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編曲到一半卡住?Ableton Live 的 Session View 能幫你什麼

Ableton Live 軟體圖示 Ableton Live 11.1.5 資料更新 2022-05-18 閱讀約 6 分鐘

寫歌寫到一半,靈感斷掉,看著編曲軟體的時間軸一片空白,不知道下一步要放什麼。或者你已經有一堆零散的旋律片段、鼓點、貝斯線,卻怎麼排都覺得不對勁,拖來拖去就是組不成一首完整的歌。這種「有素材卻拼不起來」的卡關,是很多做音樂的人共同的困境。

傳統的編曲方式是把所有素材照時間順序排好,但靈感往往不是線性出現的。當你只是想快速試試「這段配那段好不好聽」,或想在演出時即時觸發不同段落,一條時間軸反而礙手礙腳。於是有些音樂軟體改從「即興、拼貼、即時觸發」的角度切入,讓你先在一個自由的空間裡亂試,試出感覺後再整理成完整作品。

Ableton Live 操作介面
Ableton Live 的操作介面

01Ableton Live 跟其他編曲軟體差在哪?

它最特別的是同時提供兩種工作視圖。Arrangement View 跟傳統編曲軟體一樣,把素材沿時間軸排列;Session View 則是一格格可以隨時觸發的格子,你可以把各種聲音片段放進去,用滑鼠或 MIDI 控制器即時開關、重疊、組合。這種設計讓「試東西」變得很直覺,不用先想好順序,先玩再說。

02它的 Session View 實際用起來是什麼感覺?

想像你把幾十個聲音片段擺在一個大面板上,每個片段都可以獨立播放或停止。你可以一邊放著鼓組,一邊試著觸發不同的貝斯或和弦片段,看哪幾個搭在一起順耳。找到喜歡的組合後,再把這些片段錄進 Arrangement View 排成完整歌曲。對習慣先亂試再整理的人來說,這個流程比直接面對一條時間軸順手很多。

03它能不能錄音?MIDI 編輯方便嗎?

可以。官方說明明確提到能從任何來源錄製音訊和 MIDI,也提供 MIDI 和音訊效果器、虛擬樂器。MIDI 編輯方面,它具備完整的編輯工作流程,可以處理音符、力度、長度等細節。不過實際編輯手感好不好,還是建議自己下載試用版操作看看,每個人習慣的編輯方式不太一樣。

04它內建的音色和效果器夠用嗎?

官方說明提到內建大量聲音、樂器和效果器,涵蓋合成器、取樣、EQ、壓縮器等常用工具。Intro、Standard、Suite 三個版本內容不同,Standard 和 Suite 有更多樂器、音色包和效果器。如果你需要特定類型的音色,也可以透過 Max for Live 擴充,社群做了很多免費或付費的裝置可以裝。

05現場演出用這套軟體實際嗎?

官方把現場演出列為主要用途之一。它會自動幫你對齊拍點,讓你可以即時觸發迴圈、播放軟體或硬體樂器、處理其他樂手的音訊輸入,不用手忙腳亂地對拍。Session View 的格子設計本來就很適合現場即時觸發不同段落,很多電子音樂演出者確實用它來做現場編排。

06新手學音樂製作適合用這套嗎?

官方說它「快速、有趣、直覺」,介面也強調可自訂。但要注意介面語言只有英文,不熟悉英文介面的人初期會比較吃力。另外它功能很多,Intro 版功能較精簡,對新手來說反而比較不會被淹沒。建議先從 Intro 版開始,或下載試用版摸熟流程,再決定要不要升級。

07做電子音樂的人是不是比較適合它?

它的即時音訊處理、時間拉伸、音高轉換、Audio-to-MIDI 轉換等功能,對電子音樂製作確實很實用。你可以把一段錄音直接轉成 MIDI 再編輯,或把任何音訊素材任意變速變調。不過這不代表其他曲風不能用,只是它的工作流程設計上,對以片段拼貼、電子聲響為主的創作方式特別友善。

08我英文不好,介面只有英文會很卡嗎?

會,這點要老實說。它的介面語言只有英文,沒有中文選項。如果英文閱讀不順,初期光是搞懂每個按鈕和選單的功能就要花不少時間。雖然網路上有很多教學影片可以參考,但操作時還是得面對英文介面。英文真的不行的話,可以考慮其他有中文介面的編曲軟體。

09我只有 Mac 或手機,能用嗎?

官方 FAQ 說它目前提供 macOS 和 Windows 版本,你提供的資料顯示支援 Windows 10/11 64 位元。手機和平板沒有原生版本,只有第三方 app 可以跟 Ableton Live 專案做某種程度的整合,但無法完整使用這套軟體。如果你主要用手機或平板創作,這套軟體現階段不適合你。

10想跟朋友線上一起做音樂,這套行嗎?

