Activate a clip
Activate a clip
Hi guys
I use Ableton live for backing tracks.
My songs are devided in all their musical parts.
They will be activated by a midi track, (excepted, when I want to leave a looping scene, for example after an instrumental solo. Then I have to press enter)
What I would like to know:
In a running (looping) scene I would like to activate or deactivate clips (for example a horn section). But this has to be strictly in time.
For example my loop is 8 beats.
I decide live that I want the horns to start with the next repetition of the loop.
Because I am very busy with playing my instruments I don't like to start it at a special time.
I just want to do it by pressing a controller at a ANY TIME in the running loop.
Unfortunately activating a clip by midi is not a feature.
Does anyone has an idea how to realize this?
I use Ableton live for backing tracks.
My songs are devided in all their musical parts.
They will be activated by a midi track, (excepted, when I want to leave a looping scene, for example after an instrumental solo. Then I have to press enter)
What I would like to know:
In a running (looping) scene I would like to activate or deactivate clips (for example a horn section). But this has to be strictly in time.
For example my loop is 8 beats.
I decide live that I want the horns to start with the next repetition of the loop.
Because I am very busy with playing my instruments I don't like to start it at a special time.
I just want to do it by pressing a controller at a ANY TIME in the running loop.
Unfortunately activating a clip by midi is not a feature.
Does anyone has an idea how to realize this?
Re: Activate a clip
Ok. I found an answer
Dont know, if it is the best, but at least it works.
Steve
Dont know, if it is the best, but at least it works.
Steve
Re: Activate a clip
You should use Ableton Live in Scene (Performance mode) and arm your desired clip by pushing a key on Ableton Push or some other MIDI controller, then it plays in the next start of the loop.
Re: Activate a clip
Yes fine.AAdel wrote:You should use Ableton Live in Scene (Performance mode) and arm your desired clip by pushing a key on Ableton Push or some other MIDI controller, then it plays in the next start of the loop.
But how to arm a clip by midi?
I mean, I can play it by midi, I can make different controls by midi. But arming? How?
I choose Midi and then a lot of fields are blue.
But which one do I have to choose?
Re: Activate a clip
Are we talking about Arming a track? Enabling or Disabling a clip? Or launching a clip?
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Re: Activate a clip
Hi arretx
I'm not quite shure about the meaning of "arming" a clip.
But as AAdele wrote:
I mean, a scene (with all clips of the same length) is running in loop mode.
And what I want is adding a clip that
Don't matter 'bout the word, but about the result
I'm not quite shure about the meaning of "arming" a clip.
But as AAdele wrote:
...is exactly what I want.AAdel wrote:... and arm your desired clip by pushing a key... or some other MIDI controller, Then it plays in the next start of the loop.
I mean, a scene (with all clips of the same length) is running in loop mode.
And what I want is adding a clip that
I would call it enabling. But if it is done by "arming" it, fine.AAdel wrote:... plays in the next start of the loop.
Don't matter 'bout the word, but about the result