Topics for Review / Quiz prep:


Topics for Review / Quiz prep:

Make sure you understand these terms. The
  1. Two views
  2. Clips - Midi versus Audio
  3. Signal Chain
  4. Effects and Instruments
  5. Rack
  6. Compressor
  7. EQ
  8. AutoFilter
  9. Vocoder
  10. Midi Effects: Arpeggio, Scale, Chords
  11. Impulse
  12. Simpler
  13. Operator
  14. Additive synthesis
  15. FM synthesis
  16. LFO
  17. Routing
  18. Master Track
  19. Return Tracks
  20. I/O selectors
  21. Delay
  22. Side Chaining
  23. Clip controls
  24. Warping types
  25. Follow action
  26. Warping markers and correction
  27. Recording into clip, into session view
  28. Automation / Envelopes 
List of chapters in Ableton Manual:
6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.5, 8.1-8.4 (all 8), 9.1, 9.2, 10.1-10.4 (all 10), 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 14.2, 14.6, 15.1, 15.2, 15.4, 15.7, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 19.1, 19.2, 19.5, 20.1, 22.2, 22.7, 22.10, 22.26, 22.28, 22.31, 23.1, 23.2, 23.6, 24.5, 24.6, 24.8, 

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