Ableton Forum

I'm using ableton as a glorified loop pedal for capturing samples of falling nails, ripped selotape and guitar riffs. At the moment I can only work with a pre-defined loop length (click track)...

Is there a way of getting Ableton to set it's tempo and loop length from the moment I trigger the ...

Thanks for the advice.

Blatantly a newcomer aren't I?

This is what I would like to do....

I'd have a loop playing to start with, so the tempo and length are pre-determined

Then, using a MIDI pedal I wanna Flick ableton into record and bash out a guitar riff,

When I'm done hit the pedal again and have ableton Loop the riff I just played,

Then I'd ...

Any help would be much appreciated...


I used to use 'Live for twisted electronica but I'm gettin back into my guitar and wanna try out layering guitar loops live, just like a BOSS loop pedal would (but without the electrical hum and a shed load more brilliant ways of manipulating the audio!)

If ...