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it's a weird, silly decision, and frustrating, but stomping one's feet and acting like that's a good reason to switch DAWs is even dumber, imo.

I agree it seems like an oversight. I’m mostly puzzled by the folks who are considering ditching Live altogether because of it. it’s one thing to be disappointed and inconvenienced by it, but it seems a very strange hill to choose to die on. but hey, different strokes for different folks and all tha...

I mean, I get the desire for a PDF and searchable manual, but it's pretty weird to be looking at switching to another piece of software based solely (or primarily) on that. like, once you learn it, you shouldn't need to refer to the manual so often in the first place. and physically-printed manuals ...

what would be the benefit of doing it that way? one less track in the session? I suspect the potential downsides of using a group track (meant for live audio processing) to handle both live audio *and* recorded audio would outweigh the upside of a single less track. I'm not certain, but I'd guess th...

maybe a screenshot would help us to see how you’ve got things set up. often a visual is helpful.

if you’re looking for realistic sounding drum kits, you might check out Addictive Drums or EZDrummer. not sure what the current pricing is like, but I know at least AD goes on sale fairly regularly and the base cost is like $170. there are plenty of other options out there, but I’ve used AD for year...

I had one and it was good, but not really better or worse than a normal monitor. imo, the best option is always the one with the largest surface area you can afford (and that fits into your setup). I use a 4k TV now, because it’s way more affordable for a large screen than a comparably-sized compute...

Good shout. Thanks. Problem with that is having tons of breakbeats, some with kicks, in amongst drum racks. Is there a way to send individual sounds from a drum rack to a send? I don't think there is tbh. there is. oddly enough, I was yesterday years old when I learned that, with this vid: https://...

waiting really is the hardest part! 😅 good point—sometimes these dynamic mics don’t have levels quite as hot as we’d like. if you have access to a 57 or 58 (or any other mic, actually) you could try it out to see if it suits your needs before buying one yourself. I find that gear opinions are often ...

you can’t go wrong with a good old SM57 or SM58. there’s a reason they’re industry standard workhorse mics. and they won’t break the bank. have fun! I have my Push 3 coming today too—very excited, although I’m mostly getting it for the tight transport integration. the MPE stuff will be very fun to p...

awesome—thank you!

I'm considering purchasing a Push 3, mainly to use as a controller for Ableton, and have some questions on functionality... - do the transport controls work even when Ableton doesn't have focus? (e.g. if I have OneNote up to keep track of lyrics, can I still start, stop, record, and undo in Ableton ...

You can do this using duplicate or cut time. Why no copy time, I can't say. But if you need to paste somewhere else, cut then paste it right back so you don't lose it, then put the insert marker where you want to put the copied time, then paste again. There may be other ways, but I'm not aware of t...

but, the state shown in the toolbar is reflective of all selected clips yes, but it's a bit of a red herring here. the issue is that this on/off can neither be controlled for the set, nor for the individual clips. that's kind of my point--there's no such thing as a global scale at the 'set' level, ...

I was just able to confirm it appears possible to set scales on audio clips, and select all does look like it should work to allow you to "globally" set a specific scale by selecting all, and updating. I wasn't about to actually do that in my project, since it's nearly done, but you can d...