This video will provide an overview of Live's interface.
In Live, you'll be working with two main views.
The first view, the one we're currently looking at, is called the Session View.
The icons on the top right let you switch between Session View and the other main view, the Arrangement View.
You can also use the Tab keyboard shortcut to easily switch between these two views.
At the left-hand side of the screen is the Browser.
You can show or hide this by clicking the Toggle in the top left.
To the right of the Browser, you'll find your tracks.
Tracks can either be MIDI or audio tracks.
All tracks within the Session View are arranged vertically.
Within each track is a routing matrix that can be shown or hidden using the I/O Toggle in the bottom-right.
MIDI tracks route MIDI information and audio tracks route audio information.
To the right of the audio and MIDI tracks are the Return tracks.
These can be shown or hidden using the Return Tracks toggle on the bottom-right.
To the right of these is the master track, where all the sounds from your Audio, MIDI and Return tracks
are summed together into a single output.
If a track contains a device or clip, this can be seen in the Detail View at the bottom of the screen.
The Detail view can be shown or hidden using the Toggle on the bottom-right.
And you can switch between viewing the track's devices or its clips using these two tabs.
The toggle in the bottom left opens the Info View.
The Info View is a useful tool that gives you information about any part of Live's interface simply by hovering over it with the mouse
and reading the text in the window.
Let's have a look at the Arrangement View. I'll use the Tab shortcut to switch between the two main views.
The first thing you'll notice is that the Browser, Detail view and Info View can all be accessed from both the Arrangement and the Session View.
One of the main differences you'll notice between the Arrangement and Session View is that the Arrangement View has a timeline.
In addition to this, all tracks are displayed horizontally.
Of the two timelines in the Arrangement View, one is measured in minutes and seconds
and runs along the lower part of the interface.
The other is measured in bars and beats and runs along the top.
If you hover above the beat ruler until your cursor changes to a magnifying glass,
you can scroll across the Arrangement by clicking and dragging your mouse from left to right.
Dragging up and down will zoom in and out.
You can also use the Overview pane at the top of the window to navigate throughout your arrangement.
This can be shown or hidden by going to the View menu and selecting Overview.
You can click to jump to a specific part of the arrangement.
Or drag vertically and horizontally to zoom and pan the View.
You can resize this area by dragging its bottom border vertically.
The Overview pane can also be accessed in the Session View, again by going to the View menu and choosing Overview.
Another way to resize the view is using the Pinch gesture on your trackpad or touchscreen.
In the Arrangement View, the routing and mixing sections are displayed to the right of the track color.
Different elements can be shown or hidden using the buttons in the bottom-right.
Below the audio and MIDI tracks are the Return tracks and the Master track.
The top section of Live's screen stays the same across the Arrangement and Session View.
This section has several parts to it.
Starting from the left are indicators for Link, Tap Tempo, Global Tempo, Time Signature, a Metronome and Global Quantization.
Next along is the Follow button, Timeline Position Indicator and Transport controls.
Next is Overdub, Automation Arm, the Re-enable Automation button Capture and Session Record.
To the right of these are Loop and Punch Indicators as well as buttons to enable punch in and out and the arrangement loop.
In the top-right are the buttons to activate Draw mode,
Musical typing, Key and MIDI Mapping, CPU usage and the CPU Overload indicator.
The CPU usage meter has a clickable tab that gives more detailed information about CPU usage.
In the Session View, you can click the 'Show/Hide Performance Impact' button
to show up the track CPU meter, which is useful for figuring out which of your tracks are using the most processing power.