Play a midi instrument in clip view without recording it?

[Lief]

Midi instruments only sound when the record arm button is active, which means that when the session is running any midi notes that you play will be recorded, but if you just want to jam along without recording what do you do?? seems like this should be basic? it is "live" after all!!

Thanks people....

[Pitch Black]

Switch off the Overdub switch. "OVR" in the top center of the screen. Leave the track armed to record and monitor set to Auto.

A handy thing to do is assign the OVR button to a MIDI or QWERTY key so that you can jam along, and when ready, drop into record seamlessly. This is especially good for building up beats MPC-style. You can successively delete the most recently recorded layer by hitting Undo/control-Z.

[Lief]

Switch off the Overdub switch. "OVR" in the top center of the screen.

In fact, a handy thing to do is assiggn the OVR button to a MIDI or QWERTY key so that you can jam along, and when ready, drop into record seamlessly.

Thanks, i thought there must have been a way! i was getting frustrated for a while!!..

[Palmer Eldritch]

Midi instruments only sound when the record arm button is active, Thanks people....

Switch the monitorbutton-popupmenu to in (instead of auto) and everything will be good

[Lief]

Midi instruments only sound when the record arm button is active, Thanks people....

Switch the monitorbutton-popupmenu to in (instead of auto) and everything will be good

Hi! thats what they said at ableton, but when i do that the clips stop playing so i can't jam along, the OVERDUB button does the trick!! i just thought there might have been a way like in logic, just selecting the track makes you able to play and hear notes, and then you hit record to record them..

Thanks for your help...

[Pitch Black]

Just to re-cap:

MIDI track record button: Armed
Monitor: Auto
OVR: Off
= clips play the instrument AND incoming MIDI plays instrument without recording.

MIDI track record button: armed
Monitor: Auto
OVR: On
= clips play the instrument AND incoming MIDI is recorded.

mm'kay?

[longjohns]

or consider using more than 1 track!

[Pitch Black]

or consider using more than 1 track!

I often start recording a MIDI part, get something down, then want to add to it, so I click on the track name and Apple-D (duplicate) the whole track - plugins, routing n all, and away I go.

I find Duplicate so useful, now since 6 it applies to tracks and scenes.

[Lief]

or consider using more than 1 track!

I often start recording a MIDI part, get something down, then want to add to it, so I click on the track name and Apple-D (duplicate) the whole track - plugins, routing n all, and away I go.

I find Duplicate so useful, now since 6 it applies to tracks and scenes.

Cheers, that helps me loads, now i just have to sort out the performance problems!!.

[longjohns]

I often start recording a MIDI part, get something down, then want to add to it, so I click on the track name and Apple-D (duplicate) the whole track - plugins, routing n all, and away I go.

I find Duplicate so useful, now since 6 it applies to tracks and scenes.

Yeah, I realize you don't need convincing, that was aimed at Leif. Also using one track for monitoring and others for clips can make it easier sometimes to not worry so much about the settings, (OVR, REC, monitor etc.)