alias clips
alias clips
Sorry if this has been suggested in the past (likely Logic users) but I couldn't find it in the forum, and I can't hold my tongue any longer.
THE PROBLEM: You start with one clip (audio loop OR midi). You put it in an arrangement. You copy it somewhere else in the arrangement. You do it again and again. Now it's all over the place. You then decide to change something about the clip (adjustment of some of the warp markers in an audio loop, for example). Now you must search for every instance of this clip and replace it with the new adjusted version.
THE SOLUTION: Whenever you copy a clip (or record it into the arrangement) you have the option of the result being an 'alias' (a ghost clip that ALWAYS mimics the original clip). This way you can make all the adjustments you like to the master clip, and all of the instances of the alias refer to the new edits. You would also have the option of turning an alias into a real clip to do unique edits to just that instance of the clip.
This system would allow you to have all your master clips in cells of the session view and you could quickly find and adjust single clips that would alter all the aliases in your arrangement.
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THE PROBLEM: You start with one clip (audio loop OR midi). You put it in an arrangement. You copy it somewhere else in the arrangement. You do it again and again. Now it's all over the place. You then decide to change something about the clip (adjustment of some of the warp markers in an audio loop, for example). Now you must search for every instance of this clip and replace it with the new adjusted version.
THE SOLUTION: Whenever you copy a clip (or record it into the arrangement) you have the option of the result being an 'alias' (a ghost clip that ALWAYS mimics the original clip). This way you can make all the adjustments you like to the master clip, and all of the instances of the alias refer to the new edits. You would also have the option of turning an alias into a real clip to do unique edits to just that instance of the clip.
This system would allow you to have all your master clips in cells of the session view and you could quickly find and adjust single clips that would alter all the aliases in your arrangement.
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with audio isn't this functionality already covered by the external sample editor button?
when you copy a clip to another track and make changes to it within live it is using an alias copy of it.
if you edit the original wav using an audio editor I think the changes would be reflected anywhere that you had copied/duplicated that clip.
when you copy a clip to another track and make changes to it within live it is using an alias copy of it.
if you edit the original wav using an audio editor I think the changes would be reflected anywhere that you had copied/duplicated that clip.
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This might be true, but your suggestion doesn't cover the hundreds of other ways you might want to edit a clip without altering the audio. You may want to just adjust a warp marker or change the volume slider or change notes in a MIDI clip or... etc[/i]ejectorset wrote:with audio isn't this functionality already covered by the external sample editor button?
when you copy a clip to another track and make changes to it within live it is using an alias copy of it.
if you edit the original wav using an audio editor I think the changes would be reflected anywhere that you had copied/duplicated that clip.
poly915 ~ I know exactly what you mean. I'd like that option...perhaps a checkbox on each clip. So, I could have 9 instances that mimic each other...& uncheck the 10th to do something special. Quite a few times, I've needed to make change, but then have to copy & overwrite all the other instances. When you do that...it can become difficult to keep track of which ones have been changed unless you rename them too.
Perhaps Alias clips could have an identifying mark to the top right (a triangle) of the clip that lets me know that it is identical to others with the same name or something. Unchecked clips would act as they do now. Perhaps checked or unchecked could be a user option?
Perhaps Alias clips could have an identifying mark to the top right (a triangle) of the clip that lets me know that it is identical to others with the same name or something. Unchecked clips would act as they do now. Perhaps checked or unchecked could be a user option?
The more special properties we put into things, the more confusion it might deliver. Live is quite straigh forward in handlig clips, I think. But I like the idea of clips treated as members of a single instance.
It might be an option
a) in the sample box (inherited?)
b) on Pc an alt + copy or whatever
c ) a mark of the clip that would be directly
- toggling it to an individual clip
- opening dialog (or a simple click on parent...) as to what clip is my parent
But: What happens when the parent clip is changed to a child of a inheriting group... oh, strange relations everywhere...
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It might be an option
a) in the sample box (inherited?)
b) on Pc an alt + copy or whatever
c ) a mark of the clip that would be directly
- toggling it to an individual clip
- opening dialog (or a simple click on parent...) as to what clip is my parent
But: What happens when the parent clip is changed to a child of a inheriting group... oh, strange relations everywhere...
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Why strange? Ghost copies exist in Cubase and why shouldn't they exist in Ableton Live also? For me ghost copies for midi would be fine. Ghost copies for audio is not an issue to me. I want to have the flexibility to change anything at any time what's possible with midi but not audio.conny wrote:But: What happens when the parent clip is changed to a child of a inheriting group... oh, strange relations everywhere...
Yea, no problem. Breaking links between ghost and "original" is OK but it should be visible or something, to help you know what is happening. A broken ghost will be a new original, thats fine with me.
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This has become one of my biggest frustrations when programming in Live. It even stops me from moving forwards in a composition sometimes. I really don't see why this hasn't been implemented already. Especially for MIDI clips.
This has become one of my biggest frustrations when programming in Live. It even stops me from moving forwards in a composition sometimes. I really don't see why this hasn't been implemented already. Especially for MIDI clips.
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