Recording Audio in Arrangement View
Lesson time: (1min 55sec)
How recording audio in Ableton's Arrangement View differs from Session View - arming a track, setting your input, and capturing a take.
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This lesson is part of the course Creating new parts in Ableton Live with MIDI and Audio
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Lesson transcript:
Recording in Arrangement View
Now let's look at recording in Arrangement View. This is very similar to Session View, but there are a few differences. This image shows those different parts, and we need to understand this to record in Arrangement View.
Key Areas
- iOS Control - Located in a different area.
- Arm Button - Just like before.
- Arrangement Record - Essential for recording.
Steps to Record in Arrangement View
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Initiate the Beat
Let's go back to Ableton and have this beat play. -
Set the Audio Input
- Set the input to 2, which is my auto harp.
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Preview in Session View
If I tab over, I'm still hearing that beat in Session View. -
Arm the Track
If I want to, I can arm this track. Now, we can hear the auto harp, but we're not recording yet. -
Hit the Record Arm Button
What I need to do is hit the record arm button up here for Arrangement. -
Record Your Part
Now, I can record. After I'm done playing my part on the auto harp, I stop it. -
Playback
Now, I can play it back, and there you go!
Summary
The only difference here is that you have to:
- Arm the track
- Hit record in Arrangement View
And there you have it, recording new audio into Ableton Live.
About the instructor

Isaac Cotec is, arguably, one of the best Ableton trainers in the world! While working on his own music, he began teaching recording techniques, sound design, and Ableton Live to private students, and since earning his certification as an official Ableton Certified Trainer he has helped thousands of producers step up their game and succeed as musicians. Isaac started producing electronic music in 2005 with Psyche Sonics, an experimental group working with the science and research of binaural beats and altering consciousness through sound. After touring, he continued writing music under the alias Cotec and later emerged as the artist Subaqueous, blending his electronic past with both future and organic production techniques. To date, he has released 3 albums and 4 EPs. Isaac is also the founder and manager of the record label Invibe Music, which represents some of the Pacific Northwest's best electronic music and specialises in midtempo dance music. In his Ableton Live courses, Isaac shares the production, sound design and songwriting techniques he has spent years refining - the very skills he uses to turn a spark of an idea into a finished track. read more




