Ableton/Live/UG/03 Live Concepts/01 The Control Bar
- The strip across the top of the window: transport and tempo, scale and MIDI settings, CPU monitoring, and the switch between Session and Arrangement View. See Ableton/Live/UI/Control Bar.
- It has nine sections:
- Browser Options: show or hide the browser; the Browser Config Menu expands it to full height and shows the Tuning and Groove Pool sections.
- Tempo Settings and Metronome: Link, tempo, time signature, metronome options, and Tempo Follower.
- Scale Settings: the selected clip's scale; changes apply to that clip and to clips created afterwards.
- Follow and Arrangement Position: Ableton/Live/UI/Control Bar/Switch/Follow and Ableton/Live/UI/Control Bar/Field/Arrangement Position.
- Transport Controls: Ableton/Live/UI/Control Bar/Button/Play, Ableton/Live/UI/Control Bar/Button/Stop and Ableton/Live/UI/Control Bar/Button/Arrangement Record.
- Automation and Capture MIDI: MIDI overdub options, Automation Arm, Re-Enable Automation, Capture MIDI, and Session Record.
- Arrangement Loop Settings: Ableton/Live/UI/Control Bar/Toggle/Arrangement Loop, loop start and length, and the punch-in and punch-out points.
- MIDI and CPU Settings: Draw Mode, the Computer MIDI Keyboard, Key and MIDI Map Modes, project sample rate, and the CPU meter.
- View Selector: Ableton/Live/UI/Control Bar/Toggle/View Selector switches between Session and Arrangement View.