VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE! (I fiddled around hours :D) You must have the setting "Start playback with record" on in order for it to work properly. Preferences -> Record/Warp/Launch
After spending an hour looking for answers on real time looping with instruments / vocals in Ableton this video gave me exactly what I was looking for. Thanks Taetro!
Gotta say, this is the best way to do this that I've seen demonstrated on youtube. Thank you. After watching looper tutorial after looper tutorial, this method is clearly dramatically better.
Well done. So many "loop pedal in Ableton Live" videos are much more complicated and use looper. Looper is great but looping via new clips gives you so much more control. Also, the idea of using the sustain pedal was pure brilliance. Well done.
I am now switching from live perf. looping w/ RC-300 to looping w/ Ableton only. I'm having difficulties converting. One issue with what Taetro presented (obvious to looper pedal users), is that at the end of recording, a looper pedal goes from record straight to overdub (i.e. laying down the second, third, etc. layers of a single loop). Here you have to manually arm, then record a second, third, fourth, etc. track to result in the same total overdub effect. As if that weren't enough, another issue: If on an overdub pass you miss the start of the loop even by one second: on a looper pedal that is no problem, the loop is already set and you can start adding overdubs at any time, it will be in perfect sync. But with Ableton, every "overdub" track must start at the beginning of the loop, and be exactly of the same length; all of them; or else significant unsync issues happen. So if you miss the start of an overdub loop, you must wait out the entire loop and try again at the start of the next one. Lastly Ableton has no easy (pedal controlled) delete and undo/redo. I'd appreciate any insight or help.
Holy Crap it works!! I just had to assign the pedal and unassign it about 4 times for some reason. Thank u!! I have been trying to figure this out since Live 8.
Taetro, thank you so much for this video it was very helpful! I’m an advanced classical cellist and I am venturing out into the improvisation arena. I can’t seem to get the loop pedal to work in my audio track. It will record the loop and play it back but it will not overdub when I hold it down. Everything else works great including with my Midi. I use Ableton Live 10, Oxygen 64 Midi with an Apogee mic. Thank you!
Hey! This is great! This is how are I do all my looping live. I was just wondering if you know how to have more control over the volume and tone of the guitar? Once it is being played over the live loops as its often too quite in comparison, even when I have my interface 50/50 on input and playback. Any thoughts would be mega helpful! Cheers Bro :)
If you don't like the fact that you have to keep the pedal depressed while you're looping, you can use a guitar amp on-off channel footswitch instead of a sustain pedal. That type of pedal only sends a signal when pressed but not when released, so it works even better for looping.
I've been looking for a pedal to do looping with beats and guitar but now I know I can just use a sustain pedal for foot control!! This saved me a lot of money
Very very cool! I was looking for a way to integrate my looper pedal with Ableton... now I realize I don't need the looper pedal. Looking forward to setting this up and giving it a go. Thank you so much for posting!
Hey can you show a version of this with adding FX automation to tracks? I'm trying to migrate from an RC505 to using ableton as a looper, but I want to make sure that I can get a hands on FX setup of some sort going, and I'd love to see some examples! I want real time FX manipulation, at least as good as the 505.. For instance, can I easily que on or multiple effects on a single track? Also.. is there any way you can share this project as a template for us to download to get started? Thanks so muuch!!
Good tutorial. Consider mapping a knob to the boxed number next to those scene select arrows. If you're short on buttons it's a good way to select scenes as you can roll through em.
Yes! This is extremely useful when jamming midi with live instruments in a live setting which is something I've been trying to implement more in my live performances. This method is proper for doing just that as long as all of the latency setting are set correctly. The sustain pedal is Ideal for my guitar looping simply because I mostly play one rhythm guitar part and use my other guitar channels to accent each other in sequence. I'm using the Novation Lauchkey mini MK3, and to assign the sustain pedal would make things more seamless when playing all the way through the end of the loop.
This is great. So you are able to keep the Push in regular Push mode while plugging in the loop pedal to it and mapping it? I thought the Push had to be in Midi mode in order to map the pedal while connected to the Push.
Hello mate. Enjoyed the video. @3:56 you talk about arming tracks from the controller. Are you able to do this with the keys on the midi controller as well? Mine doesn't have the track select buttons but I'm wondering if you can just use the black keys or something?
Hello teatro thank u for the video ...mi question is where do u connect the guitar when u have the controller connected to the push.... and mi other question is hoy to midi connect the ableton to mi rc300 boss looper ..thank u bro...good day
Thanks so much, that was so clearly explained and much appreciated. One quick question: just with what you were doing in this video, is there any major advantage that the Push has over the APC40 (I have the latter but not the former, and am wondering how much it is worth it to have both). Cheers!
