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I'm trying to get a swung-eighths groove on Ableton. By swung eighths, I mean, SWUNG EIGHTHS: for non-theory people out there, that entails subdividing each beat into EXACTLY THREE eighths. Kinda-swung grooves are awesome in the right setting, but I need precision right now.
So I type up "swing" in ...

Wow; answered my own question—and the feature was staring me right in the face!

Import the MIDI file, open its Clip View, and go to Notes. There are half-tempo and double-tempo buttons right near the top! (they are labeled :2 and *2)

I exported some midi notes from Sibelius into a .mid file; but, in the file's destined Ableton set (in which I'm already balls deep), I'd made the project's tempo number twice as great as it "should" be because I wanted to hear further subdivided metronome clicks. (i.e. The actual piece is Q=85, but ...

i mean something is def weird with it anyway: no, it doesn't automatically make a project folder when i do "save" or "save as"; it just saves it as a single .als file in my Ableton folder.
This is my folders/whatever setup, btw. (it's a mac)

Macintosh HD: Users: bgelber: Music: Ableton

And within ...

it's true; i did select "Save Live Set" and not "Save Live Set As..."; but it's a new set, so those two options bring up the same dialogue. i thought it therefore wouldn't make a difference that i chose one or the other...no?

fuckity fucker mcfuckmuffin

:evil: This has been fucking with me for quite some time, but today was the straw that broke me.

I create a new set, record a couple doodles straight into it, and I'm done so i then go to Save Live Set; I make a new folder with the project file inside it and put that folder in the overarching ...

I just saved my project, which is all audio recordings, and the popup appeared asking me to delete temporary files; I click Yes like i always do. & I look back at the project and see that EVERY SINGLE F*CKING FILE IS GONE, and now i'm manually finding all of them bcos for some reason Ableton won't ...

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For future reference:

Computer model: MacBook Pro; Retina, Mid 2012
Version: OS X 10.9.4
System Information -> Hardware -> Audio includes : S/PDIF Optical Digital Audio Output, External Microphone / iPhone Headset , HDMI / DisplayPort Output

From the headphone port of the amp to the headphone ...

thanks man, this is great!

i smear a layer of peanut butter under the spacebar before sets

When playing an untouched track from itunes on ableton, the peak is nice and tidy at 0.0 dB. But then I drop an EQ Three effect onto the audio track, and suddenly the peaks are much higher, easily going into the red zone.
Why??? Am i doing something wrong??

this doesn't solve my problem. can someone clarify, IS there a way to QUICKLY find the peak? i don't want to play through a 2 hr mix just to find it. is there an info panel somewhere, or maybe it's a function on Audacity or another program like that?

thanks, everyone. i'll post when i try it out

how not good of an idea?