I also like how you can also comp midi tracks – so I can just jam over the session loop, and go back over it later to decide what works best.
There’s also a cool little drop menu that enables crossfading between selections if you want, so there isn’t incessant clicks and pops. Being able to flick between several different loops to create an entirely new loop is very very quick, and very inspiring. What I actually love about these new elements, is that in typical Ableton fashion, it’s very easy to use the comping tool for non-mix, and more creative methods, which is awesome. I still don’t think it’s at the same level as other DAWs in terms of tools for mixing.
#Ableton live upgrades update#
Linked with this (pun intended of course) the Linked tracks update means you can lock tracks together to edit phase-locked audio – useful for drum edits for example. The lack of this is one of the missing elements that has definitely put me off mixing any big projects in Live. This is the big one for me, but perhaps not for the expected reason. I’ll just address the ones that I feel improved my creativity and efficiency as I’ve worked with Ableton Live 11 over the last few weeks. The list is too large to go over in detail in this article. There’s a large list of new additions and upgrades to Ableton Live 11 – including workflow updates, and new tools.
Has this changed with the big update to 11? Is this the point where I can finish the mix in the same place, without having to change DAWs? I’ve had the update to 11 for a few weeks now, and had the chance to really dive in and experience the new tools for myself. Typically, if I’m writing electronic-style music, I’ll start in Ableton, and I’ll head over to Logic to mix and finish the track. I consider Live as more of an instrument combined with DAW – somewhere that the process of recording is creatively applied to shape the music more directly and strongly. When I think of Ableton Live, it inhabits a different space in my mind to the more ‘standard’ DAWs for recording, arranging and mixing music.
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