Thanks man. I am really struggling to understand how can I set a fixed for audio clips. In the video you record the guitar and then it automatically loops, as the length of the clip was previously set or something similar... Maybe this can be done only through the push? There's no way to automatically loop an audio clip after a certain amount of beats, so I am constrained to press record when I start and on the beat end which is kinda frustrating and sometimes even difficult depending on what I am playing.
Hey, I'll have a question for you. I created a melody on ableton via the looper on the piano, and then I added drum (on the same looper). And I wanted to know if it was possible to go back, just to keep the piano. Thanks for your answer, Marie.
Question: Was the focusrite plugged directly into the computer or was it plugged into the abelton push? I would use a microsoft surface as my computer and it only has one USB port
Great video, super helpful! Question though- In the video, when you hit the sustain pedal, it starts recording whatever you play at 120 tempo, in your session's example, and it records what you're playing for 1 bar only. That's fine if you have a hi-hat track in the background or something to guide you so that you are staying in time. However, how can I set the tempo or the number of bars to be dependent on whatever I play. For example, I want to play my own hi-hat from scratch live, so I don't want to be limited to a 120 tempo-ed 1 bar if my first hi-hat track ends up being slower or faster than that. I don't want to have to look at a little light or the session countdown either in order to stay within the limits of a 120 tempo-ed bar..I want to basically make my own initial track/tempo that everything after that is looped around...Hopefully you can help. Thanks in advance!!
Ableton Live's "Looper" allows you to set the project tempo when you create the first loop. You could map your pedal this way but then you lose the ability to map your pedal the way I demo here.
Been trying to do something like this for years with an FCB1010 with zero success. I am going to try this as I own all the bits needed so it's a zero out of pocket option. As I understand it I would need to use the arrows to navigate and launch clips. Is this right? Also I am assuming I can run as many clips as I want with total control over what is playing at any one time. If this is so then this is absolutely awesome. I play guitar and sing but could set the 'Push' on a music stand close enough to reach. Thank you Taetro.
Thanks David. I did get it working with a Novation SL25 (which has lots of mappable buttons and sliders. Tried unsuccessfully with Push(1) and an old Keyrig. Think it has something to do with needing the 2 connections in Live. I would manually programming the FCB1010 but I don't think it will like the part where I try to knock the information into it with a hammer. The big issue for me is just the start/stop in recording guitar loops, which obviously is not going to work using buttons(fingers) I can tweak anything once the loop is playing back so this has been a huge win for me.
Hi, nice video! I'm playing Midigitar program in my mac using a Abogee Duet as a sound card. I want to have a easy way of using a launchPAD Mini with Ableton Live Lite. Is it possible to connect the food pedal through another midi controller than the Launch Pad? I have a iRig Keys I could use. If I understood right it should be possible to create an Aggregate Device and this way direct the different controllers to different programs active in the Mac? I dont want to use looper with the gitar, but I want to set up steady drum loops that works to my music and an easy way of trigger them. I might also be able to us the iRig Keys as a controller, but think the LaunchPAD Mini will be easier to use. Do you have any thoughts on this? Greetings from Norway:-)
There's a guy that uses the Ableton LOOPER. he sets up 2 of them. He sets up the control with a foot switch.... So one is set to Start and the Second Loop starts by hitting stop on the First LOOPER. I think from memory it is the Seed to Stage guy.
thanks for the tutorial. in the video, you mapped abletons scene up/down buttons. when i tried the setup you described, i recorded an audio clip in scene 1 on chanel 1 and wanted to record a new clip in scene 2 on the same chanel. but my pedal just triggers the clip in scene 1 again, instead of recording in scene 2. did i miss something?
Thanks for posting these videos. I had this idea a few days ago... I plugged a pedal into the sustain port of my Launchkey 49 and mapped it to Session record just like you... it works, but my question is this: Can I make the pedal act like the Pads on the Launchkey? Meaning, if I record something into slot 1 of the first scene, then move down to the next slot of the next scene, the pad on the Launchkey will turn red and hitting that pad will now start recording in that scene. However, if I try the same thing with the footpedal, it won't record in the newly selected blank scene, but only work as an overdub for the previously recorded clip. I'd like to record one scene (intro), have it play, then move down to the next scene (with the Scene up/down buttons), hit record on the footswitch, and have it start recording on the next clip slot. (Essentially acting the same way as the pads on the Launchkey) That way I can seamlessly go from one idea to the other. Kind of hard to explain, but does that make sense? Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
Thank you so much taetro after watching your videos you been wanting me to jump in to wanting to start producing! I have a question though on what does the focusrite 2i2 can do and it's full potential I know it is a interface with a lot of software and also that it could record live music I just want to know about what it could do with a midi controller such as the akai mkII? I'm really debating if I should get it or not...
how can you do to set up all the clips with the same quantity of beats? Eventhough I have set up the global at 1 bar when I play and record the guitar it keeps going. I want the clip to end at one bar. Is that possible? thanks
I am an acoustic percussionist. I am on a mission and working on a solo show. I want to loop my instruments and mix them in Ableton and use it as a live show as a DJ set and an acoustic act. What would you suggest would be my best tools? It seems like it would be Ableton push, Bosch loop pedal and scarlet box for recording? Would appreciate your take on this.
