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I constantly use the “Clip” button on the Push to crop the length of my clip loop. However sometimes the Push screen says “No Clip” and it won’t let me edit the parameters. This is while I am on the correct track with the clip selected and playing.
Does anyone know why this happens?

pink paint, I would like that option as well. I only have one clip color per track. and in the rare cases i have a different color i could manually override them afterwards

Can you tell ableton to color tracks based on the track title? For instance, I type "sub bass" as a track name, ableton sees "bass" is in the name and colors it blue automatically. I wouldn't ask if this was possible with any other software, but because ableton is so customizable...

I was thinking the same thing. I mainly just wanted to make sure I wasn't alone on this! Maybe I'll change my drum color, but it's been red for years!

You can chop up your sample into a bunch of pads in the Simpler and have Ableton play "through" them (set to "through" playback mode) automatically. So if you chop your sample into 8 slices/pads, it will play all 8 in a row in order until you you trigger one of them, causing it t...

Normally the Push 2 reflects the color of the selected track. But when coloring a track red, Push 2 can't make the screen or pads look red; they just look Orange. Unfortunately for me my workflow has always been orange tracks as default and red tracks as drums (so personally, it would be helpful for...

I have a hard time wrapping my head around it without experimenting (not at home at the moment), but I think I understand: Example: If you had some open hi hats on every second bar, Live thinks its important to keep those on every second bar (especially if you are doing live music). So when you adju...

Ableton got back to me with an explanation. Maybe I'm just slow, but it didn't really make sense to me. However, the person who got back to me didn't sound like he understood it either ("I can't tell you why it is programmed this way"). Here is the response This behaviour is expected and i...

thanks I will try that!

I just learned of this VST that allows you to load up a reference track inside of it, then with the hit of a button it mutes all your ableton tracks and just plays the reference track; a one button solution for A/B referencing. I wonder if there are any Max devices that can do this basic function? M...

I dont remember if I tried seeing if that changed it. I can try when I get home

UPDATE: No, changing Warp did not fix it, but it was a good idea.

Yeah I've done the holding-shift thing and it moves in smaller chunks, but still not precise. I know that when Push 2 launched, I felt that part of the sales pitch was that it could be used as a sampler that let you get away from the computer for these basic sampling functions. It more than lives up...

I have not asked Ableton. Sometimes there is a very good reason for these things and once someone points it out to me, I see it in a new light. This one, though, just seems to add an arbitrary step to my workflow. 8O I guess I will ask them in a few days if I still don't understand. I've never email...

That is a related question, but a different question. They both are an effort on my part to get a good understanding on how to effectively crop in on clips using Push. That first question is about how the start point jumps to a random place when I try to loop a section of my midi clips which are in ...

I still don't understand. If I record 16 bars and then lower my loop length to 4 bars, then change the loop position from 1.1.1 to 2.1.1, the "start offset" jumps from 1.1.1 to 5.1.1. There is more than enough room in this clip for the 4 bars to start at 2.1.1 and have enough room to prese...