24 Small Ableton Live 12 changes that make a BIG Difference!
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- čas přidán 5. 06. 2024
- We've heard about the big features in Ableton Live 12. In this video, we will discuss some little features in Ableton Live 12 that will make a big difference!
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00:12 Fixed Latency
00:54 More MPE
01:17 Track Colors
01:25 Sample Rate
01:31 Magnify Samples
01:49 Different Monitor Zooms
02:00 Show/Hide Track Controls
02:30 Master Channel Stuff
02:59 Drag and Drop Improvements
03:25 Edit Return Tracks
03:36 Edit Grid
03:41 Humanize
04:01 Real-Time Quantize
04:28 Velocity Randomize
04:47 Velocity Ramps
05:02 Velocity Shortcuts
05:31 Override Computer MIDI Keyboard
05:53 Reverse MIDI Clips
05:59 Momentary Keyboard Shortcuts
06:54 Bounce in Place?
07:26 Similar Sounds
08:32 RR in S - Hudba
What are your favorite Live 12 features? Anything you wish was there?
I like the feature that you can set zoom % for each screen individually
@@AlainNLDB Yea that's nice because I always change it when I move from my laptop to my extra monitor!
Wish there was a Note Repeat button so I could play drums like my MPC
A dedicated mixing window and ARA
I love even numbers
THIS is what i love to see!! the really deep, niche changes are exactly what excite me most about new updates; i’ve been hoping someone would make this exact type of video. thanks so much for this.
Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it!
for sure!! fixed latency, the return track changes, momentary shortcuts, and the sampler changes are all updates i hadn’t heard of until now but are really cool to have! another good one i saw someone point out online is that you can now finally automate the transient envelope slider when using the “→|” mode in the Beats warp algorithm!
@@offchristianamr Yes! Warp parameters can be automated. So nice!
I wasn't that excited about Live 12 until I watched this video! These are the ACTUAL changes that I will use daily that will make a solid impact on my workflow and mitigate my laziness towards making certain creative decisions. So many of the other videos out there highlight these strange new features like midi generation that I find to be completely useless. THANK YOU.
Glad to hear it! Sometimes the big new things get all the attention but the little things are the ones that affect us on a day-to-day basis!
just got 12 lite and this is by far the best video on the new features that were small , you have no idea how perfect this video is at showing most of the new audio editing and midi note editing features that people who been 10+ years on ableton need
Thanks! I'm really happy to hear that. I hope you enjoy Live 12!!
That Round Robin feature in sampler is awesome. Thanks for sharing, Brian!
Yea I love it. So much easier now! Thanks for watching!
yes, totally cool new feature - as are many!
been doing that for years with a random note but still good to have
Man, but those aren't small updates if you're used to having them in other daws. So glad they added Bounce in place!!! One step closer to make me switch full time in April
Yea they all make for a big update!
need intel on your source for a realese in april 📡
You just sold me on upgrading from Live 10. Thank you!
Enjoy the next level!!
Cant beleive this is the first Ableton 12 video that mentions the freeze and flatten feature!!!
Wooo!!!
you can also use the middle mouse button to pan around the arrangement.
That's cool; I didn't know that. I don't have a middle button though... unless the scroll wheel clicks? I'll check!
@@BrianFunkMusic you can also still see scene tempo and time signatures. It’s in the view menu.
Just saw the keep latency switch and that is the thing i needed the most for live tracking!!!
Major improvement!!
I will admit my ignorance here so I can learn - what is the benefit to leaving latency on?
REALLY appreciate this video, dude! Thank you so much
My pleasure, glad you liked it!
Great video! You’ve shown me some things that make me want to upgrade now! Thanks. 🙏🏿
Thanks! The more I use it the more I appreciate the update!
awesome new features, awesome video - thank you!
Thanks and you're welcome!!
Thank you for this great video. 👏🏻
This is great. The more I learn about this update the happier I am about it. Thanks for the info!
You're welcome! The more I use it the more I enjoy it!
