Step Input

Comments (16)

• mubali · June 02 2020
  Cool, how do you program rests?
• cronooonorc · June 02 2020
  Hey, GastonKilo. This has the potential to be even better! I agree with @muball: if rests had the same input system as the notes you'd bypass one of the main obstacles Ableton has when it comes to actually writing music inside the DAW. I hope you can incorporate this suggestion to an already amazing device. Thanks!
• wetterberg · June 04 2020
  until an update for rests comes around;
  you can do a temp fix by inputting a low-velocity note, and then using a Velocity midi device after it to filter out low velocities.
• GastonKilo · June 06 2020
  Hi all
  Sorry I didn’t had the notifications!
  By rest do you mean inclue a space between the next note?
  If yes, that’s my plan for the next version!
• GastonKilo · June 08 2020
  Hi all,
  Just added the rest capability :)
• cronooonorc · June 09 2020
  This is G R E A T ! ! !
  GastonKilo, this is absolutely incredible, and now everything is mappable and automatable!
  Thanks for listening to our suggestions!
• jannik · April 13 2021
  Thank you so much. This was exactly what I was looking for after seeing this in Cubase. Much love!
• demejiuk · February 14 2022
  I tried using this yesterday. Unfortunately what happens is that the position marker in ableton and the device are not synced. I know i must be missing something but my cursor was at beat two and i was at step inputting in bar 20.
  I stopped typing for a second to go back and check it because I saw the Current step value. Unfortunately, this cant be controlled so it moves automatically but I have NO control over where it starts from.
  I have to switch the device off for the current step to be reset. It then goes back to zero. Furthermore, the device can be on step 20 or 17 and the clip is only 4 steps (4 1/4 notes) long.
  I appreciate the efforts of all creators. So thank you for trying to solve a problem for us because Ableton refuse to implement basic functions.
  However, in its current state/ my current understanding of how it works.
  It isn't practically usable for me.
• bumsibear1 · September 02 2024
  Followed the instructions, it doesnt write any notes into the clip?
  Live 11
• GastonKilo · September 02 2024
  Hi,
  Didn't look at this for a while. Not sure when I'll have the time but will try it
• bumsibear1 · September 02 2024
  Hi thanks for the quick response!
  LEt me specify:
  I set to "On" and then play a note on the keyboard, and nothing gets recorded in the empty midi clip and the button turns back to "off"
• bumsibear1 · September 02 2024
  Live 11.0.12
• bumsibear1 · September 02 2024
  Live 11.0.12
• bambirainbow · September 06 2024
  @bumsibear1 i'm having the same issue but what worked for me is removing and re-adding step input. it still has another weird bug where the second input i make overlaps with the first input.
• BenFreeQ · March 05 2025
  The second step records on top of the first step, Is this fixable ? also you can not remove the midi clip and write a new step from beginning . you have to delete the midi clip as well as remove the device. insert the device again and start recording steps :(
  Such a great device but with 2 massive bugs. I'm using ableton suite 12.1.10
  Thanks for creating
• skylermann · July 27 2025
  I'm having the same 2 issues as reported above - currently on Live 11.3.42