Comments on: How to DJ with Ableton Live

By: darrell bruce

darrell bruce — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:46:11 +0000

Thanks very much for the tutorial, I found that very useful indeed and very clearly explained.

Top stuff that mate.

Darrell

By: Christophe

Christophe — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:01:01 +0000

What are some of these people so uptight about, nitpicking at the title of this tutorial? This guy went through a lot of trouble to detail an (initially) complicated task in AL. It is obvious what he is teaching, regardless of the title.

I think the poilite response is “Thank you for the information that not ALL of us know”, not “I’m taking your free information and attacking you at the same time.”

So, Solare, thank you.

By: TheSonicDeviant

TheSonicDeviant — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:40:09 +0000

I totally agree with Andy B!,………woohoo!, that rhymes too!,……..and so does that as a matter of fact!!,…….and would you believe my surname is Samat!!,……OMG help me I cant stop,……Jesus Christ I am gonna pop!!

By: Andy B

Andy B — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:25:32 +0000

Just to clarify Evan Isacks comment- Ableton doesn’t beat match for you- warping of the sample is required (in most cases), as shown in the tutorial, to bring the sample into line. I totally agree that it is benefiical to learn beat matching on Cd’s/ vinyl, however the idea that AL beatmathces for you is a myth. There is a still a need to warp the audio, which can be very time consuming, and you still need to have an idea of beat matching to perfect warping, which is a hard concept to initially understand in itself. Perpetuating this myth only serves to reinforce the concept of ‘pressing play and walking away’ (i just made that up and it rhymes -woohoo!)

By: Adz

Adz — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:11:37 +0000

OMG you guys are all a pack of whinging bitches, you all need a slap in the head

By: EDDIEMACE

EDDIEMACE — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:22:26 +0000

Totally agree i began on 1200s 9yrs ago an Abelton live is something fun to incorperate into me set which is done mainly with vinyl.
It also allows me to play fresh tracks that i have made with out the expense off cutting to vinyl.
I think anyone starting out should learn to mix on vinyl with no bpm counters to train ur brain before even thinking off using live as it can cause people to lazy ……..PEACE

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By: BlueSun

BlueSun — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:28:47 +0000

Mixing In Arrangement View??? Come On… How Can People Improve Their DJing Skill With Techniques Like This.. Try To Mix In Session View, Thats How U SHould Learn To Mix…

By: J On

J On — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:31:05 +0000

As a beginner with Ableton Live generally, I don’t use it as a DJ or a producer, but as a live instrument to play with one or more other people. I can create loops from their inputs and use loops I produced to lead the action. If people need a break, I can coax a prerecorded song in, and then we can resume where we left off.
I just don’t want anyone to come away from this with the idea that you have to spin vinyl for a million years in order to bring the noise with Ableton. It seems very much designed for live use (hence the name, I suppose) and I happen to believe it should be practiced and used that way. If I want to really produce something, I will use Cubase or something… that’s where I can make loops for use with Ableton Live!
Most of all, thanks for making a tutorial, regardless of whether people think it might be misnamed!

By: EvanIsack

EvanIsack — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:31:05 +0000

I’ve been DJing with ableton for four years now. I don’t want to offend you solare, great tutorial but it should not at all be called a “how to dj with ableton tutorial” – I completely agree with Stepaan – Please change the title so it is more appropriate.

Beginners need beginners tutorials, but this is not a beginners DJ tutorial, this is a beginners production tutorial (not saying its not a good tutorial)…

And as an aside. IMO You should not DJ with ableton if you haven’t first learned how to DJ with Vynil or atleast CDs. You will completely miss the art form that was born out of those tools. Ableton beatmatches for you, but learning to beatmatch is important to understanding blending, movement, and builds in DJing – Ableton is the amazing next step, once you can handle the basics.

But more importantly – though a fine basic understanding of blending tracks in the production end of ableton, this has absolutely no information in it on how to DJ with ableton or just the art and form of DJ as a whole.

please change the title, but thanks for making tutorials solare, and please keep doing it.