If you're in need of a wacky live performance tool or an experimental effect for a new track, Ableton Live's Beat Repeat if your friend. As much fun as it is to load it onto a track and endlessly turn its dials, a deeper understanding of it can facilitate the creation of seriously unique sequences. It's one of the many features in Live that prove the DAW optimised for jamming and sketching.
If you're in need of a wacky live performance tool or an experime – just kidding. In this Ableton Live Tutorials video, Liam O'Mullane shows you how to get the most out of Beat Repeat, walking you through each of its parameters and modes. Learn which of its modes is suited to your application, how to define a desired timing pattern, how to create unique pitched effects and how you can record your results.
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Chapters
0:00 Start
0:13 What is Beat Repeat?
1:43 Understanding the parameters
3:15 Keeping your levels down
5:22 Insert mode
6:42 Gate mode
7:50 Beat Repeat's speed
9:21 Pitch
10:42 Variation mode
12:16 Manual repetition
13:34 Recording the output of Beat Repeat
16:00 Recap