官方 FAQ 明確說它沒有原生支援即時協作。你們可以互相交換專案檔或音訊檔來合作,但沒辦法像 Google Docs 那樣兩個人同時在同一個專案裡編輯。如果你很需要即時線上協作,這套軟體做不到,得另外找其他工具搭配,或考慮其他有協作功能的音樂軟體。

11預算有限,試用版夠用嗎?

它的授權型式是 Trial,代表你可以先試用再決定。但試用版通常有功能限制或使用期限,實際限制要看官方規定。如果你只是偶爾做做音樂、不想花錢,可以考慮其他免費或開源選項,例如 MuseScore 雖然定位不同,但至少是免費的。長期要認真做的話,再評估付費購買哪個版本。

12它跟 Cubase、REAPER 那些比起來,我該選哪個?

這要看你的工作習慣。Ableton Live 的強項是 Session View 的即興創作和現場演出流程;Cubase 和 REAPER 在傳統線性編曲、混音方面有各自的擁護者。評分方面,Cubase Pro 有 501 人評分,REAPER 有 117 人,Ableton Live 是 277 人評 7.58 分。建議先想清楚你主要做錄音混音還是做電子音樂、現場演出,再下載試用版實際比較。

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What's new in this version:

New Features and Improvements:
- When renaming multiple scenes via the context menu, the edit area will appear on the scene that you right-click and the scene selection will be preserved even if a highlighted scene was not selected.
- The Expand Clip Detail View shortcut is only enabled when it makes sense, e.g., when a clip is selected and the Clip View is visible
- When collapsing the Clip View (for example by using the shortcut [OPT][CMD][L]) while it’s expanded and then re-opening it again, Clip View comes back in its expanded size as expected.
- Clip borders are now drawn in an opaque color to improve visibility
- In Arrangement View, the right-click context menu grid setting options now appear as expected, even when there are various time signatures in the Arrangement
- When a new software update is available and your auto-update preferences are set to Ask Me, a link to the latest release notes is included in Live’s Status Bar notification
- Live will also show a link to the release notes in the Status Bar when downloading a new update, and once the download is complete
- Updated the software texts for the Collision instrument
- Updated software texts and Help View lessons in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, and Simplified Chinese
- Users will see shorter names for certain values (e.g. waveform shapes) in various devices on Push 2

Max for Live Updates and Improvements:
- Updated the bundled Max build to version 8.2.2
- Amxd~: eliminated extra border added to device after being dragged into patcher
- Amxd~: improved error message object identification
- Dynamic Colors: default Max for Live device patcher background color follows Live's theme
- Dynamic Colors: load time improvements
- Jsliveapi: ensure boxpath (fixes M4L.chooser issues)
- Live.dial: fixed triangle color
- Live.gain~: fixed cursor location on mouse up
- Live.step: dynamic colors work as expected
- Max for Live Device Projects: dirty the device when dependencies are added
- Max for Live Patter device: fixed crash on load (Live 11.1.b8)
- Max for Live unique identifier / ---: maintained when loading poly~ patchers
- Panel: fixed enabling / disabling window_drag in Max for Live device subpatchers
- It is possible to unset the property when using live.observer by sending a property message without an argument (or property “”) without Max printing a warning to the console
- Max for Live users now have access to the duplicate_notes_by_id function of the Clip LOM object
- The view properties of the Wavetable and Compressor devices are now available in the Max for Live API
- In the Max for Live API, get_notes_extended, get_all_notes_extended, get_selected_notes_extended and get_notes_by_id now optionally take their arguments in the form of a single dict. This dict can have an additional key or filters mapped to a list of note property names. If filters are provided, the returned dictionaries will only contain the specified properties rather than the full note descriptions.
- Setting a property on a live.observer without a valid LOM ID no longer causes a warning to be printed to the Max console

