ABLETON LIVE 11 LITE
It’s a momentous month for Computer Music as, for the first time ever, we have a free version of Ableton Live. So over the next few pages, we’re bringing you not one, but two tutorials on how to create a track, using this most amazing musical application. So let’s go Live 11 Lite!
Ableton Live is a DAW that needs no intro and its combination of performance and production features mean it’s as popular with performers and DJs as it is with creators.
Live 11 Lite is a cut-down version of Ableton Live, with all of the essential workflows, instruments and effects, but with limited track count, and for many years this has been bundled with apps and hardware products. This month, we are very excited to say that Live 11 Lite comes bundled with this copy of Computer Music!
To mark this momentous occasion and also to get you started using this fabulous software, we’ve put together two tutorials. In this first one, we’ll run through the basics, including claiming and registering your serial number and then downloading, installing and authorising the software. Then we’ll do some familiarisation, getting inside Live Lite’s powerful but individual modus operandi and explaining its two main components: Session and Arrangement.
Then we’ll construct a track, showing you what you can potentially achieve using just the included tools, sounds and a few Studio classics. Starting in the Session View, we’ll explain the real basics of building a track from clips. We’ll then look at moving it into the timeline-based Arrangement View to complete the mix.
Our tutorial is primarily for new users, but that said, we’ll also flag some of the new features you’ll find in Live 11 Lite, so even if you’ve used Live Lite before, there may be some things for you here. Plus, if you want to check out our track, the Live Set is also available from FileSilo.
Finally, although Live 11 Lite is awesome software, there are more fully featured versions of Ableton Live available from ableton.com. So, let’s get creating in Live 11 Lite!