Fantasic Vid! One of my long requested features came true, having Return presets. I like ALLOT of different verbs, so being able to reach for one with my preferred settings is a boon. Also, thank you for all the little things that are not front and center, it's really nice to see all the little things.
Oh I like thinking of them as Return presets! It's true you can make a bunch of these and just drag them into a set! Sounds like a good idea for a new pack. I'll get on it! Thanks for watching and sharing the idea!
Holy shit amazing video! Criminally underrated changes for huge workflow improvements, thank you for making this!
Thanks for watching! Yea they are quite helpful!
There are quite a few new features I really like ... this update is brilliant. The momentary key commands are a nifty addition for faster workflow. Ty, B
I love the momentary buttons on Push, so it's nice to see it in Live too!
LOTS of great new features. Bounce in place is definitely a huge improvement, will be using that a lot. Upgrading today, so glad I found this video, thanks!
Bounce in Place is especially cool when you are using some hardware synths with the External Instrument device. It's really easy to convert the tracks from MIDI to audio in real time. Have fun with 12!
I love the drum sounds you are playing in the background.
Thanks! They come from my VHS Drums Ableton Live Pack: brianfunk.com/blog/vhsdrums
Hi there, really appreciate your videos just watched 2 of them and find one answer and learned many tips in less time than any other live channel. Great job dude, thx for sharing!❤
Very good to hear! Thanks for tuning in!
Awesome man, the best breakdown of new Ableton Live 12 features I’ve seen.
There are so many more handy updates than I even realised!
I’ve been holding off using the beta, so am amped to get my hands on full version on the 5th
Thanks and happy you enjoyed it and it inspired you to go with the update. Lots of fun stuff to explore!
Thank you for making this video.
You're welcome and thank you for watching it!
Amazing video Thank you. However I discovered a way to use the tempo and time signature launch for each scene. Go to VIEW and select SCENE TEMPO AND TIME SIGNATURE and it will appear next to the scene launch buttons under the MAIN channel. So you don't have to type the tempo details in the scene name. Hope this helps !!!
Very helpful! Thanks for pointing that out!!
Thanks for this video.Very useful. cheers
My pleasure! Thanks for watching!
Great video on the not so obvious improvements to Ableton! Thank you!
My pleasure! Thanks for watching
thank you!
Great video thank you
Thanks, none of the other commentary has mentioned any of these great features. You've swayed me towards the upgrade!
That’s great to hear! Thanks for tuning in!
Yeah, the latency thing along might be worth it to me as it drives me insane.
Great overview, can't wait to have this. 👍
Thanks Aaron!
So many useful quality-of-life and workflow improvements!
Agreed! Perfect for your new Push!
Great video man thank you 🎉
Glad you liked it! Thanks :)
really excellent video Brian
Thanks Cole! Hope you are well. Excellent work on this update!
Great job man! Thorough!
Thanks! Glad you dig it!
Great Video Mr. Funk! Thank you! Keep Playin' that Funky Music White Boy!!
Thank you, Mr. Funk! And you do the same!!
Thank you !!
Thanks for watching :)
Didn't know about the round robin, very excited about that!
It's really simple too!
Thank you for your help!
You’re welcome!
Thanks Brian - excellent!
My pleasure, Dave! I hope you and the gang in Portland are doing well!
Thanks for this
Great video 🔥
Thanks!
Brilliant video Brian 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thanks Roy! I hope you are well!
So many new shortcuts! Great video also - to the point - maybe include numbers though because I got a bit lost a couple times in the transitions..!
I hear ya! Good suggestion!
Great video, Brian!
Thanks, Alberto!! Fantastic work on the update!
Momentary shortcuts have been around in photo editing softwares. It's incredibly obvious once you start using them.
Yea, it's very easy to get used to!
Good breakdown Brian. I wish it could create stems from an audio track like most dj software. EG separate vocals, bass, drums etc
Thanks, glad you liked it! That would be nice. I'm sure if they are going to do it, they are finding a way to make it in that elegant Ableton way!
That's great! Please show us how new stuff - Meld & Roar in particular - looks like on Push 3 :)
Good idea!
