Ableton Live Arrangement View

[jezjonson]

Does anyone know if you can change the current volume of a track in Ableton without having to fold down the automation and info lanes?

I love Ableton but thought there might be a way of altering a track's volume whilst in UNFOLDED view with no waveforms showing.

Maybe it's an easy solve? Hope so ! Jez

[jezjonson]

I've just realised that you can change the volume of each track quite easily in session view.

then

I added a UTILITY to each track in arrangement view, which enabled me to do the volume changes.

There must be an EVEN BETTER way though ! Hopefully ..............

[stoersignal]

don`t think there`S a better way.
i just made a standard template where i already have 1 eq and 1 utility on every track.
don`t know how it could be easier
if you get used to it, its the same amount of work

[friend_kami]

you could use Trackdefs, which saves the volume on your track as a template as opens up that setting on every new track:
http://beatwise.proboards.com/index.cgi ... thread=709

sadly it doesn't save racks and devices per track :/

[3dot...]

There must be an EVEN BETTER way though ! Hopefully ..............

empty audio fx rack with 1 chain.

[cpyatak]

Actually, isn't there a thing in CLYPHX where you can create a track with say, an instrument rack, and have the knobs on the rack control different track volumes? Then you could have one track for control of the volume of the others... When I started digging into Clyphx I semi remember seeing something like that... obviously I didn't get too far into it!

Chris

[3dot...]

Actually, isn't there a thing in CLYPHX where you can create a track with say, an instrument rack, and have the knobs on the rack control different track volumes? Then you could have one track for control of the volume of the others... When I started digging into Clyphx I semi remember seeing something like that... obviously I didn't get too far into it!

Chris

yep.. it's called 'macrobat' and it's a feature of clyphx
but unfortunately it doesn't work when automated.. if that sort of thing is important to ya..

[cpyatak]

Actually, isn't there a thing in CLYPHX where you can create a track with say, an instrument rack, and have the knobs on the rack control different track volumes? Then you could have one track for control of the volume of the others... When I started digging into Clyphx I semi remember seeing something like that... obviously I didn't get too far into it!

Chris

yep.. it's called 'macrobat' and it's a feature of clyphx
but unfortunately it doesn't work when automated.. if that sort of thing is important to ya..

Thanks 3Dot.

Can you say more about what you were getting at regarding an empty fx rack and one chain?

[3dot...]

yeah just use the 'chain mixer' volume for your volume control...
it can be automated.. and has a bigger volume range (downwards) than 'utility'...

[kirillov]

yes, like that:



cheers