How did you learn how to use Ableton?
I’ve been DJ’ing with Traktor for almost a year now, and overall been DJ’ing for about 1.5 years. I tried Ableton out and went through the first tutorial but I finished it feeling like I don’t remember a thing…
Is there a better way to start? I want to produce and DJ with it, it doesn’t really matter right now, it’s just to see how it works and better imagine what would be possible with it.
I used FL studio for several years before learning Ableton, so it was not that large a step as compared to say going from Traktor to Ableton. In-fact in someways its a step backwards 
Anyway i found the small tutorials to be enough to teach me the basics so i could fill in the rest myself. However as you have found out far from everything is covered by the tutorials, checking out peoples tutorials on YouTube might help you out where the Ableton tutorials have failed 
Thats good to hear…cause if ableton takes as long as it took me to teach myself FL studio im gona be 93 years old…
yea i used youtube to learn abelton and also abletonlivedj.com has good faqs especially on warping. The hardest part in ableton
Ableton imo the best way to learn (especially for DJs) is primarily to learn how to beatmap a track (which is really easy once you know how). Youtube is best for that.
I can beatmap a track in 20-30 seconds most of the time.
Once youve done that just start throwing down 2-3 tracks in the arrangement view and then practice using the EQs etc to mix the tracks together. Pretty much like DJing except your laying the tracks out.
At that point you can then start throwing effects into the mix and playing round.
Once you get the hang of that move into the session view and practice using it to cue tracks and trigger samples etc.
Ableton in general is V easy and fluid, far more then I found FL.
Thanks for the tips, I’ll let everyone knows how it goes
Also ASK Video has made a tutorial dvd for beginners;
Live Tutorial DVD Content:
40 High Quality Videos:
Installation
Setup
The Menus
Browser
Getting Started
Library
Control Bar
The Mixer
Arr. vs SessionView
Clip Track View
Warp - example video
Recording Audio
Audio Effects
Beat Repeater
Track Automation
Transport
Clip Transport
Recording MIDI
MIDI Editing
MIDI Effects - example video
Editing Arr. View
Remote MIDI/Keyboard
Control Surfaces
Rewire
Cue Mon/Crossfader
Launching Clips
Simpler - example video
Operator
Impulse
Sampler 1
Sampler 2
VST Instruments
Freeze
File Management
Video in Arr. View
Routing I/O
Clip Envelopes
Follow Actions
Sync
Tips and Tricks - example video
It’s 40$ though…
^ I downloaded that, its pretty good in terms of the tutorials, but I wouldnt buy it over anything online imo.
ALSO, the ‘intro video presenter’ chick is fucking AWFUL! They take the piss out of her in the bloopers reel. Fucking cracks up me.
I learned the basics by myself in one day.
But than again, Ableton has everything where I expect it to be.