peter miller

is there any possibility to use a max device in Ableton to select randomly notes from a prerecorded list of midi notes? Let's say I would like to play randomly notes from A minor or a personal list of notes (e.g. pentatonic). is this possible?

is there any possibility to use a  max device in Ableton to select randomly notes from a prerecorded list of midi notes? Let's say I would like to play randomly notes from A minor or a personal list of notes (e.g. pentatonic). is this possible?

random-note-selector-difined-note-list

The answer to "Is this possible?" in Max is generally "Yes."

Store numbers in an array (such as the [table] object), then look up the values at randomly chosen addresses (using the [random] object).

Sequential or random access of a lookup table

There's also an Ableton Live MIDI device called 'scale' which forces any random input note into the chosen scale. Anything random arriving at the MIDI input will then sound sort of 'right'. Another option is the [coll] object. You can map a range of input numbers to your MIDI notes. Random index numbers will then output random (but within your scale) notes.

Random Note Selector from a difined Note list