This is our last post in time signature change automation. We’ll be using Session view but if you’re looking for the one on Arrangement View, check out our last post. There are a few ways to do this in Session view so stick around, hopefully you can find one that works for you. Let’s go!…

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In the previous 2 posts, we looked at tempo changes in both the Arrangement and Session views, but we also have another issue to contend with. In some music we have time signature changes. So, in the next 2 posts, we’ll be looking at creating time signature changes in both views. So, let’s get into…

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Okay, so last time we looked at tempo automation in Ableton’s Arrangement View, but this time we’re looking at doing this in Session View. We’ll be covering a few methods so stay tuned. Using Scenes for Tempo Changes Let’s say you’ve got a song that has a tempo change between sections or you’re transitioning between…

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In this quick post, we’ll quickly cover how to add tempo changes in Ableton’s arrangement view. We’ll cover 2 “types” of changes. The first, which we’ve covered before, will be “abrupt tempo changes”. The second being “gradual tempo changes”. Let’s get started. Abrupt Tempo Changes In order for us to see the tempo automation in…

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In the previous post, we covered using MIDI notes to automate functions in Ableton. In this post, we’ll do the same thing using MIDI Control Changes. MIDI Control Changes, or CC, are somewhat similar to MIDI notes but we tend to use MIDI notes as “buttons” and MIDI CC to control knobs and faders. Let’s…

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In this post we’ll begin to get into the more creative things we can do with Ableton using, what’s called, automation. Simply put, automation is taking a particular action (or series of actions) and automating the process so we don’t have to do it manually. Need playback to stop at the end of each song?…

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