Gain a deeper understanding of Beat Repeat in Ableton Live
Beat Repeat is a unique creative tool that can add flair to your performances and tracks when applied effectively
If you’re in need of a wacky live performance tool or an experimental effect for a new track, Ableton Live’s Beat Repeat if your friend. As much fun as it is to load it onto a track and endlessly turn its dials, a deeper understanding of it can facilitate the creation of seriously unique sequences. It’s one of the many features in Live that prove the DAW optimised for jamming and sketching.
In this Ableton Live Tutorials video, Liam O’Mullane shows you how to get the most out of Beat Repeat, walking you through each of its parameters and modes. Learn which of its modes is suited to your application, how to define your desired timing pattern, how to create unique pitched effects and how you can record your results.
Other lessons in our Ableton Live Tutorials series so far include:
- Creating a template
- Gating and sidechaining
- Creative Sidechaining
- Saving CPU
- Converting audio to MIDI
- Understanding Reverb and Convolution Reverb
- Arpeggiator MIDI effect
- Hooking up MIDI controllers
- Using Cue Mode
- Grain Delay
- Drum Buss device
- Spectrum and EQ Eight analyser
- Exploring Live’s Resonators
- Moving your Ableton Live Library
