Live 9 Lite Quick Start Guide

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How to record...............................................................................................................4
Audio recording......................................................................................................7
MIDI recording.........................................................................................................8

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How to install 3. Follow the instruction on the screen and click Next button to
proceed.
To get Live 9 Lite, you need to download it from the website of Ableton. 4. Click the Install button to start installation.
The software is provided by downloading so that you can always use the
latest version.
Live 9 Lite runs on either Windows or Mac.

Downloading Live 9 Lite

Access the following URL.
https://www.ableton.com/en/products/live-lite/
If your operating system is a 32-bit Windows, simply click
DOWNLOAD LIVE LITE to start downloading.
If it is other than 32-bit Windows, click Show more download
options and click the name of your operating system from
displayed names of operating systems to start downloading.

5. Click the Finish button to finish the installation.

Installing Live 9 Lite

For Windows
1. The downloaded file is a .zip file. Decompress the .zip file and
double-click the decompressed Setup.msi file.
2. An installer is started up. Click Run.

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For Mac How to authorize

1. Double-click the downloaded .dmg file.
We request you to authorize Live 9 Lite to distinguish authorized users.
The software cannot be used without authorization.
An Internet connection is required for the authorization.

Authorizing Live 9 Lite

1. On Windows, launch Live 9 Lite from All Programs of the start

menu.

2. Click the Agree button. An installer is automatically started up.

On Mac, double-click the Ableton Live 9 Lite icon in the

Application folder to start up the software.

2. When the software is launched, a screen for authorization is

displayed. Click Authorize with ableton.com.
An webpage of Ableton is displayed.

3. On the displayed screen of the installer, drag the Ableton Live Lite
icon to the Applications folder to copy.

3. If you have an account of Ableton, enter your login name and

password to log in.
If you do not have, enter the information to create an account.
4. When the copying is finished, the installation is completed.

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4. Enter the serial number described on the license card included with How to record
the TASCAM audio interface product and click REGISTER SERIAL.
Settings of Live 9 Lite are almost the same on Windows and Mac. The
following images are examples of screens where a US-2x2 is used on
Windows 7.
The following describes procedures until recording, however, for
detailed functions and operations, refer to the manual that is displayed
by selecting the Read the Live Manual of the Help menu.
Preparation (enabling the device)
1. Launch Live 9 Lite. Select Option q Preferences... from the pull-
down menu.

5. A screen for selecting a product to be authorized is displayed.

Select Live 9 Lite from the pull-down menu and click AUTHORIZE.

Note
Authorization may not be possible depending on the security
environment of your computer. In this case, stop the security
software and then try again.
Note
On Windows, if the security warning Do you want to view only the Note
webpage content that was delivered securely? is displayed, click On Mac, select Live q Preferences....
the No button and then Allow on the subsequent screen.

2. Select Audio on the left side and then select your audio interface
(US-2x2 & US-4x4 in this case) from the Audio Device pull-down
menu on the right side.

6. When the following screen is displayed, the authorization is

completed. Click OK to finish the authorization.

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3. Configure the input and output. 4. Set a sampling rate.

Click Input Config, click 1(mono) & 2(mono) and 1/2(stereo) on Select the sampling rate to be used from the pull-down menu.
the displayed input configuration screen so that both of them are
selected, and press the OK button.

Note
Selectable sampling rates vary depending the connected audio
interface.
5. Next, configure the MIDI input and output.
Click MIDI/Sync on the left side of the Preferences screen to
display settings of MIDI on the right side.
The input and output of your audio interface (US-2x2 in this case)
are displayed in MIDI Ports. Click each Track field to turn on.

