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by Synthbuilder
Mon Dec 02, 2024 2:47 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: 24 vs 6 dB, are there different dB in Live?
Replies: 18
Views: 2727

Re: 24 vs 6 dB, are there different dB in Live?

The dB/octave figure is the eventual roll off of the filter. It is the slope of the filter at a frequency well above (for low pass) and below (for high pass) the cut-off frequency*.

For us audio folks the eventual roll off is often not as important as what it is doing around the cut-off point. The ...
by Synthbuilder
Thu Nov 07, 2024 4:44 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: live outputs a cc message twice
Replies: 3
Views: 5584

Re: live outputs a cc message twice

Otherwise when playing from the start of a clip it does a sort of 'pre-fetch' and plays the CC also at the start of the clip.

It's called 'chase events'. Ableton Live didn't use to do it at all in early editions and it was really annoying. However, you can turn off chase notes in the options menu ...
by Synthbuilder
Thu Nov 07, 2024 4:38 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: midi input output device greyed out
Replies: 1
Views: 1297

Re: midi input output device greyed out

I have had the same problem. As you say, the workaround is to do it twice, or close and re-open Live. I probably should have reported it but I rarely need to change my midi I/O it doesn't bother me enough to go through the rigmarole of reporting faults to support. Been there, done that, frustration ...
by Synthbuilder
Thu Oct 10, 2024 8:17 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Do you use the Horizontal Arrangement mixer?
Replies: 16
Views: 11922

Re: Do you use the Horizontal Arrangement mixer?

Nope. I tried it, but didn't like it as I lose too much screen estate to it. I am more than happy to use tab to get to the 'session' view with the faders stretched out to a bigger size. Indeed, I never use the session view as a session view. It is simply my mixer, sends, and VST view

What I don't ...
by Synthbuilder
Thu Sep 05, 2024 8:00 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Ableton's Stock Compressor Makeup Gain Algorithm
Replies: 2
Views: 1264

Re: Ableton's Stock Compressor Makeup Gain Algorithm

GDMcArthur wrote:
Thu Sep 05, 2024 4:36 am
PS - .7?? WTF?!?!
Whenever I see 0.7 I think one over root two. It pops up in a lot of audio calculations. Why that should be the magic number in this case I have no idea.

I never use the make up gain and prefer to do it all by ear.
by Synthbuilder
Wed Aug 28, 2024 7:42 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Cannot find VST plug in
Replies: 2
Views: 807

Re: Cannot find vet plug in

I have NO VST3 plug ins folder.

Just a thought, have you set 'Use VST3 Plug-In System Folders' to "On" to activate VST3 plug-ins. It's in Preferences → Plug-Ins → Plug-In Sources.

You may also want to do a deep scan on the VST folders. You can do this by pressing [option] while you click on ...
by Synthbuilder
Mon Jul 15, 2024 9:29 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Live 12 reference manual DISCONTINUED BOOOOOO
Replies: 195
Views: 85072

Re: Live 12 reference manual DISCONTINUED BOOOOOO

So I took Angstrom's suggestion (not the one above sadly) but the one to buy Live 12 at the intro price but not actually install it until the first big update. So last week I finally upgraded from Live 11 to 12. So many new things added. Cool. Now let's read the manual to see what these things do ...
by Synthbuilder
Sun Jul 14, 2024 11:16 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Sending Raw MIDI
Replies: 15
Views: 3024

Re: Sending Raw MIDI

And you export from Midi-Ox to a .MID file, read that into a clip in Live, and have no issues sending that out to the device?

Ah, sorry, I think I have misunderstood your original requirement. I don't think you can import midi clips with sysex in them. Live will just ignore any sysex info. Maybe ...
by Synthbuilder
Sun Jul 14, 2024 10:13 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Cursor is late
Replies: 2
Views: 680

Re: Cursor is late

I'm new to Ableton so my question is this is how it works in this daw or it's some bug or something ?

No bug, just how it's behaved since forever on Live. It's not normally a problem if you don't have devices that add too much latency. For example, If you use a bunch of compressors with 10ms ...
by Synthbuilder
Sun Jul 14, 2024 10:10 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Sending Raw MIDI
Replies: 15
Views: 3024

Re: Sending Raw MIDI

I use midi-ox and it does the job. I'm still using Win10 so I don't know if it works as well on Win11. I use a Mac to run Live, but I have an old laptop to do the midi sysex stuff separately.
by Synthbuilder
Tue Jun 04, 2024 4:19 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Glide isn't working with the Drift synth
Replies: 19
Views: 2690

Re: Glide isn't working with the Drift synth

If you're not playing live and sequencing the part: You could make each new note start with a copy of the previous note but only a 64th long, then have the new note play with a 128th gap between the start of the first note and the start of the new note. The first short note would overlap with the ...
by Synthbuilder
Fri May 10, 2024 10:19 am
Forum: Music Sharing
Topic: Solway Firth, a new album from Takla Makan
Replies: 0
Views: 6976

Solway Firth, a new album from Takla Makan

I've got a new album out. Just my usual laid back down tempo stuff. If you've heard my stuff before there'll not be too many surprises here.

https://takla-makan.bandcamp.com/album/solway-firth

This is synthesiser music, not the dance sort, but inspired by the types of music that I grew up ...
by Synthbuilder
Tue Apr 02, 2024 9:12 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Bar number query
Replies: 1
Views: 664

Re: Bar number query

why is this?

If you edit the length of a clip in arrangement window and then open it in clip edit, it will show the original clip length and the bar numbers will match the original length of clip. This can cause confusion if you don't know it does this. If you want it to match the arrangement ...
by Synthbuilder
Sun Jan 21, 2024 9:08 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: glitch with the pace of the project/ 20 BPM???????
Replies: 12
Views: 30362

Re: glitch with the pace of the project/ 20 BPM???????

If it helps problem determination I'm on a Macbook M1 , Sonoma 14.2.1, Live 11.3.20, and I can't reproduce this problem.

Interesting. Is that in full screen mode with no menu bar or dock visible?

Ableton Support got back to me, pretty swiftly after I reported it, and confirmed that they could ...
by Synthbuilder
Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:06 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: A question about Live 12 - Return channel automation scrolling
Replies: 8
Views: 62184

Re: A question about Live 12 - Return channel automation scrolling

[jur] wrote:
Fri Jan 19, 2024 5:14 pm
reports sent to Support are not thrown into the thrash
I can confirm this. The issue I had with Live 11 resetting the tempo to 20bpm in full screen mode on MacOS Sonoma was answered with a friendly e-mail within an hour of me reporting it to support.