Ableton Live 8 and Suite 8: Create, Produce, Perform
- ISBN13: 9780240812281
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Learn how to create, produce and perform a whole new way; prepare to unlock the power of Live!
In this brand new title for Ableton Live 8 and Suite 8 users, author Keith Robinson details exactly what Abelton Live can deliver. The book is engineered to follow Live’s non-linear music environment – the book look and feels like the program! Its unique format utilizes the terms and creative features of Live – tabs, keys, pointers, and labels.
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Ableton Live 8 and Suite 8: Create, Produce, Perform
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Johannes Koldschlaabs said :
February 10, 2010 at 7:58 am
This title is not a particularly good guide to Ableton Live. It was the first one published to cover version 8 of the software, so I pre-ordered it. Boy was that a mistake. I should have waited for the “Ableton Live 8 Power!” book instead.
I find that when I turn to the book to help me figure out a specific piece of functionality or solve a specific problem it is no help. Point number one, and this is VERY IMPORTANT: This book’s index is only SIX pages long, while the index for “Ableton Live 8 Power!” is TWENTY FIVE PAGES LONG!!! (Use Amazon’s “Look Inside” feature for each book and see for yourself.) Think of that. When you go to look up a specific topic in the index of this book you are four times less likely to find that topic listed. This has bitten me in the a** more times than I can count. I have been keeping the book on my desktop as I use Ableton and again and again find that the book does not have an entry for the function I am trying to use, or when it does the explanation is not fleshed out. Often I finish a chapter and am left scratching my head because the concepts weren’t fully explained yet the chapter is already over.
The author spends more time rambling on without detail than he does intricately explaining the functions of the software. Even for the absolute beginner this is a waste of time. I would recommend “Ableton Live 8 Power!” I am ordering my copy today and selling this other book on the used market. Any takers?
Rating: 2 / 5
James Graves said :
February 10, 2010 at 9:02 am
I’ve been using Ableton for two years. I started with 7 and recently upgraded to Suite 8. People starting with the program now are in luck since there are so many video and text tutorials on the net. Despite all the info on the web I still like having books for reference. Sometimes its quicker for me to look up information in a book than it is to look for a tutorial online or sit through a video. Tutorials online also vary greatly in quality. The author of this book is obviously an informed and intelligent user.
When I bought Ableton 7 I also bought Ableton Live 7 Power the Comprehensive Guide (Book).
I thought “Ableton Live 8 and Suite 8″ explained the core program better. I found the information on Ableton instruments (Operator, Analog, Sampler, etc) to be better in the “Ableton 7 Power book.” I should mention that the chapter on Ableton instruments is not in the actual book for “Ableton Live 8 and Suite 8.” It is accessible at the publisher’s website along with some materials.
If it is in your budget I would buy “Ableton Live 8 and Suite 8: Create Produce and Perform.” If you are new to Ableton this is a good way to get familiarized with the program. If you don’t want to read the book from cover to cover it is a good reference to have around when you want to look up something like “groove extraction” or “automation lanes.”
For the novice who doesn’t mind reading this will speed up the learning curve. For the experienced user this a good reference.
Ableton is easy to use but it also a deep program. I don’t think any two people use it the same. After two years of using it, reading books, watching video tutorials and reading articles online I am still learning.
There are some things you won’t find in any resource simply because the program itself is creative. I don’t use everything the way the programmers intended and there are things that even they probably didn’t realize were possible with the program.
If you use Ableton 8 frequently I really recommend you buy this book.
Rating: 5 / 5
Kewl Hunter said :
February 10, 2010 at 10:02 am
As a novice Ableton 8 Suite user, I have found this book to be just what I needed to get the most out of Ableton. Its structure, and wealth of information, would make it a valuable asset to any Ableton user wether a novice or advanced.
Rating: 5 / 5
Dj Wolfie said :
February 10, 2010 at 12:48 pm
This is the best ableton reference book I have ever read. I dont know the author, I dont know the publisher. And seriously, this is absolutely the first book you should read on ableton live 8.
I have been using ableton live since version 5. And since this is a program written by germans, the engineering is great, and the reference manuals have always sucked. Every update, I have to go out and buy about three books to help navigate the new features and make sense of the program in all its depth. I have owned and read many, many ableton books. Most of them are painful to read.
Well, thanks to this book, I only need to buy one book to understand Live 8.
This book is written in the language of the program. It starts to get you thinking like ableton thinks, just in the structure of the book.
It was quick to cut to the chase of what I wanted to do in ableton. It has very accurate pictures, guide points, step by step pages. When I needed deeper information on a subject, it was there too. Full color photos- all over the book. the fine details clearly spelled out. Easy to read language.
Really amazing guidebook. It made getting up and running with ableton a breeze. Then when I needed to go deep with the program, I was able to find that data further on in the book.
Its rare to find a person who is both a technically adept and a great teacher. The author is one of those rare finds.
Now lets hope he writes a book for logic pro.
– Wolfie
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Rating: 5 / 5