

If you are not familiar with these controls, load up a clip and try it out. Make sure you set both of these controls to Absolute 14 bit mode to get the most resolution out of the controller that you are using. I am using encoders for both of these settings in the video, but some other controls work as well.

To do this click on the loop start position in the clip window and then move the control that you want to use. The second way is to map the loop start position to a MIDI controller. Simply map the small square that appears between the nudge buttons in the clip window when you turn on MIDI map mode. The first is by mapping a control to the scrub control. Your selection will break up the loop for a couple of bars before the follow actions take you back to the loop on their own.Ībleton gives you two ways to move around in the clip view without touching the mouse. Twist an encoder until you get to the place in the song you want to hear, and then release. This alternative technique adds a bit of freedom from that way of doing things. With Ableton, we normally don’t have the ability to easily move around within clips so much. Today’s video shows an interesting Ableton technique that involves using follow actions on two or more clips to enable you to break up a loop on the fly.
