There are lots of good tutorials, some of the best come with Ableton (the manual, and the included tutorial files that demonstrate basic concepts in the app itself with instructions).
Definitely read the manual, particularly sections on Concepts, Session View, Arrangement View, Clip View, and Tempo Control and Warping. And here are some tutorial’s I found with a quick look around:
They’re both pretty basic, so have a look, try some stuff out, and then dive into Ableton’s own tutorials. The things you’ll need to get a handle on are:
- warping
- crossfade
- zooming / moving around in the clips and the arrangement.
- adding effects
- moving between clips in session and arrangement views
- recording
(this is part of a my upcoming tutorial on KJ’ing in Ableton)
