Today, I'm answering eight of the most common questions that you
have asked me over the past five years about using Ableton
Live On Stage.
Everyone and welcome back to behind the space where this
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Ableton Live if that's you you're in the right place. This is
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back. So glad you're here. Today's episode is gonna be a little different. This
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study maybe bookmark save this episode. I'm gonna
be running through eight of the most common questions. I have heard over the
past five years as an able to live certified trainer since I
started from Studio stage about five years ago. These are
questions that keep coming up over and over and I keep
going. Well, should I create more content? I've already created content today's
episode. The goal is to try to kind of be a quick start
guide. If you will, you know, a couple episodes ago. We
did a quick start guide on how to get started with tracks and that went really well
and got some really good feedback. So my goal today is I'm
gonna answer these eight questions and about two to three minutes, but then
I'm gonna provide some free resources every single one of these that where
you can die further is completely free.
You can get a further answer to your question because
if I try to answer all these really in-depth this would
be like an hour and a half long episodes. I don't want to do that. I
have a cup of tea to finish here and that's more important
than talking for an hour and a half. Now before we get into these
eight most commonly asked questions that you'll
be able to know the answer to by the end of this episode and you'll
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and get my goal with this episode is to answer these questions so
that you have a step above everyone else and you
can go ahead and get further down the road than everyone else is so
number one question I get quite often is what is the best
Fell in the blank MIDI controller audio interface in ears
all sorts of things. Right? What's
the best piece of gear to use on
stage? And this is a difficult question to answer because
context really matters. Now what some
people do and I think this is a flawed approach is
some people go. My favorite artist is X Coldplay. I
don't know why they came to mind. I haven't
listened to Copeland probably five years. But favorite artist is
Coldplay. What is Coldplay use? I want to use everything Coldplay
uses now Coldplay is not Coldplay because
they use this type of guitar this type
of veneer Ableton Live for tracks or
whatever Coldplay is Coldplay because they're Coldplay,
right but they just happen to use these things. That's one approach you
can take but what you want to look for is geared that is Road tested
that's used by people that's abused by
people out on the road. That's gonna take a beating and
it's gonna keep working gear. That is
simple gear that is is
The maid and built for this type of scenario this type of world and
again to try to make this easier for you because we could
spend an hour and a half talking just about gear on
this podcast and maybe we do a podcast where we just
talk about gear. But to make this real easy for
you. I've put together my gear guide of all my suggestions. I updated
it for 2023. It is full of
absolutely everything audio interface midi controllers in
ears hard drives best interfaces for
vocal processing you name it.
It's there and it's gonna be updated throughout the year. I've done it
in a way this year that it's a living breathing document and
so it's gonna be easier than ever to update and so to get
that all you have to do is head of from Studio to stage.com/gear. That's
my gear guide and it's gonna give
you access to everything because these are the two maybe most common things I
hear. Well, what's the best MIDI controller for running tracks again, you'll get
lots of options based on your context there. But the oak board
mini by Oakton is my go-to. My number
one suggestion for people asking that's audio inter.
Sport running tracks play audio 12 for I could from iconnectivity hands
down. Nothing else even comes close to
that. So that's question. Number one number two.
this is a good one session view versus Arrangement View
and this is a really
Nuance question in some ways in some senses one
just asking shutter you session of your Arrangement view on stage. Well,
I got to learn more about your context context is
super important here. In fact, I'm gonna make a note to link to
one of my favorite episodes we've done on the podcast here
but the importance of context and
for me as a trainer something I'm
trying to get a little better at is when people reach out and they say will I
need help with this I'm trying to do this is really learning
the context in which they're working. That's super important. But let's talk
context for a second. If you're stepping on stage in
a linear type of performance environment. If
you're a band on stage playing songs 99.9% of
the time you're in a linear performance now, I
need to find a better way to describe this because people here linear and they typically just
think like we're on Rails. We're stuck. I don't
mean that I mean you step on stage and play a song. Yes, you may
decide to repeat. Of course, you may decide to Loop an
intro that is still a linear thing because there's a song
structure if you're stepping on
Playing a song with a song structure that's a linear nature.
