RE: Ableton Live attention Per Boyson

["Michael Stauffer" <michael@circular-logic.com>]

>Hmm..
>
>Copied directly from ableton.com new Live 3 features:
>
>"Launch loops, phrases, or complete songs in real-time, using
>the mouse, the
>computer keys or a MIDI keyboard, and Live keeps everything in
>sync. You can
>even play song phrases chromatically across the MIDI keyboard
>without losing
>sync!"
>
>Uhm, doesn't that mean changing pitch from a keyboard or other
>mididevice
>that send note-data without loosing sync?

Yeah, that seems like a good workaround! If the clip launch were set with
no quantization and with legato trigger type, shouldn't it change pitch
chromatically with smooth (ie uninterrupted - legato) timing in response
to the notes?

Only drawback is that you can only set the chromatic range in one
direction, ie you define the root note and then press the end-of-range
note on the keyboard, so you can go either up or down, but not both.

The other problem with all this is assigning the midi controller. You'd
have to manually assign the controller or the chromatic transposition
range *after* you record the clip, or drop the new clip into a
pre-existing clip with the settings you want to adopt its properties.

Cheers,
Michael