Ableton/Live/UG/36 Push 2/06 Step Sequencing Melodies and Harmonies
- Press Layout to switch to the Melodic Sequencer: all eight rows place notes in the clip.
- Hold Layout to reach the loop length pads in the top row;
Shift+Layout locks them (remembered per track); Layout unlocks. - In Key gives one row per scale note; Chromatic shows all with out-of-key notes unlit. The white row (bottom by default) is the root. Columns are steps at the Scene/Grid resolution.
- Octave buttons or the touch strip shift the note range;
Shift+touch strip moves by octaves, Shift+Octave by one scale step. Bright strip lights show the visible range, dim ones where the clip has notes. - Layout again switches to Melodic Sequencer + 32 Notes. Velocity and micro-timing are under step sequencing automation.
- Each loop length pad is a page of steps; page length depends on step size. Drums at 16ths show two pages (two bars); the Melodic Sequencer shows one page of eight steps (two beats).
- Hold one pad and tap another to set the loop; double-tap a pad for a one-page loop.
- Pages follow the playhead by default. Single-tap a page to lock the view there without changing the loop; tapping a page outside the loop sets the loop to it. Page Left/Right step through pages; reselect the loop or hold Page Left/Right to follow again.
- Loop length pad colours: unlit outside the loop; grey in the loop but not shown; white shown but not playing; green playing; red recording.
- Hold Duplicate, press a page's pad, then a destination's, to copy notes onto it (adding to what's there). Hold Delete and tap a page to clear it first.
