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while recording new clips: Names of controllers that already have clip envelopes appear
with an adjacent LED in the Control chooser.
Live supports most MIDI controller numbers up to 119, accessible via the scroll bar on the
right side of the menu. Note that devices to which you send your MIDI controller messages
may not follow the conventions of MIDI control channel assignments, so that Pitch Bend
or Pan, for example, will not always achieve the results that their names imply.
A MIDI Controller Clip
Envelope.
Many of the techniques described in the following section on unlinking a clip envelope from
its associated clip can be adapted for use with MIDI controller clip envelopes.
18.5 Unlinking Clip Envelopes From Clips
A clip envelope can have its own local loop/region settings. The ability to unlink the
envelope from its clip creates an abundance of exciting creative options, some of which we
will present in the rest of this chapter.
18.5.1 Programming a Fade-Out for a Live Set
Let us start with a straightforward example. Suppose you are setting up a Live Set and wish
to program a fade-out over eight bars to occur when a specic clip is launched but all you
have is a one-bar loop.