I am in fact on the same mission. Am i crazy for thinking i should use my mixer for all my drums inidividually and just throw that mixer into abletons looper? idk it sounds like a simple enough solution but i feel like its too good to be true.
Appreciate the tutorial! this is the basis for what I'm trying to do and struggling with big time...Live looping using multiple instrument racks. For example, an instrument rack that contains 10-20 drum kits, another track containing 15+ bass sounds, another for keys, and so on. I've managed to load my favorite drum and bass sounds into their own instrument racks, but am struggling to route them properly and have the work flow be possible. I'm using push 2 and an apc40. I bought the fcb 1010 foot controller but haven't gotten as far as to apply it to this setup. Any advice is greatly appreciated! :)
Hey great video Taetro. Does anyone have any suggestions regarding getting it to work through the Push Pedal Input? So, what I discovered is that although Ableton could recognize the MIDI from the pedal input, it wouldn't let me map it in the MIDI mapping screen. That is, until I switched to USER mode on the Push. Then I could use the pedal to map and record enable. However, any normal use of the Push was out the window. It was a blank MIDI controller at that point. Has anyone successfully used PUSH in normal mode with a pedal for record START/STOP? Thanks in advance!
Hey thanks for the reply Taetro! I tried both ports. It does recognize the MIDI signal but won't allow mapping. I tried with remote off and still does not work as specified. I switched over and am trying a Guitar MIDI pedal board I have and that actually worked with a few hiccups. Maybe I didn't map it correctly, but when I start a loop and try to use the pedal to stop it, it seems to just trigger OVERDUB RECORDING. Meaning it will stop that loop but automatically start me recording on top of it. Do you think the pedal is sending the signal twice? Or is this another setting I need to tweak? Should I set it to CC, CC TOGGLE, or NOTE MODE? Thanks in advance and oh, I almost forgot to subscribe!
You made my life so easy which was totally 'looping' around the wrong information before this video! Thanks so very much man! May you win Grammy someday :D cheers mate :)
Great setup! I've used this for a while until I needed to play with someone else. Then it became difficult to record things at the same time, so I think I'm going for the looper, even tough it's not my favorite. Would be great to be able to midi map the pedal to record/overdub only selected track(s).
where did you learn to use ableton? sound stupid but I'm newbie on that kind of stuff, I'd like to learn to usi it to recording guitar and voice. if you suggest me a guide or book or course, thank you
HELP please, I can record trough the pedal but as soon as I press again it records another clip, and what I want is to be able to play that clip seamlessly as I go out of record, how should I do that? )IT WAS THE PEDAL. FS'5U BOSS, wont work, but a regular sustain pedal does.
There is a real advantage in using looper for the first loop in that it sets the bpm for live to follow which I find far less restrictive and more creative than playing to a click with an initial idea. Otherwise I use a method very similar to yours using left right navigation and overdub to fill up the live session.
Hey Taetro. First of all I have been a big fan since I found your stuff on the Ableton subreddit, and thanks a lot for making so many helpful videos. But I do have a problem that I think you can help with. When I am trying to produce I have a few problems. One of them being the lack of effects etc. because I can't afford any VSTs (I am using Lite w/ a Launchkey 49). I just use the ones that come with Lite. The other is workflow. I am still not used to all of the hotkeys and I am having a lot of trouble manipulating sounds. Do you have any tips for a new comer? Thanks in advance!
hey Jazzling, very glad you are enjoying the channel! While Live Lite is limited, you've got access to awesome effects. I put compressor, eq, and reverb on every track (basically) to tailor sounds to my liking. Also use delay a lot, and you've got simple delay which can do the trick. Redux, beat repeat and autofilter also get a lot of use with me. I don't use any VSTs aside from a couple Waves plugins I only use on certain occasions. Don't think of what you don't have, think of what you've got. Force yourself to use keyboard shortcuts - top ones for me are UNDO - cmnd -z, SPLIT - cmnd -E, DUPLICATE - cmnd -D. Every time you are reaching for the long way, stop yourself and use the key command, eventually you'll get faster :)
What version of ableton do you have? There is an Amp & cab audio effect that are great. For now you should look into EQ, compression, overdrive, and reverb.
Thanks for this Taetro - totally learned to use my launchkey from your video :P I have one question - do you have a solution for once your project exceeds 8 tracks? The problem with that is we run out of buttons on Launchkey to assign the "Arm Recording" function from track 9 onwards. Would love to hear your thoughts! Thanks so much :)
solid video dude ;) Nice & simple, and getting the message across . Thanks! Have you tried a bigger pedal.. for..eg.. that would allow you to arm tracks and launch them , all from the pedal ? Or would you rather launch them via Push ?
