In this Ableton Live tutorial, Liam O'Mullane dives deep into arranging using Live's Arrangement View. You'll learn how to use the plethora of tools available to you in Live to help you develop ideas into full tracks. Liam shows you how to identify sections of a track and subtract instruments to create a new section; how to create suspense in a track, particularly in build-ups and drops, and more techniques to keep your track interesting for the listener.
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0:00 Start
0:30 The track
2:13 Identifying sections
3:33 Duplicate Time to develop ideas
6:23 Renaming parts
8:12 Arrangement Thinning
10:00 Data Thinning
11:32 Creating suspense
13:06 Rhythmic displacement
15:29 Build-ups and drops
19:20 Consolidating
20:48 Repeat triggers
23:06 Surprising the listener with silence
24:46 Recap