Varispeed Controls

  1. +/- buttons to transpose your project by one semitone.
  2. Main Knob: Transpose your project by up to -24/+24 semitones (two octaves).
  3. Tempo Circuit: Turn the tempo-changing circuit on or off.
  4. Root Note Circuit: Turn the root note-changing circuit on or off.
  5. Transposition Location: Decide whether to transpose audio/MIDI clips in Session View, Arrangement View, or both.
  6. Advanced Settings: Expand the device to access advanced settings.
  7. Exclude Tracks: Prevent transposition of tracks whose names contain any words or symbols entered in the box.
  8. Plugin/Device Transposition: Transpose the key parameter of all plugin/device instances in your Live set that are enabled in this section.
Note: You can only change most parameters when Varispeed is in the 0 state to prevent messing up your Live set. To change any setting, first set Varispeed to 0, then tweak the desired parameters. All parameters (except the Exclude signs) are accessible from Push (1, 2, 3, and standalone).
MAIN CONTROLS IN DETAIL
THE VARISPEED DIAL AND THE +/- BUTTONS
Main controls to transpose your whole project up to +/- 24 semitones.
Recommended usage: between -12 and +12 to avoid pushing clips or plugin parameters out of range. Use extreme values only for experimental purposes.
 
TEMPO
When enabled, Varispeed accurately changes your Live set’s tempo when you transpose your Live Set, just like how an analog tape machine would.
When Varispeed is in 0 position, it logs your tempo as a starting point. If you want to permanently change this tempo ensure Varispeed is set to 0 otherwise Varispeed will revert it back to the original tempo.
Note: When transposing Melodyne is enabled, the tempo change option will be automatically disabled to prevent weird behavior in Melodyne instances.
 
ROOT NOTE
When activated, Varispeed will transpose the Root Note of all MIDI and Audio clips, and your project’s key in your Live set. This enables you to use the new Scale Mode feature in Live 12 in combination with Varispeed.
In Live 11 it’s only useful if you enabled the Scale mode in a MIDI clip. If you did, Varispeed will change it, and the pads on push will reflect to that change.
Note: Currently accessing this parameter via the API is not optimal, which may result in longer transposition times for your Live set when this feature is enabled. Hopefully this will change with a future Live update.
 
ARRANGE&SESSION
Decide whether to transpose audio/MIDI clips in Session View, Arrangement View, or both.