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Anna Lakatos is a UK based Ableton Certified Trainer, Producer, Audio Engineer, and Educator. She is also a University Lecturer, Ableton Live Module Leader and Course Developer; teaching on degree programmes such as  BA(Hons) Music Production and Sound Engineering, Music Production and DJ Practice. She has featured in popular music magazines, has facilitated workshops, masterclasses, webinars as well as created content for companies like Ableton, Native Instruments, ADAM Audio, Future Music Magazine and more.
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Clip envelopes

In Live, all clips have clip envelopes. These envelopes can control anything from MIDI controller data to automation and modulation. Clip envelopes can be set to control the mixer, the clip itself (for example, transposition and gain), and device parameters.

As we know now, in the Arrangement View, automation is stored in track-based envelopes (they show up on the timeline). The Session View automation will be stored within clip envelopes. You can access these through the Envelopes tab in the Clip View.

Figure 11.31 – The Envelopes tab in the Clip View

Figure 11.31 – The Envelopes tab in the Clip View

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You can apply all the drawing and editing features within the clip envelopes in the Session View (besides, of course, the locking clip envelopes function, as that’s related to the Arrangement View’s timeline.)

While discovering earlier in this chapter how to record automation in the Session View, we also established that automation stored in clip envelopes...

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Anna Lakatos is a UK based Ableton Certified Trainer, Producer, Audio Engineer, and Educator. She is also a University Lecturer, Ableton Live Module Leader and Course Developer; teaching on degree programmes such as  BA(Hons) Music Production and Sound Engineering, Music Production and DJ Practice. She has featured in popular music magazines, has facilitated workshops, masterclasses, webinars as well as created content for companies like Ableton, Native Instruments, ADAM Audio, Future Music Magazine and more.
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