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If the VST supports program change messages (most instruments do in my experience) you can do this via the pgm change boxes at the bottom left of the clip. You would have to save custom sounds as a VST preset (not an Ableton preset). It also turns out that if you automate a parameter in one clip but...

OK, so I have a lot of analogue gear, which means multiple interfaces, one of which is an MR18 which I also take out live. And very time I reconnect it in the studio I have to go and *individually* turn on all the I/O channels in audio preferences. It drives me nuts. I appreciate that having frewer ...

Overdub button - the little + button next to automation arm - should enable you to play and/or record tweaks without erasing MIDI notes. Or have I misunderstood what you are trying to do? Also, clip automation still works in the arrange page. It's a bit clumsy IMO and I guess if you wanted to edit t...

I'll be honest here I think that should be on by default. I understand why you sometimes need to turn it off but on is kind of expected behaviour.

I run everything in one giant setlist (although rather more than one scene per song) controlled by a Launchpad. It's a pain to set up but makes life much easier at shows. I used to run separate sets for each song but as you suggest the load time is a problem. It only takes about 20-30 seconds but th...

I think there is only me and you who think that. I think there should be an option to have "normal snap mode" in addition to the smart snap. No, it annoys the hell out of me as well. At least it's not as bad as when it first appeared and trying to move notes vertically would reliably move...

Comping.

If nothing goes wrong in testing nothing should go wrong on the night. Yeaah. I would disagree on that because practicing doesn't always factor in a lot of stuff that occurs in a live situation. There are known unknowns (power fluctuations and poorly filtered power, smoke machines, stumbling stage ...

Always found it OK including my (simple) homebrews and ones from maxforlive.com. Caveat: I did find a glitch with the Max API device where if you map it to a macro it causes Live to crash on exit. The actual set and playing gigs were not affected, the main annoyance was that whenever you opened Live...

If you're running suite there's a Max MIDI monitor plugin.

Looking at the manual it looks like the program changes are on channel 16. The ctrl chooser is for continuous controllers not channels. If you have a track set the channel 16 and put the program change clip in there it might work. *However* this seems to change session (not sure what that is since I...

Would be nice to be able to do them all at once as a kit though.

I velcro everything to a plywood top to a keyboard stand that I made myself, and carry it all to gigs on one flight case. The flight case has bits of foam glued in the lid to stop it all moving about in transit. All I have to do is lift it onto the stand and plug it in. Saves about 20 minutes pluggi...

MrHassanSan wrote: I guess a better question would be whether there's a way to automate CC data in arrangement view?

I tend to use Max devices for this - controlchange8 works pretty well. http://roberthenke.com/technology/m4l.html

If what you want to do is let FOH mix you on the fly as if you were a band maybe an out the box alternative - run through an XR/MR-18 or similar and let FOH remote control the mix and EQ via that? Or is it vital that FOH canactually mess with the Live set? Downside - will cost a bit. So if you want ...