Your format and teaching style is fantastic mate. Perfect amount of detail and conveyed really well. That's a skill on its own. Having a single series to work through for beginner stuff without jumping from random video to video is a godsend. Good stuff. I'm up to #6 so far, keep 'em rolling!
Hello there, just wanted to say thank you for putting these out. I am just getting started with Ableton Live. Watching your beginner series really helped make the whole process less intimidating to get going with music. Please continue to make more of these. I really like your explanation approach!
Finally someone who explains calmly, efficiently, clearly... And you don't show off. Really good, thank you! ------ Terminology wasn't always explained, but MIDI stands for "Musical Instrument Digital Interface", and, CC stands for "Continuous Controller" ;)
19:00 If you selected remote and your midi mappings still weren't working, see if your device has a 'DAW' input/output and add that in addition to the regular midi input/output.
You are one of my most important Ableton "teachers", meaning I prob. learnt more about Ableton from you, than from any other single person. Thank You Thaetro!
This series is helping me loads! You are basically my online teacher helping me with Ableton Live, the Akai MPK Mini MK3, and music production in general. It's all very complicated if you don't know where to start, but your videos are the best start I can imagine! Thank you so much!
I’ve been following along these videos for a few weeks and was able to jump into Ableton so easily right off the bat. You’ve made something so daunting seem so simple I really appreciate that!
Do you have a video for Arturia MiniLab 3? Have no problem with ML3 but first time experience with Ableton Live and it seems totally confusing to me as a DAW. Thank u for your wonderful channel.
Ive been messing around with ableton for a couple years but these tutorials you made are refreshing and useful. I really wish I had these when I started out !
Literally these videos have been a life saver!! I haven't been able to map my MIDI and have been just doing it manually and now it makes so much more sense. Thank you!
I hope ypu talk about fixing the latency by turning down your bit sample size! In the past midi controller vids I don't think I've heard you mention it. Love you taetro. You've brought me so far within the last year man.
I don't even have one of these and still watch your videos I even watch your music theory videos and apply it to my guitar instead because I've found no one that explains these things as well as you. You're doing a great job for the community so thank you
Thanks Taetro! I feel really fortunate after struggling with Live for a few months that I found your channel. Your Ableton series is clear, thorough, and well-paced. With each topic so far I've found myself going on long tagents, often to the point of completing projects which were in limbo until I understood the tools to realize that particular vision. I've also enjoyed a few of your product reviews. Right now I'm mapping my Arturia Minilab MKII, and thinking about a UHOST to go BLE. You do great work, so thanks again!
Best beginners video by far. Most I've come across start with crazy presets which I don't know how to mimic. This was great for opening Ableton in default. I learned a ton. Thank you so much!
You cannot imagine how useful this video (and the whole series) was!!! Before it, it was impossible for people (like me) analogic to a 100%. You made it possible what I’d been considered out of my understanding. Thanks a lot!!!
Your videos are helping me to finally start producing and record the music I have always liked! Your teaching format has kept me in this series, hope you keep making similar videos!
Man I just got the Mk3 white with black keys. I'm absolutely loving it! I just learned about the midi mapping before this video got uploaded. I use ableton as well and your videos have been really helpful for me recently. Thank you so much for the amazing content!
Thanks for producing very useful and beginner-friendly videos.. ~ as an 'old-school' SY85 / CoolEdit type chap I've found Ableton / Launchkey 49 a maze of confusion when all I want to do is switch on and make music.. !
I've been learning how to compose and produce my own songs within Ableton and your videos have been very helpful. It's made music making less stressful and more fun. As it should be.
Dude!!!!! Thank you so much for this! I have an M Audio Oxygen Pro midi, and I've been struggling to figure out all these controls. So thank you so much for explaining all of this! It's making a huge difference
Starting out with this gear is a bit like falling into the middle of the ocean. Thanks Taetro for providing hope, and direction. I can't see the shore yet but I'm not drowning anymore.
TAETRO you are a excellent teacher man I appeciate how you take time to make sure that the things you are teaching are commpletly understood thanks great work.
