Ableton Live 9 for Live Performance

- Hey, I'm Yeuda Ben-Atar, also known as SideBrain. Welcome to Ableton Live for Live Performance. To me music is about playing, and the digital environment of Ableton Live can allow us to be irresponsibly creative and experiment in a way that would be nearly impossible using conventional hardware music in. That said, it's important to take advantage of as many ways as possible to detach yourself from the computer when performing live. Throughout this course, I'll show you dozens of cool live performance techniques.

Whether you're a DJ, songwriter, or a producer. I'll start out by helping you choose the right midi controllers for your live setup. Then I'll show you how to DJ with Ableton Live by emulating a DJ booth with two decks and a mixer. Next, we'll see how to map a midi controller to Ableton Live. Then, I'll show you some more modern DJ techniques such as looping, and cue point juggling, and how to use them in your live DJ set. I'll also show you how to perform live with your own original material.

(techno beat music) And finally I'll show you some alternative performance techniques like live looping, and live synth and cut. (drum beat) Traditional musicians are different from computer musicians, in that tape player acoustic instruments and create sounds in real time. For us, the sounds already exist in the computer and we can control where, when, and how they will be heard.

Let's explore some powerful ways you can prepare your live set, and maximize your creativity on-stage with Ableton Live for Live Performance.