Ableton 10 Envelope Edit Zoom In/Out - surely this must be possible?
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Ableton 10 Envelope Edit Zoom In/Out - surely this must be possible?
When editing my automation envelope it does not seem possible to zoom in and out vertically (either in clip view or arrangement view) - I am really surprised by this as this seems like such an important feature. Hopefully I'm missing something and someone can tell me but I've tried lots of things.
When I'm viewing my automation envelope and adding break points the, e.g. in clip view, my automation parameter has a range possible values from -127 to +127, I can see the range values on the y axis scale (i.e. on the left of the grid) but this scale might appear as e.g only. between -80 to -127 (e.g. only showing about 20% of the range). This makes it difficult to draw an envelop of say -127 to +127. Why can't I zoom out to -127 to +127 and see the whole scale of automation range? If I hover over this scale the hand icon appears and I can scroll up and down but that is not really helpful if I want to automate a parameter between -127 and 127.
I note that with the clip's note box displayed, I can hover over the vertical keyboard (or notes) and the magnifying glass icon appears, in this view I can zoom vertically by moving mouse to left and right - but that does not work in envelope mode - why not? It is really driving me nuts?
I also tried the 10.1 Beta which promises:
Live 10.1 makes switching between detailed views and big-picture editing faster with streamlined keyboard shortcuts, pinch zooming on compatible computers, a resizable Arrangement Overview window, and more.
But I couldn't see anything there either.
When I'm viewing my automation envelope and adding break points the, e.g. in clip view, my automation parameter has a range possible values from -127 to +127, I can see the range values on the y axis scale (i.e. on the left of the grid) but this scale might appear as e.g only. between -80 to -127 (e.g. only showing about 20% of the range). This makes it difficult to draw an envelop of say -127 to +127. Why can't I zoom out to -127 to +127 and see the whole scale of automation range? If I hover over this scale the hand icon appears and I can scroll up and down but that is not really helpful if I want to automate a parameter between -127 and 127.
I note that with the clip's note box displayed, I can hover over the vertical keyboard (or notes) and the magnifying glass icon appears, in this view I can zoom vertically by moving mouse to left and right - but that does not work in envelope mode - why not? It is really driving me nuts?
I also tried the 10.1 Beta which promises:
Live 10.1 makes switching between detailed views and big-picture editing faster with streamlined keyboard shortcuts, pinch zooming on compatible computers, a resizable Arrangement Overview window, and more.
But I couldn't see anything there either.
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Re: Ableton 10 Envelope Edit Zoom In/Out - surely this must be possible?
Yes, I have the same problem!
This missing feature is very annoying.
This missing feature is very annoying.
Re: Ableton 10 Envelope Edit Zoom In/Out - surely this must be possible?
Same problem here; I have the problem with a max4live device, on the left you can see the values (0 to 127) but only see a very small range depending on size of clip view.. with defaults max4life devices or ableton´s included instruments or fx I have not noticed this.
EDIT: I have found the problem, seems to have something to do with M4L parameter type setting
I opened a new thread
EDIT: I have found the problem, seems to have something to do with M4L parameter type setting
I opened a new thread
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Re: Ableton 10 Envelope Edit Zoom In/Out - surely this must be possible?
yeah I've run into this too and just found this thread. . . still pretty new to Ableton so looking for bug report land -- hope this gets fixed; I'll be doing a lot of this type of clip envelope editing as I can't find a workaround even in arrangement view. . .
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Re: Ableton 10 Envelope Edit Zoom In/Out - surely this must be possible?
Just physically resize the envelope section to get more room. If in arrangement mode, add the envelope to a new track view and resize that track to as much as you need.
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Re: Ableton 10 Envelope Edit Zoom In/Out - surely this must be possible?
Still needing a fix to this in 2022...
Re: Ableton 10 Envelope Edit Zoom In/Out - surely this must be possible?
I dont think it's a bug.
But I really dont like this behaviour too..
But I really dont like this behaviour too..
Re: Ableton 10 Envelope Edit Zoom In/Out - surely this must be possible?
Change the object's type from Int to Float and it shows up correctly (zoomed out)
Re: Ableton 10 Envelope Edit Zoom In/Out - surely this must be possible?
UP
It's 2023 and I'm still extremely anoyed by the way you edit MIDI CC automation in Live. Let me zoom out this nonsense range, I don't wanna scroll my way through every midi automation, talk about workflow...
It's 2023 and I'm still extremely anoyed by the way you edit MIDI CC automation in Live. Let me zoom out this nonsense range, I don't wanna scroll my way through every midi automation, talk about workflow...