6. The device configuration has been completed. Close the

Similarly, click Output Config, click 1(mono) & 2(mono) and Preferences screen.
1/2(stereo) on the displayed output configuration screen so that
both of them are selected, and press the OK button. Next, create a Live Set (work project for recording) for recording
Note sounds.
The numbers of channels displayed on the input and output Live 9 Lite opens a Live Set with 2 MIDI tracks and 2 audio tracks by
configuration screens vary depending on your audio interface. default, but you can create a new Live Set which is suited for the
piece of music you are going to compose. Create a new Live Set
composed of 4 audio tracks and 2 MIDI tracks here.
Tip
Use audio tracks when recording the audio input of the interface
and use MIDI tracks when using a MIDI keyboard or a MIDI sound
source connected to MIDI IN.

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7. From the File menu, select New Live Set. Next, select Insert Audio Track from the Create menu to add the
5Audio track.

Select Insert Audio Track again to add the 6 Audio track.

By default, a Live Set with 2 MIDI tracks (Tracks 1 and 2) and 2 audio
tracks (Tracks 3 and 4) is created. Tip
To add a MIDI track, select Insert MIDI Track from the Create
menu.
9. Configure the input port and output port assignments in each
track.
A track has an input port and an output port. The input port is
where signals to be recorded enter and the output port is where
signals are output for listening sounds which are recorded or
reproduced.
From the pull-down menu just under MIDI From of the 1 MIDI
track, select your audio interface (US-2x2 in this case). MIDI
commands input into the MIDI input terminal of the US-2x2 will be
input into the 1 MIDI track.
Next, from the pull-down menu just under MIDI To, select US-2x2.
MIDI commands of the 1 MIDI track will be output from the MIDI
output terminal of the US-2x2.

8. Add audio tracks to Tracks 5 and 6.

First, click 4 Audio so that Track 4 is selected.

Tip
If settings of the input and output ports are not displayed, check
Input/Output of the View menu to display them.

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10. From the pull-down menu just under Audio From of the 3 Audio 12. To use another track simultaneously, follow steps 9 to 11 to
track, select Ext. In. configure the track.
13. Set the output destination of the Master track to send stereo
signals mixed in the master bus to the US-2x2.
On the Master track on the rightmost side, select 1/2 from the
pull-down menu just under Master Out.

Note
Ext. In means the input of an external device. In this case, as the
US-2x2 has been set in 2. and 3. of this chapter, it means the input
of the US-2x2.
Then select 1 from the pull-down menu under it. Signals input
from the input terminal 1 of the US-2x2 will be input into the track.
14. Now everything is ready. Let's proceed to recording.
Tip
If you select 2, signals input from the input terminal 2 of the US- Audio recording
2x2 will be input into the track.
11. Next, set the audio output port. From the pull-down menu just 1. Switch the display of Live 9 Lite so that you can see recording
under Audio To of the 3 Audio track, select Master. conditions.
Click the circle with 3 horizontal lines mark (circled in red) in the
top-right.

The screen switches from the mixer view to the timeline view.

Note
To listen sounds of multiple tracks in stereo, it is necessary to mix
the output sounds of the multiple tracks and then output them to
the audio interface. Select Master as the output port in each track
to mix output signals of the multiple tracks into a stereo sound in
the master bus.
Tip
If you select Ext. Out from the pull-down menu just under Audio
To, output signals of the track will be directly output to the US-
2x2 without going through the master bus. If the connected audio
interface has 4 or more channels of output, you can select an
output destination from the pull-down menu under it.

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Tip
The 3 buttons, In, Auto, and Off are monitoring setting buttons.
Output signals of the track change depending on the setting.
In Input signals of the track are output with no change.
It is convenient when you want to listen input sounds
at all times.
Auto When the ARM button is on, input signals of the track
are output with no change. When the ARM button
is off, reproduced sounds of the track are output. It
is convenient for normal recording because during
recording, input sounds are output, and during
reproduction of recorded sounds, reproduced sounds
are output.
Off Nothing is output. It is convenient when you use the
direct monitoring function of the audio interface.
3. Click the Record button of transport buttons on the top side of
the screen to start recording and playing.