Any other midi pedal solution I’ve researched is SUPER overpriced which is how I came up with this. You could use a controller with multiple pedal inputs.
hey Taetro: I have a problem with getting the footswitch work on my push1... it doesnt recognize the pedal. am i doing something wrong? or should i use a usb pedal instead? many thanks!
I have had this sustain pedal for my keyboard for a million years and I had no idea this was possible! This opens up a whole new world of possibilities! You've changed my entire workflow, thank you so much! Quick question though: I'm finding that when I press the pedal again, it's taking a few bars to stop again, so I'm not getting a clean loop. How do I make it stop the loop as soon as I hit the pedal like I would with a guitar loop pedal for example? or how many bars ahead of time do you have to hit the pedal to stop the loop and have it be clean?
How do you find control over the tempo with this setup? To me it seems as though you would have to use earplugs to keep track with the metronome. Am I right here? I love playing with a looper but in ableton you're always bound to the exact length of the loop. Is there a way around this problem?
Anyway to set an automatic quantization for the midi loops you record? Only way I've been able to do it, as far as I know, is to open the piano roll with the midi notes and hit command U manually. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Someone tell me what soft soft means
VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE! (I fiddled around hours :D)
You must have the setting "Start playback with record" on in order for it to work properly. Preferences -> Record/Warp/Launch
After spending an hour looking for answers on real time looping with instruments / vocals in Ableton this video gave me exactly what I was looking for. Thanks Taetro!
Gotta say, this is the best way to do this that I've seen demonstrated on youtube. Thank you. After watching looper tutorial after looper tutorial, this method is clearly dramatically better.
thanks dapht! One of the reasons I made this was because this seemed like the simplest way...but I couldn't find it anywhere. Glad you agree!
Well done. So many "loop pedal in Ableton Live" videos are much more complicated and use looper. Looper is great but looping via new clips gives you so much more control. Also, the idea of using the sustain pedal was pure brilliance. Well done.
Thank you Alex! Glad you enjoyed the vid. I 100% agree with your take on other videos out there which is why I've wanted to do this for a long time.
Absolutely
First video I've seen in which somebody actually plugs a guitar in and records. This is all new to me and I needed this to happen. Thanks!
I am now switching from live perf. looping w/ RC-300 to looping w/ Ableton only. I'm having difficulties converting. One issue with what Taetro presented (obvious to looper pedal users), is that at the end of recording, a looper pedal goes from record straight to overdub (i.e. laying down the second, third, etc. layers of a single loop). Here you have to manually arm, then record a second, third, fourth, etc. track to result in the same total overdub effect. As if that weren't enough, another issue: If on an overdub pass you miss the start of the loop even by one second: on a looper pedal that is no problem, the loop is already set and you can start adding overdubs at any time, it will be in perfect sync. But with Ableton, every "overdub" track must start at the beginning of the loop, and be exactly of the same length; all of them; or else significant unsync issues happen. So if you miss the start of an overdub loop, you must wait out the entire loop and try again at the start of the next one. Lastly Ableton has no easy (pedal controlled) delete and undo/redo. I'd appreciate any insight or help.
Does this work for generic 2 or 3 way pedals? So like could I program 1 start stop 2 undo 3 reverse or something like that?
Holy Crap it works!! I just had to assign the pedal and unassign it about 4 times for some reason. Thank u!! I have been trying to figure this out since Live 8.
FINALLY!!! I've been searching on how to do this for months!!! Thank you so much!
Trust me I've been wanting to make a video like this for a while because no one seems to do it this way!! Glad it's helpful Luis!
Taetro, thank you so much for this video it was very helpful! I’m an advanced classical cellist and I am venturing out into the improvisation arena. I can’t seem to get the loop pedal to work in my audio track. It will record the loop and play it back but it will not overdub when I hold it down. Everything else works great including with my Midi. I use Ableton Live 10, Oxygen 64 Midi with an Apogee mic. Thank you!
If you have a push you can set it to fixed length that way it loops back automatically after how ever many bars you set it to.
Hi, thanks for the tutorial! The overdubbing doesn't work when i try it. At least with audio recordings. Do you have any suggestions?
Is there any way to select a clip within a track in a different scene to record without clicking it with a mouse? Maybe a button on push?
check out selected_track_control remote scripts. if u wanna map everything..:)
I second this question 🙏
I was searching this tutorial for so long... THANK YOU!!!
thanx for this, it changed my life. I'm developing my Ableton set up for looping and this was so helpful.
+Ola Szmidt glad I could help!!
Hey! This is great! This is how are I do all my looping live. I was just wondering if you know how to have more control over the volume and tone of the guitar? Once it is being played over the live loops as its often too quite in comparison, even when I have my interface 50/50 on input and playback. Any thoughts would be mega helpful! Cheers Bro :)
Thank god I've been looking for this for ages. You saved me from buying an expensive loop station or something like that !
happy to help Noel!
