Ableton/Live/UG/36 Push 2/03 Playing and Programming Beats/05 Step Sequencing Beats
- Tapping a drum pad selects it for step sequencing. Tap steps to place notes; the clip starts playing at the first tap. Steps are 16th notes by default; the Scene/Grid buttons change the step size.
- The Tempo encoder changes tempo by 1 BPM per click, or 0.1 BPM with
Shift. - A moving green step shows playback (red while recording). Tap a filled step to delete it; hold Mute and tap to deactivate it; hold Solo and tap a pad to solo that sound.
- Delete clears the pattern; hold Delete and tap a pad to clear its notes, or its devices if it has no notes in the pattern.
- Step colours:
- grey — empty;
- clip colour — note, brighter for higher velocity;
- lighter clip colour — muted note;
- unlit — unavailable; with triplet steps only the first six pads of each row are used.
- Velocity and micro-timing are covered under step sequencing automation; loop length under Adjusting the Loop Length.