Ableton snap to clip rather than snap to grid

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MillsMixx
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Ableton snap to clip rather than snap to grid

Post by MillsMixx » Thu Feb 05, 2015 8:30 pm

I tried searching to forum to find some info about this but only saw one post that didn't answer my question.

I'm trying to snap clips together on the same track in arrangement view rather than to the grid. If I move or drag a new clip close to another one I've noticed that I'm running the risk of an overlap and cutting off the end of the audio on the clip I'm trying to snap it to. Is there a command for this anywhere or is it not a feature in Ableton Live 9?
Keep in mind I don't want to snap to the grid...just the clip.

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Stromkraft
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Re: Ableton snap to clip rather than snap to grid

Post by Stromkraft » Thu Feb 05, 2015 10:23 pm

MillsMixx wrote:I tried searching to forum to find some info about this but only saw one post that didn't answer my question.

I'm trying to snap clips together on the same track in arrangement view rather than to the grid. If I move or drag a new clip close to another one I've noticed that I'm running the risk of an overlap and cutting off the end of the audio on the clip I'm trying to snap it to. Is there a command for this anywhere or is it not a feature in Ableton Live 9?
Keep in mind I don't want to snap to the grid...just the clip.
I don't know such a technique, but unless you have very unorthodox clip lengths you should be OK with lowering the global quantize to 1/4 for example. So if you happen to have a clip that ends at the third quarter note of a bar, you should be able to move another clip filling in the missing quarter note time without risking to overwrite the first clip.

Also zooming in helps, but that's obvious I suppose.
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celloincage
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Re: Ableton snap to clip rather than snap to grid

Post by celloincage » Tue Aug 22, 2017 9:38 am

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Tarekith
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Re: Ableton snap to clip rather than snap to grid

Post by Tarekith » Tue Aug 22, 2017 2:42 pm

There's no clip snapping in Live, sorry.

CowBell
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Re: Ableton snap to clip rather than snap to grid

Post by CowBell » Fri Apr 03, 2020 10:11 pm

It's like the program I own that can't snap to clips. Even Photoshop can snap to clips :?

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