Why would you use Session View over Arrangement?

DJ Software & Apps Ableton
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Why would you use Session View over Arrangement?

I have had ableton for quite a while now, and love making music, however I feel like I am missing something..

Every time I see a video of another Ableton user (mostly Ableton’s own Youtube channel uploads), the artists always use session view.

However I literally cannot see how session view is better than the arrangement, and I want to make use of all of Ableton’s key functionality.

Is there something I’m missing? Can anyone swing me over to Session View?

Please feel free to link articles or videos which back your points!

Thanks for any input!

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For playing Live, Drafting Tracks or Recording “sessions”, session view is better.

For Production, fine tuning or “arrangement”, Arrangement view is better

If you aren’t recording or playing stuff live arrangement view probably suits your workflow better, theres no right or wrong way.

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I had the same question as you months ago. I use to only do arrangement view but now love session view. I fill up the cells with different variations beats and melodies. I then start “clip launching” to experiment and eventually discover something unexpected. I record my session view then I fine tune it (or add) in arrangement view.

It’s more fun with a controller like the APC40, APC20, Launchpad or Push.

Like deevey said, there is no wrong way.

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For me, Session View is where you jam, try out your ideas, perform, etc…

Arrangement View is where you actually ARRANGE (clues in the name…)

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They go hand in hand really well for production. Session is the building blocks for ideas and arrangement is where you finalize your track, levels, etc… Session is certainly also for performance.

I personally like playing clips i have created while recoding into arrangement but there are times i just drag and drop clips into arrangement until i get sections i like. I don’t know if you can create an entire song from start to finish just in session however.