And if you're using backing tracks using click
that's typically something done in a linear
fashion linear doesn't mean we can't repeat just means we have
a song structure and Arrangement 99.9% of the time
if you're doing that you should be using Arrangement view. Now. If you're
in a non-linear environment, meaning you're stepping on stage, you're just gonna
play a section and play a section and play a section. As long as you want to Loop
it almost in like a jam band type thing a live
looping type scenario and then you want to bring in
another thing and you're launching clips and you want things to play nonlinear and
a lot of different timelines to play at once. Then session
view is the way you should use the way you should
go. So it all depends on context. I just did a video I think
a week ago where I took a song
and able to live and I said, here's how we format the song in session
view. Here's how we format this song and Arrangement view
because this is a subject I've talked about for many
many years even before I started from CD of stage back at my very first
company loops and worship.
And I was a session viewed devote a and
I build a master set in session View and ran tracks and I
was very stubborn very close-minded and I never tried using Arrangement
View and the one day based on a suggestion of a friend
at the time. I tried Arrangement View and I realized
wow this view was actually made for linear things
and for running tracks and it saved me so much time. So if
you don't believe me, don't take my word for it, like seriously
do not click the link in the description this video watch my
session view versus Arrangement view video. Plus I'll link
to my building a live set in less than five minutes video where
I show you with my actual process.
How quickly and easily you can build and Ableton
Live set and if you're even if you're considering using a Ableton Live
set to do like a master set. I think
we've got a video on that that I'll link to as well but tons of
resources there. So the quick rule of
thumb here, if you're doing a live looping type scenario nonlinear
performance session view, if you're doing a linear performance
playing with a band using packing tracks
are click Arrangement View and again do not take my word for it. Check
the videos out where I show you you'll see exactly happen
and then try it yourself and make your decision based
on that not based on what some dummy on a podcast or video
says and I want to add one caveat there
and then we'll get to number three. I'm going longer on these then I should sometimes people
I'll share that info with them. They'll go.
Yeah, but I'm gonna like trying to make music artists and I'll go okay.
Are you doing a linear performance and nonline
nonlinear? And sometimes it is like a live looping DJ
they're firing Clips, but a lot of times they're doing
a linear thing of playing song there maybe.
Producer they want to do a set that
of songs. They've produced it's electronic music
and for some reason they get hung up on Arrangement
view because they feel like if I'm an electronic musician, I
have to use session View and I have to make a really complicated hard thing
and I have to step on stage and do something that's hard and complex.
Otherwise, no one's going to care. That's simply
not true. If it's linear a range
of view if it's non-linear session view. Okay number three, this is a
big one and I've got a great answer for you number three how
to become an Ableton Live trainer.
Um, this is called Ableton Live certification program. You
could become an able to live certified trainer. I've been
able to live certified trainer. I think since I can never remember it's either
2011 or 2010 it was before my kids were
born and they were born in 2012, but I've been
able to I've certified trainer for a very long time. However, you you look
at that and it's probably one of the best decisions I've
made definitely in my career the connections I've
made through that The credibility I got because
of the certification has just been amazing now.
I did a full Deep dive into how to
become an able to live certified trainer plus I talk
about what certification is and isn't in
one of our first episodes that maybe actually be the first
episode.
No, the first episode of the podcast is rtfm. So
it's not that but it's one of the first like five episodes of this podcast.
So you're listening to
it's like a deep dive into what a certification should
you consider it is it for you? So I'll link that in
the show notes, but
in short things always mention that people certification is
not a way to learn able to live. It is not a program
where you show up for a weekend you learn about able to live take a
test. So if you're looking for a way to learn able to live from Studio
to stage.com/subscribe plus I have
I don't know if it'll be out by the time this episode releases.
But as soon as it's out, I have a article that
I will link to that's a kind of in-depth process
of this that announces some other ways that from
see a stage will fill in the gaps there. So if you're looking to learn able to
live certification is not for you if you already know able to live you've
used it for many years you understand different context in which
Ableton can be used, you know, not to pick on my church
friends, but I hear from a lot of church friends that are like, hey, I want
to become a certified trainer. Okay why you know and I'll say
well if you want to learn it's not no. No, it's not that I want to learn I've mastered
using able to live. Oh cool. How long to use it three months cool.
So you're like producing music recording. No.
No, I just use it for tracks on stage with
my worship pain. Okay, cool. Well, you know
what?
