Comments on: Cutting video in Ableton Live

By: Per Boysen

Per Boysen — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:32:28 +0000

@ MarshallG,

Yes, I have been using Ableton Live for live looping. Quite a lot, but it is not my host application of choice. I prefere using Mainstage as my host application and loop in Mobius AU plugin. Or sometimes a simpler – loop station like – setup with a bunch of Loopback plugins. Loopback is the built-in looper of Mainstage. I even rather build a new host from scratch in Bidule than use Ableton Live for live looping, for the reason of CPU efficiency. Live is not bad, feature-wise, but I’d rather put the CPU cycles into a cool live sound than into keeping lots of live remix options instantly available (which is where Live is superior)

By: MarshallG

MarshallG — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:19:46 +0000

thanks for the post … been using video in Ableton for a couple months and this post helps me take it to the next level.

Have you used Ableton for live looping?

By: Sean mack

Sean mack — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:43:55 +0000

Always wondered how to get the video thing working, “man and you have sorted me right out”
Thanks
Sean

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:35:38 +0000

It will be a million times more useful once you can use video clips in session view so you can make little cuts between clips back and forth very easily on the fly. As it is right now it’s like a very lobotomized version of vegas.

By: Per Boysen

Per Boysen — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:46:47 +0000

@bvs,
Yes of course you can do that! That’s how you normally create music to video copy of a film. You should have one video track and as many audio, effect or instrument tracks needed for the music you are making. When it sounds good and goes well with the video you bounce either an audio stereo file of the music or a video coopy with the new music mix as the video audio (plus old camera video audio, or not. That’s up to you).

By: bvs

bvs — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:52:03 +0000

i forgot the question mark ::PPP ????????????

By: bvs

bvs — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:51:10 +0000

but there is anyway you can play music and video in the same time , for instance : 4 audio tracks and a video track (on video-out)

By: Keats' Handwriting

Keats' Handwriting — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:03:45 +0000

@Per Boysen
I’d like to say thanks, but I really just cut and pasted two great artists’ together- can’t take credit for it- but I love the song! AIH is so great…

BTW, I wanted to add that I didnt do that in Jitter or Max for Live either- I don’t have that yet- I’d really like to, Jitter and Max4Live look awesome–but it’s expensive and kind of overwhelming.
I took an electro-acoustic experimental music class in ’03 – we learned Max (as much as one can in a few months), but I’ve forgotten everything I learned-
oh so much to do so little time. Plus, the bills. Anyways, thanks again for your great post- would like to see more M4L Jitter stuff from you… peace!

By: Per Boysen

Per Boysen — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:29:27 +0000

@KeatsHandwriting,
Hey – that was a great video!

By: Keats' Handwriting

Keats' Handwriting — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:06:50 +0000

Yeah- Ableton is great for tempo based music and for making hit points.

I used it to make a video mash-up. Let’s say you have one video that has a certain tempo, just remove the music, change the tempo to whatever the main tempo is and you’re done.
I did this in Ableton:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhtX9OsxiIs