How to create an "alias" midi clip?
How to create an "alias" midi clip?
Not sure if "alias" is the right word, but what i mean is that if i create a midi clip and then copy it 99 times, if i make a change to that original midi clip, the other 99 copies (or aliases?) will also change.
Any ideas?
Many thanks! ........ Mr D.
Any ideas?
Many thanks! ........ Mr D.
Re: How to create an "alias" midi clip?
FFS head to the Users' Help Exchange board.
Also, RTFM.
Edit: Just so I don't come across a total prick, no, I don't think you can do that with a clip. If you like the edit you just made then you need to duplicate the clip. Don't be lazy, all you're really doing is clicking a mouse and pushing some buttons. Hardly a strenuous activity.
Also, RTFM.
Edit: Just so I don't come across a total prick, no, I don't think you can do that with a clip. If you like the edit you just made then you need to duplicate the clip. Don't be lazy, all you're really doing is clicking a mouse and pushing some buttons. Hardly a strenuous activity.
Re: How to create an "alias" midi clip?
why copy it and not just loop it?Mr D wrote:Not sure if "alias" is the right word, but what i mean is that if i create a midi clip and then copy it 99 times, if i make a change to that original midi clip, the other 99 copies (or aliases?) will also change.
Any ideas?
Many thanks! ........ Mr D.
no clips don't alias in Live.
Re: How to create an "alias" midi clip?
Thanks!
So looping is the only solution?
Mr D.
So looping is the only solution?
Mr D.
Re: How to create an "alias" midi clip?
in arrangement view if you have a looping clip and drag the right hand side - so the length extends, all the subsequent repeats of the loop are aliases. I don't know what happens if you copy and paste... probably breaks the magic.
Re: How to create an "alias" midi clip?
yeah, you'd need to CMD+J to consolidate into one long file, then cut it up (either cmd+E or just select then half-drag and let go before you move it to create a new region
Re: How to create an "alias" midi clip?
Oh you definitley come across as a total prick. The OP's question is more than reasonable for this particular forum. And the actual, non-prickish answers here are correct, there is no 'alias' function for clips in live. And once a looped segment gets cut-up in any fashion (split, copy+paste, whatever) each clip is its 'own' clip and any changes will not be reflected elsewhere.Shesh wrote:FFS head to the Users' Help Exchange board.
Also, RTFM.
Edit: Just so I don't come across a total prick, no, I don't think you can do that with a clip. If you like the edit you just made then you need to duplicate the clip. Don't be lazy, all you're really doing is clicking a mouse and pushing some buttons. Hardly a strenuous activity.
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Re: How to create an "alias" midi clip?
If you need to ask questions then I see that as requiring assistance, or help, for which there is a dedicated sub-forum.mholloway wrote: Oh you definitley come across as a total prick. The OP's question is more than reasonable for this particular forum. And the actual, non-prickish answers here are correct, there is no 'alias' function for clips in live. And once a looped segment gets cut-up in any fashion (split, copy+paste, whatever) each clip is its 'own' clip and any changes will not be reflected elsewhere.
Questions that aren't specific to Ableton are better suited to this sub-forum, IMO.
Re: How to create an "alias" midi clip?
I've never understood why people get anal about forum sub sections and the like. This is exactly why I thought this forum used to be fine with just feature requests, support, tips and general for everything else. Even then some people used to get strangely anal about it.
But in my experience the more segmented the forum is, the more anal the users tend to be and consequently the more boring the forum is.
But in my experience the more segmented the forum is, the more anal the users tend to be and consequently the more boring the forum is.
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Re: How to create an "alias" midi clip?
but...then...you have....CHAOS!!
lol, +1
my bookmark is for the 'view new posts' link, i couldnt give a fuk what board section a topic is in, its all Live, and music, so w/e
lol, +1
my bookmark is for the 'view new posts' link, i couldnt give a fuk what board section a topic is in, its all Live, and music, so w/e
Re: How to create an "alias" midi clip?
well exactly- that's why I've never cared about the sub-sections, I've always used that.simmerdown wrote:but...then...you have....CHAOS!!
lol, +1
my bookmark is for the 'view new posts' link, i couldnt give a fuk what board section a topic is in, its all Live, and music, so w/e
Re: How to create an "alias" midi clip?
Thanks guys!
When i was using Logic 15 years ago, it had aliases, so maybe it's something the Ableton chaps could add, would be useful?!
Not trying to knock Ableton, it really blows my mind!
When i was using Logic 15 years ago, it had aliases, so maybe it's something the Ableton chaps could add, would be useful?!
Not trying to knock Ableton, it really blows my mind!
Re: How to create an "alias" midi clip?
Get out of here! You'll complaining about the absence of spectral gates and evoc-20 clones next.
Re: How to create an "alias" midi clip?
aaahhhhhh, takes me back!
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Re: How to create an "alias" midi clip?
Yeah it's a really basic arrangement function that's present in every other daw in existence AFAIK. There have been many requests in the feature request forum for this over the years, but so far no luck. Let's hope Live 9 brings the goods