Fixed:
- Improved Live’s performance when resizing clips in Arrangement View
- Fixed a visual bug that caused small time selections to flicker when zooming out in Arrangement View
- Fixed a bug on macOS that distorted the appearance of mouse cursors on HiDPI/Retina screens
- Selecting Jump from the Follow Action drop-down menu now shows the text "Jump" (the full text is slightly cut off). The Follow Action Chance percentages are also now aligned to the right.
- Fixed a bug that caused missing MIDI notes when drawing with the pencil tool in quick or large gestures while multi-clip editing
- Fixed an issue that caused Live to incorrectly show video clips on the uppermost track (instead of the bottommost track) in Live Sets with multiple overlapping video clips
- When a warped clip is frozen, the Grain Size parameter of the Tones warp mode is also frozen
- When renaming multiple clips in Arrangement or Session view via the context menu, the edit area will be shown in the clip that you right-click
- Fixed an issue that occurred when navigating with the Tab key while renaming multiple clips
- The clip names of frozen take lane clips now appear as expected in Draw Mode
- Extending an unwarped clip past the original clip end now functions as expected
- When Draw Mode is enabled, grid lines will appear as expected in take lane clips
- The time selection of folded tracks in Automation Mode now appears as expected
- Using [Tab] and [Shift][Tab] while renaming tracks now allows the user to cycle between the first and last tracks in Arrangement View
- In multi-clip editing, the Transpose and Velocity range sliders now become activated/deactivated as expected based on note/time selection
- Fixed an issue that caused extra spacing to appear in track title bars when deleting multiple tracks
- Fixed an issue that caused duplicate send letters in a return chain when renaming the chain in a Drum Rack
- Fixed a bug that caused loud audio spikes in Wavetable under rare circumstances
- Fixed a small bug with multi-clip editing where some notes would not be selected properly in certain scenarios
- Scrollbars appear as expected when a long list of items is displayed
- Consolidating audio clips no longer takes additional time when plug-ins are on corresponding return tracks
- If making a time selection with the mouse in multi-clip editing mode, the time selection will be preserved when clicking and dragging a note from the background clip
- In multi-clip editing, selecting multiple notes by dragging the mouse right to left and then moving the selected notes now works as expected
- Navigation behavior between take lanes, clips, scenes, and tracks is now more consistent
- Fixed an issue that caused time signatures changes in Arrangement View to be removed when freezing a track that also contained Session View clips
- Fixed an issue that caused tracks that were copied and pasted into an automation lane or take lane in Arrangement View to be added to the last track position
- Fixed a bug that would cause Live to crash or hang when unplugging the audio output device during export
- Fixed a bug that caused Live to mistakenly load an outdated DefaultLiveSet.als in newer versions of Live
- Duplicating time between two time signature change markers no longer adds an unexpected duplicate time signature change marker in the Arrangement
- Updated values for automated MIDI CCs are now sent when scrubbing in the Arrangement or setting an Arrangement insert marker, even on armed MIDI tracks
- The Auto option in the piano roll’s Accidentals context menu now always displays the actual spelling used
- Fixed an issue that caused Host Automation from a plug-in routed to an Ext. Instrument or Ext. Audio Effect device on another track to not play back when the track was frozen.
- Fixed a bug that caused note-off and pitch bend reset messages to be sent to all routed MIDI outputs when the device chain of any track changed.
- MIDI CC automations from the clip will play when the track monitor mode is set to “In”, which is consistent with how other automations are played back
- On Push 2, the Frequency and Width parameters for the Corpus device are now displayed correctly
- Fixed a crash that sometimes occurred when selecting tracks that contained missing VST2 plug-ins
- Fixed a speculative issue with Audio Unit plug-in parameters that have type MIDINoteNumber, have no display names attached to their values, and have a value range that does not begin at zero
- Fixed a crash that occurred when adding a preset of an unavailable plug-in to the end of a device chain
- Fixed a crash caused by adding certain plug-ins (such as Omnisphere) to a track and then undoing the action. Live would also sometimes crash when trying to re-open the same Live Set after the initial crash.
​​- Fixed a bug that caused preset parameters to load incorrectly in VST plug-ins on Apple M1 machines
- Fixed a crash caused by adding MIDI Effect Racks onto MIDI tracks that were routed to one another but contained no instruments in their device chains
- Fixed a crash that occurred when opening Flux:: VST2 plug-ins
- Fixed an issue for VST3 plug-in development that caused projectTimeSamples to sometimes be incorrect
- Fixed a regression that impaired Live's ability to deliver host information to VST2 plug-ins
- Fixed an issue that caused scanning VST plug-ins from Live’s Preferences on Apple Silicon computers to take longer than expected
- Scanning VST2 and VST3 custom folder paths now works as expected
- Added support for the sharp symbol (♯) to Control Surface scripts that display parameter values as pitch names
- Fixed the device selection behavior of several Control Surface Scripts (such as APC Mini and Launch Control XL) so that it no longer interferes when selecting chains within an unfolded Drum or Instrument Rack in Session View.
- Fixed an issue that caused adjustments to song time using a Control Surface script encoder or jog wheel to stop working after a play maker had been set in Arrangement View.
- Fixed several issues with the MackieControl and MackieControl_Classic control surface scripts that resulted in button LEDs being left in incorrect states
- The KeyLab and KeyLab88 control surfaces no longer cause Live to lag when active
- Fixed an issue in several control surface scripts (such as ATOM SQ and KeyLab_Essential) that created unnecessary undo steps when adjusting parameters
- Fixed an issue in the SL_MkIII control surface script that caused the knob widgets of the displays to move abruptly
- Fixed an issue in the SL_MkIII control surface script that created unnecessary undo steps when adjusting volume with the sliders