Ableton/Live/UG/10 Editing MIDI/02 Zooming and Navigating in the MIDI Note Editor
- Drag the time ruler vertically to zoom and sideways to scroll;
Cmd-scroll (Mac) / Ctrl-scroll (Win) also zooms time. - Scroll the note ruler to change octaves; drag it sideways to zoom key tracks.
Option-scroll (Mac) / Alt-scroll (Win) also zooms key tracks. - Double-click the note ruler or time ruler to zoom to the selection; with nothing selected, they fit the clip's pitch range or its first to last note.
- The clip overview in the Clip View Selector shows the whole clip: drag inside its outline to scroll or zoom, or drag its edges.
- Keys:
Page Up/Page Down move an octave, with Shift one key track; +/- zoom around the selection; Z zooms fully to it, X shows the whole clip; Option (Mac) / Alt (Win) with +/- zooms the editor. - Drag the split above the Clip View for more height, or toggle maximum height with
Cmd+Option+E (Mac) / Ctrl+Alt+E (Win) or View → Expand Clip View. - The grid acts like a magnet: a note moves freely to the first grid line, then snaps. Turn snapping off with the grid settings button, Options → Snap to Grid, or
Cmd+4 (Mac) / Ctrl+4 (Win); hold Cmd (Mac) / Alt (Win) to bypass it for one action, or to enable it while it's off. - Notes keep their offset from the grid as they snap, preserving a loose feel.
- Ableton/Live/UI/Control Bar/Switch/Follow scrolls the editor with playback; an edit pauses it until you press Follow again, restart playback, or click a scrub area after stopping.
- With Permanent Scrub Areas on, clicking the scrub area below the beat-time ruler plays from there, quantized; otherwise
Shift-click. Chase MIDI Notes sounds notes that started earlier.