Dude this is so helpful. Your videos have made me improve in ableton so quickly vs trying to figure it out on my own. Thank you for making this playlist of vids to figure this complex program out
this was genuinely the most helpful video i could find thank you so much! i could not for the life of me figure out why the knobs weren't knobing Thanks!!!
Just so happened to be looking for one thing and this man saved my life in multiple ways😭✨kinda gave me recording inspiration with the lil examples you used as well💚🔥
great video, super helpful, I have a different midi controller than the ones mentioned but it was still exactly what I wanted to learn and havent been able to find until now, enjoying and learning a lot from the whole series, please keep going
Have been watching your videos and they’ve been helping out a ton so thank you. I just got my Novation Launchkey mk3 yesterday so I’m literally binging your videos on it to get it up and running lol thanks bruh
A bit late aboput the mpk set up for ableton, but the comunity helped me. All your videos had helped me otherwise i wouldnt had jump on music. Even if im not present like before cause life stuff but thanks for your series. Some of this makes me think I should had got a novation or something similar instead of my mpk XD
Hope you make videos about Push 2.. you are the best teacher I have ever listened about Ableton live...Thanks a lot for sharing all these knowledge that you gathered by your experience... means a lot...
Thank you so much for this series, you have a natural talent for teaching/explaining. Keep up the awesome work. I saw in another comment that you're working on the next video in the series. Do you have a rough estimate on how many vids are there gonna be in total for the series? Thanks!
love the way you play the keys and the effects you have on them. how did you learn how to play? where can i find the tutorials please? i want to play like you
I am struggling with the control surface tactile controls on my mini plus mk3. I have it set up identically. Control surfaces selected, midi preferences in and out track and remote on and prog select to PGM: AbletonLive. None of the K knobs change these macro controls even with the blue hand on the tab. Not unless I map each one manually.
In the time I have invested in studying AL11, I could have written, recorded and mastered a dozen songs in GB. First and second impressions are that AL is needlessly convoluted. I am invested though, and am really hopeful the investment pays off.
I have an Arturia Keylab Essential 88. I can get the keys to work just fine in Ableton. The knobs sort of work but they are extremely wonky. I have to turn the knobs counter-clockwise to increase values, and when I turn the knobs clockwise, the value jumps straight to zero (even with the slightest turn of the knob). Also, the DAW command center doesn't work for navigating Ableton at all, and some of the buttons just give me more key tones. I'm pretty sure I've tried every combination of Ableton's preferences, but the above description seems to be the best I can get. Just played with it some more and now I can get the command center to work fine (can navigate the tracks and clips), and the knobs are working smoothly but are only linked to the panning of each track. And now my keys aren't working and I'm not getting the orange light for MIDI input anymore. No matter what I can't seem to get everything to work at the same time. Please send help lol. BTW I'm new to both MIDI controllers and Ableton.
Thank you so much for your great videos and those huge amount of helpful wisdom. I'm having some trouble with the pad CC to the record buttons. The pads are acting like a gate instead of a toggle, so I have to hold it down for the record buttons to stay active, which totally defeats the purpose of having a separate CC mode. The mapping will work fine but holding down the pad to record is not really helpful :( In the Akai Editor i can't find any settings where i can change this. Hopefully someone could help.
Hi Taetro Hi group, Taetro great videos you have for beginners thank you question............ at 6:02 you explain how to use the Akai mini knobs to control the audio effect knobs, however when I follow your steps the knobs don't take over and control Abelton live knobs.....Any help trouble shooting is deeply appreciated thank you in advance
Very good video, thanks for that. However I miss how to change instrument from the keyboard. In your video you had an piano on track 2, what if i load a base on track 1. How can i from the keyboard change instrument?
