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1. CLIP LAUNCH / SESSION OVERVIEW – While in Clip Launch

View (the default), this 8x5 grid of buttons is used to launch clips in

Ableton Live. The 8 vertical columns represent 8 tracks in the

software while the 5 horizontal rows represent 5 clip slots in each

track. In this view, the button LED colors represent the following:

OFF – empty

AMBER – clip present, not playing

GREEN – clip present, playing

RED – clip present, recording

When the SHIFT button is held, this grid will change to Session Overview. In this view, each button

represents an entire 8x5 grid of clip slots in the software (that is, each button represents a different Clip

Launch View). Selecting one will change the Clip Launch View. This allows you to access and use

more than the 5 rows and 8 tracks represented by just one Clip Launch View. While in Session

Overview, the button LED colors represent the following:

OFF – no clips are present in this 8x5 grid

AMBER – clips are present in this 8x5 grid, which is currently

selected

GREEN – clips are present in this 8x5 grid, which contains clip

slots that are currently playing

RED – clip are present in this 8x5 grid, but no clip slots are currently playing

Examples: If you have 16 tracks with 20 clips in each track, the "first" Clip Launch View will represent

Clips 1-5 of Tracks 1-8.

If you hold SHIFT and press the second button in the first row, after releasing SHIFT the Clip Launch

View will represent Clips 1-5 of Tracks 9-16.

If you hold SHIFT and press the first button in the second row, after releasing SHIFT the Clip Launch

View will represent Clips 6-10 of Tracks 1-8.

Note: In the software, a red

rectangle around an 8x5 grid of

clips represents APC40's current

Clip Launch View. You can

change/shift the Clip Launch View

with APC40's controls (e.g. in the

Session Overview

)

Note: If the current Clip Launch

View is "between" two 8x5 grids in

the software, both buttons

representing those two grids will

light.

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