00:01Live comes with eight transformation
tools, which can be accessed in this menu.
00:06Below is a space for additional
user created transformations
00:10built in Max for live.
00:12Let's use the Quantize transformation
to get this drum pattern sounding
00:16a bit more consistent in time.
00:18I can choose between snapping to the
current grid or set timings using
00:22these buttons, and I can set the
amount of quantization with this knob.
00:28When working with the transformation
tools, we can either work with live
00:31transformations where every change we
make is instantly printed into the clip.
00:36Or we can work with the transform button
off, where we have to manually commit
00:40the changes by using either the arrow
button, or by pressing Command + Enter
00:45on a Mac, or Control + Enter on Windows.
00:49Let's further quantise just
the kick by selecting it, and
00:52applying quantise again, at 100%.
01:06Let's move on to the
Ornament transformation.
01:09Flam adds a note before
or after each MIDI note.
01:13The position slider decides
where, and we can define the
01:16flam's velocity as a percentage
of the original note's velocity.
01:22Let's select just the Hi-hats
and add a little flam before each
01:25note with a very low velocity.
01:39Now that our beat is on its
way, let's add some chords.
01:42Over here I have some that I
prepared earlier, and we're going
01:45to use them as a template to
investigate more transformations.
02:04In this clip I'm going to navigate
to Connect, which randomly generates
02:08notes that interpolate or connect
MIDI notes already in the clip.
02:15The Rate knob defines the minimum length
of the new notes, and the Density knob
02:19defines how many notes are added based
on the current empty time intervals.
02:39The Spread knob widens or narrows the
pitch range of generated notes in relation
02:44to the original notes in the clip.
02:52I can use the Apply button
to generate new variations.
02:58Finally, the Tie knob can smooth out
some of the pattern by replacing rapid
03:03successions of new notes with single
notes that tie the gaps together.
03:25Next, let's use the Span transformation
to further develop this sequence.
03:31Here we can use offset to lengthen
or shorten the MIDI notes relative to
03:35their current length, and then we can
add variation to the note lengths.
03:39Before doing so we can choose to
start from the original note lengths
03:43using Tenuto, or we can start from a
lengthened Legato expression of the notes,
03:52or otherwise a shortened
Staccato expression of the notes.
04:02I'll stay with the original for
now, and keep Tenuto engaged.
04:06Using the two main controls
together breathes new life
04:09and tension into the pattern.
04:21I've added a simple bass
pattern to my sketch and I'd
04:24like to develop it a little.
04:34First, I'll select the pattern
and use the Add Interval button to
04:38add new notes and create chords.
04:43Now let's explore the
Arpeggiate transformation.
04:46I'll start by choosing a
style, and the clip updates
04:49dramatically into an arpeggio.
04:55I can control the rate and the gate
or note duration of the new notes,
05:09and manipulate the distance they occur
from the original notes, as well as the
05:13amount of steps or repetitions of the
transposition that occur in my clip.
05:45Back to the Ornament transformation,
I'd like to add some detail.
05:49Grace Notes adds multiple notes
before or after each MIDI note in your
05:54clip, and we can define the pitch of
these notes to be either higher, the
05:58same as, or below the original note.
06:01The position and velocity
can be decided below,
06:07as well as the chance of the
ornaments happening, and the amount
06:10of extra notes that are introduced.
06:36Now I'd like to add a guitar to
my sketch, and I've prepared a
06:40clip with some simple chords.
06:49I'm going to use the Strum transformation
to humanise these chords a little.
06:53Using the graphical interface, I can
offset the notes in series to create
06:58strum like expressions, and use the
tension slider to add a curve to the
07:02way that the notes are played over time.
07:33Now I'm going to head back to my drum
beat and add a new percussion pattern.
07:45I'm going to use the Time Warp
tool to modulate the spacing of the
07:49notes using the graphical interface.
07:52You can see that in this case, the
notes start spaced out and play back
07:56slower, before speeding up in the
middle, where my 2 circle is placed,
08:01and then slowing down again at the end.
08:11I can also manipulate selections
of notes this way, and work
08:15in sections of the pattern.
08:38I can quantize the result,
08:47preserve the original time
range of the selection.
08:50Or preserve the original note end.
09:02Finally, the Recombine transformation
allows us to generate variations of our
09:06clips by holding the start position of
each note, while transforming the other
09:11parameters such as pitch or note length.
09:14I can also exclude pitch, note
length or velocity from the
09:18transformation using these buttons.
09:20I can explore different
transformations by moving the
09:23slider in the graphical interface.
09:39Shuffle randomly recombines the
MIDI note parameters,
09:47and Mirror reverses their properties.
