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eyeknow wrote:I was wrong though

It won't work with vsts. Just the built in stuff

No, it works perfectly fine with VSTs too. You can either move the notes manually, or use the "Key" parameter in the sidebar. Took me ages to figure out the sidebar thing at first, because I was adjusting "Pitch" when I was supposed to adjust "Key".

The blue squares show how to activate layered MIDI editing, and the green one is where you transpose the entire clips:

DOH!!!!!!! I see now.

We can transpose a selection of audio clips. Why can't we transpose a selection of MIDI clips?
With the multiple clip view, isn't there a way in Live's source code to just loop through the clips and send keystrokes?

I imagine the following pseudocode:

for each clip in selection:
send_keypress(ctrl+a)
send_keypress(up)

I know this topic is from 2008, and I've wanted this feature since 2005, but I still haven't lost hope.
The next generation shouldn't have to transpose tons of individual clips

they gotta implement this!