Recording software instruments

Ableton Live comes pack with different sounds that can help you start making music.…In this video I am going to record a bass line to our song.…So let's go to the browser, Sounds > Bass.…Let's expand this, and if we click on one of the presets, we can preview them.…So let's click on that. (music playing)…You can change the preview volume…through this knob right here next to the Master volume.…

(music playing) I like this one. Let's load it.…I am going to drag it to the Bass MIDI Track, and we can see the instrument on Device view.…Instead of making a MIDI clip and editing the notes manually, I am going record it…using my MIDI keyboard.…First, we need to make sure that track is armed and ready to record,…so we are going to turn on the Arm Session Recording.…Once you load an instrument, the Arm Session Recording should be turned on by…default on that track. So now if we play my MIDI keyboard.…

(music playing)…If for some reason your MIDI keyboard does not send MIDI to Ableton, we need to…go Live > Preferences, under MIDI Sync, and just make sure that the Track and the…