This was needed for 2022!!! I just started back learning AL your videos definitely help!!! I did my first remake last week and original yesterday!!! Today I’m going to work on setting up for live up performances!!! Thanks 🙏🏾
So good. I’m so new and your videos are the best. When I follow this, the sound only comes out the pads and not keys, anyone know why this is, probably need to back track tutorials. 😅
I’m new to Ableton live (lite) and I’m trying to hook up my mpk249 to my HP windows but my midi info isn’t being received like it does in 2:23(the usb is plugged in so idk what the deal is there) and also where all the midi inputs are listed (2:53) I have the mpk249 in the control surface but all my inputs are gray and just say “no input” and it won’t let me click it for options or anything. I tried restarting my computer, changing the preset on my mpk to live lite and it still won’t work. If someone had a similar issue and fixed it pls help me I’m desperate to get this thing working🙏🙏🙏
Great series buddy! Digging it till now. Had a question - I did the midi mapping of reverb auto filter and delay like in the video, and works well with the selected track, but when i change the selected track to track 2 , the nobs were changing the device with the hand sign on, so i re mapped the nobs to other options for the new selected track, but now the same nob is changing the praramenter assigned to it for track 1 and as well as track 2.
Thank you once more! My MIDI wasnt automatically configurate to control the Knobs, so I have to do it myself for each effect, but I find it pretty cool tho... But I still see no blue hand, is that important? I also noticed that in the MIDI config are more than one options and I muss select my MIDI in all of these options otherway I had problems with some Keys in my MIDI.
You mention at around the 4min mark that there's no special compatibility for Korg controllers, but the Kontrol series is listed (just not with the Korg brand name, for some reason). My Korg Padkontrol is listed and works great! (as long you as change the top row an octave down so Ableton plays nicely with it lol)
Your format and teaching style is fantastic mate. Perfect amount of detail and conveyed really well. That's a skill on its own. Having a single series to work through for beginner stuff without jumping from random video to video is a godsend. Good stuff. I'm up to #6 so far, keep 'em rolling!
thank you for the super chat!! I'm so happy I could help. I hope you've continued with the series!
Yeah you are really good a teaching.@@Taetro
Hello there, just wanted to say thank you for putting these out. I am just getting started with Ableton Live. Watching your beginner series really helped make the whole process less intimidating to get going with music. Please continue to make more of these. I really like your explanation approach!
Appreciate hearing that!!
Finally someone who explains calmly, efficiently, clearly... And you don't show off. Really good, thank you! ------ Terminology wasn't always explained, but MIDI stands for "Musical Instrument Digital Interface", and, CC stands for "Continuous Controller" ;)
19:00 If you selected remote and your midi mappings still weren't working, see if your device has a 'DAW' input/output and add that in addition to the regular midi input/output.
Ableton Live is not my DAW of choice but I always find value in your tutorials. Thanks for all that you do. Much appreciated! 🙏🏾
Whats ur fav
You are one of my most important Ableton "teachers", meaning I prob. learnt more about Ableton from you, than from any other single person. Thank You Thaetro!
Excellent video for a n00b like me switching to Ableton after getting fed up with LogicPro
This series is helping me loads! You are basically my online teacher helping me with Ableton Live, the Akai MPK Mini MK3, and music production in general. It's all very complicated if you don't know where to start, but your videos are the best start I can imagine! Thank you so much!
I’ve been following along these videos for a few weeks and was able to jump into Ableton so easily right off the bat. You’ve made something so daunting seem so simple I really appreciate that!
Wooo! Awesome!
Do you have a video for Arturia MiniLab 3? Have no problem with ML3 but first time experience with Ableton Live and it seems totally confusing to me as a DAW. Thank u for your wonderful channel.
Ive been messing around with ableton for a couple years but these tutorials you made are refreshing and useful. I really wish I had these when I started out !
Amazing
Literally these videos have been a life saver!! I haven't been able to map my MIDI and have been just doing it manually and now it makes so much more sense. Thank you!
I hope ypu talk about fixing the latency by turning down your bit sample size! In the past midi controller vids I don't think I've heard you mention it. Love you taetro. You've brought me so far within the last year man.
