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Importance of The Ableton MIDI Clip
In this video, I`ll be covering the basic aspects of the Ableton Midi Clip and if you have no idea what it is it`s a highly advanced Midi Editor.
What this means is that it`s a tool that provides the user with the ability to manipulate notes as well as supply a good number of effective features that streamline the process…
The importance of understanding the aspects of the Midi Clip is that during your music production process, you`ll interact with this interface constantly, either making fine adjustments or adding and removing notes or features that you like or hate, and this knowledge will not only help you visualize how the MIDI clip operates but also allows you to creatively apply them, and end up creating one of the most influential compositions of modern music, or even better, music that you enjoy listening to.
Quick disclaimer: This video was done in the arrangement of view of Ableton Live 11 Suite.
To start, will look at how we can create it and the process is easy.

How to create a Midi Clip
1. Using the mouse, press and hold the left mouse button then highlight on the arrangement view how long you would like your clip to be.
2. Release the right mouse button.
3. Move the position of the mouse so that the cursor on the screen is on top of the highlighted area.
4. Press the right mouse button to open up the context menu (yes, this menu has a name).
5. Select the option, “Insert Empty Midi Clip(s)”

This is what pops up on the screen.

To go back and forth between the Midi Clip and the arrangement view, you need to use two of the three selectors that are located at the bottom right corner of your screen.
These selectors have been identified by name, and starting from the right side they are:
1. Show/Hide details view.
2. Device view selector.
3. Clip view selector

When in the Midi Clip, press the Device view selector to go back to the arrangement view.

When in the arrangement view and you have multiple Midi Clips, select the clip you want to open.

This is achieved by moving the position of the mouse until the cursor on the screen is on top of the clip, then press the right mouse button once.

Press the clip view selector on the bottom right corner of the screen.

This will open up the Midi Clip.

Within the Midi Clip, this part is known as the Midi Note Editor, since it takes up most of your screen real estate.

Together with the Midi Note Editor is the Piano Roll, representing the layout of an actual piano.

At the bottom of the Note Editor, is the Midi Velocity Editor where one can change the velocity value of certain notes.

At the top left corner of the piano roll, there are three selectors.
One written Fold, the other Scale, and the other has a headphone image on it.

The Fold feature, when on, displays keys (on the piano roll) that bear notes in the Midi Note Editor. If there are no notes on the editor, the whole piano roll is condensed.

The Scale feature is similar to the fold feature, in that certain keys are displayed, but these keys need to be within the scale selected from here, in this case, C Major.

The selector bearing the headphone image is called The Midi Editor Preview, and when on, one can listen to any changes made in the Note Editor, or, when the one key on the piano roll is pressed.