Ableton Forum

Hi, i'm trying to configure a floating max mixer that accurately shows my ableton tracks, Could you please help? I downloaded the float mixer m4l device from maxforlive.com. It works well as a starting point but only shows 20 tracks. I want to assign the faders to later tracks and probably to a smal...

Or only active effects/M4L devices? If so, how much?

hey Danny, what hardware are you using for the buttons?

I am using the Midi Designer 2 app on an ipad pro

Thank you. This doesn't work for me, the screen does not move at all when I hit Z. Also, I want to move to a selected track, not a clip. So that i can use a midi button to select a track then quickly 'jump' to it so that i can see it on my screen. Any other ways?

Hi, i just programmed midi buttons to select all of my tracks so that I can quickly jump around to different tracks without searching or scrolling. It works great for session view, but not arrangement view. In Arrangement view, it selects the track and highlights the track, but it doesn’t move the s...

Hi, i just programmed midi buttons to select all of my tracks so that I can quickly jump around to different tracks without searching or scrolling. It works well but wondering now, is there any way to make Live always select the track in the same location in relation to the rest of the tracks in the...

Hi, I am having an issue with a keyboard where there are are 2 keys that are not working in Live, Could you please help? When I hit one of these keys in Live, there is no sound at all. It does trigger an orange flashing light near the top right corner of the screen to the left of the MIDI button (an...

Hi I am trying to figure out if there's any way to keep an audio or group track 'locked' next to the master track. I route youtube and itunes into ableton, they output into audio tracks that receive external audio (via loopback). I want to see the levels for these tracks at all times without needing...

Hi, i'm trying to figure out how to make ableton live 10 show minutes+seconds in both arrangement and session view, Could you please help? 1) Live currently shows me only beats in the beat time ruler in arrangement view. I want it to show me the time in minutes and seconds there in addition. update:...

Hi I am trying to figure out how to make Live play midi notes that start before a loop is started, Could you please help? I saw in a tutorial video that Live 10 will now play notes that started before the loop, but i haven't figured out how to do so and Live currently does not play the note whenever...

Hi I’m trying to understand how the fixed length button works, as well as session record and arming to record. Could you please help? The first thing i’m wondering is why is the Fixed Length button only working when i record from the push? When i use the push to turn on fixed length, then i hit the ...

Hi I recently got an error message from ableton that says The selected time range is too long to be rendered at 44100 Hz..... (full text in picture below) . It appeared when i tried to export a recording as mp3 and i was unable to export the recording at all. I tried lowering and raising sample rate...

Hi I use itunes and the native ios music app to manage/listen to all of my Ableton recordings and am looking for tools/solution that provides a better experience in the music creation process. Could you please help? Itunes and the native ios music app allow me to listen to my recordings fine, but th...

Hi I’m trying to figure out why Live is sometimes muting my recordings. Could you please help? Live keeps turning off the sound for my Grand Piano Track and also darkening/greying out the clip in arrangement view. You can see this here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/85s3a7qz71yklwa/Screenshot%202018-03-...

Hi I’m trying to understand why ableton live is showing red dots on some of my parameters and automatically changing the values of the paremeters. Could you please help? The red dots are on the track volume and Send A for my microphone track (as shown below in screenshot). The track volume keeps goi...