Ableton/Live/UG/15 Tuning Systems/01 Loading a Tuning System
- Double-click a tuning file in the browser, or select it and press
Enter, to load it. This opens the browser's Tuning section, which is hidden by default and can also be shown from the browser's view control menu. - .scl and .ascl files can also be dragged into the Tuning section from the computer. A loaded tuning is saved with the Live Set.
- With a tuning loaded, the piano roll shows the tuning's notes instead of standard MIDI notes. Hovering over a note shows its pitch and frequency in the Status Bar.
- Changing or removing a tuning leaves notes where they are, so they may now play different pitches. With Retune Set On Loading Tuning Systems on in the Options menu, Live moves notes to the closest pitches in the new tuning after a confirmation dialog.
- Retuning can delete or shorten a note when two overlapping notes map to the same new pitch.
- While a tuning is loaded, the Scale Mode choosers disappear and scale-aware devices have Use Current Scale turned off.
