28 Piano Roll Tips You Wish You Knew Earlier (Ableton Live Tutorial)

Ableton's Piano Roll is a super powerful tool that has many hidden features, so here are 28 unique tips to help you master it!

These tips range from easy to advanced, and many of them existing other DAW’s piano roll editors, too.

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Here are the tips we go through today:
00:00 - Intro
00:25 - Draw mode (B)
00:57 - Preview mode
01:15 - Up and down semitone (cursor keys)
01:25 - Shift up and down (octave jump)
01:32 - Select all notes on a key
01:50 - Scale templates (amazing)
02:39 - Quantize / Quantize settings
03:28 - Double Tempo / Half Tempo
04:07 - MIDI-stretch marker
05:32 - Duplicate Notes
05:50 - Force Legato
06:07 - Crop Clip
06:26 - Reverse / Invert
07:12 - Deactivate notes
07:36 - Looping and start points
08:39 - Program changes
09:05 - Applying groove templates
09:52 - Extracting grooves
10:38 - Fold and scale locking
10:53 - Modulation in MIDI clips
12:01 - Record MIDI effects
13:37 - Grid resolution
14:00 - Triplet grid
14:23 - Z to Zoom
14:31 - Export MIDI clips
14:53 - Velocities
15:47 - Randomization
16:35 - MPE

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[rockingnightmareaj]

Finally a video where i can see the guys mouse, he says words clearly and actually SHOWS how to open stuf like the soft roll instead of

[hereisrich]

Will, great tips/reminders as always.

In terms of saving MIDI clips, I found a better way. Just drag the clip itself to any place in the Live Browser on the left. Not only is the MIDI information saved, but the actual instrument and chain you used too, with the file extension ALC.

Later, you can click on that clip and can immediately preview the phrase with the original instrument/chain, rather than having to load or drag a "deaf" clip onto a track to hear its contents.

As a bonus, I find this is the best way to save my favorite patches/presets of plug ins, because you can audition a decent phrase in the preview that showcases the character of the instrument. If you like it, you drag the clip onto a blank track, and the instrument chain and a good example are right there.

[simonroyjonesuk]

Brilliant video, thank you. Midi stretch marker !! Never even noticed it and I've been using Live for years !!

[marciano]

The quantity how you upload new materials is impressive. Quality Always like master 💪Big respect And thx for your work

[EDMTips]

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[tomtainted]

another great video! thanks for the support!

[LieSociety]

Thanks Will for reminding me of things I always forget to use!

[sushovanpal]

i was at the 8 minutes mark then i got engrossed in the potential masterpiece i could make and started dancing and bobbinb my head

[chromosundrift]

Wow cool I didn't know about parameter automation of the clip adding to the automation on the track in session view!

[TangoVonDoom]

super dope tips, definitely needed the velocity tip

[rubenrojano]

This tutorial is fantastic!!! So many possibilities

[TubbZilla]

Had to subscribe and like for this one. Thanks man.

[thelonewanderer]

You're a great teacher. Thank you.

[AFRoSHEENTARCMICHAEL]

Awesome Will. I bought Ableton Suite 11 the other day and I'm really loving it!

[morizanova]

Midi stretch really cool way to make variations . Thanks for let us know !

[djrandalldean]

Some gems in there even for experienced users

[zakaroonetwork]

Keep up these great Ableton tutorials and I might just have to switch back to Ableton From Protools and BitWig.

[jcapo]

"Babe wake up, WIll posted another banger tutorial"

[djGreenALERT]

I knew a few of these but I have to say, that 'scale' thing makes it all so easy it feels like cheating...Just awesome.. Thanks for the tips..

[brianwdowling]

Great lesson as always, thanks for producing these. Curious, what software do you use for recording the videos? Thanks. Brian.