Ableton/Live/UG/10 Editing MIDI/04 Adding MIDI Notes
- Notes arrive by recording on an armed track, by Capture MIDI, by double-clicking in the editor, or by drawing in Draw Mode.
- Turn Draw Mode on with the Control Bar button or
B, then click and drag to add notes; clicking a note in Draw Mode deletes it. - "Draw Mode with Pitch Lock" in Display & Input Settings keeps drawing on one key track, and
Option (Mac) / Alt (Win) switches to freehand melodic drawing; with the setting off, the roles swap. Melodic drawing erases notes it crosses; pitch-locked drawing erases as you move back toward the first note. Menus show the current state as "Draw Mode (Pitch Lock On/Off)". - With Draw Mode off, drag or use the arrow keys to move notes in time or pitch, and double-click a note to delete it.
- With an instrument on the track, the Preview switch plays notes as you add, select or move them. On an armed track it also lets you step-record notes. The switch applies to every MIDI track in the Set.