L!ve 4: 6ett!ng HI0I-f!

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Live 4 oers nany exciLing new eaLures Lo enhance and inspire your nusic
producLions. 0ne o Lhe nosL noLable new eaLures is Lhe addiLion o ull HI0I
recording, sequencing and ediLing. Jhis neans LhaL your HI0I hardware and soLware
insLrunenLs can now becone an inLegral parL o Live's unique real-Line approach Lo
naking nusic. So, now LhaL HI0I is in Lhe gane, Lhis nonLh's Jips & Jricks will explore
sone o Lhe HI0I-relaLed eaLures in Live 4.

Lessons !n L!ve

8eore we geL sLarLed, I would like Lo poinL ouL Lhe new, inLegraLed sLep-by-sLep
progran LuLorials, which are apLly naned . wheLher you are a beginner or are
already well acquainLed wiLh Live, Lhe lessons provide nany useul Lips and nake iL
exLrenely easy Lo becone quickly luenL in Lhe progran.



Jhe lessons are accessed via Live's elp nenu. ere is a brie overview o whaL is
covered in each lesson:

Hak!ng Hus!c w!th L!ve: Jhe Live Session View and nany oLher undanenLal aspecLs o
whaL nakes Live unique.
fd!t!ng Arrangements: LdiLing and navigaLion in Live's ArrangenenL View, including
sone nice ediLing Lips.
HI0I, Instruments and fffects: Hany o Lhe exciLing new HI0I eaLures, including
Sinpler, HI0I clips, HI0I Lracks, HI0I eecLs and Lhe powerul new rouLing schene. (I
highly reconnend Lhis lesson, as iL lays nuch o Lhe groundwork or Lhis nonLh's Jips
& Jricks.)
freat!ng 0rum Patterns w!th L!ve: Inpulse, drawing and ediLing HI0I, using Lhe
conpuLer keyboard Lo play HI0I, and a pleLhora o oLher Lips along Lhe way. (Again,
highly reconnended and very nuch relaLed Lo Lhis nonLh's Jips & Jricks.)
kecord!ng and Automat!on: ArrangenenL View audio and HI0I recording, auLonaLion,
rouLing, and nany oLher eaLures, as well as sone handy Lips.

I you are noL yeL a proud owner o Live 4, you can ollow Lhe lessons and Lry Lhis
nonLh's Jips & Jricks wiLh Lhe Live 4 deno version, which is available aL
www.ableLon.conJdownloads. Also, you nighL wanL Lo check ouL Lhe new novies Lo see
Live 4 in acLion aL www.ableLon.conJnovies.

HI0I 101

HI0I in Live 4 is easy Lo use yeL exLrenely powerul and lexible. LeL's sLarL wiLh sone
basics Lo geL you going.

In Live 4, HI0I is sLored and recorded in HI0I clips, which live" in HI0I Lracks.
CreaLing a HI0I Lrack can be achieved by selecLing "InserL HI0I Jrack" ron Lhe InserL
Henu. owever, i you work wiLh virLual insLrunenLs, you can creaLe a new HI0I Lrack
sinply by dragging an insLrunenL ron Lhe 8rowser and dropping iL inLo Lhe enpLy
space ollowing Lhe Lracks in Lhe Session or ArrangenenL View. Jry dragging a copy o
Sinpler ron Lhe 8rowser inLo Lhis enpLy space Lo creaLe a new HI0I Lrack.


Jip: Jhis drag-and-drop Lrick also works or audio and HI0I clips and eecLs.

Arn recording or Lhe Lrack and choose a preseL in Sinpler. how you can play noLes on
your HI0I keyboard or any oLher conLroller Lo audiLion Lhe insLrunenL.



whaL, no HI0I conLroller: ho problen, Lhe conpuLer keyboard can play HI0I noLes Loo.
Jhe A,S,0... row plays Lhe whiLe keyboard noLes, and Lhe 0,w,L,... row plays Lhe black
keyboard noLes. Jhe Z and X keys Lranspose down and up in increnenLs o one ocLave,
respecLively.

how, in Lhe Session View, creaLe a HI0I clip in Lhe HI0I Lrack conLaining Sinpler by
double-clicking in an enpLy clip sloL. Jhe new HI0I clip is auLonaLically seL Lo be an
enpLy one-bar loop, which we can record inLo so as Lo build up a paLLern or phrase.



You can change Lhe lengLh o Lhe clip by dragging Lhe Clip LoopJPegion end narker or
by Lyping a new lengLh in Lhe Loop LengLh ield, shown below.



HI0I for Art!sts

SoneLines iL can be nore un Lo draw HI0I daLa insLead o playing iL ron a HI0I
conLroller. You can draw noLes in Lhe HI0I LdiLor by enabling 0raw Hode, as shown
below.








0ouble-click on Lhe HI0I clip you jusL creaLed Lo bring up Lhe HI0I LdiLor, and sinply
click in Lhe grid Lo draw noLes.



ere are a ew quick Lips Lo geL you acquainLed wiLh Lhe HI0I LdiLor:

when drawing noLes, you can sinulLaneously draw velociLy values by dragging up and
down wiLh Lhe nouse. Click Lo creaLe a noLe, and drag up and down wiLhouL releasing
Lhe nouse buLLon Lo adjusL velociLy.
0rawn noLes snap Lo Lhe grid, which is based on zoon resoluLion. You can narrow,
widen or swiLch Lhe grid Lo LripleLs via Lhe 0pLions nenu. You can acLivaLe and
deacLivaLe Lhe grid by clicking on Lhe grid display in Lhe upper righL-hand corner o Lhe
HI0I LdiLor, shown below.