In old live when you drag in tracks from old projects that were routed somehow , like a a kick and a bass that had the sidechain compressor fed from said kick, it would retain those routings as long as you pulled them in in one go. Do the new draggable send tracks behave this way? maintaining routing to the original fx with automation even though order has changed?
Was already looking forward to A12 but did not realise all these were coming. They're all great. MPE for operator is something that I was hoping would have been implemented in 11. And all the midi editing tools are great!
I've noticed in the past that some of the biggest impacts come from the smallest changes. Being able to search the browser or the simple one-key shortcuts, as the types of things that make their way into my daily use the most!
@@BrianFunkMusic I've been with Ableton for all my music making and I still don't know of the key commands wish I did. Space bar is about as far as I go
@@patkelly8309 Try adding them to your workflow one at a time. A good one to start with is cmd-r (or cntrl-r on a PC) for renaming things. You likely rename tracks and clips all the time. Just learning this one will save you lots of time over the long run. Then add another after renaming sticks. Tab key to switch between Session and Arrangement View is valuable. Trying to memorize a bunch at once is tough!
I love Live 12. Loving all these new QOL changes and refinements to an already amazing software.
Yes some big quality of life things here!
Is it even out yet?
@@AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69 It's currently in beta testing.
man i hope the redo the manual again. i need to deep dive all the features this is amazing so far. love the keep latency.
I'm sure they will to add the new features and changes. The documentation has gotten better and better over the last few weeks. The latency thing is so cool. I hate that we ever had to even worry about it in the first place!
What are use cases for keeping the latency? I don't record audio much, so I'm curious.
That’s a great set of QoL features!
Agreed :)
Thx!
Love it! Especially your two favorites 😂 Look forward to new BF RR super Sampler instruments ❤❤❤
I’m excited to start those! Will have to wait til the actual release though!
These are awesome. Loving the RR even though I'm not super likely to use it very much :D
I'll use it a lot :) But you never know, it might come in handy now that it's there!
This is amazing
Thanks for the video! Wondering what are the situations in which you'd want to "keep latency" ? I imagine it's a compromise of some sort.
The Info View recommends keeping it on for MIDI and turning it off for Audio. But I can't think of why I'd want it on for MIDI either.
love this video
Thanks!
I hope the Push 3 will allow for more SSD storage space and CPU power in the future!
As far as I understand, that is the plan. They really want Push 3 to last a while. And if you consider that Push 2 was almost 8 years old when they released 3, and all Pushes are still supported, I think that's a pretty good sign of what we can expect!
How is number 1 not ON by default? Or there is some catch about it? Because that latency was driving me nuts during guitar recording
Just what I was looking for. No nonsense, no BS.
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excellent
I can't believe they finally added bounce-in-place. This definitely makes arranging much faster
Major enhancement!
Now if they could just make a shortcut/key command for it, that would be amazing.
@@vincecrow4512 I’d personally like to see per-note editing like Melodyne. That would make it a complete daw for me. And if they would finally support multi-clip editing, it would be 100% complete 😀
Glad they finally moved the grid edit to the top right from the bottom. Back in 8 id get so frustrated because once you had notes written down at the end of a loop,when ypu right clicked to change to a different grid itd show the options to edit the note instead. 11 is alot better with it but its best just being up there. That similar sound shpuld be useful as hell too. Im waiting until 12.1 or .2 before I upgrade.
Adjusting waveform size may be enough in of itself to get me to upgrade…
thank you for this video man. wouldve been amazing to have timestamps on it too!
I put chapters in the description... I'm not sure why they aren't showing up in the video though. 🤷 Glad you enjoyed the vid!
Cool observation re bounce in place. How does the time taken for this single action compare to that taken for freeze + flatten in Live 11 on your machine?
It seems to be similar. It really only reduces the need to click for a second time, but it is a nice upgrade. I hope it gets a key command!
