Operation Manual
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The scene below a launched scene will automatically be selected as the next to be launched
unless the Select Next Scene on Launch option in the Launch Preferences is set to Off.
This allows you to trigger scenes from top to bottom without having to select them rst.
Computer keys or a MIDI controller can be used to launch scenes and scroll between them.
Scenes can be renamed using the Rename command in the Edit menu or the (PC) /
Ctrl
(Mac) context menu. One can quickly rename several scenes by executing the
Rename command and using the computer's Tab key to move from one scene to the next.
You can also enter your own info text for a scene via the Edit Info Text command in the Edit
menu or in the scene's (PC) /
Ctrl
(Mac) context menu.
Scene names can be both descriptive and functional; if Live detects a viable tempo and/or
time signature as part of a scene name, the project will automatically adjust to these pa-
rameters when the scene is launched. To assign a tempo to a scene, select the scene and
rename it with a viable tempo (e.g., 96 BPM). Any tempo can be used, as long as it is
within the range allowed by Live's Tempo control (20999 BPM). To assign a time signature
to a scene, rename the scene with a meter in the form of x/y (e.g., 4/4). Any time
signature can be used, provided it has a numerator between 1 and 99 and a denominator
with a beat value of 1, 2, 4, 8 or 16.
Tempo and time signature changes can coexist within a single scene name, and can appear
in any position as long as they are separated from each other by at least one character. For
example, 2/4+108 BPM, 72 BPM;7/8 and 60 BPM Chorus 3/4 are all scene names
that will cause simultaneous meter and tempo changes.
These Scenes Will
Change the Tempo and
Time Signature.