Ableton/Live/UG/10 Editing MIDI/08 Multi-Clip Editing/01 Focus Mode
- Focus Mode edits one clip while the others stay visible. Toggle it with the Focus button or
N; hold N while editing to switch it temporarily. - On: the active clip's notes and loop bar are in color, the rest gray, with its name below the loop bars. Hover another clip's loop bar to preview it, click to switch. Edits and the displayed scale apply to the active clip; Fold to Notes considers all clips.
- Off: every note is active and colored. Clicking a loop bar turns it black so Velocity or Chance randomization targets that clip. Root and scale show only when shared, otherwise an asterisk. Edits apply to all selected clips; notes can be cut, copied and pasted across clips, and time selected across clip and loop boundaries.