First video to make me actually want to upgrade from 11 suite 😊. I’m still waiting for plugin view in mixer like Cubase or Luna . I hope also the would put an eq and comp on every track with mono button and phase . How cool would that be. That would save adding plugins , freezing 🥶 and flattening. Very intuitive video. Cheers
Glad to hear it. It really is a nice update IMO. The channel strip idea is nice, but to solve it, I've just built a rack and made it part of my default Audio and MIDI tracks
@@BrianFunkMusic what about phase cancellations or other basic things . The plugins do add up . I’ve made a rack too for gainstaging and once that’s done I freeze as much as I can and the start processing. On i5 52 GB 1T almost 60 tracks with effects included my cpu reaches 40% max and that’s great for me. But just image all the things I mentioned were part of a built in strip like Cubase. Ableton would be more of a Beast than what it is now
i love a lot of new features, just my LES does not work in 12 and i don´t find the simplest thing the scroll in the session view lol
Great video.
Thanks!
@@BrianFunkMusic No worries! Seriously though, I learned so much in no time. I didn’t realise Live 12 had so many powerful improvements.
@@robertjones9598 Nice, I'm glad to be able to get it to you quick! The more I dug into the small little touches, the more I loved the new update!
Thankk You for this short revie.Big small improvements! I am only curious is Ableton 12 is draining CPU more than 11?
I don't think it is... Not positive, but I haven't noticed anything either way.
It's pretty funny that this new version has "Humanize" which is to add a degree of sloppiness. I think there's an insult in there some where! 🤣
That is funny! Maybe we can quantize things like government or education 🤣
That's such a great review of these new functions in a short span of time. Good job! I have a question though: I think I saw somewhere that there's a feature which allows you to click within the midi editor and press the space bar and then Ableton will start playing the track from that specific point where you clicked. So far I can only do that if I click on the arrangement view. Any tips?
Yes, it's if you hold option and press space bar. Live will then playback from wherever the cursor is in the MIDI editor.
Another useful tip, hold Shift and press space bar and Live will continue playing from wherever it stopped playing, rather than from wherever the cursor is in Arrangement View.
Glad you enjoyed the video!
@@BrianFunkMusic Thank you so much!
I feel that those features should have been there long time ago but hey, at least here they are now! Thanks for this video!
I am reading a lot of comments like that but without the “at least they are here now” part. I think that’s a good way to look at it. If they tried to do everything everyone wanted the program would be cluttered, confusing, and full of bugs. I’ve always appreciated that they’ve been thoughtful in their implementation of new features. For example Live’s comping is so well done but came a little later than other DAWs. Sometimes it’s worth the wait!
@@BrianFunkMusic You are absolutely right ! Thanks for everything! Cheers,
the biggest for me is the first one, the latency fix. By far the biggest, the others just cool updates
Yea it's a nice one for sure!!
Hey Brian! NotePB on Analog and Tension is here since L11.3, but Operator has it in L12 (right-click its title bar to enable it).
The Scenes tempo and time sig boxes are still here, but they have to be displayed from the View menu.
Hey Valium! I think Clip Gain makes a cameo in this video :)
@@BrianFunkMusic hehe cheers buddy!
Soooo many quality of life updates
Yea! Little things add up to big things!
I love Live but I'm seriously wondering why under any circumstance you would crave latency. Glad it's out now but honestly kinda ridiculous that this is a new feature. Great video!
Glad you liked the video! Maybe latency is like a retro thing the kids want to add to their music. Kind of like adding tape hiss or vinyl crackle! 🤣
Only thing I can think is for studios that are getting literally no latency, seem to remember reading something about how some musicians like to record with just a bit of latency as opposed to none at all.
@@sybersyn I THINK I can confidently say I wouldn't ever miss latency or even want just a little!
@@BrianFunkMusic Is it the Vintage?
Bounce in place is great. I hate resampling all the time and it only does it in stereo then you have to bounce it out in mono. I’m probably doing it the hard way but this is great
Yea this is a wonderful addition!
Definite upgrade. I hope I can get it sometime.
It's got a lot of things that make it worthwhile! (In my opinion of course!)
I liked being able to see bpm and time signature on each track in the arr view. Hopefully that comes back as an option.
