04Sep 2018 by Brett Pontecorvo
3 Tips To Keep Ableton Running Smooth

3 Tips To Keep Ableton Running Smooth

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When I hear people talking about keeping Ableton running smooth, I constantly hear the buzzword, CPU. First of all, what is CPU anyway? Is it different than ram? How does it affect my computer? Ram is storage that your computer uses to hold files that need to be immediately used by a program. It’s sort of a short-term memory. Now, if a program closes and things to no longer need to be held in your RAM, your computer will remove them. CPU is the part of your computer that is responsible for completing actions. They could be simple like knowing when you are using your mouse, or complex like transposing audio in Ableton. CPU also is the part of your computer responsible for moving things to and from your RAM. Simply,…
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01Sep 2018 by Brett Pontecorvo
Why You Must Start Using Collect All And Save

Why You Must Start Using Collect All And Save

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Collect all and save is a handy way to take all of the files that you have used to make music in Ableton, And allow Ableton to store those files in its own folder. Ableton naturally references files from outside of the program. What does that even mean? I'm glad you asked. https://youtu.be/OqJQQq6uI3c How Ableton Uses Files Have you ever added an audio file to Ableton from your desktop? If you have, then you've probably noticed that a second file is created with a very similar name, except at the end of it, it uses the suffix ".asd". An ASD file is Ableton's analysis file. Inside that file contains everything the program knows about the song. But you may be wondering, why is it on the desktop, and not in…
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28Aug 2018 by Brett Pontecorvo
Why You Need To Start Deactivating Unused Clips And Notes

Why You Need To Start Deactivating Unused Clips And Notes

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How many times have you made a drum part that is just a little bit too busy for verse 1? How many times have you copied a piano part to a string section and wanted to mute the piano notes, without muting the whole track? It's hard for me to count. This is why it can be so helpful to deactivate clips and notes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecpP1_aNyb0&feature=youtu.be Your Fancy Drum Part Now, you've spent roughly the last 48 hours working on a 4 bar drum loop. You are trying to keep it tame and tasteful, so you've only used a kick, snare, 4 toms, vocal shouting FX, guitar slices, crash cymbal, Chinese cymbal, guiro, and shaker, maraca, bell tree, hi-hat, tambourine, and rain stick. You can tell you've finally arrived at musical perfection.…
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