DJ comes to you and ask how to use able to lie. Well, that's
you know, I'm gonna be a certified trainer. I just I'm not going
to talk to them certification is all about your knowledge of Ableton
your ability to communicate that knowledge clearly and
teach people from a diverse set of
musical backgrounds and experiences. You don't have to be a DJ to teach
a DJ how to use Ableton Live to DJ you'll know
the bits and the pieces right? You can find all that in the manual and then you
just experiment and use it right comes down to know and when you use session
and a range of view for example, but it's again
certification is an auto way to learn able to live. It's it's a
way to get a certification a
piece of paper. If you will that says this person knows what they're talking
about. We certify their teaching ability. They're knowledge of able
to live and it's really a great way. If you're
going to be a teacher you should definitely do it. If you're gonna be a consultant
of some type, you know, maybe considered doing
that. But again, I'll link in the show notes to that full episode where
you can dive deep plus I'll share some other ways if
you're looking for hey, I want to learn able to live really well and
sort of badge certificate saying I
know it then got some really good ways. So
you can do that links in the show notes number four.
This is a pretty specific to Ableton. And if
you don't understand the the setup here,
then that's fine. Just watch the video. I can't
use my MIDI controller and my stop track at the
same time. The heart of this question is I have taught
people for many many years Way Beyond from
City of stage years of how to create something called a stop
track and that's a really poor term because it's actually a little midi clip
that's assigned to the stop button and Ableton Live and when you
get to the end of your song, it stops and you stop it using a virtual midi
driver, which is either the IEC driver on
on a Mac Loop be one on a
PC and basically it gets to
that clip and it's a sign to stop and it stops able to live the next
question people get and I'll link to the video showing how to set that up.
It's kind of step one step to the next question I get
is. Yeah well, but I have a midi controller and on my MIDI
controller. There's a stop button and when I assign my stop button
to stop and Ableton, my stop clip doesn't work. And when
I assign my stop clip to Ableton Live my MIDI
It doesn't work it all comes down to understanding how Ableton treats
midi and I cannot have two different midi notes
two different midi commands assigned to the same function in able
to live but I can have multiple devices
sending the same midi note. Midi Channel.
Midi CC whatever it is midi channel to one thing
and Ableton. So all you do and I've got a detailed tutorial
showing exactly how to solve this. All you do is
make sure that stop note that midi clip
and that MIDI controller send the same midi note midi message.
Maybe midi note. Midi CC and the same midi Channel.
Now, you're gonna hear that and you're gonna say, yeah, we'll put my
SPD still doesn't work. It's because you miss that second piece midi
Channel say midi message either note or CC
and midi Channel and we do that that's gonna
work and that get so fundamental bit of able to live knowledge. Which
again is that two multiple devices sitting
multiple midi notes many channels cannot control
one thing and able to live but you can have multiple devices
multiple things that are all sending the
Midi Channel midi note or midi CC and assign
one of those once and all of them will work how much
shared a paid resource but I'm not going to do that. But it's a course
on from CD of the stage that helps you understand just the basics of
how many Works in able to live which would be super helpful. But again,
check out the link in the description and the
show notes for that. Okay. Number five. I'm gonna hit this
one in just a second. But before I do just quick
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scenario is, there's content for you there. Okay number
five what version of able to live should I buy again? Context
is everything so let me hit you really quickly and I've got
again some free resources tutorials. I'll link to here plus
my gear guide number one. If you're just getting started with
Ableton Live get Ableton Live light which is gonna be with
a product that you've purchased a mini controller or audio interface.
If not then look at Ableton Live intro
The cheapest most affordable way to get started to figure
out if this is for you I hear from people not all the
time, but I hear from people on the on the YouTube that will
comment and say God this is the worst god-awful interface
I've ever seen and I go cool. Well don't
use it. Like that's fine. You know, I hate mainstage. I
can't stand to look at my stage. I hate Pro Tools. I
hate the way Pro Tools looks basically everything about it. But
if you want to use it and that's your thing great fantastic, but
I would rather you figure that out after spending like 75 bucks
then spending a thousand dollars, but if
you're gonna use tracks in able to live you need able
to live stay in it, I'll get people occasionally reach out and say Hey, I
want to use able to live for tracks, but
I just I don't want to spend the money on standard and I always tell them you can
get started in intro when it comes to using Ableton for backing tracks,
but you are gonna hit limitations really quickly with track
limit standard is the way to go Ableton sweet
is the way to go if you want to use some setlist management things that
require Max for life if you want to use ableton's built
in sounds
But for you know, I would say 90% of
the audience watching listening to this Ableton Live
standard is where you need to be if you click the link in the description of this you can
purchase able to live standard and support my
efforts as a content creator and as unable to
live certified trainer Crossing you nothing extra and you
purchase directly through Ableton, which is a great way to do that plus side
note. If you become a free to Stage student, then you
can purchase Ableton at the edu discount and save tons and tons
of money so from csh.com/subscribe and
that's where you'll you'll find the PATH on how to get Ableton
into discount. Okay?
