Producing Music with Ableton Live 9 (Quick Pro Guides)

If your trying to migrate and learn AL9, this should be in your library.I wouldn't go as far as to say this should be your only source of reference, but you could pair this up with Ableton Live 9 Power or Interactive Composition: Strategies Using Ableton Live and Max for Live and call it good.I say the above because it helps immensely to look at a problem and solution from 2 or more different angles, or worded 2 or more different ways.I went one step further and use all 3 books depending on what I'm stuck on, and read how each author teaches the process. Sometimes one author's solution clicks, sometimes another does, sometimes a solution suddenly makes sense only after I've read what another Author described.A great addition to your EDM AL9 collection

I am a singer who wants to produce herself and to be able to lay down ideas without the high cost of studio time and to also be able to do so the second the muse hits. I am a novice in recording, for sure. Started out with GarageBand but needed more control. Took a free class at Guitar Center and the very knowledgeable instructor really encouraged me to use Ableton. I'm now using Ableton Live 9 Intro which was a free download with my Scarlett USB Audio Interface. This book is sooooooooooooo helpful. Step by step CLEAR breakdown of features and how to access these features. Yesterday I went step by step through the first 2 chapters. Found the info extremely helpful. I am most effective if I have a good foundation of how software thinks, then I can usually figure anything out. This book give a rock solid foundation of Ableton Live 9.

So this is a good book for getting to know the general layout and workflow of Ableton 9, however it really should be called Producing Music with Ableton Live 9 Using Loops and Audio Clips. This book completely ignores the midi side of Ableton. None of Ableton's bundled instruments get so much as a mention. I find this particularly strange as there is an appendix where the author heaps praise on a few 3rd party instruments. The most commonly used audio effects are given a chapter of discussion, but again, nothing about midi effects. Heck, the piano roll isn't even mentioned...and that's a big part of Ableton for a lot of users. To be fair, the author does have another book that is supposed to be a companion to this..so he may cover it more in that book. All that said, the book is well written for what it is. I like the approach of building a song as you're learning the software. I just felt the scope of the book was a little limited.

I like this book. The author takes you step by step through the various steps necessary for making music. Perrine's style is easygoing and never dry. His instructions, for the most part, are clear and easily understood. I've given it four stars (perhaps unfairly) because the Kindle book, "Power Tools for Ableton Live 9: Master Ableton's Music Production and Live Performance Application" is exactly the same. I thought I was getting two different books based on the titles.

I purchased this book a while ago but didn't have time to use it with my launchpad pro. One issue I'm having is, I cannot register the product so I can save my work on the app. Plus I really don't know if I'm using the right code. I found it on the authorizing ableton live offline notepad.

These books are great. I would start with Producing Music with Ableton Live 9 if you just spent 900 bucks and have no idea what you are doing. I spend months trying to figure just the simple stuff out and within three days of buying this book I had a lot of cool projects going and wasn't wasting so much time.

Even if you have the printed documentation for Live 9, this is a good addition. Jake walks you through building a song -- primarily in session view -- and adds effects, etc. as they become relevant. By contrast, the Ableton documentation takes a feature-by-feature approach, with very little in the way of examples. Guaranteed you will learn something new.

Can't follow the book with a cd rom drove. Was able to still learn some new tips and tricks anyway.

I've dabbled on and off with Ableton Live over the past decade but recently decided to commit to sitting down and strategically working through a book to become competent with the platform. I elected to go with this book on the basis of the recommendations and with only two pages to go until I'm on Chapter 3, I have a few thoughts.Firstly, the DVD that comes with the book and the guidance for utilising it is excellent. I have noticed with the odd instruction or two that the shortcut or instruction doesn't effect the desired change in the programme. Others seems to have attributed this to being a shortcut or whatnot in previous versions of Ableton but I can't comment. I suspect it's my inexperience!Whilst the book starts out in a clear and easy to follow manner, around page 30, it starts to throw around terms such as automation, envelopes etc. This would be all well and good if I had taken a course in music production but I haven't. The book mentions at the start that a rudimentary knowledge of computer use is needed (which I more than have) but it doesn't mention this experience. More than happy to learn and cross reference other books so I'm sure with some head scratching it'll all make sense. My feeling is that the early tone of the book should have continued.That said, only 35 pages in and my knowledge of the programme is rapidly advancing. This counts as a big success in my eyes and I'd definitely recommend the book on that basis. Here's to hoping I can fathom the rest of it!

Ableton can look complicated to new users and i have tried learning it before but the other books don't explain it to new users or miss steps and are quite frankly boring. This book is different as it is hands on and takes you through a music making project which is very interesting. It is very well thought out as it breaks everything down into little chucks and you can see how it can apply to your own music productions. ......I now think Ableton is pretty simple to understand enough to create your own music although it is very powerful. In short it is a brilliant book hence 5 stars

On first scan of the book it looks like this could be a useful addition to my learning. However, be warned there is no DVD, but the book shows an address linking to their website for online media that did not work. This needed me to message the Hal Leonard help line and a quick reply resulted in me being able to eventually access considerable media content.

I have bought two of these books now and neither have the DVD or 16 digit download access code in them. The above are essential for the tutorials in the book. Very frustrating.If anyone can advise where I can get a book with the DVD or access code then I would be extremely grateful.

Very clear workthrough exeercises that makes it easy to start. Ableton seems to be jam packed with features, so I've found that although it's possible to do a bit intuitively it's incredibly difficult spot all the features and appreciate juwt what the options might be.