Ableton/Live/UG/07 Session View/02 Tracks and Scenes
- A track plays one clip at a time, so put alternatives in the same column: song parts, variations of a drum loop.
- Drag the edges of a track's title bar to resize it, narrow enough to show only launch buttons and key controls;
Option (Mac) / Alt (Win) resizes all tracks. 0 on a selected track header deactivates the track. - Rows are scenes. A Scene Launch button in the Main track column launches the whole row. Cancel Scene Launch in the Main track's context menu cancels a pending one.
- After a scene launches, the next one down is selected, unless Select Next Scene on Launch is off in Launch Settings, so you can step down the list. Keys and MIDI can launch and scroll scenes.
- Rename scenes with Rename, using
Tab to move to the next; add info text and colors from the context menu. - Drag scenes to reorder. Nonadjacent scenes collapse together when dragged;
Ctrl+up/down moves them without collapsing. Scene numbers follow position. - See Ableton/Live/Mode/Session.
- Drag the left edge of the Main track's header to show the hidden Scene Tempo and Scene Time Signature fields. Launching the scene switches the Set to those values.
- Drag in a field, or type and press
Enter; the Scene View edits them too. Tempo 20 to 999 BPM; time signature numerator 1 to 99 over 1, 2, 4, 8 or 16. - Return to Default,
Delete, or a double-click disables a field again. - Left and right arrows move from a slot or scene to these fields;
Tab and Shift+Tab step through name, tempo and signature, scene by scene. With a field selected, Enter selects its scene and a second Enter launches it. - Scenes with tempo or meter changes get a colored launch button. Sets from before Live 11 that set tempo or meter in scene names have those values moved into the fields.
- The Scene View opens when you select scenes, click a Scene Tempo or Time Signature field, or click the Main track's title bar.
- Its upper section has Tempo and Signature sliders; its lower section has the scenes' Follow Actions.
- The title bar shows the scene's name, number and color, or the count of selected scenes. Its context menu renames scenes and sets their color.