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Anna Lakatos
Anna Lakatos
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Anna Lakatos

Anna Lakatos is a UK based Ableton Certified Trainer, Producer, Audio Engineer, and Educator. She is also a University Lecturer, Ableton Live Module Leader and Course Developer; teaching on degree programmes such as  BA(Hons) Music Production and Sound Engineering, Music Production and DJ Practice. She has featured in popular music magazines, has facilitated workshops, masterclasses, webinars as well as created content for companies like Ableton, Native Instruments, ADAM Audio, Future Music Magazine and more.
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From Session View to the Arrangement View

We already learned that we can copy-paste clips from the Session View to the Arrangement View.

But what is actually more exciting is that we can record the arrangement on the fly!

This is why organizing the Session View properly is so important, as it means we can just press record and launch the scenes and record our first sketch for the arrangement.

First, you shouldn’t feel the pressure to compose an entire track in the Session View, record it, and be done. It is a common practice to lay down the main ideas (a couple of tracks), the backbone of a track, quickly in the Session View, then move into the Arrangement View to finish the composition. You can still add additional instruments, edits, and transition sounds, as naturally, having the track idea laid down on the timeline will give you new ideas on how to proceed further with your track until it is finished.

To record your arrangement on the fly, do the following:

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Anna Lakatos

Anna Lakatos is a UK based Ableton Certified Trainer, Producer, Audio Engineer, and Educator. She is also a University Lecturer, Ableton Live Module Leader and Course Developer; teaching on degree programmes such as  BA(Hons) Music Production and Sound Engineering, Music Production and DJ Practice. She has featured in popular music magazines, has facilitated workshops, masterclasses, webinars as well as created content for companies like Ableton, Native Instruments, ADAM Audio, Future Music Magazine and more.
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