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bump!

the more i use live 6, the more this is pissing me off!

someone from ableton help!

hambone's advice will do exactly what you're looking for. if you have the currently playing song already selected with the waveform displayed, and then you fire antoher clip with the "Select on Launch" option disabled, the current displayed waveform will stay there.

No that's not what i'm saying ...

Welcome!

Turn off Select on Launch from the Launch Preferences (Manual, p. 88)

hi there

I'm not in front of live right now, but i don't think that makes any difference. This just says whether a clip gets selected if you launch it. I want to stop a clip getting selected when you move the scene ...

Is there a way to fire a new clip while maintaining the waveform view of the currently playing clip? In Live 5 you used to be able to scroll the scene selector up and down with a midi controller and the waveform display would continue to display the playing clip on that track. In live 6 it changes ...