Ableton Live 8 and Suite 8

In this chapter

4.1	Introduction
4.2	The Global Record concept
4.3	Music on the fly
4.4	User interfacing: two parallel worlds
4.5	The linear approach
4.6	The nonlinear approach

SCENE 4

Global Record: Capturing Arrangements on the Fly

The thing I love most about Live 8 is the ability to keep creating on the fly when the creative juices start. With other sequencers, there's a stop–start mentality to it but with Live 8, you just keep going in real time until the idea that was in your head is finally coming back at you. Long live the jam.

Dave Spiers, Founder of G-Force, Producer and Musician

4.1 Introduction

Live offers so many ways to control your music that it can be overwhelming at times. As a musician, composer, or performer, ...