Ableton Forum

Hey all,

I recently formatted my machine (2016 iMac running El Capitan). Previous to reinstalling I had everything working fine. Sylenth1 worked. After reformatting I reinstalled El Capitan (I don't update the OS until I know it's stable due to past issues with VSTs not working).

I've reinstalled ...

Is it possible to insert notes in the piano roll with a keyboard shortcut? Or even copy a note without touching the mouse?

I know most of the keyboard shortcuts for working in the piano roll but one thing I can't find is insert or copy without having to use the mouse.

Live9 doesn't "need" it, but sure it would be an awesome option to have - I still think doing certain things in tracker (beats, some elaborate effects) is faster than via piano-roll or samples.

As a workaround, one can use Redux: http://renoise.com/products/redux

Redux is very cool. I've been ...

We have "Session View" and "Arranger View" but a feature that I feel would be awesome for Ableton is a "Tracker View". Trackers are still very much alive today. I use MilkyTracker and recently purchased Renoise to complement Ableton. It would be very cool if Ableton had a feature to allow the user ...

My bad, I was using the wrong template. Works nice now

Hey guys,

I just purchased the Ill Gates MPD32 DJ template. I'm following the instructions, and it's saying to select a preset on the MPD, either: preset 1 or preset 5. I'm using Live 9 suite.

On the MPD preset 1 is called LiveLite, and 5 is called ApplidAc. Neither work, or have the mappings set ...

I have over 1TB of audio samples collected over the past 8 or so years. My MacBook is only 250GB, plus I have my work software on this laptop so the entire storage can't be used for samples.

Is it possible to audition samples from my 1TB HDD, and if I import them into the project it will create a ...