Note
The mixer view is convenient for operations of the mixer such as
adjusting the volume balance of each track, but the timeline view, The waveform of the signal being recorded in the track is displayed.
which allows you to see recording conditions, is convenient for
recording.
2. Record a sound in the 3 Audio track. Click the Arm button (button
with a black dot) for the 3 Audio track to turn on (light up in red).

4. After the playing is finished, click the Stop button.

5. It is recommended to click the Arm button for the track to turn

off so that no sound is recorded in the track by mistake when
When a signal is input to the input terminal 1 of the US-2x2 in this recording in another track.
condition, the meter on the left of the channel setting of the input It is recommended to save the set frequently by selecting Save Live
port lights in green. Set from the File menu.
This is the input meter, which indicates that a signal is input into 6. Rewind the track and click the Play button to listen to the
this track. The meter on the right side is the output meter of the recorded sound.
track, and lightning in gray indicates that there is an output signal
but it is not actually output. 7. Repeat 2. to 5. steps to record in multiple tracks and compose a
piece of music.

MIDI recording

1. Record a MIDI sound in the 1 MIDI track.

This case assumes that an internal MIDI sound source (bass) built
That is because the monitoring setting of the track is off and you into Live 9 Lite is used.
cannot listen input sounds in this condition. Click the Arm button for the 1 MIDI track to turn on (light up in
To listen input signals, click the Auto button for the monitoring red). Also, click the Auto button to turn on.
setting to turn on.

If you play a MIDI keyboard or a MIDI pad connected to the MIDI IN

Now the output meter of the track lights in green. Output sounds terminal of the US-2x2 in this condition, the meter on the left of the
are mixed with other signals in the master bus and then output input MIDI channel lights in yellow. This is the input meter, which
from the output terminal of the US-2x2. indicates that a MIDI signal is input into this track. The meter on the
right side is the output meter of the track and lighting in yellow of
the meter indicates that a MIDI command is output from the track.

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2. Next, set a MIDI sound source and generate a sound from the 5. Click the Record button of transport buttons on the top side of
source. the screen to start recording and playing.
Click the triangle button at the upper left of the screen. A browser
appears on the left side.

The MIDI signal being recorded in the track is displayed.

6. After the playing is finished, click the Stop button.

3. Select Sounds in CATEGORIES on the left side and select Bass

on the right side to show the list of bass sound sources.

7. It is recommended to click the Arm button for the track to turn

off so that no sound is recorded in the track by mistake when
recording in another track.
8. Rewind the track and click the Play button to reproduce the
recorded MIDI signal and listen to the sound of Analog Saw Bass.
9. Repeat 2. to 7. steps to record in multiple tracks and compose a
piece of music.
Tip
4. Use Analog Saw Bass.adg at the top this time. Live 9 Lite has many MIDI sound sources.
Double-click Analog Saw Bass.adg. You can record sounds of various instruments by selecting other
The track name is changed to 1 Analog Saw Bass.adg. Also, the sound sources in the browser.
output destination of the sound source is set to Master.
Tip
When you tap the MIDI keyboard or MIDI pad in this condition, you
can hear the bass sound. To use an external MIDI sound source device instead of MIDI sound
sources of Live 9 Lite, connect the sound source device to the MIDI
Tip output terminal of your MIDI interface (US-2x2 in this case). If you
Parameters of Analog Saw Bass are displayed in the clip view in the do not select a MIDI sound source in 2, MIDI signals input into the
lower part of the screen. You can change the parameters to change track are output from the track with no changes. The MIDI signal
the tone as you like. is output from the MIDI output terminal of the US-2x2 to the MIDI
input terminal of the sound source device, and then the sound is
output from the audio output of the sound source device.
In this case, as the sound source is an external device, sounds of the
sound source are not output from your MIDI interface (US-2x2 in this
case).
Connect the output terminal of the sound source to the input
terminal of the US-2x2 or mix them using an external mixer to
monitor the sounds.

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