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note is assigned a discrete value, equally spaced over the parameter's range of values.
Hint: Session View slots can be assigned to a MIDI note range for chromatic playing: First
play the root key (this is the key that will play the clip at its default transposition), and then,
while holding down the root key, hold one key below the root and one above it to dene
the limits of the range.
23.2.3 Mapping to Absolute MIDI Controllers
Absolute MIDI controllers send messages to Live in the form of absolute values ranging
from 0 to 127. These values lead to different results depending on the type of Live control
to which they are assigned. A value message of 127, for example, might turn the Volume
control on a Live track all the way up or play a Session View clip. Specically, MIDI controller
messages from 0 to 127 can produce the following effects on controls in Live:
Session View Slots Controller values 64 and above are treated like Note On messages.
Controller values 63 and below are treated like Note Off messages.
Switches Controller values 64 and above turn the switch on. Controller values below
64 turn it off.
Radio Buttons The controller's 0...127 value range is mapped onto the range of
available options.
Continuous Controls The controller's 0...127 value range is mapped onto the param-
eter's range of values.
Live also supports pitch bend messages and high-precision (14-bit Absolute) controller
messages with a 0...16383 value range. The above specications apply to these as well,
except that the value range's center is at 8191/8192.
23.2.4 Mapping to Relative MIDI Controllers
Some MIDI controllers can send value increment and value decrement messages instead
of absolute values. These controls prevent parameter jumps when the state of a control in
Live and the corresponding control on the hardware MIDI controller differ. For example,