2015
Lynda
J. Scott Giaquinta
1:43
English

DJing is a growing profession. Ableton Live takes your live performances beyond anything achievable with turntables or CD players, making your sets powerful and unique. In this course, author J. Scott Giaquinta demonstrates the techniques DJs around the world use with Ableton Live. He starts with setting up your software and hardware controllers, and importing, warping, and keying tracks in Ableton. Next he discusses cueing and playing tracks, and using fades and the crossfader to mix tracks. Then learn when you should use a DJ mixer as opposed to Ableton's internal mixer, and how to incorporate a microphone into the setup.
Scott next introduces some performance tricks to wow your audience, by integrating loops, samples, and FX. He also provides a demo of alternative controllers that can make your performances more dynamic, including a Wiimote, joystick, MIDI keyboard, and live vocoder. Finally, he discusses methods to record your live DJ set and fine-tune it after the fact.

Introduction
Welcome
What you need to know
Using the exercise files
1. Understanding the Basics
Traditional DJing vs. Ableton DJing
Hardware requirements
Setting up your hardware/software
Setting up a basic Ableton DJ template
Configuring your MIDI controller
2. Up and Running
Getting your tracks imported
Warping your tracks
Keying your tracks
Organization and color coding
Cueing and playing music
Triggering and quantization times
Using the crossfader
Using a DJ mixer as an alternative way to mix
Harmonic mixing
Transposing tracks: Pros and cons
Tempo control
Incorporating a microphone
3. FX and Other Performance Tricks
Looping
Incorporating samples and accapellas
Additional FX
Ghost clip FX
4. Alternative Controllers
Wiimote and Joystick
MIDI keyboard
Setting up a live vocoder
5. Recording Your Set
Recording your set
Conclusion
Next steps

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