Number six again. This is a highly specific question. I'll
give some context here. How do I get Ableton sessions to
sync? How do I get Ableton sessions to sing
a lot of times people reach out because they see maybe my content on
the play audio 12. They want to create a redundant rig and one
of the first questions people get is. Hey, I don't want to set up
my session to where I press play on my midi control and it
starts both machines. I want my backup machine sync
to my a machine so that it's perfect and everything's perfectly
in time. I hear this once twice a
month always typically from people that are just getting started.
Create a red Diner rig or maybe they're coming from something like DP or
Pro Tools that they used live for
tracks. And that's how they did it there. They want to learn how to do an Ableton Live
because of the way able to live Works a couple things up front one Ableton
has an inherent and not
bug but if you try to sink two sessions and you get
past measure 1025 your second Ableton
Live session will automatically stop check out the link in
the description the show notes where I show you exactly how to solve that. I'm getting
that question more often than not and I think that's because most people
start with the Redundant thing and and think this is the right way to
go. I'm getting that like once or twice a month now,
which I never got that question until about a year ago. I think
it was Josh. I think Joshua was the first person that reached out.
Shout out to Josh if you're listening can't remember your last name right now. But so when
you're thinking able to live there's this issue
with measure 1025, which happens to do
with midi numbers hexadecimal numbers, whatever it's
bigger issue for smart people show you exactly
why that happens how to solve it in that video.
To Ableton doesn't have what's called
freesync right now or the ability to you know,
if this computer goes down in your your synced
using timecode, then this computer will
stop as well too. So if you're using timecode, which side note
Ableton cannot sync via LTC only MTC if
you don't know what that means skip past this portion of
the podcast competitive about 30 seconds, then join me
back, but Ableton can only sync via MTC not
LTC there's a multitude of methods and
ways to convert LTC to MTC but it's for
another day another podcast, but it can only sync via
MTC the downside those right now sinking via MTC
if this computer stops, this computer does not keep running. There was
an update to Ableton.
Around 11.2 some Beta release
or whatever where I think they're trying to improve that
to our eventually it will kind of do that like freesync thing
that most empty C timecode-based things
do which is that this goes down. This one will keep going so until
they get that feature and even when they do get that feature, I
don't I've don't very much need that feature because
I just use my MIDI controller plugged into
my play audio 12. I press
play and that sends that signal to both computers in
both computers play at the same time random side note have
the same exact type of computer hard drives and everything
don't use like a new computer in a really old computer because you're
not really doing redundancy there. You're just kind of playing with fire
and hoping things work out have both
computers be plenty powerful.
As much as possible the same exact specs and everything.
So that stuff stays perfectly in sync, okay.
Number seven, this is a good one.
Why disableton keep crashing? This is
something I hear on YouTube and it typically
goes a little more like this man. The
new update to Ableton is so stupid because every time I open it
it does this or instantly crashes. They're idiots.
They don't know what they're doing.