If you don't like the fact that you have to keep the pedal depressed while you're looping, you can use a guitar amp on-off channel footswitch instead of a sustain pedal. That type of pedal only sends a signal when pressed but not when released, so it works even better for looping.
Excellent, a concise to the point and logical description of how to loop in ableton live. I’ll be trying this soon since you made it easy
Woo! It IS easy for sure
I've been looking for a pedal to do looping with beats and guitar but now I know I can just use a sustain pedal for foot control!! This saved me a lot of money
I explain it using my akai mpk mini as well in this video: th-cam.com/video/5i8YwcYt-mc/w-d-xo.html
Taetro that's the keyboard I have sweet! Thank you
Very very cool! I was looking for a way to integrate my looper pedal with Ableton... now I realize I don't need the looper pedal. Looking forward to setting this up and giving it a go. Thank you so much for posting!
glad I could help!
Great review! It was very helpful. Can you make a video using the Nektar Pacer Footswitch Controller with a Keyboard? Thank you for sharing this!
I’m just starting doing this and I have no clue what I am doing. I just bought a TR-08 how do I use this? Also do I need a launchpad?
lol.
Hey can you show a version of this with adding FX automation to tracks? I'm trying to migrate from an RC505 to using ableton as a looper, but I want to make sure that I can get a hands on FX setup of some sort going, and I'd love to see some examples! I want real time FX manipulation, at least as good as the 505.. For instance, can I easily que on or multiple effects on a single track? Also.. is there any way you can share this project as a template for us to download to get started? Thanks so muuch!!
I agree with this! Would be so helpful :)
Good tutorial. Consider mapping a knob to the boxed number next to those scene select arrows. If you're short on buttons it's a good way to select scenes as you can roll through em.
+Alf Sanford good tip! Thanks for watching Alf!
Great video. To the point, helpful, and clearly communicated.
haha so happy to see years later this video is still helping!
Really good lesson, clear and to the point. Could you make a video about adding effects to the differents channels? that would be great!
Hi Taetro! I'm from Argentina. it's possible with windows? i bought ableton live and a akai mpk mini too. greetings "che"!
it is 100% possible with windows! greetings from the USA!
Great video! I am running Live Lite 8 and don't have a Session Record button along the top of the window like you. Is there one in 8?
Do you ever use the looper effect on Ableton. Or just clips in session view?
Yes! This is extremely useful when jamming midi with live instruments in a live setting which is something I've been trying to implement more in my live performances. This method is proper for doing just that as long as all of the latency setting are set correctly. The sustain pedal is Ideal for my guitar looping simply because I mostly play one rhythm guitar part and use my other guitar channels to accent each other in sequence. I'm using the Novation Lauchkey mini MK3, and to assign the sustain pedal would make things more seamless when playing all the way through the end of the loop.
Can you overdub with the APC 40? Why did you use the push instead for live looping when you have both?
This is great. So you are able to keep the Push in regular Push mode while plugging in the loop pedal to it and mapping it? I thought the Push had to be in Midi mode in order to map the pedal while connected to the Push.
Hello mate. Enjoyed the video. @3:56 you talk about arming tracks from the controller. Are you able to do this with the keys on the midi controller as well? Mine doesn't have the track select buttons but I'm wondering if you can just use the black keys or something?
Hello teatro thank u for the video ...mi question is where do u connect the guitar when u have the controller connected to the push.... and mi other question is hoy to midi connect the ableton to mi rc300 boss looper ..thank u bro...good day
the guitar is connected through my scarlett 2i2 interface and is run through ableton.
Great vid. Thanks! Is there any ‘undo’ functionality that you have in case you mess up? Or is that ‘ctrl z’ on the laptop?
with push there is an undo function, but ctrl z may be the best option otherwise
Finally easy understandable video for how to set the looping session, Taetro
Awesome! I was searching long time for a tutorial like this one! Straight foward and complete
Thanks! Just what I was looking for. Couple of little things I would have spent ages trying to work out!
Thanks so much, that was so clearly explained and much appreciated. One quick question: just with what you were doing in this video, is there any major advantage that the Push has over the APC40 (I have the latter but not the former, and am wondering how much it is worth it to have both). Cheers!
Thanks man.
I am really struggling to understand how can I set a fixed for audio clips. In the video you record the guitar and then it automatically loops, as the length of the clip was previously set or something similar... Maybe this can be done only through the push? There's no way to automatically loop an audio clip after a certain amount of beats, so I am constrained to press record when I start and on the beat end which is kinda frustrating and sometimes even difficult depending on what I am playing.
Hey,
I'll have a question for you. I created a melody on ableton via the looper on the piano, and then I added drum (on the same looper). And I wanted to know if it was possible to go back, just to keep the piano.
