Reference Manual

28 Live Concepts
Track Arm Buttons, as They Appear in the Session View.
It is also possible to record into Session View slots on the fly (page 208). This technique is
very useful for the jamming musician, as Session recording does not require stopping the music.
Clicking the Session Record button records a new clip in the selected Session scene in all armed
tracks.
The Control Bar’s Session Record Button.
Clicking the Session Record button again defines the end of the recording and launches the new
clips. As these actions are subject to real-time launch quantization, the resulting clips can be
automatically cut to the beat.
The Control Bar’s Quantization Chooser.
Session recording in conjunction with overdubbing and Record Quantization is the method of
choice for creating drum patterns, which are built up by successively adding notes to the pattern
while it plays in a loop. It only takes a MIDI keyboard (or the computer keyboard) and a MIDI
track with Live’s Impulse percussion instrument to do this (page 403).
4.12 Automation Envelopes
Often, when working with Live’s mixer and effects, you will want the controls’ movements to
become part of the Set. The movement of a control across the Arrangement timeline or Session
clip is called automation (page 257); a control whose value changes over time is automated.