How to Edit Video in Ableton Live (Tutorial)

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Hey fam! In this tutorial I show you how to edit video in Ableton Live. This is great for video projects when you want to have a lot of control over the audio. Use to score films, create vlogs, and design visuals for your set.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:28 Editing Video
03:14 Video Commands
04:08 Warping Video
05:16 Audio Plugins
06:30 Syncing up a Soundtrack
08:15 Sidechain Compression
10:45 Take Lanes
13:28 Exporting
14:38 Real Talk
15:24 Outro

Welcome to my imagination:

[LillianFrances]

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[swordswingingrobot]

Wow! Editing video to audio in Davinci is so clunky so that last tip is going to be a game changer - Ableton to the rescue! Thanks for taking the time to share this 🙂

[DioxideCad]

My issue was the black cut between clips so I'm glad you mentioned that! Thanks

[mrry]

This opened my eyes to an entirely new workflow as I continue to poke at making videos featuring my own soundtracks :) thank you!

[nikitachepurnoi]

Your Vibe is balmy !!!! the tutorial is very helpful thanks !!! nice beats btw!!!

[Oopdie]

Bro. Qhat are you smoking and where can I get it. I love this energy

[nghtryde-music]

Just came across this. For all the years I have been using Live, I am shocked I didn’t know this 😅

[sofakingsadboi]

Hittin down and command with all the tracks just gained you a sub

[Spacedude]

Ive been learning video editing in a different program, And I kept thinking how much easier it would be if i could just do in Ableton. WELL BY GOLLY LIVE IS MORE OF A SWISS ARMY KNIFE THEN I THOUGHT

[ewheelsfanclub]

This is the BEST video on video I've seen on Ableton 11. Thanks. Buying it now.

[bitspacemusic]

Thanks for this. It was much head scratching to get the video to show on a PC, but mp4s work for me now. I have to sync breakbeats to a butterfly's wings and this is probably the only software I know of where it's possible. I'm working with a much smaller proxy video just to do the music and then move everything into Premiere.

[MentalBlue]

The only thing we need now in Ableton are transitions and creative text forming and writing. (maybe as a max4live plugin) and I would not need any other video production software. :)

[Nevir]

Good to know, thanks. Recently started using Ableton for work, and noticed when you export it says audio or video, so it's really nice to see the basics here.

[samhernandez]

No way… how did I not know about this!!! This is a game changer thank you sm

[PlacidArch]

in 5 years I'm using Ableton, I didn't know it's so easy to use them and it feels like fun after I'm watching you explained, oh I want to make some lol

[brucemillar]

Hahaha! Excellent! You had me at sprocket holes! Great stuff, Lillian. You’re a legend. Thanks heaps! 😃👍

[nizzleviddy]

I love your style and your personality 😂 Subbed

[miniAda]

my Ableton is saying the file may be corrupt. please help!

[VenNoel]

I’ve owned Ableton for about 3 years now and I didn’t even know you could do this.

[monsterj]

Bro this channel is amazing don’t stop uploading this really cool content!!