And that's those snares where I kind of step back. This
is just me personally, you you live your life the way you
want to live your life. But for me when I get in this scenarios like that right now,
I'm testing a product a brand new product from a company and
the software at this product is not loading
on my computer. Now, I could look at this and I could
say this company's idiots. They cannot make software to
save their lives or I could look back and go maybe it's
something about my setup some unique thing
about my setup. If I assume I'm wrong here then maybe
there's a little better way, you know
way to go about this. So why does Ableton keep crashing? Here's
this is less of me
answering that question and more of
giving you a method and a pathway of how to
go forward when you're having issues with Ableton Live Ableton is
a fantastic company with fantastic developers who
know what they're doing. They know how to
develop products. They know how to release products to beta test products,
but they cannot test
Every it's impossible. There's no software developer
Hardware developer. No matter how big they are
Apple Samsung Google whoever it
is. They can test every possible scenario with every
possible piece of Hardware around to release hardware
and software that's 100% bug-free. It
just does not exist. We live
in a world where they're imperfections. It does not
exist. But when Ableton releases a piece of software, they have
gone through enough automated and you know,
non-automated like individual testing
things with a group of beta testers to
say, we believe the software is as bug free as
we could possibly make it and the updates that we have added are worth
updating and asking you to update
So they released their software if you run into
an issue.
Please do not go to YouTube to look for the answer. I know it's
ironic because I make content for YouTube. You're literally I
am not a YouTuber though some of the other day made a comment about YouTubers. I'm
not a YouTuber. I'm someone who makes content for
YouTube but two don't one
don't go to YouTube looking for the answer. Okay. Number two.
The first thing you should do is support
at ableton.com and people I've reached
out and people have said able to blah and I'll
say well to support well, they don't have a phone line. They will.
Okay. Well either sit there with your arms cross and
be pissed that they don't have a phone line which God
bless them. I'm so glad they don't or just email support
ableton.com. If you don't hear back within 24
hours, they either did not get your
ticket or it's in your spam folder. They're not ghosting you
support and ableton.com they
have ways of getting bug reports or Mableton that only
they have the tools and ability to read that a
YouTuber does not have the ability to your buddy down the street.
Is Ableton six years ago doesn't have access to that. So
please please if Ableton keeps crashing one assume
it's maybe you immediately reach out
to Ableton supported ableton.com. It's fine
to look on the internet on YouTube for
folks that are part of the from City to Stage Community. I tell
them often. Hey Post in our community,
ask other fellow community members or they
have in the same issue. Maybe that'll give you some confirmation. Maybe someone will
find an answer or they heard back from Ableton before you
did and they can pass the knowledge along to you but start
reaching out start making efforts, I'll hear
from people that will live for years with weird
quirks and bugs because they never updated. They're
Ableton version and they just believe this is
the way it is Ableton doesn't as a company doesn't create software with
the goal of pissing you off or making your life harder. There's
something specific about your scenario. That's just
not working. So if you run into issues support it able to
not calm sure Google it you'll probably find a video.
I did an article I did that says here's how to fix it. Try that
if it works great. If not don't comment on the
YouTube video and ask that person to solve your problem for you and you
can always like book your coaching session with me or the
certified trainer someone but before you pay anything support at
ableton.com, okay, my last question of
saved it to the end because only about 30% of you. Does this
really apply to but that is should I use playback prime
or Ableton Live if you're a worship leader, if
you're a Church musician, then this applies to you first thing
up front. If you're not getting used tracks in a church context then
do not use playback or prime. These are closed ecosystems
created for
Churches to do church music they are
really great.
Incredible resources, but they're closed ecosystem. They're not
made for bands looking around backing tracks. I know there's
some other apps out there and I would love to dive deep and explore some
of those that are iPad iPhone base that are just, you know, upload content
from anywhere into them. These apps are not that that's
not what they're made for so
If you're not a worship leader, if you're not using tracks in a
church setting do not choose playback your Prime. It's it's a
foolish decision if you do but if you aren't worship leader, it's a real
serious question because both both of these apps have developed. They're very
mature. I would argue in a lot of ways they
are a little too mature and they need to step back and go back to the
Simplicity in which they were first the goal of
Simplicity when they first were developed and I've
talked about that a lot publicly, but I've got so much
content where I lay out and do a over an hour
long shootout between playback Prime and able to live I look at every single
feature stack it up to able to live we Compare costs. I
have some specific videos where I shoot out playback versus
Ableton Prime versus Ableton check all
that out. Do not take my word for it. Right? I work for
most tracks.com for five years playback was my baby and led
the team and designed a lot of the features that are currently in
that app, and I'm super proud of that. But if I step back from
a as unbiased as I can possibly be perspective, here's
my couple really quick thoughts.
