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• Press a pad to play the corresponding clip in Ableton. The colour will match between the screen and
pads.
• When a pad is pressed it will flash green, indicating that the clip is queued and will soon begin to
play. When a clip is playing, the pad will pulse green.
• Only one clip may play at a time per track. Pressing an empty clip will stop the current one on that
track.
• A horizontal line of clips is called a Scene. Scenes can be triggered using the > (scene launch)
buttons on the right-hand side of Launchpad X.
When a track is record armed (see Mixer Mode), you may use the [O] button (Session Record) to
enable overdub recording of the currently playing clip.
Pressing and hold Capture MIDI to capture any recent playing and place it into a MIDI track. If no clip
was playing on the armed track, Ableton Live will place the MIDI notes into a new clip. If a clip was
playing, the MIDI notes will be overdubbed onto that clip.
Mixer Mode
Mixer Mode is a sub-mode of Session mode that allows you to control various track parameters in
Ableton Live 10. Mixer Mode can be toggled on and off by pressing the Session button when in
Session Mode. When in Mixer Mode, Session will be lit orange, as opposed to pale green when in
Session Mode.