In older versions of Ableton you could highlight a portion of a clip and delete/duplicate/etc. and it was quick and easy.
Now you have to make sure you've got the top bar of the clip selected as well. It's a pain and slows me down. I don't know what they call this option. Is there any way to disable it?
Is it possible to make it so you don't have to select the top bar of a clip to delete/edit?
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Re: Is it possible to make it so you don't have to select the top bar of a clip to delete/edit?
Nope, that's the way it is.
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Re: Is it possible to make it so you don't have to select the top bar of a clip to delete/edit?
sounds like you're in automation mode. you can either turn it off (press 'a' - will then work as you expect) or you can press the 'up' arrow to select the main clip area.
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Re: Is it possible to make it so you don't have to select the top bar of a clip to delete/edit?
Thanks @garyboozy, I had no idea!! It makes sense, I do a lot of automation and never really though to toggle it on and off. this is a game changer, as I like to do a lot of destructive editing in my songs for drum fills and random bits.