Ableton/Live/UG/19 Recording New Clips/03 Recording

• 19.3 Recording

  • Record in Arrangement View to capture several tracks at once and watch the take build along the timeline. Record in Session View to split a take into clips on the fly or to record while launching clips.
  • Ableton/Live/UG/19 Recording New Clips/03 Recording/01 Recording Into the Arrangement

    • 19.3.1 Recording Into the Arrangement

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      • Ableton/Live/UI/Control Bar/Button/Arrangement Record starts recording. With Start Playback with Record on (Record, Warp & Launch Settings) it starts at once; with it off, recording waits for Play or a clip launch. Shift-click does the opposite of the setting.
      • Every armed track gets a new clip.
      • With MIDI Arrangement Overdub on, new MIDI clips combine what was already in the track with the new input. Audio tracks don't overdub.
      • Ableton/Live/UI/Control Bar/Switch/Punch-In blocks recording before the Arrangement Loop's start, which protects earlier material and gives a pre-roll. Ableton/Live/UI/Control Bar/Switch/Punch-Out stops it after the loop's end.
      • Recording into the Ableton/Live/UI/Control Bar/Toggle/Arrangement Loop keeps every pass. Undo repeatedly to step back through them, or open the clip: the sample holds all passes, the loop brace marks the last, and moving the markers left plays earlier ones.
      • See also Ableton/Arrangement View/Q/Can I record in Arrangement View while playing Session View clips?
  • Ableton/Live/UG/19 Recording New Clips/03 Recording/02 Recording Into Session Slots

    • 19.3.2 Recording Into Session Slots

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      • Set Global Ableton/Live/UI/Control Bar/Menu/Quantization to anything but None so clips are cut on time.
      • Arm the tracks; empty slots on armed tracks show Clip Record buttons.
      • Session Record records into the selected scene on every armed track; the new clips' launch buttons turn red. Press it again to switch straight to looped playback.
      • Or click one Clip Record button to record a single slot, and press the clip's Launch button to loop it.
      • A slot's Clip Stop button, or the Control Bar's Stop, stops the clip.
      • The New button stops clips on armed tracks and selects a scene ready for a new take, adding a scene if needed. It only appears in Key Map and MIDI Map modes, for mapping.
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      • Launching a scene doesn't record into its empty armed slots unless Start Recording on Scene Launch is on in the Record, Warp & Launch Settings.
  • Ableton/Live/UG/19 Recording New Clips/03 Recording/03 Overdub Recording MIDI Patterns

    • 19.3.3 Overdub Recording MIDI Patterns

      • To build a drum pattern or melody layer by layer in a looping clip:
        • Set Global Quantization to one bar, and choose a Record Quantization value if notes should be quantized as they're recorded.
        • Double-click an empty Session slot on the instrument's MIDI track to make an empty one-bar clip; change its loop length if needed.
        • Arm the track and press Session Record. Notes are added on every loop pass.
        • Press Session Record to switch between overdubbing and playing along without recording.
      • Option/Alt-double-click an empty slot to create the clip, arm the track and launch it in one step.
      • Undo removes the last pass; notes can be drawn, moved or deleted in the MIDI Note Editor while recording continues.
  • Ableton/Live/UG/19 Recording New Clips/03 Recording/04 MIDI Step Recording

    • 19.3.4 MIDI Step Recording

      • Step recording enters notes with the transport stopped, at your own pace.
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      • Arm the track, turn on Preview in the clip's MIDI Editor, and click where recording should start.
      • Hold notes and press the right arrow to enter them and move the insert marker one grid step; keep holding and press it again to lengthen them. Hold the notes and press the left arrow to delete them.
      • The step arrows can be MIDI mapped.