Live

If you’re a budding Brian Eno or merely in need of a little inspiration, Live’s MIDI Generators have got you covered.

OLI FREKE

Among the many delights of the refreshed Live 12 are a set of five MIDI Generator tools, designed to kickstart the creative process and serve as a starting point for new pieces of music. Each differs in the precise way it generates notes in Live’s clip view, but most are just pseudo-random generators: no AI here — yet! They’re found under the Generative Tools tab in the MIDI Clip view. Clicking that tab reveals a drop-down menu with a choice of Rhythm, Seed, Shape, Stacks and Euclidean. They are similar in that they all feature a Generate button and a set of controls that will create new notes at your command. Generated notes will be filled in for the entire length of the clip, and can be further edited from there…

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