That’s true! I should have mentioned it here :)
can i have that video link please
I don't even have one of these and still watch your videos I even watch your music theory videos and apply it to my guitar instead because I've found no one that explains these things as well as you. You're doing a great job for the community so thank you
Thanks Taetro! I feel really fortunate after struggling with Live for a few months that I found your channel. Your Ableton series is clear, thorough, and well-paced. With each topic so far I've found myself going on long tagents, often to the point of completing projects which were in limbo until I understood the tools to realize that particular vision. I've also enjoyed a few of your product reviews. Right now I'm mapping my Arturia Minilab MKII, and thinking about a UHOST to go BLE. You do great work, so thanks again!
Best beginners video by far. Most I've come across start with crazy presets which I don't know how to mimic. This was great for opening Ableton in default. I learned a ton. Thank you so much!
You cannot imagine how useful this video (and the whole series) was!!! Before it, it was impossible for people (like me) analogic to a 100%. You made it possible what I’d been considered out of my understanding. Thanks a lot!!!
Keep up the good work! Learning a lot from you here. P.s. As a cat parent, I want to salute you on how clean your MIDI is... that was relaxing to see.
Your series has literally saved my dying dream to learn music production. I'm so thankful. I immediately subscribed ❤
Yay, a tutorial on midi! Would love to see a video about the push 2!
Your videos are helping me to finally start producing and record the music I have always liked! Your teaching format has kept me in this series, hope you keep making similar videos!
Man I just got the Mk3 white with black keys. I'm absolutely loving it! I just learned about the midi mapping before this video got uploaded. I use ableton as well and your videos have been really helpful for me recently. Thank you so much for the amazing content!
Just got a Midi controller and this video helped me out setting it up. Thank you!
Thanks for producing very useful and beginner-friendly videos.. ~ as an 'old-school' SY85 / CoolEdit type chap I've found Ableton / Launchkey 49 a maze of confusion when all I want to do is switch on and make music.. !
I’m glad it’s helping!
I've been learning how to compose and produce my own songs within Ableton and your videos have been very helpful. It's made music making less stressful and more fun. As it should be.
great to hear. Good work my friend.
This series has been so useful to get started. I hope you keep it up!
Dude!!!!! Thank you so much for this! I have an M Audio Oxygen Pro midi, and I've been struggling to figure out all these controls. So thank you so much for explaining all of this! It's making a huge difference
Starting out with this gear is a bit like falling into the middle of the ocean. Thanks Taetro for providing hope, and direction. I can't see the shore yet but I'm not drowning anymore.
TAETRO you are a excellent teacher man I appeciate how you take time to make sure that the things you are teaching are commpletly understood thanks great work.
No cap im 5 mins in and ive caught on so fast thanks for the exact wording on what needs to be done saving me an Advil
Dude this is so helpful. Your videos have made me improve in ableton so quickly vs trying to figure it out on my own. Thank you for making this playlist of vids to figure this complex program out
No problem! I'm glad I could help you streamline the process a bit. Keep making music!
I spent years not knowing what the CC button on the MPK Mini MK2 can do. Thanks for another amazing lesson!
this was genuinely the most helpful video i could find thank you so much! i could not for the life of me figure out why the knobs weren't knobing Thanks!!!
Helped me get started. Great production, presentation, demeanor, etc...
finally getting around to this series since i got covid! LOVE this series! great teaching style for my ADHD brain.
Thank you so much! As a complete beginner to music production in general this was incredibly helpful
Thanks so very much for making these. Your smooth and easy style makes these much needed tutorials a breeze to follow.
As a creative person you have officially blown my mind!
I cannot describe how great and useful this video was. Doin the lordes work wow!
happy to hear that! Thanks for watching!
Just so happened to be looking for one thing and this man saved my life in multiple ways😭✨kinda gave me recording inspiration with the lil examples you used as well💚🔥
great video, super helpful, I have a different midi controller than the ones mentioned but it was still exactly what I wanted to learn and havent been able to find until now, enjoying and learning a lot from the whole series, please keep going
Have been watching your videos and they’ve been helping out a ton so thank you. I just got my Novation Launchkey mk3 yesterday so I’m literally binging your videos on it to get it up and running lol thanks bruh
Perfect
Congratulates man! Quality is what you talk about!
