Minutes and seconds in arrange

maze23a · Post by **maze23a** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 5:09 pm

Maybe it's stupid but i cant get to show minutes and seconds for the song!
I just need to see how long my song is in minutes and seconds!

Please help!

Maze

sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 5:11 pm

dont look up, look down!

stjohn · Post by **stjohn** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 5:14 pm

this boggled my brain for so long... i cursed ableton and said how stupid it all was ....then it all became so clear

maze23a · Post by **maze23a** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 6:38 pm

I'm using ableton for about 2 years now.
This is crazy!!!!
Anyway,thank you!

Johnisfaster · Post by **Johnisfaster** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:51 pm

seriously... same here.. I used it for years before I realised you could just look at the bottom of arrange.

I even worked out a math equation that I used quite often to figure the minutes/seconds sitting there with a pen and paper doing math all the while I could just look at the right spot on the screen.. ha

jamester · Post by **jamester** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 4:07 am

I too was stumped by this...and I still don't like it! Live should have a proper time readout, I'm really surprised it doesn't, considering both the live gigging and new video aspects...

corkyburger · Post by **corkyburger** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 1:24 pm

I agree, it should have a seconds and minutes readout alongside beats and bars. At the moment there is no way of selecting a section and finding out how long it lasts, as in Pro Tools. Whilst I undertstand that Live is primarily a music productions software, with the addition of video import it is obvious Ableton want to move into other areas. I use Live for sonic branding and radio production and this function is something I need all the time.

Michael-SW · Post by **Michael-SW** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 9:38 pm

Joking is obviously to subtle...

LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ARRANGE AREA. THERE YOU FIND THE TIME IN MINUTES AND SECONDS.

(Sorry for that.)

jamester · Post by **jamester** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:12 pm

Michael-SW wrote:Joking is obviously to subtle...

LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ARRANGE AREA. THERE YOU FIND THE TIME IN MINUTES AND SECONDS.

(Sorry for that.)

That's not the point; the point is it should be a proper time display/readout, in its own box with numbers: H:M:S Along those lines, imho.

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:17 am

Funny, it took me forever to realize that in arrange too

I would also like the time display for selections, and the current cursor location.

longjohns · Post by **longjohns** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:13 am

both of those pieces of information are available in the info bar.

make a selection in arrange and hover over it. look down. whoot

place the cursor, look down. woot

jamester · Post by **jamester** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:44 am

Still, I personally would like a box at the top with numbers seperated by colons! Y'know, like every other sequencing program has!

Clearscreen · Post by **Clearscreen** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:48 am

Still, I personally would like a box at the top with numbers seperated by colons! Y'know, like every other sequencing program has!

just use the vst plugin from here:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1825366
does all of the time and bar location stuff, pretty much indipensable!

jamester · Post by **jamester** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:05 am

Clearscreen

HOLY CRAP MAN - YOU ROCK!

That's frickin' brilliant! Seems to work fine...where do you keep it? (I'm thinking lower left corner). So you just assign the first track to it, I take it?

I'm gonna post a thanks to that guy in KVR, cuz that's awesome........

jamester · Post by **jamester** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:08 am

Wait a minute...because it's a vst, it will only show when the track it's inserted on is highlighted, no? That doesn't really solve the problem, if it's not visible while I'm working. hmmmmm....