Comping
Comping
- Comping is building one performance out of the best parts of several recorded takes. The result is a comp, short for composite.
In Ableton Live
- Ableton/Live records each pass over the same span of the Arrangement onto its own take lane. Only the main lane plays; take lanes are heard when auditioned.
- Selecting a stretch of a take copies it to the main lane, so the comp is assembled piece by piece while every take stays intact.
- Take lanes can also hold alternative arrangements of clips, or samples dragged in from the browser for chopping.
- Ableton/Live/UG/21 Comping covers take lanes, recording takes, auditioning and creating a comp. Its shortcuts are in Ableton/Live/UG/42 Keyboard Shortcuts/17 Comping.