Individual note pan & playback options (Live 12)

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xavier3971
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Individual note pan & playback options (Live 12)

Post by xavier3971 » Thu Nov 16, 2023 5:29 pm

Need panning setting in velocity & chance tab

Would appreciate the option to playback from piano roll position without Ctrl space or moving arrangement cursor!

We would greatly appreciate the option to have midi note preview automatically off during playback!

These are simple choice settings that other daws have
That are easy to implement into live and will it’s make production workflow 5x smoother and fun! 🙏

MilesOnMP3
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Individual Note Pan

Post by MilesOnMP3 » Sat Oct 19, 2024 2:42 pm

Hi guys,

I was wondering if there is a function in the MIDI velocity editor to change the pan of individual notes? There is a function like this in FL Studio where you can change the pan of individual notes from -100% to 100% to accentuate individual notes in the progression. I have only seen in Ableton in the envelopes tab that you can pan an entire range of notes in a drum rack.
If this function does not yet exist, I think it would be very helpful for several users, as it would allow you to quickly pan hi-hats or snares, for example. What do you think?

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Re: Individual Note Pan

Post by chapelier fou » Sun Oct 20, 2024 7:29 am

Depends on the instrument, but most of the MPE enabled instruments allow you to route Slide or Pressure to Pan.
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MilesOnMP3
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Re: Individual Note Pan

Post by MilesOnMP3 » Tue Oct 22, 2024 8:50 am

This is quite nice but more of a solution for live users, I would think. For those who prefer to edit the drum notes in the piano editor or don't have an MPE capable midi controller, it would be a quick solution to pan individual drum notes or parts of a chord per hand.

Nihilistus
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Re: Individual Note Pan

Post by Nihilistus » Thu Apr 24, 2025 2:11 pm

We need this so bad. It is a huge time saver over having to copy the clip three times, once for left, once for right and once for center and then go through each of the three and turn off notes takes so long in complex compositions. Even after that the amount of panning to each side is static unless you automate it further. To have individual note panning right there by velocity would be a god send. Just a simple midi value up to 127 for each note with a default median value.

louielegrand
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Re: Individual Note Pan

Post by louielegrand » Sun Jun 22, 2025 9:16 pm

absolutely bumping this, I'm so jealous of FL studio users who have this functionality - it really opens up a world of possibilities

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Re: Individual note pan & playback options (Live 12)

Post by louielegrand » Sun Jun 22, 2025 9:17 pm

bumped. individual note panning in the piano roll would be a godsend.

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Re: Individual note pan & playback options (Live 12)

Post by madlab » Tue Oct 07, 2025 4:02 pm

You can do it in the envelope panel.
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