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I need to address a critical flaw in Ableton Live that makes it unsuitable for serious microtonal and expressive MIDI work: dragging MPE-formatted MIDI files into a MIDI track completely flattens the polyphonic expression data.

MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression) allows independent per-note control of ...

I'm generating chords using a M4L patch. It is based on the examples shown here:
https://cycling74.com/articles/what%27s-new-in-live-11-part-2#

In the subpatch [p Add], I'm using something like the code below.
I have been trying many different approaches to modifying the MPE value per each chord ...

I have a set of chords, and I can access the MIDI information using live.miditool.in. To manipulate the pitch is easy by accessing the dicts and then adjusting that pitch info. However, I need to also adjust the MPE parameter in each singular note in the chord. I still don't find a way to get that ...

The answer is exactly that: instruments that support MPE. I was testing one that does not.
How to control the MPE parameter from Max? Oh, this question perhaps is not well placed here.

Hello,
I'm working with chords, and I need to change the pitch precisely within 100 cents of some specific notes inside the chord, let's say the third, but not affect the rest of the notes in the chord.
How to resolve this?
I know there are other tuning systems but I need to use the whole range of ...

Hi,
I have problems with my m-audio 410 fireWire driver using ableton live 7.0.18. I’m working with a MacBook Pro 15” OS X 10.6.2.
The problem is the following:
I’m playing with some tracks already recorded and suddenly the audio stops, and I have to restart the computer to continue recording. it's ...

Hi,
I’m using Ableton Live to record guitar sessions. With a midi foot-pedal I’m doing this common process of building sound blocks. When I make some mistakes recording, I need to erase the track, not only use the follow down block, because a have the horizontal lines already composed. I have the ...