Ableton/Live/UG/10 Editing MIDI/04 Adding MIDI Notes/01 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.