Thanks for your answer,
Marie.
You might be able to undo the last loop BUT this is why I recommend doing it across multiple tracks because you have control over everything
So young, so useful still! I just got a pedal to use with Push 2!
Question: Was the focusrite plugged directly into the computer or was it plugged into the abelton push? I would use a microsoft surface as my computer and it only has one USB port
it plugs into the computer - i'd suggest a hub! amzn.to/2wPBXbB
just what i was looking for with setting up a piano pedal to record! thanks dude
+Just a Piece of the Puzzle gotchu covered!
Push 1 doesnt have option of custom mapping for exp pedals? I need to map pedal for controlling feedback in psp42 plugin
Great video, super helpful! Question though- In the video, when you hit the sustain pedal, it starts recording whatever you play at 120 tempo, in your session's example, and it records what you're playing for 1 bar only. That's fine if you have a hi-hat track in the background or something to guide you so that you are staying in time. However, how can I set the tempo or the number of bars to be dependent on whatever I play. For example, I want to play my own hi-hat from scratch live, so I don't want to be limited to a 120 tempo-ed 1 bar if my first hi-hat track ends up being slower or faster than that. I don't want to have to look at a little light or the session countdown either in order to stay within the limits of a 120 tempo-ed bar..I want to basically make my own initial track/tempo that everything after that is looped around...Hopefully you can help. Thanks in advance!!
Ableton Live's "Looper" allows you to set the project tempo when you create the first loop. You could map your pedal this way but then you lose the ability to map your pedal the way I demo here.
Thank you for this great and simple to understand video !
Been trying to do something like this for years with an FCB1010 with zero success. I am going to try this as I own all the bits needed so it's a zero out of pocket option. As I understand it I would need to use the arrows to navigate and launch clips. Is this right? Also I am assuming I can run as many clips as I want with total control over what is playing at any one time. If this is so then this is absolutely awesome. I play guitar and sing but could set the 'Push' on a music stand close enough to reach.
Thank you Taetro.
The key for using the FCB1010 is changing the buttons send midi notes instead of CC values. This has to be done manually on the FCB.
Thanks David. I did get it working with a Novation SL25 (which has lots of mappable buttons and sliders. Tried unsuccessfully with Push(1) and an old Keyrig. Think it has something to do with needing the 2 connections in Live. I would manually programming the FCB1010 but I don't think it will like the part where I try to knock the information into it with a hammer.
The big issue for me is just the start/stop in recording guitar loops, which obviously is not going to work using buttons(fingers) I can tweak anything once the loop is playing back so this has been a huge win for me.
thanks so much for helping out David, and thanks so much for watching Stephen!
Do I need a footswitch or can I just like put my midi controller on the floor and press the C-key or something?
Cool approach, nice sounds! Thanks for sharing.
Hi, nice video! I'm playing Midigitar program in my mac using a Abogee Duet as a sound card. I want to have a easy way of using a launchPAD Mini with Ableton Live Lite. Is it possible to connect the food pedal through another midi controller than the Launch Pad? I have a iRig Keys I could use. If I understood right it should be possible to create an Aggregate Device and this way direct the different controllers to different programs active in the Mac? I dont want to use looper with the gitar, but I want to set up steady drum loops that works to my music and an easy way of trigger them. I might also be able to us the iRig Keys as a controller, but think the LaunchPAD Mini will be easier to use. Do you have any thoughts on this? Greetings from Norway:-)
There's a guy that uses the Ableton
LOOPER.
he sets up 2 of them.
He sets up the control with a foot switch....
So one is set to Start and the Second Loop starts by hitting stop on the First LOOPER.
I think from memory it is the Seed to Stage guy.
super helpful. Thanks for sharing!
thanks for the tutorial.
in the video, you mapped abletons scene up/down buttons.
when i tried the setup you described, i recorded an audio clip in scene 1 on chanel 1 and wanted to record a new clip in scene 2 on the same chanel. but my pedal just triggers the clip in scene 1 again, instead of recording in scene 2.
did i miss something?
I second this question 🙏
THANK YOU TAETRO! So clear and easy to follow!
Thanks for posting these videos.
I had this idea a few days ago... I plugged a pedal into the sustain port of my Launchkey 49 and mapped it to Session record just like you... it works, but my question is this:
Can I make the pedal act like the Pads on the Launchkey? Meaning, if I record something into slot 1 of the first scene, then move down to the next slot of the next scene, the pad on the Launchkey will turn red and hitting that pad will now start recording in that scene. However, if I try the same thing with the footpedal, it won't record in the newly selected blank scene, but only work as an overdub for the previously recorded clip. I'd like to record one scene (intro), have it play, then move down to the next scene (with the Scene up/down buttons), hit record on the footswitch, and have it start recording on the next clip slot. (Essentially acting the same way as the pads on the Launchkey) That way I can seamlessly go from one idea to the other. Kind of hard to explain, but does that make sense? Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
Dear Taetro, I habe launchey and I would lobe be able to switch between sustain for pedal and record loop, is this possible? Thanks
For some reason mine isn't recording on the one that its focusing on. Only the initial clip that was launched.
