Ableton/Live/UG/10 Editing MIDI/05 Editing MIDI Notes/09 Pitch and Time Utilities
- Utilities for selected notes or a time range; with nothing selected, buttons act on the whole clip. Summarized in Ableton/Live/UG/08 Clip View/05 Pitch and Time Utilities Panel.
10.5.9.1 Transpose
- The slider shows the pitch range and transposes by semitones, or by scale degrees with a clip scale. Up and down arrows also transpose, with
Shift by octaves.
10.5.9.2 Fit to Scale
- Moves notes to the nearest degree of the clip's scale, the lower one on a tie. Grayed out without a scale.
10.5.9.3 Invert
- Flips the notes upside down, highest and lowest swapping, measured in scale degrees when a scale is active. Not the same as Invert Selection, which changes what's selected.
10.5.9.4 Intervals
- Interval Size and Add Interval add notes a set number of semitones or scale degrees from the originals, for quick chords. With notes selected, moving the slider adds them at once; without a selection, Add Interval applies to every note in the clip.
10.5.9.5 Stretch
- The Stretch factor changes note lengths; ×2 and /2 double or halve notes, the time selection or the loop. Stretch doesn't change the loop length.
10.5.9.6 Note Duration
- Choose Fit to Time Range, the grid, or a fixed length, then press Set Length; with nothing selected it applies to every note.
10.5.9.7 Humanize
- Humanize Amount sets random variation of note starts, up to a quarter of a grid step either way; press Humanize to apply.
10.5.9.8 Reverse
- Flips the order of the notes in time, or the whole clip when nothing is selected.
10.5.9.9 Legato
- Lengthens or shortens each note to reach the next; the last note extends to the loop end. The Span tool also does this.