Invert swaps the pitch of each note for the relative opposite pitch, based on what’s selected. Tip 10: Reverse and Invert NotesĪnother underrated MIDI tool is the Reverse tool and the Invert tool.īoth are found in the same area is the ‘:2’ and ‘*2’ controls, as pictured below.īoth are fairly self-explanatory – reverse simply reverses the order of the played notes, keeping the timing of each note intact. Then it will cut out the unselected or blank part of a MIDI clip. Simply select the notes you want to keep, right-click and select ‘Crop Clip’ from the menu. This tip works particularly well if you’ve recorded a bunch of MIDI and only want to use part of it. Sometimes it just needs to be slower or faster. This allows you to use the same melodic idea or chord progression, but with a different feel. Speaking of doubling and halving, there is a quicker way to do this using the ‘*2’ and ‘:2’ buttons above the same area.
Think of it like slowing up or down the MIDI, like you would with audio.ĭefinitely play around with it, especially in conjunction with other instruments – you can get some fun rhythms. This may mess up any quantized timing but can add the human feel of someone slowly going out of time with the beat, or you can use it to double/half the length of the phrase. The MIDI stretch marker is an underrated tool in Live and allows you to ‘scale’ the timing of the notes. Now you can edit the second version to add differences to that part of the MIDI, instead of just looping the same thing. Loop’ button and watch the MIDI clip double in size. If you’re wanting to add subtle variations to a loop of sorts, ‘Duplicate Loop’ is a great way to work. In other words, it fills in all the gaps between notes, which can be a big time saver if you’re wanting to extend them all. With the relevant notes selected, pressing the Legato button on the Notes panel in the piano roll allows you to make all the notes legato.
Make sure that you double-check the selection area to see exactly how much you are duplicating. Pressing Cmd+D (Ctrl+D) allows you to duplicate notes in time. Recommended: Songwriting for Producers Tip 4: Duplicate Notes Hold Shift + Up/Down while selecting the notes to move them an entire octave at once. When a chord progression or melody needs to change octaves, pressing down or up 12 times can seem laborious. Now whenever you select, draw or move a note, you will hear its pitch being played, allowing you to make better-sounding decisions. Sometimes you want to listen to notes as you write them, sometimes you don’t.īy default, this feature is turned off but click on the blue headphones icon in the top-left of the MIDI Editor. Press ‘B’ on your keyboard to activate this (making sure that your computer MIDI keyboard is disabled) to sketch notes out faster, draw velocity hits faster and customize automation faster. Drawing notes offers a much faster workflow than having to double-click to insert them.
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