Creating notes for Ableton clips

[LaotzeSunHammer]

Hi,

I'm new to DJing with Ableton and I'm wondering, is there any notepad or similar function to make notes for individual clips? It would be nice to have a quick way to indicate the song's key, mood, peculiarities, etc. Anyone have any personal techniques for this?

Cheers,

[re.mark]

Right Click on Clip
'Edit Info Text'

The in the bottom left box you can enter any relevant text

I use it alot when I freeze midi tracks, and then take the audio out, write down the synth/patch I used for it.

[pjlavin]

Do you know how to do this in ableton 6 on a mac ?

I don't get the option when I control click

[roothewhirl]

Usually I right click on the clip and rename it. I use mixed in keys harmonic mixing system found here. http://www.mixedinkey.com/HowTo.aspx

What I do is find the key of a song (say it's E Major, which is 12B in mixed in key). Then I will add the BPM and the track info. So my tracks usually look something like this:

12E - 128 - Artist Name - Song Name

You can watch a 2 part screencast I did on my Ableton tutorial site: How To DJ In Ableton Live Part 1: Setting Up Ableton And Preparing The Songs

Enjoy!

-Ryan