Double-click the Ableton icon on your desktop. It may take a few seconds for the program to fully launch.
Click "File" and select "Open." Browse for the song you want to remix. Click on the song you want to remix; this opens all of the relevant audio and MIDI files in the Ableton interface.
Open the Ableton mixer window. Ableton has two view options -- mixer and performance. Click the circular button with the three horizontal lines on the top right of your interface to open the mixer window. This opens all audio and MIDI channels with slider dials and equalization parameter controls.
Press "Play" so you can hear your subsequent mix tweaks in real time. The aim of a fidelity mix is to fix any issues with the balance of the sound. Listen to the track as you adjust.
Move each slider dial up and down by about 10 percent. Start on the left. If the mix improves when you boost a particular channel, continue to boost it. When it becomes too loud or dominates the mix, bring it back a little. Apply the same theory when cutting a certain channel. If reducing it works, keep reducing it but when it disappears, bring it up again.
Click "S" to solo the first channel on the left. This mutes all other channels. Adjust the equalization parameters; begin adjusting according to the type of sound on the channel. For example, if it is bass guitar, increase the bass. Then make subsequent small adjustments to each of the three equalization controls -- low, mid and high.
Adjust the "Pan" dial for any pairs of stereo instruments, set one hard right and the other hard left. For example, if you have a layered guitar recording, where you did two identical takes, panning them creates a wide stereo image and gives them space to "breathe" in the mix.
Click on the vocal audio track to highlight it. Click "Tools" and select "Compression." This effect enables you to temper the dynamics of the audio by cutting the peaks and boosting the quiet parts. This smooths out the overall sound and enables you to further boost the audio in the mix if you are struggling to make it cut through. Adjust the "Threshold" and "Ratio" dials to set the intensity and sensitivity of the effect. Tweak them until the sound is bright and punchy.