What Features Does Ableton Note Offer? (Simple Answer)

The Ability to Play in Your Own melodies

You can choose between a traditional piano roll or a 25-pad melody grid to play in all your favorite melodic ideas, as well as a 16-pad percussion grid, to record fresh beats or rhythmic ideas.

You Can Capture MIDI

You can choose to play at any tempo that feels comfortable, and Ableton Note will create a seamless loop with your creation, without even having to press record.

There are also three different modes that allow you to play from scratch, to add any additional clips, as well as to overdub notes.

Work With a Bunch of Loops

You can create loops and even alter different variations by copying your loop and making changes to each separate version.

You can even isolate and loop a specific part to further hone in on the details, and add that segment back with the rest of the song.

Fix All Your Mistakes

Did you record in the wrong notes, or perhaps have a few timing issues? No problem!

You can quantize the notes you played in to correct any timing issues, and even nudge selected notes for a more distinct feel.

You can add or delete any extra notes, as well as change velocity, which can add some dynamics to your song. You can also correct any tonal issues by transposing your notes, whether by semitones or even octaves.

Capture Interesting Automation

No one likes dull audio, so let’s liven things up by adding automation!

Automation is a great tool to build dynamics and maintain interest throughout a song, and can easily be used in Ableton Note.

Simply tweak parameters while your audio loop plays, and select “add” to capture those movements.

Note Repeat, On Repeat

Notes can be repeated effortlessly, and can be used to create rhythmic patterns quickly, which is especially good news for “trap” lovers!

Simply select a note subdivision to your liking, press and hold a pad or key for as long want, and the note will repeat. You can even slide up and down on the velocity pad to alter the velocity on the fly.

Record your Environment

Creating your own sounds and drumkits has never been easier.

You can record up to 60 seconds of audio into Ableton Note’s “Percussion Sampler” or “Melodic Sampler”, all with your built-in phone microphone.

You can also cut, repitch, filter, and even add audio effects to transform and boost your sampled sounds.

Note’s Extensive Sound Library

Ableton Note even comes with its own collection of presets, samples, and drum kits to play and record with. They can be used as is or tweaked to add your unique flavor by altering parameters and automating clips.

Exciting Audio effects

Note comes with a dazzling array of audio effects, utilizing Live’s extensive catalog.

These effects range from the classics like Delay, Reverb, Saturation, and Channel EQ, all the way to unique effects like Chorus-Ensemble, Phaser-Flanger, Redux, and more.

Ableton Note’s Session View

You can create different musical structures by combining, duplicating, and arranging your ideas, all within Note’s “Session View”.

You can have all the way up to eight scenes, with eight tracks in use, and eight clips in each track. You can then export your audio to listen back to or share with friends.

Use Ableton’s Cloud

All your new ideas created on Ableton Note can be picked up where they left off on Ableton Live.

All you have to do is send your Ableton Note set using Ableton Cloud. All your sounds, recorded samples, and even effects will still be in place, ready for you to carry on working on your song.