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    Pitch and transposition in Ableton Live

    Mar 03, 2016 4 minutes

    Today, we’re talking about pitch and transposition, and how to manipulate them in Ableton Live. But we’re not talking about the musical theory involved, as much as looking at the Live tools that let us interact with these important musical principles.

    With some people, there’s still an idea that Live is weak at MIDI programming – and it is, if you’re looking for the familiar tools from Cubase or Logic. Ableton Live isn’t so much about MIDI programming in a way you’d recognise from programming with other DAWs – it’s more about using dynamic control, automation and MIDI

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