New – Press New to stop the selected clip and prepare an empty clip
slot in the track so that you can record new material.
Capture – Press the Capture button to capture any MIDI notes you have
played on the pads while not actively recording into a new clip. A track
must be armed in order for Capture to work.
Record – Press to start recording and press again to stop recording
while continuing playback. Pressing Record a third time will enable
overdub mode, allowing you to record more notes into the clip while it
plays back. Hold Record and press the lower display button for a track
to manually arm it. In Control Mode, when the Arrangement View is
focused in Live, pressing Record will toggle Arrangement Recording on
and off. You can also trigger Arrangement Recording while Live’s
Session View is in focus by holding Shift and pressing Record. Note
that this behavior is reversed when the Arrangement is in focus;
holding Shift and pressing Record will then toggle Session recording.
Play – Toggles playback on or off.
Touch Strip – When a MIDI track is selected, the touch strip adjusts
pitch bend or modulation wheel amount when playing the pads in real-
time, or the available range of notes when step sequencing. Pitch bend
is selected by default for instrument tracks. You can hold Select and
then tap the touch strip to toggle between pitch bend and mod wheel
functionality. Note that pitch bend and modulation wheel functionality
are not available when using the Melodic Sequencer. When a Drum
Rack track is selected, the touch strip selects the Drum Rack bank.
Encoders – The eight encoders are used for a variety of things
depending on what mode or view is in focus, such as parameter
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