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Hi skamunista and jestermgee-Thanks for your comments. Your suggestions worked!! I moved the midi notes within the clip and moved back to the beginning. I could finally hear the beginning midi notes.

jestermgee-actually i initially recorded the midi clip using punch in/out marks. But somehow it ...

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I recorded a midi clip in the arrangement view. But when I play it, the first quarter note in the bar is silent. However, the 2nd quarter beat notes sound. When I looked at the clip, I do see clearly the midi notes and velocity markings. Somehow it doesn't play the midi note from the beginning ...

Thanks EX and UKRuss for your advice! One other thing. Once I record the vocals and other instruments how do you recommend i clean up the tracks? Do you recommend using Pro Tools or Audacity? Is there a way to save each individual session as an mp3 or wav and import them to PT or Audacity?

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How do you recommend I record vocals for a song. After I have the whole song recorded, do you recommend using the arrangement view and record the vocals on another track? Thanks in advance.

I read the manual and looked at the setting for the launch in the preferences. I tried different combination related to "Select on Launch", "Select Next Scene on Launch", "Start Recording on Scene Launch" but can't seem to get the count in when I arm the GLOBAL record. I have Select on Launch/Next ...

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I setup all my clips and scenes and activated the global record button. I also setup the count in for 1 bar. When I hit the play button, it starts playing the first scene WITHOUT the count it. I tried different setting for launch in the preference. But nothing seems to work. Can someone let me ...

hi experts! this is a newbie question. i just recorded a guitar clip in the session view. i want to edit it e.g. increase volume in certain areas, remove some notes, etc. I don't see any options to do this in the clip window when i right click. Can someone give me some instructions how to "clean up ...

Hi, this is a newbie question.

I have 4 scenes setup for a song. When I move from scene 1 to scene 2, one clip from scene 1 keeps playing. It remain active. How do I stop it? Thanks in advance.

Thanks ianf39 for your comments!

Do you have an good resources for arranging songs using Ableton. Can you point me to some websites or videos I can look at? For example, setting up the intro, then the verse, chorus, outtro,etc.

One other thing, I just experimented with laying a bass track playing ...

I'm a newbie to live. I am trying to write a song right now. I have the song mapped out to intro/section A/B/C. I would like to lay down the bass and guitar parts. how long should an audio clip be? What is recommended? Should I start this in the session view? Thanks in advance.