Can Abeleton12 change scales on Push2

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Lar-ZZ
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Can Abeleton12 change scales on Push2

Post by Lar-ZZ » Fri Dec 13, 2024 10:44 am

I am using Push2 to trigger my Yamaha keyboard to a certain key scale such as Bb minor Penatonic, for jazz solos.
Some songs have chords that shift and that require a scale change mid song, or for a few bars.

Back with V10 we had Clypx to change scales on Push2.
With V11 that feature did not work. That changed everything and made playing in the right in key a lot more difficult.

In V12, can you program Push2 so it will change scales to coordinate with chord changes. 8O

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Re: Can Abeleton12 change scales on Push2

Post by [jur] » Sat Dec 14, 2024 5:00 pm

Yep, you need to set this via clips’ scale.
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Re: Can Abeleton12 change scales on Push2

Post by Lar-ZZ » Tue Dec 17, 2024 1:41 am

Ok, That works. Thanks
I am playing the Push2 live so there is no midi information in the clip, but the clip has a scale, and that changes the scale in Push2.
That has potential.
Every time I trigger a new clip, it can change the Push2 scale. Good

So I am limited to one scale per clip?
If my clip is 32 bars long, and I need to change scales in the middle, I don't see any way to do that.
I guess in music theory, every chord in the song should relate to the original key, so one scale should do it.

I need to rethink the way I write chord changes, and stick to one scale.

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Re: Can Abeleton12 change scales on Push2

Post by [jur] » Thu Jan 16, 2025 11:18 pm

Lar-ZZ wrote:
Tue Dec 17, 2024 1:41 am
So I am limited to one scale per clip?
Yes.
A trick would be set your 2 different scales in 2 different clips, and use Follow Actions to automatically trigger your 2nd clip once the 1st reaches bar X.
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Re: Can Abeleton12 change scales on Push2

Post by nednerb » Wed Feb 12, 2025 11:08 pm

[jur] wrote:
Thu Jan 16, 2025 11:18 pm
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A trick would be set your 2 different scales in 2 different clips, and use Follow Actions to automatically trigger your 2nd clip once the 1st reaches bar X.
Oooh, good trick!
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