Ableton/Live/UG/10 Editing MIDI/06 Folding and Scales
- Folding hides key tracks, for every MIDI clip in the Set.
- Fold to Notes, with the Fold button,
F, or the View menu, hides key tracks without notes, useful for drum kits that use a few keys spread over the keyboard. On a Drum Rack track with it off, pads that hold devices are shown. - With Scale Mode on, set in the Main Clip Properties panel or Control Bar along with Root Note and Scale Name, the scale's keys are highlighted in the piano ruler. Highlight Scale, with its button,
K, or the menus, also highlights the key tracks and marks the root; it applies everywhere. - New clips take scale settings from the foreground clip; with Scale Mode off, they inherit the last selected clip's scale, inactive.
- The piano ruler's context menu spells notes with flats, sharps, both, Auto (by the root's place on the circle of fifths), or MIDI note numbers. With Scale Mode on, it affects only notes outside the scale.
- Fold to Scale, with the Scale button,
G, or the View menu, hides key tracks outside the scale, except those already holding notes. A guide for writing melodies without much theory.