To three minutes number one, if you're just getting started as a
worship leader playback or prime and I've said this time blue in
the face, but she's playbacker Prime which one of those should I choose? Well one
go to multitracks dot app multitracks.app. And
that's a free quiz I've put together or I'm
going to ask you some specific questions and based on the answers to
those questions. I'm going to tell you exactly what app you should use playback prime
or Ableton Live but to decide
between this two apps it comes down to where you get your content from.
Again, what's the keyword here ecosystem even more
important keyword closed ecosystem. If you
use in purchase content from Loop Community use
prime if you purchase content from multitracks, you use playback these
apps these companies will reward you
if you stay in their ecosystem, you know, you're gonna see all your
songs directly in the app. You can download them. You can edit songs
pretty easily edit your setlist that sort of stuff but you
start to pay the tax when you leave the ecosystem if
you use playback and you want to use content from Loop Community
or you use prime and you want to use content from
I'll check so you're gonna pay the tax. What's the tax? Well, you
have to go purchase the thing from the other company, you
have to upload it to that company's Cloud. You have to wait for the
cloud to process it. You have to then go do all the work to
add in your markers your Tempo changes your time signature changes,
if the company even allows you to do that to then
get it in your app and to have a second class
citizen type experience, right that content will
never be as nice as the content.
Downloaded from those companies and you're going to spend way more
time doing that in those apps than you would enableton live.
So if you're just getting started playback at Prime depends on
where you buy your content if you're willing to stay in
that ecosystem if Trax is really not your thing. You
just don't care about it. Then just stick in one of those ecosystems maybe
consider multi tracks
that may win out in the end. You can look at the price comparison there multi-tracks
is cheaper than Loop community in the end. I know LC's
app is completely free playback has the
intro tier which is completely free. But when you look at
kind of like the tears that you need to do things similar to Ableton multitax
is cheaper by a couple cents like it's on
a whole lot. But when you compare all three, you'll see that that
Ableton Live in the long run is
actually cheaper you don't get content with it, but it's actually cheaper and
all that again. Don't listen to me fact check me
check my videos check the Google sheet
where I put together all that data and research that's yours to
access for free. This is me trying to be as un
As possible, but I think if you just don't really
care much about tracks stick with one of those maybe consider multitracks because
you can pay it's gonna cost you can get quite expensive but
you can get a service that's going to allow you
to sink your charts with Ableton with playback rather. It's gonna
allow you to get files. You can load in Pro Presenter
that's going to save you time but you're gonna pay a lot for that. And
as soon as you cut off those Services you lose access to
to that right as soon as you cut off the services you no
longer can download more Pro Presenter files.
You can't do the cool sync stuff and it only works in
that app as to Ableton which is an oak
and open ecosystem. It gives you far more flexibility to
edit and customize so all of those videos I've laid
out so much stuff, but I would say in the
end if you're looking for the app, that's an open ecosystem lets you
make edits like, you know, exactly edit
transitions between songs, you know to edit
song sections and add transitions between song sections instead
of just seeing everything as a block.
To straighten out the tempo of something if you download a
song from an artist where they decided to have Tempo variations in it,
and there's no reason for that. You can straighten out
the tempo for that again. You can easily use content from any one
of those sources format your song in less than five minutes, which is
far faster than either of those apps will ever be and plus
you get a desktop app, you know? Yes. I know Prime
playback or available on desktop, but I would not consider them desktop
apps. They are Touch first apps
that have been brought to the desktop and there's some weird
quirks within that.
Try adding midi cues in either of those apps and tell
me they're faster than Ableton and then you can build a set
and able to live in less than five minutes. And again, I've got content showing you how to do
all of that but check out those resources, right my goal
is to try to go as in-depth to share my data and in
fact something I've highly considered doing is creating a
playback in Prime course just so I can say I really
truly am unbiased because right now you could say yeah, but will you
sell a site dedicated to teach you people how to use Ableton, of course,
you're gonna say Ableton is better. Why don't say it's better for everyone. I
don't say it's better in every scenario. I I talk about
it being an open ecosystem, but I've thought well, maybe I should
do a playback in Prime course just to say literally I have no
bias in this whatsoever. You can subscribe and just take
my playback course or prime course, if you're interested in that let me know that'd be
really easy to do and honestly those apps have gotten so
mature again, I would argue maybe a little too mature. I think
a lot of cases you need a course to understand every feature of
those apps, but that's neither here near there. Okay, so there's
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