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Hi, I want to start using custom collections and presets more often and have a few of questions. Can you please help? 1. Do I need to use the mouse to add a device to a collection or is there any faster way to add a device to a collection? I would like to be able to do this with just the Push 2, if ...

Hi, I’m trying to fix an issue where my audio sometimes cuts out and then makes a very loud sound that hurts ears, can you please help? Every once in a while, the audio will completely cut out for about 10-20 seconds and then make a very loud popping noise before it starts working again. I don’t und...

Hey, I'm wondering does the multi function button for the looper device introduce any latency? If so, how much? If not, how does it work? I've been starting to use the looper in an unquantized freeform way where precise timing is essential. It seems to work well and respond immediately, but I'm stil...

Hi, I recently started to use a M4L device every time that I use Live and am trying to figure out how to make it so that it automatically opens whenever Ableton Live 10 starts. Could you please help? The M4L device currently requires me to navigate to the track that its on, then select the M4L devic...

Hi, I’m trying to make it so that a track's audio does not go in my monitor headphones but still goes to the master track (in a set where every other track is both going to the master track and also heard in the headphone monitors). Could you please help? I tried making a track that sends audio to t...

Hi, I have a midi foot pedal (kmi soft step) and want to make it trigger midi events on both a mac and a pc, could you please help? On the mac, I want it to control functions in the ableton looper and on the pc i want it to control basic scrolling up and down functions (triggered with midi via autoh...

Thank you. Could you please explain or provide example about how to " then use those to fill a umenu or similar, then you'll need take the index number of the selection to turn it back into a path"? I tried adding the umenu object (and the example in 'help') to the patch, but got confused ...

The more UI elements you use the more CPU intensive the device will be, drawing and responding to the audio level is particularly intensive also. Cheers D Thank you! I tried again and realized that I was just messing up when changing the track number, just made a new post with more clear question/e...

Hi, i'm trying to figure out how to ’assign/target’ names of tracks to a M4L device, Could you please help? I downloaded the float mixer m4l device from http://maxforlive.com/library/device/1295/float-mixer. It works well but just shows the first 20 tracks and each track is ‘assigned/targeted’ by tr...

Ok i'll try that, thanks! The interface is a focusrite scarlett 18i20, btw

Ok i just tried changing the track numbers in the subpatcher in the 3 spots where it shows the track number and it partially works. https://www.dropbox.com/s/wtkhrd6vhvsfzvn/Screenshot%202018-07-19%2015.37.57.png?dl=0 However, it didn't maintain order. I tried changing the subpatcher for tracks 3,4,...

Ok thanks for the explanation. Also for pointing out that i was changing the name of the subpatcher, totally forgot about that. Still confused about how to do it though, Opened the subpatch and see alot of variables. Also tried searching the max reference module for track name but can't find it anyw...

Hi, Ableton Live audio engine constantly has issues for me, Could you please help? I have been having this issue since starting to use regularly ableton about 8 months ago. Before I used ableton, i used logic, and I also remember experiencing some similar issues with Logic ‘dropping’ my audio device...

Thanks. Would you limit the amount of tracks because of CPU reasons or because you wouldnt want a cluttered UI? I've spent a good amount of time learning basic of max and some don't want to spend much time on learning it. But I need this mixer to show the right faders and I think that i found a good...

Hi , i'm trying to figure out how to allow tracks to play sound when they are not record enabled. Could you please help? I saw this in a tutorial video at some point. Currently, my tracks only play sound when they are record enabled (but only activated with the yellow activator button). I want to be...