Reference Manual

90 Session View
The horizontal rows are called scenes. The Scene Launch buttons are located in the rightmost
column, which represents the Master track (page 198). To launch every clip in a row simulta-
neously, click on the associated Scene Launch button. This can be very useful in organizing the
live performance of a song with multiple parts.
The scene below a launched scene will automatically be selected as the next to be launched un-
less 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 first. Computer keys or a
MIDI controller can be used to launch scenes and scroll between them (page 485).
Scenes can be renamed using the Rename command in the Edit menu or the [right-click](PC) /
[CTRL-click](Mac) context menu. One can quickly rename several scenes by executing the Re-
name 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 [right-click](PC) / [CTRL-click](Mac) context menu. The context menu also contains a
color palette where you can choose a custom scene color.
Scenes can be reordered by drag-and-drop. Multiple adjacent or nonadjacent scenes can
be selected at once by [Shift]-clicking or [CTRL]-clicking, respectively. If you drag a selection
of nonadjacent scenes, they will be collapsed together when dropped. To move nonadjacent
scenes without collapsing, use [CTRL] + the up or down arrow keys instead of the mouse.
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 parameters
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 (20-999 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.