Super helpful ! Im total beginner and your channel is the best :) thank you
A bit late aboput the mpk set up for ableton, but the comunity helped me. All your videos had helped me otherwise i wouldnt had jump on music. Even if im not present like before cause life stuff but thanks for your series. Some of this makes me think I should had got a novation or something similar instead of my mpk XD
Hope you make videos about Push 2.. you are the best teacher I have ever listened about Ableton live...Thanks a lot for sharing all these knowledge that you gathered by your experience... means a lot...
Thank you so much for this series, you have a natural talent for teaching/explaining. Keep up the awesome work. I saw in another comment that you're working on the next video in the series. Do you have a rough estimate on how many vids are there gonna be in total for the series? Thanks!
love the way you play the keys and the effects you have on them. how did you learn how to play? where can i find the tutorials please? i want to play like you
I am struggling with the control surface tactile controls on my mini plus mk3. I have it set up identically. Control surfaces selected, midi preferences in and out track and remote on and prog select to PGM: AbletonLive. None of the K knobs change these macro controls even with the blue hand on the tab. Not unless I map each one manually.
I have the same problem, may I ask if you were able to solve the issue?
@@vin_efit It's a good piece of gear but unfortunately I've found no fix for this yet.
In the time I have invested in studying AL11, I could have written, recorded and mastered a dozen songs in GB. First and second impressions are that AL is needlessly convoluted. I am invested though, and am really hopeful the investment pays off.
Depends on which software you are used to, for me, it was the exact opposite
@HRTDEMON666 lol almost like ableton is needlessly complicated. Thanks for condescending though.
@@marcbehm4747Almost like everybody has their own experiences and there's no need to be an ass about it 😱
Im learning from ur content and Im so happy im starting from scratch and its so fun and delightful learning it from you ❤ur vibes so good
AWESOME job on explaining that info on abelton live and midi controlles!!!
I have an Arturia Keylab Essential 88. I can get the keys to work just fine in Ableton. The knobs sort of work but they are extremely wonky. I have to turn the knobs counter-clockwise to increase values, and when I turn the knobs clockwise, the value jumps straight to zero (even with the slightest turn of the knob). Also, the DAW command center doesn't work for navigating Ableton at all, and some of the buttons just give me more key tones. I'm pretty sure I've tried every combination of Ableton's preferences, but the above description seems to be the best I can get.
Just played with it some more and now I can get the command center to work fine (can navigate the tracks and clips), and the knobs are working smoothly but are only linked to the panning of each track. And now my keys aren't working and I'm not getting the orange light for MIDI input anymore. No matter what I can't seem to get everything to work at the same time. Please send help lol. BTW I'm new to both MIDI controllers and Ableton.
Awesome thank you. Another video completed, another batch of new useful things learned!
This series was incredibly helpful, EASY to understand and at a perfect pace.
simpliest teaching ever
Great video on how to setup a midi controller! Thank you. I’m refreshing my memory on music production so I’ll checking out all your videos. 🎉🕺🏻
Thanks for scrolling thru those controllers. Needed to confirm my old m audio axiom 49 will work in newer abletons.
Thank you so much for your great videos and those huge amount of helpful wisdom.
I'm having some trouble with the pad CC to the record buttons. The pads are acting like a gate instead of a toggle, so I have to hold it down for the record buttons to stay active, which totally defeats the purpose of having a separate CC mode. The mapping will work fine but holding down the pad to record is not really helpful :(
In the Akai Editor i can't find any settings where i can change this.
Hopefully someone could help.
I'm having the same problem! Did you ever find out the issue?
@@Brandonlandis No sorry, could not find any solution for this.
@@Ruckzuck78 :(
Watched the whole series. Thanks a lot for making these
Awesome
Oh my god I didn't know about takeover mode, you sir, are a lifesaver! 😂
Thank you for the pick up tip on knobs!
You’re welcome! I’m so happy it helped.
Hi taetro this is a great series overall and has helped me immensely 🙏
yo bro ! i love all of your teaching video man, you are doing great man.
