Hey anyone using Ableton Live?

I am trying to get it to do so simple stuff, and having sorta mastered Sonar, this seems to do everything backwards. I totally don't get the idea of "creating scenes." Don't know what is up with that, or why that should be the centerpiece.

I love what it can do to a midi signal though for weird stuff and only want to perform a few simple operations with mulitrack recording of midi but keep getting roadblocked.

Basically, I can get one midi channel going with an instrument loaded, but if I insert another midi track it turns everything off on the first track and I can't figure it out for the life of me how to turn channel 1 back on and do a simple record with a loaded instrument on channel 2.

So, if any Ableton experts want to help an idiot out let me know.

Also, why don't they have a fast forward function in this program? It seems the most basic of all DAW functions, the ability to pick a spot and go to it, or back, but they seem to have overlooked that, I think. (Unless I am missing something.)

And is there a basic user friendly Ableton user manual anywhere with step by step instructions????

I am feeling the pain of the BIAB newbie here.

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