Create a clip of a given length

Say it like this

Each of these was run against a real Ableton session on every model below, and the reply is what Tine actually said — quoted, not rewritten. Switch tabs to see how the answer changes with the model.

These are a floor, not a syntax — you can be a good deal vaguer, and how vague scales with the model you run. The smaller local model wants a clear verb and a clear target; the hosted one takes the most roundabout phrasing you can throw at it.

Also in clips & notes

• Write notes into a clip

  Name the notes — "C E G C" — or the pattern — "a kick on every beat" — and they land in the clip. Tine writes what you said; it does not invent a part for you.

• Clear notes from a clip

  Empty a clip, or remove what you just put in, without selecting anything by hand first.

• Delete or duplicate a clip

  Refer to clips by name or by where you're looking. Deleting a clip with content in it asks first.

• Set a clip's loop

  Loop a clip, or set exactly which bars it loops over, spoken in bars and beats rather than dragged.