Great video, finally figured out how to control effect with my launchkey. Thanks man
Amazing !!thanks for this lessons i was trying to configure midi and i forget to check remote hahaha
Hi Taetro Hi group, Taetro great videos you have for beginners thank you question............ at 6:02 you explain how to use the Akai mini knobs to control the audio effect knobs, however when I follow your steps the knobs don't take over and control Abelton live knobs.....Any help trouble shooting is deeply appreciated thank you in advance
so detailed and easily explained! thank you so much for giving back your knowledge
Been watching since the first chapter !! Thank u so much u r amazing
hi there, yes Id love to see your Push 2 video - thanks for your amazing content
thank u thank u thank u!!!! u give me peace and I understood everything clear!! so good video
so happy to hear it! thanks for watching!!
bravo..you explain it so well..lightbulb
You have incredible communications skill.
Awesome! Your videos are super helpful (and enjoyable). Thank you so much! (Keep 'em coming! 😀)
the series is SO good that we love even the sponsour! 👍
Very good video, thanks for that. However I miss how to change instrument from the keyboard. In your video you had an piano on track 2, what if i load a base on track 1. How can i from the keyboard change instrument?
Thanks for the great video TAETRO!
Does the 6:10 mpk mini to Ableton knobs-connection via program select work for the Mini Mk2 or only for the mk3 or newer models?
This was needed for 2022!!! I just started back learning AL your videos definitely help!!! I did my first remake last week and original yesterday!!! Today I’m going to work on setting up for live up performances!!! Thanks 🙏🏾
Dude, thank you so much for this comprehensive videos and tutorials, u rock
FANTASTIC EXPLANATION! THANK U
i like the little remark about stickers
OMG thank you SO MUCH!
Its probs already made, but would LOVE to see a video dedicated to Push 2 and how thats used in Ableton!
Thanks for the great video series @Taetro ... I have a question. Does mapping override the Blue Hand thingy function?
So good. I’m so new and your videos are the best. When I follow this, the sound only comes out the pads and not keys, anyone know why this is, probably need to back track tutorials. 😅
Awesome!! You make everything so clear
great video (= you are amazing talking about the ablenton and the midi controllers.
These series are so helpful. Thanks!
I so appreciate your videos and knowledge you share. Thank you!!
Thank you so much I love your teaching technique
this has helped for sure thank you so much!
9:28 “We’ll call it jazz” 😂 … this is super helpful tho! Thx!! 🙏
can u do a similar video for the sl49 mk3 , particularly adding midi instruments to it, thx
I’m new to Ableton live (lite) and I’m trying to hook up my mpk249 to my HP windows but my midi info isn’t being received like it does in 2:23(the usb is plugged in so idk what the deal is there) and also where all the midi inputs are listed (2:53) I have the mpk249 in the control surface but all my inputs are gray and just say “no input” and it won’t let me click it for options or anything. I tried restarting my computer, changing the preset on my mpk to live lite and it still won’t work. If someone had a similar issue and fixed it pls help me I’m desperate to get this thing working🙏🙏🙏
Great series buddy! Digging it till now. Had a question - I did the midi mapping of reverb auto filter and delay like in the video, and works well with the selected track, but when i change the selected track to track 2 , the nobs were changing the device with the hand sign on, so i re mapped the nobs to other options for the new selected track, but now the same nob is changing the praramenter assigned to it for track 1 and as well as track 2.
So helpful! Thanks bro
Thank you once more! My MIDI wasnt automatically configurate to control the Knobs, so I have to do it myself for each effect, but I find it pretty cool tho... But I still see no blue hand, is that important? I also noticed that in the MIDI config are more than one options and I muss select my MIDI in all of these options otherway I had problems with some Keys in my MIDI.
You mention at around the 4min mark that there's no special compatibility for Korg controllers, but the Kontrol series is listed (just not with the Korg brand name, for some reason). My Korg Padkontrol is listed and works great! (as long you as change the top row an octave down so Ableton plays nicely with it lol)
Ah!! I wonder when they added that. That’s great!
@@TaetroSolid right! Sad that you have to manually map every other Korg product tho😭
Super helpful bro. Thanks!