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19.4 MIDI Controller Clip Envelopes
Whether you are working with a new MIDI clip that was recorded directly into Live, or one
from your les, Live allows you to edit and create MIDI controller data for the clip in the
form of clip envelopes.
Choose MIDI Ctrl from a MIDI clip's Device chooser and use the Clip Envelope Control
chooser below it to select a specic MIDI controller. You can create new clip envelopes for
any of the listed controllers by drawing steps or using breakpoints. You can also edit clip
envelope representations of controller data that is imported as part of your MIDI les or is
created while recording new clips: Names of controllers that already have clip envelopes
appear with an adjacent LED in the Clip Envelope Control chooser.
Live supports most MIDI controller numbers up to 119, accessible via the scroll bar on the
right side of the menu. Note that devices to which you send your MIDI controller messages
may not follow the conventions of MIDI control channel assignments, so that Pitch Bend
or Pan, for example, will not always achieve the results that their names imply.
A MIDI Controller Clip
Envelope.
Many of the techniques described in the following section on unlinking a clip envelope from
its associated clip can be adapted for use with MIDI controller clip envelopes.
19.5 Unlinking Clip Envelopes From Clips
A clip envelope can have its own local loop/region settings. The ability to unlink the
envelope from its clip creates an abundance of exciting creative options, some of which we
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