Discovering Scale Mode and Scale Settings in Ableton 
Live 11

This is a new feature in Ableton Live 11 that enables you when it is set up to easily write melodies within the chosen scale.

This feature can be enabled in the Clip View (see Figure 4.26):

Figure 4.26 – Access to Scale Mode in the Clip View

Let’s try it out:

1. Let’s head to Session View for this task (although it works the same way in both Session View and Arrangement View since it’s a feature that is applied to a MIDI clip).
2. Create a new MIDI track with an instrument playing a piano sound.
3. Now, create an empty MIDI clip.
4. Let’s extend the clip to at least 2 bars.
5. Enable the Scale button (see Figure 4.27) in the Clip View.
6. Chose the preferred root note and scale types by using the drop-down menus next to the Scale button.
7. Now, you should see some changes both on the Piano Roll and the MIDI editor.
8. All the colored...