Ableton Live Basics: Expert Advice, Made Easy (Everyday Guides Made Easy)

Ableton Live is a specialist music software designed to work as a live performance tool, as well as meet a composer / sonqwriter’s needs for recording, arranging, mixing and mastering. Because of its origins as a live instrument it gives the performer unparalleled beatmatching and crossfading capabilities, with all the techniques used by a traditional DJ or turnablist, and more. This new essential guide takes a step-by-step approach to the programme, with projects, tips and examples throughout. Part of Flame Tree’s successful Everyday Guides Made Easy series on a range of computing and app titles.

Ronan Macdonald has worked as a technical music journalist since 1989. He has written features and reviews as a freelance contributor to a plethora of magazines, including Future Music, The Mix, Hip-Hop Connection and Guitarist. He has also occupied the editor’s chair on Rhythm, the UK’s leading drummer magazine, and currently edits Computer Music, the world’s only dedicated music software magazine.

With a studio career stretching back over 25 years, Dave Clews has worked on several hit albums and singles by artists such as George Michael, Kylie Minogue, Tom Jones and Tina Turner. In addition to writing tutorials, features and reviews for print and digital magazines such as iCreate and MacUser, Dave contributes a regular monthly music theory column to Computer Music Magazine