Changing the key and scale of a midi sequence in Ableton?

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Hi Everyone,

I have a sequence of midi notes in a track in Ableton. I would like to easily change the key and scale of those notes. Is there an easy way to do this, either with a VST, M4L device or Ableton midi effect? I know that there are midi effects that I can drag to the track that cover a specific scale, but ideally I could drag a VST or M4L device to the track and simply select the key and scale that I want from a drop-down menu, without having to drag a new midi effect to the track every time I wanted a change.

Sorry for the basic question - I am relatively new to Ableton.

Thanks in advance!

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There are native Midi FX for that:
- Pitch - to transpose the sequence to desired root
- Scale - to force the notes into specified scale

Read about them here:
https://www.ableton.com/en/manual/live- ... reference/
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Try Soundmanufacture Scale-O-Mat. It's an excellent tool:
https://www.soundmanufacture.net/scaleomat/

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Try learning about music.

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jancivil wrote: Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:05 pm Try learning about music.
Not responsive, and not helpful.

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antic604 wrote: Thu Aug 13, 2020 4:47 pm There are native Midi FX for that:
- Pitch - to transpose the sequence to desired root
- Scale - to force the notes into specified scale

Read about them here:
https://www.ableton.com/en/manual/live- ... reference/
Thanks, but it seems like I would need to manually select the individual notes corresponding to different scales to use these Midi FX (which is why I believe there are separate presets for different scales). I would rather be able to select a key/scale from a drop-down list while the sequence is running.

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Smapti wrote: Thu Aug 13, 2020 4:52 pm Try Soundmanufacture Scale-O-Mat. It's an excellent tool:
https://www.soundmanufacture.net/scaleomat/
Looks perfect - thanks!

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bharris22 wrote: Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:14 pm
antic604 wrote: Thu Aug 13, 2020 4:47 pm There are native Midi FX for that:
- Pitch - to transpose the sequence to desired root
- Scale - to force the notes into specified scale

Read about them here:
https://www.ableton.com/en/manual/live- ... reference/
Thanks, but it seems like I would need to manually select the individual notes corresponding to different scales to use these Midi FX (which is why I believe there are separate presets for different scales). I would rather be able to select a key/scale from a drop-down list while the sequence is running.
No. I believe there are presets for most popular scales.
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I think you are correct, but I have to drag and drop the individual presets. To me, this is less convenient than selecting a key and scale from a drop-down menu.

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jancivil wrote: Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:05 pm Try learning about music.
Haha wow... I know I shouldn't respond to notorious forum trolls, but just fyi: Scale-O-Mat was created at the request of Tyondai Braxton. Feel free to explain to all of us why he doesn't know about music, if you can! (Protip: you can't)

Anyhow, Scale-O-Mat is a lot better than the native Ableton scale device because you can (a) distribute the same scale across multiple tracks and (b) algorithmically change scales across those tracks. Also it's cheap!

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