/blog2/?p=295#comment-4514 Hey Darren! I think I understand what you're asking, if not feel free to ask more questions. When an entire track is record-enabled then each cell of that track should have a little circle on the left (if they're empty). The circle indicates the cells are ready to record. When you click on one of those circles it starts to populate that cell with what you're live-recording and the circle becomes a red triangle while you're recording the loop. When you're done with what you're recording you then click <em>the same red triangle </em>and it should then change the triangle to green and start looping. Does that answer your question? Hey Darren! I think I understand what you’re asking, if not feel free to ask more questions. When an entire track is record-enabled then each cell of that track should have a little circle on the left (if they’re empty). The circle indicates the cells are ready to record. When you click on one of those circles it starts to populate that cell with what you’re live-recording and the circle becomes a red triangle while you’re recording the loop. When you’re done with what you’re recording you then click the same red triangle and it should then change the triangle to green and start looping. Does that answer your question?

]]> By: Darren http://waysidedrive.com/blog2/2009/06/19/video-tutorial-recording-loops-with-ableton-live/comment-page-1/#comment-4513 Darren Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:57:12 +0000 http://waysidedrive.com/blog2/?p=295#comment-4513 Jeremy, i am a new fcb1010 and live user. i saw this tutorial and right away a question came to mind. how is it that once you have recorded the loop in a clip on a record enabled track that the clip then goes into "play" mode instead of looping but staying in record mode? so far when i activate a clip on a record enabled track it's little triangle is red and the clip is ready to receive new audio (or midi). thanks in advance for the reply. i hope all is well. i am in austin so if you are ever up this way let me know. i would love to hear your band play. Darren Jeremy,

i am a new fcb1010 and live user. i saw this tutorial and right away a question came to mind.

how is it that once you have recorded the loop in a clip on a record enabled track that the clip then goes into “play” mode instead of looping but staying in record mode? so far when i activate a clip on a record enabled track it’s little triangle is red and the clip is ready to receive new audio (or midi).

thanks in advance for the reply. i hope all is well. i am in austin so if you are ever up this way let me know. i would love to hear your band play.

Darren

]]> By: Jeremy http://waysidedrive.com/blog2/2009/06/19/video-tutorial-recording-loops-with-ableton-live/comment-page-1/#comment-2764 Jeremy Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:17:37 +0000 http://waysidedrive.com/blog2/?p=295#comment-2764 Thanks Cary! I really appreciate that. I don't know about the looper in AL 8 because I'm still using AL 5 :-). No money for upgrades right now I'm afraid. Regarding the FCB1010, I think it's one of the best units out there for this and it just happens to be one of the cheapest too. It's quite functional and a very sturdy construction. I did a decent amount of research before purchasing and it seems just as functional, if not more, than units twice it's cost. I even noticed that Radiohead uses one. So there you go! :-) Thanks Cary! I really appreciate that. I don’t know about the looper in AL 8 because I’m still using AL 5 :-) . No money for upgrades right now I’m afraid.

Regarding the FCB1010, I think it’s one of the best units out there for this and it just happens to be one of the cheapest too. It’s quite functional and a very sturdy construction. I did a decent amount of research before purchasing and it seems just as functional, if not more, than units twice it’s cost. I even noticed that Radiohead uses one. So there you go! :-)

]]> By: Cary http://waysidedrive.com/blog2/2009/06/19/video-tutorial-recording-loops-with-ableton-live/comment-page-1/#comment-2760 Cary Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:20:41 +0000 http://waysidedrive.com/blog2/?p=295#comment-2760 Jeremy, THANK YOU sooooo much for posting this invaluable info/tutorial! I'm new to Ableton, and have been going nuts trying to figure this stuff out on my own. I've spend the last 4 hours testing your template on my setup and so far so good. I'm running Ableton Suite 8.1.1 on WinXP with an Edirol PCR-800, and so naturally had to change some midi mappings, but it was simple after learning from your work. I might be wrong, but your solution seems to negate the usefulness of the new Looper in Live 8. What do you think? I'd like to pick up a FCB1010, but before I put down any cash, I was wondering... Is the FCB1010 the best available or should I have a look at something else? Once again....Thanks for sharing Jeremy,

THANK YOU sooooo much for posting this invaluable info/tutorial!
I’m new to Ableton, and have been going nuts trying to figure this stuff out on my own. I’ve spend the last 4 hours testing your template on my setup and so far so good. I’m running Ableton Suite 8.1.1 on WinXP with an Edirol PCR-800, and so naturally had to change some midi mappings, but it was simple after learning from your work.
I might be wrong, but your solution seems to negate the usefulness of the new Looper in Live 8. What do you think?

I’d like to pick up a FCB1010, but before I put down any cash, I was wondering… Is the FCB1010 the best available or should I have a look at something else?

Once again….Thanks for sharing

]]> By: Jeremy http://waysidedrive.com/blog2/2009/06/19/video-tutorial-recording-loops-with-ableton-live/comment-page-1/#comment-1715 Jeremy Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:47:15 +0000 http://waysidedrive.com/blog2/?p=295#comment-1715 Thanks Anand! Yes you can certainly do all of that. The FCB footswitches you can make do whatever you want. Recently I reduced the number of looping tracks to 5 and use the top pedals on the FCB to now be able to scroll up or down or stop or play. So you can record an intro loop live, then play over it, then play a verse or chorus loop, then play over it, and then switch back and forth. Or you can just have prerecorded loops loaded up and just cue then as you need them. Thanks Anand! Yes you can certainly do all of that. The FCB footswitches you can make do whatever you want. Recently I reduced the number of looping tracks to 5 and use the top pedals on the FCB to now be able to scroll up or down or stop or play. So you can record an intro loop live, then play over it, then play a verse or chorus loop, then play over it, and then switch back and forth. Or you can just have prerecorded loops loaded up and just cue then as you need them.

]]> By: Anand http://waysidedrive.com/blog2/2009/06/19/video-tutorial-recording-loops-with-ableton-live/comment-page-1/#comment-1714 Anand Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:16:32 +0000 http://waysidedrive.com/blog2/?p=295#comment-1714 Hi Jeremy Great site and info! Can the FCB1010 be programmed to record and play one clip at a time?In other words can I play and record a chord progression(intro,chorus,bridge,ending) to improvise over?I want to be able to access any chord I want,back and forth. Thanks Anand. Hi Jeremy

Great site and info!
Can the FCB1010 be programmed to record and play one clip at a time?In other words can I play and record a chord progression(intro,chorus,bridge,ending) to improvise over?I want to be able to access any chord I want,back and forth.
Thanks
Anand.

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