CHAPTER 6. ARRANGEMENT VIEW
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changes the length of the entire Arrangement.
If you import a
MIDI le
into the Arrangement, you'll be given an option to import any
time signature information that was saved with the le. If you choose to do this, Live will
automatically create time signature markers in the correct places. This makes it very easy to
work with complex music created in other sequencer or notation software.
6.5
The Arrangement Loop
The Control Bar's Loop
Switch.
For Live to repeatedly play a section of the Arrangement, activate the
Arrangement loop
by
clicking on the Control Bar's Loop switch.
The Loop Start Fields
(Left) and the Loop
Length Fields (Right).
You can set loop length numerically using the Control Bar elds: The left-hand set of elds
determines the loop start position, while the right-hand set determines loop length.
The Edit menu's Loop Selection command accomplishes all of the above at once: It turns
the Arrangement loop on and sets the Arrangement loop brace to whatever timespan is
selected in the Arrangement.
The Arrangement's Loop
Brace.
The loop brace can be selected with the mouse and manipulated with commands from the
computer keyboard:
and
nudge the loop brace to the left/right by the current
grid setting
.