0eacLivaLe 0raw Hode Lo nove and resize noLes by clicking and dragging. You can
hold down Lhe Connand (Hac) J AlL (C) nodiier as you drag Lo Lenporarily bypass
grid snapping.



You can nove noLes leL, righL, up and down wiLhin Lhe display using Lhe arrow keys
on Lhe conpuLer keyboard.

Jo selecL all insLances o a parLicular noLe LhroughouL an enLire clip (Lo uniornly
adjusL velociLy, or exanple), click on iLs associaLed piano roll key, as shown below.
























S!mpIy fffect!ve

Live 4 also inLroduces sone exciLing real-Line HI0I eecLs. wiLh Lhese eecLs, you can
do anyLhing ron saving ediLing Line Lo geLLing conpleLely crazy wiLh your creaLions.
Jry sone o Lhese Lricks:

Jhe iLch eecL is really un when paired wiLh clip envelopes. JusL drag iL inLo a HI0I
Lrack, and selecL iLch in Lhe clip's Lnvelopes box. how, you can draw LransposiLions
wiLhouL having Lo nove noLes. Jry clip envelopes wiLh Lhe oLher eecLs as well.



Jhe Chord eecL is greaL or one-inger keyboard playing. JusL Lry sone o Lhe preseLs
and press a key. Ah, beauLiul chords.



Jhe Pandon eecL nodiies piLch, well, randonly. I you're running shorL on
inspiraLion, Lhis eecL nay give you sone nice ideas. Pandon used in conjuncLion wiLh
Scale, which renaps inconing noLes onLo a user-deinable scale, can keep Lhings
inLeresLing yeL under conLrol.



You can save your own preseLs or Lhe HI0I eecLs, so i you ind seLLings you like,
be sure Lo save Lhen.



P!ck a SampIe, any SampIe

whoa, whaL abouL Lhe new insLrunenLs, you ask: Sinpler's drag-and-drop sanpling and
Inpulse's percussion nanipulaLion are noLhing shorL o anazing.

Sinpler nakes sanpling exLrenely un and easy, buL don'L leL Lhe nane ool you. Larlier
we used a Sinpler preseL, buL preseLs are jusL Lhe beginning. Sinpler allows you Lo drag
clips ron Lhe 8rowser or your SeL inLo iLs display and nanipulaLe Lhen in exciLing
ways.

bsing Sinpler, you can loop jusL abouL any sound inaginable and play iL
polyphonically. Jry Lhis Lrick: SeL a shorL loop on a long sound and nodulaLe Lhe
sanple sLarL poinL Lo sweep Lhrough Lhe sanple. 0r, Lry nodulaLing Lhe loop lengLh.
You can have even nore un by naking HI0I assignnenLs Lo conLrol and Lweak Sinpler
in real Line wiLh HI0I knobs.



wiLh Inpulse, creaLing druns and percussion has never been easier. Inpulse works wiLh
Lhe sane drag-and-drop philosophy as Sinpler. ere is one o ny avoriLe Lricks in Live
4: Jake a drun loop and zero in on a parLicular sound wiLh Lhe Clip LoopJPegion
narkers, as shown below.



how, drag Lhe clip inLo an Inpulse sloL. IsolaLe anoLher sound in Lhe sane clip, and
drag Lhe resulL Lo anoLher sloL in Inpulse. PepeaL Lhe process as nuch as needed Lo
deconsLrucL Lhe loop inLo an Inpulse kiL. 8e sure and save your new kiL as a preseL i
you wanL Lo use iL in oLher Live SeLs.



8y Lhe way, Inpulse auLonaLically naps Lo Lhe A, S, 0. conpuLer keyboard keys, so
you can even creaLe grooves on Lhe go.


0uts!de of the L!nes

working wiLh HI0I clips opens up nany possibiliLies. Jaking HI0I ouL o iLs
convenLional linear conLexL can quickly change Lhe way you nake nusic. CreaLe and
conbine paLLerns in Lhe Session View Lo build sequences and jan wiLh your ideas. Live's
Session View is now a launching pad or HI0I, jusL as iL has always been or audio.

ere are a ew Lhings Lo Lry wiLh HI0I clips in Lhe Session View:

Assign a HI0I clip Lo a range o noLes on your HI0I keyboard. Jhis allows you Lo
insLanLly Lranspose iLs conLenLs and cone up wiLh nice progressions. bse an oLherwise
unused noLe range, such as Lhe upper or lower ocLave o your keyboard, so LhaL you can
sLill play noLes reely when recording new HI0I clips.



SeL a clip's Launch Hode Lo PepeaL, and assign iL Lo a conpuLer key or HI0I noLe or
Lriggering.



Jry LegaLo Hode wiLh a couple o HI0I clip variaLions in Lhe sane Lrack Lo seanlessly
swiLch beLween Lhen. Jhis works nicely wiLh boLh drun loops and nelodies.



8uild your own HI0I clip library. LxporL your avoriLe HI0I clips as SLandard HI0I
iles so LhaL you can drag Lhen inLo any Live SeL.



And don'L orgeL LhaL all o your acLions can be recorded inLo Lhe ArrangenenL View
or urLher ediLing...



I've been working wiLh HI0I or quiLe a while, and ny old ways o Lhinking abouL
creaLing nusic wiLh HI0I are dying asL, Lhanks Lo Live 4. HI0I always oered ne
lexibiliLy in nusic creaLion, buL HI0I in Live is a conpleLely new experience. Jhis is
only Lhe Lip o Lhe iceberg concerning whaL Live 4 has Lo oer, so sLay Luned or nore
Lips and Lricks.