By clicking on the “Arrangement recording key” you can capture your performance in the Arrangement view. Now you are able to play chords in Ableton Live in a very simple way – only by using your assigned controllers/keys. The tab “Launch” offers useful parameters for triggering clips. In this mode the clip will not play for the whole duration but only as long as you hold down the assigned controller/key. “1/16”.Īlso you can change the “Launch Mode” from “Trigger” to “Gate”. You can change the “quanization” of the selected clips from “global” to another measure, e.g. Now have a look at the “Launch Box” in the clip view below. To select all clips in one channel click the first clip in the first clip slot and the click on the last clip while holding down the key. It can be very useful to temporarily reduce this value in the quantization menu at the top left, perhaps to “1/8” or “1/16”, to enable faster chord changes.Īlternatively you can leave the global quantization as it is and change this parameter only for your chord clips. The clip start depends on the quantization, which can defined globally or individually per clip.
Seven different midi clips have been assigned to individual keys on the computer keyboard. To do this, simply activate the “Key” or “MIDI” buttons at the top right of the window, select a clip and then press the desired button. To play these clips in real-time, you should assign them to the computer keyboard or a MIDI controller. Prepared MIDI clips for the key of “A Major” and “D Major” have been loaded onto different clip slots. The download link offers a collection of midi clips – sorted by scale. After that drag&drop all midi clips from one folder into your project. You can save the folder in your “User Library” and use the browser to find the right key. Get his collection for free (or donation) right here: Download via “ Subaqueous / GUMROAD” “ Subaqueous” already prepared a selection of clips, which are sorted by major and minor scales. Each chord will be triggered by only one key or midi controller.įirst of all you need chord clips which can be imported into your project. Four or five chords often can be sufficient for many compositions as long as they play in the same scale. In this tutorial we use some MIDI clips, each containing only one chord with a duration of one measure. But the good thing is you can build an easy setup to play chords in Ableton Live. Especially the understanding of chords and scales can be quite complicated for some beginners. Not every creative is a god at the white and black keys. Play Chords in Ableton Live with MIDI Clips
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