It is an option go to : View : Show Tempo and Time Signature ....its there! So may people complained about not needing it there all the time and having less room, so they listened! Now you have the choice (I use it all the time so I spotted it right away!)
Me too. Until Live 11 I always just wrote it in the name for the scene, I guess we have to go back to that.
This as an awesome video, thanks @brianfunkmusic ! 12 looks like an amazing update, but there’s one feature you covered which (for my workflow) seems like it will be a huge drawback. Talking about Momentary Shortcuts. When I switch to automation mode or hit tab to switch views, I generally want to be there much longer than I’d want to hold the shortcut key down. Is there a command which keeps the shortcuts as Toggle instead of Momentary? Thanks!
Oh yea, it is only momentary if you hold the button for more than either 1 or half a second. A quick press, which is what we would normally do, just switches views. So you have both functionalities now. Sorry if I didn't make that clear in the video!
Glad you like it and thanks for the comment!!
Oh nice, thanks for the clarification! Great playlist of Ableton 12 stuff!
@@macromicro1950 My pleasure! Thanks for bringing it up too!
I was Hoping they going to finally give us a real style mixer in 12. Im moving back to ProTools.
What does that mean, “real style?” Like graphically?
I can’t believe it took this long to sort the latency thing out but looking forward to that and round robin in sampler.
I'm glad it's over :)
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Do you know if there is round robin on the instrument layer? That would be amazing
It's just in the Sampler itself. Would be cool though!
Killer…! Great video. Hey - anything new for the Push 2? Not ready to upgrade just yet…gotta buy v12 first lol
It has Session View in the display like Push 3. But that's about all I've noticed! Hope you are well, Neil!
@@BrianFunkMusic Thanks man - same to you! Well, that's a welcome addition for us P2 users. But some of these new features.... Dayamn!
Great vid mate! It's really refreshing to see somebody actually talking day to day about what its actually going to be available in Live 12. There's a LOT of hate going round which helps nobody.
I noticed on the similar sound feature, the browser only shows .adv files or .adg files. Is that due to the metadata contained on proprietary files allows for this but .wavs etc won't potentially hold the requisite information or is it an algorithm that scans the timbre of the sound, and you have filtered the file type?
Just curious
That's something I don't know the answer to. It seems like it is bringing in similar sounds suggestions from factory content, not stuff I've made myself. I think there is some sort of analysis happening of the proprietary files, but I can't say for sure.
Thanks for watching!!
@3:09 yess finally :D !
Yes I agree!
Since there is real time editing of midi notes like harmonize and quantize, it would have been great to have realtime for grooves as well.
You kind of do. You can play your clips with grooves on them and tweak the sliding in the groove pool in real-time. In fact you could do the same with the quantize slider in the groove pool too.
Loads to love but a few are like one step fwd two steps back
Oh, Round Robin blew my mind. This is like a tiny part of FMOD/Wwise inside Ableton.
Yea it's a big help. No more complicating routing tricks to get it done!
DANG. im getting the update for sure after watching this video. i really hope i can turn off the momentary properties of those shortcuts though...
Good news! It's only momentary if you hold the command for over 1 second. If you press it at a normal, shorter click it switches as expected. It's very useful and doesn't interfere with normal functionality at all.
Kinda shocked it doesnt quite a few where new options. I don't use Ableton a lot but have a couple of other daws I use that have had someof these key things for a while
Can you send individual pre delay amounts per send to a single reverb return?
I don't believe so.
How's the cpu?
Awesome video, can’t wait to get stuck in! … waiting to get access but no emails yet 😢😂
Thanks! It sounds like they are starting to let more people on… hopefully soon!
@@BrianFunkMusic ah that’s great to hear, nice one 😁
Just got the email today! thats my weekend sorted haha@@BrianFunkMusic
@@Jam_Bon Awesome! Welcome!!
Have they added a trim silence function?
No, but that would be a nice one for me when making sample packs! I think I saw a nice Max for Live tool for that though
Temp per scene can be shown you just need to enable it in the view menu
Awesome! I didn't see that one! Thanks!