User manual ABLETON LIVE 8

[. . . ] Ableton Reference Manual Version 8 Live Version 8. 0. 2 for Windows and Mac OS May, 2009 Created by Bernd Roggendorf, Gerhard Behles, Robert Henke, Awi, Reiner Rudolph, Stefan Haller, Stefan Franke, Frank Hoffmann, Andreas Zapf, Ralf Suckow, Gregor Klinke, Matthias Mayrock, Friedemann Schautz, Ingo Koehne, Jakob Rang, Pablo Sara, Nicholas Allen, Henrik Lafrenz, Jan Buchholz, Kevin Haywood, Dominik Wilms, Christian Kleine, Amaury Groc, Daniel Büttner, Alex Koch, Henrik Hahn, Simon Frontzek, Torsten Wendland, Torsten Slama, Eduard Müller, Jeremy Bernstein, Bernard Chavonnet, Carl Seleborg, Claes Johanson, Bernhard Bockelbrink, Nico Starke, Jörg Kluÿmann, Stefan Brunner, Tobias Hahn, Stefan von der Mark, Carsten Henÿinger, Stephan Diehl, David Talbot, Robert Feldbinder, Diez Roggisch, Justine Lera, Dennis DeSantis, Ian Gallagher, Philipp Gries, Marie Hoffmann, Marian Kalus, Stephan Krohn, Michael Dühr, Dennis Fischer. Reference Manual by Dennis DeSantis, Ian Gallagher, Kevin Haywood, Rose Knudsen, Gerhard Behles, Jakob Rang, Robert Henke, Torsten Slama. Content provided by: SONiVOX www. sonivoxrocks. com Chocolate Audio www. chocolateaudio. com Puremagnetik www. puremagnetik. com Cycling '74 www. cycling74. com SonArte www. sonarte. ca e-instruments www. e-instruments. com Zero-G www. zero-g. co. uk Physical Modeling technology provided by: Applied Acoustics Systems www. applied-acoustics. com Copyright 2009 Ableton AG. This manual, as well as the software described in it, is furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license. [. . . ] For the noise waveforms, the Phase and Spin controls are not relevant and do not affect the sound. Positive values raise the pitch of the left resonator while lowering the pitch of the right one, while negative values do the opposite. The type chooser allows you to select from seven types of physically modeled resonant objects: Beam simulates the resonance properties of beams of different materials and sizes. CHAPTER 21. LIVE AUDIO EFFECT REFERENCE 291 Marimba, a specialized variant of the Beam model, reproduces the characteristic tuning of marimba bar overtones which are produced as a result of the deep arch-cut of the bars. String simulates the sound produced by strings of different materials and sizes. Membrane is a model of a rectangular membrane (such as a drum head) with a variable size and construction. Plate simulates sound production by a rectangular plate (a at surface) of different materials and sizes. Pipe simulates a cylindrical tube that is fully open at one end and has a variable opening at the other (adjusted with the Opening parameter. ) Tube simulates a cylindrical tube that is fully open at both ends. The quality chooser controls the tradeoff between the sound quality of the resonators and performance by reducing the number of overtones that are calculated. Basic uses minimal CPU resources, while Full creates more sophisticated resonances. The Material knob adjusts the variation of the damping at different frequencies. At lower values, low frequency components decay slower than high frequency components (which simulates objects made of wood, nylon or rubber). At higher values, high frequency components decay slower (which simulates objects made of glass or metal). The Radius parameter is only available for the Pipe and Tube resonators. As the radius increases, the decay time and high frequency sustain both increase. At very large sizes, the fundamental pitch of the resonator also changes. The Decay and Material/Radius parameters can also be controlled with the X-Y controller. Ratio is only available for the Membrane and Plate resonators, and adjusts the ratio of the object's size along its x and y axes. The Brightness control adjusts the amplitude of various frequency components. This parameter is not used with the Pipe or Tube resonators. CHAPTER 21. At negative values, frequencies are compressed, increasing the amount of lower partials. At positive values, frequencies are stretched, increasing the amount of upper partials. Opening, which is only available for the Pipe resonator, scales between an open and closed pipe. [. . . ] Windows Split Clip at Selection Consolidate Selection into Clip Create Fade/Crossfade Loop Selection Insert Silence Pan Left/Right of Selection Unfold all Tracks Scroll Display to Follow Playback Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Alt Ctrl E J Alt L I Alt F Macintosh E J Alt L I Alt Alt F Unfold button F Unfold button F CHAPTER 32. LIVE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS 514 32. 10 Commands for Tracks See also the editing commands. Windows Insert Audio Track Insert MIDI Track Insert Return Track Rename Selected Track While Renaming, Go to next Track Group Selected Tracks Ungroup Tracks Show Grouped Tracks Hide Grouped Tracks Move Nonadjacent Tracks Without Collapsing Arm/Solo Multiple Tracks Add Device from Browser Ctrl T Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Alt R T T Alt R Macintosh T T T Ctrl Ctrl + Ctrl Ctrl G G + - G G + arrow keys + arrow keys Click Double-Click Click Double-Click 32. 11 Commands for Breakpoint Envelopes The shortcuts for zooming, snapping/drawing and loop/region settings also work in the Envelope Editor and Arrangement View. Windows Finer Resolution for Dragging Enable Dragging Over Breakpoints Ctrl Macintosh CHAPTER 32. [. . . ]