Thank you so much taetro after watching your videos you been wanting me to jump in to wanting to start producing! I have a question though on what does the focusrite 2i2 can do and it's full potential I know it is a interface with a lot of software and also that it could record live music I just want to know about what it could do with a midi controller such as the akai mkII? I'm really debating if I should get it or not...
get it! You'll want an interface as well to record live acoustic instruments.
You are awesome. Thank you so much!
how can you do to set up all the clips with the same quantity of beats? Eventhough I have set up the global at 1 bar when I play and record the guitar it keeps going. I want the clip to end at one bar. Is that possible? thanks
Thanks for sharing your method.
thanks for watching! hope it was helpful
You're great man. I always watch your videos. I have a question, do you know if I could do sort of the same with a Yamaha P115? Thanks in advance.
most keyboards have a USB port, check yours, usually they work as MIDI controllers
For some reason, when I midi map to arm the tracks, it turns red (like its going to arm the track) and then goes away. Any advice?
Thank you from France man, your videos are always very useful !
cheers from the US to France! Glad you're enjoying the vids :)
Does it matter which pedal you use? I have a Boss loop station that I would like to hook up with Ableton Live (via a Push).
Nice video what are u using to make those beats with your guitar I got a akai mpk mini what else do I need to make loops with a guitar
What plugin / amp do you use for the guitar? Sounds pretty sweet
I am an acoustic percussionist. I am on a mission and working on a solo show. I want to loop my instruments and mix them in Ableton and use it as a live show as a DJ set and an acoustic act. What would you suggest would be my best tools? It seems like it would be Ableton push, Bosch loop pedal and scarlet box for recording? Would appreciate your take on this.
I am in fact on the same mission. Am i crazy for thinking i should use my mixer for all my drums inidividually and just throw that mixer into abletons looper? idk it sounds like a simple enough solution but i feel like its too good to be true.
Appreciate the tutorial! this is the basis for what I'm trying to do and struggling with big time...Live looping using multiple instrument racks. For example, an instrument rack that contains 10-20 drum kits, another track containing 15+ bass sounds, another for keys, and so on. I've managed to load my favorite drum and bass sounds into their own instrument racks, but am struggling to route them properly and have the work flow be possible. I'm using push 2 and an apc40. I bought the fcb 1010 foot controller but haven't gotten as far as to apply it to this setup. Any advice is greatly appreciated! :)
Hey great video Taetro. Does anyone have any suggestions regarding getting it to work through the Push Pedal Input? So, what I discovered is that although Ableton could recognize the MIDI from the pedal input, it wouldn't let me map it in the MIDI mapping screen. That is, until I switched to USER mode on the Push. Then I could use the pedal to map and record enable. However, any normal use of the Push was out the window. It was a blank MIDI controller at that point. Has anyone successfully used PUSH in normal mode with a pedal for record START/STOP? Thanks in advance!
Hmm I don’t think I had this problem. Have you tried with both ports? Also make sure in your MIDI preferences, REMOTE is checked off for the push
Hey thanks for the reply Taetro! I tried both ports. It does recognize the MIDI signal but won't allow mapping. I tried with remote off and still does not work as specified. I switched over and am trying a Guitar MIDI pedal board I have and that actually worked with a few hiccups. Maybe I didn't map it correctly, but when I start a loop and try to use the pedal to stop it, it seems to just trigger OVERDUB RECORDING. Meaning it will stop that loop but automatically start me recording on top of it. Do you think the pedal is sending the signal twice? Or is this another setting I need to tweak? Should I set it to CC, CC TOGGLE, or NOTE MODE? Thanks in advance and oh, I almost forgot to subscribe!
Could you talk about looping and stopping in ableton using the IAC midi driver?
unfortunately I don't know much about it!
@@Taetro thanks bro¡ i learn a lot from your videos
Thanks, I’ll try this out.
You made my life so easy which was totally 'looping' around the wrong information before this video! Thanks so very much man! May you win Grammy someday :D cheers mate :)
Great setup! I've used this for a while until I needed to play with someone else. Then it became difficult to record things at the same time, so I think I'm going for the looper, even tough it's not my favorite. Would be great to be able to midi map the pedal to record/overdub only selected track(s).
you should try using Ableton Link!
thanks for the tutorial what pedal are you using
Taetro thanks did catch what you said watching your video the 2nd time I ordered one
Is there a way to map it so you dont have to hold the pedal down? Every time I try to record I have to keep the pedal depressed.
Does the push have a loop button ( option ) to loop one track in a certain pre mapped area ? Like a loop of a 4 bars to take a solo over ?
