Considering Ableton for DJing

As it seems I didn’t ‘Complete’ my Tutorial the other night; I will do so now:
We have an ‘Area’ within Our First Track (sitting on ‘1 Audio’ that needs to be Deleted);
In Order to Do This; we Need to ‘Split The Track’ and then Delete ‘That Part That Is ‘Not Required’
Before we do this Our Screen looks like this:

We ‘Expand Our Resolution’ and Find the ‘Exact Grid Position’ where we Need to ‘Split the Track’:

We then ‘Delete’ the Area To The Right Of The Split; as this Area will be ‘Filled’ with our Track sitting in ‘2 Audio’
We do this by ‘Left Clicking’ Once on the Track (that has been Split – to the Right Of The Split); so that it is Highlighted in Yellow; we then ‘Right Click’ this Part Of Track ‘1 Audio’; and Select ‘Delete’:

And Finally; at the ‘Same Resolution’; Our Final Step is to ‘Move’ the ‘Ending Of Our Track’ sitting within ‘2 Audio’ into ‘1 Audio’; we do this ‘Simply’ by ‘Left Clicking’ Once on the Track we wish To Move; so that it is Highlighted in Yellow;
And we ‘Drag’ this Track into the ‘Space’ Vacated by ‘Deleting The End Of The Track’ that ‘Was’ sitting on ‘1 Audio’

Our Last Step is to ‘Zoom Out’ and ‘Join The 3 Pieces Of Our Track Together’ using an Action called ‘Consolidate’;
We do this by following these Simple Steps;
1: Left Click Once on the ‘First Part Of The Track’
2: ‘Hold Shift’ and ‘Left Click’ Once on the ‘Final (Third) Part Of The Track’
This will make ‘All 3 Parts Of The Track’ Highlighted in Yellow
Once this has happened we can ‘Release The Shift Button’
‘Right Click’ Once on the ‘Final Part Of The Track’ and Select ‘Consolidate’
You will now Notice that Ableton Re-Scans the Track; and ‘Stitches All Parts Of The Track Together’
So; you end up with a Screen that looks like this:

And that is ‘One’ Way of Achieving a DJ Edit in Ableton 🙂

Hi emma, i just found this website and its very good. I came from DJ Tech Tools. Do you have an email address that i can ask you some questions about Ableton? I’m tossing up Ableton, S4, or the new twtich. But i haven always wanted to work with Ableton. Hope to hear from you!!

Emma! you are the Ableton’s Master!
It will take weeks to carefully read your posts…it’s all very interesting stuff.

I’m studying hard on warping process and clips preparation…

ok, but using Ableton for mixing in a “normal” way is not the way I want to go…because I use also VDJ and TP2.
With Live I want to be more creative and create something “special” (aka live-remix).
BTW, Thanks a lot Emma!

Andrea Negri, post: 5697 wrote: ok, but using Ableton for mixing in a “normal” way is not the way I want to go…because I use also VDJ and TP2.
With Live I want to be more creative and create something “special” (aka live-remix).
BTW, Thanks a lot Emma!

That’s Cool; I use Ableton to Create Remixes too; and also to Produce my Own Tracks from Scratch;
If you would like any Assistance with what you are doing; there isn’t really Anything I don’t know about the Program now; but that is up to you of course 🙂

pilotmike327, post: 5857 wrote: Good news: Turns out getting my Macbook fixed will be considerably cheaper than I thought it was going to cost. I’ll be getting it back when I return from the Dominican Republic. That’s means I’ll be able to install Ableton again on it! I’ll be using it as a production tool more than a DJing tool but will try to keep an open mind when it comes to the software.

This is Great News Mike 😎
Having Completed a 12 Month Music Technology Course using Logic; and been using Reason since Version 2;
I haven’t found a Better; More Organised; User Friendly DAW; than Ableton for Production 🙂
And just to make it Clear; I May use Ableton for DJ’ing (as Does Sasha; Richie Hawtin; Armin Van Buuren; DJ Jazzy Jeff; Darren Price; John Digweed; Kaskade; and others); I also use Ableton for my Production and Remix Work; On My Own; and Whilst Collaborating with Other Artists All Over The World; from Europe to the USA to Alaska 🙂