In the menu bar of the upper right hand corner of ableton where the metronome is, there is also the launch quantization menu. (it's the one on the far right end...) that basically tells ableton how quickly or slowly you want a midi clip to trigger or stop. For example, if you want a particular clip to trigger or end (I think...) in 2 bars, you'd select '2 bars' then strike the appropriate midi key. If you want extremely quick triggers you might select '1/32'....

How do I synchronize and organize recorded tracks into a midi controller as triggers?

Okay. I have some serious breakthroughs on Ableton in the last 24 hours. First of all, click and drag a stem into one of the clips in ableton. Once it has loaded double click on it, a menu should appear below. Then click the warp button then the loop button in the menu. Across the top of the wav file you should see a gray 'sample display' with time markers. If you zoom in (bottom of the view tab,) you will see the 'loop brace,' a little bracket with two gray arrows pointing inward. You should be able to expand and contract that to highlight the area you'd like to isolate. the other gray arrow simply tells ableton where to start playing from, the loop bracket is what will be used in recording. Now, if you hit record ableton will record whatever tweaks you might want to try on the looped section until you stop recording. Now you have a pretty cool clip going. From there, you can go to options 'edit midi map,' double click on your clip and strike a key on your midi controller. In the right corner of the clip it should show that it has assigned it to that key! I've been having way too much fun in this program now that the lightbulb has kinda gone off!!!

*have had* haha

I believe it's because ableton is trying to quantize the tracks, try going into 'options' and disabling the 'launch quantization enabled' option. I think that might be how ya do it...

Perhaps not directly related to COTA, but nevertheless, this guy has created a directory of resources for content curation, many of which look to be beneficial.

Listen (and watch) the music that imitates the sound of different animals and learn about the instruments the composer chose to represent their songs, exploring the characteristics of Carnival of the Animals.

this may be of value... wouldn't load on my iPad.... somebody wanna open the .pptx file?

This may be useful

This site seems kinda awesome!

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