3000 subs big congrats taetro ur growin fast
woooooooo thanks golden!!
where did you learn to use ableton? sound stupid but I'm newbie on that kind of stuff, I'd like to learn to usi it to recording guitar and voice. if you suggest me a guide or book or course, thank you
Hi Taetro,
Great information ☝️👍 Can I replace the push for the MK3? And do the same thing?
Awesome vid, thanks! I’m just playing around with an FCB1010 in Live 10 figuring out some different setups for multi instrumental looping, any tips?
HELP please, I can record trough the pedal but as soon as I press again it records another clip, and what I want is to be able to play that clip seamlessly as I go out of record, how should I do that? )IT WAS THE PEDAL. FS'5U BOSS, wont work, but a regular sustain pedal does.
Can I use the Moog Expression pedal to do this? Figured I’d ask before I go buy a sustain pedal. Thanks!
There is a real advantage in using looper for the first loop in that it sets the bpm for live to follow which I find far less restrictive and more creative than playing to a click with an initial idea. Otherwise I use a method very similar to yours using left right navigation and overdub to fill up the live session.
that's a great point. a big advantage for sure. Thanks for watching Sam!
Can I use a BOSS FS-7 connected to a MPK II mini?
Hey Taetro. First of all I have been a big fan since I found your stuff on the Ableton subreddit, and thanks a lot for making so many helpful videos. But I do have a problem that I think you can help with. When I am trying to produce I have a few problems. One of them being the lack of effects etc. because I can't afford any VSTs (I am using Lite w/ a Launchkey 49). I just use the ones that come with Lite. The other is workflow. I am still not used to all of the hotkeys and I am having a lot of trouble manipulating sounds. Do you have any tips for a new comer? Thanks in advance!
hey Jazzling, very glad you are enjoying the channel!
While Live Lite is limited, you've got access to awesome effects. I put compressor, eq, and reverb on every track (basically) to tailor sounds to my liking.
Also use delay a lot, and you've got simple delay which can do the trick.
Redux, beat repeat and autofilter also get a lot of use with me. I don't use any VSTs aside from a couple Waves plugins I only use on certain occasions. Don't think of what you don't have, think of what you've got.
Force yourself to use keyboard shortcuts - top ones for me are UNDO - cmnd -z, SPLIT - cmnd -E, DUPLICATE - cmnd -D. Every time you are reaching for the long way, stop yourself and use the key command, eventually you'll get faster :)
Okay great, thanks a lot :)
What are the specs on your MBP Im looking to buy one that can loop just like that with 0 latency, already have the 2i2.
Awesome...thank you for sharing your ideas.
thanks so much Iohbor
what would you suggest using for guitar fx into ableton,preferably free until I get better with ableton?thx,great tuitoral keep em coming!!!
What version of ableton do you have? There is an Amp & cab audio effect that are great. For now you should look into EQ, compression, overdrive, and reverb.
Thanks for this Taetro - totally learned to use my launchkey from your video :P I have one question - do you have a solution for once your project exceeds 8 tracks? The problem with that is we run out of buttons on Launchkey to assign the "Arm Recording" function from track 9 onwards. Would love to hear your thoughts! Thanks so much :)
Thanks! Note Push 2 users the pedal goes into slot 2 ! This had me stumped for hours :-/
wow this is exactly what I wanted
solid video dude ;)
Nice & simple, and getting the message across . Thanks!
Have you tried a bigger pedal.. for..eg.. that would allow you to arm tracks and launch them , all from the pedal ? Or would you rather launch them via Push ?
Any other midi pedal solution I’ve researched is SUPER overpriced which is how I came up with this. You could use a controller with multiple pedal inputs.
hey Taetro: I have a problem with getting the footswitch work on my push1... it doesnt recognize the pedal. am i doing something wrong? or should i use a usb pedal instead? many thanks!
I have had this sustain pedal for my keyboard for a million years and I had no idea this was possible! This opens up a whole new world of possibilities! You've changed my entire workflow, thank you so much! Quick question though: I'm finding that when I press the pedal again, it's taking a few bars to stop again, so I'm not getting a clean loop. How do I make it stop the loop as soon as I hit the pedal like I would with a guitar loop pedal for example? or how many bars ahead of time do you have to hit the pedal to stop the loop and have it be clean?
Ableton has record quantization, always punches in/out on the down beat.
Thanks man! That makes a lot of sense
How do you find control over the tempo with this setup? To me it seems as though you would have to use earplugs to keep track with the metronome. Am I right here? I love playing with a looper but in ableton you're always bound to the exact length of the loop. Is there a way around this problem?
Anyway to set an automatic quantization for the midi loops you record? Only way I've been able to do it, as far as I know, is to open the piano roll with the midi notes and hit command U manually. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
This is called ‘record quantization’ in Live. Under EDIT you can select the record quantization.
Taetro Great! Thank you very much, man!
Anytime!