Recording sorrectly cut clips in Session View

[hasseg]

Hi! Wonder how to record audio (and midi) clips in session view with for example 4 bars without having to adjust the length of the clip after recording. I mean it's very hard to record a guitar clip and stop the recording exactly after 4 bars. I thought Live was a daw where you could record on the fly, adding more and more clips without worrying about clips not playing correctly. Am I missing something?

Best,
Hans

[dna598]

global quantize should be set to 1 bar or more.

rtfm.

[hasseg]

Thanks, but that doesn't work. After reading the manual I thought global quantization should do but I still have to edit the length of recorded clips.

Hans

[sounddevisor]

If you're playing guitar (or any instrument that doesn't leave you a free hand) you should look into using a footswitch or pedal to trigger/stop your recorded loops. Even with global quantization set to 1 bar (or more) you will still need to stop recording at some point - global Q will get you to the nearest (bar/beat/whatever) but you still need to tell Ableton that you are done recording. A footswitch mapped to the play/record button of a clip is one way to do this hands-free.

An alternative is to look into Looper (ABleton's built-in loop recorder.) I'm pretty sure you can preset a loop length with Looper, so that you will know before you start recording that you're gonna end up with a loop of 1-, 2- or 4-bar length.