Assign Track Names to Clips
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Assign Track Names to Clips
We've got assign track colours to clips, why not have the ability to change the clips in the arrangement view to reflect the track names?
Re: Assign Track Names to Clips
I'm not sure if I understand your right, but at least in part, this is already the case.
Track colors are not automatically linked to clip colors when you change the track color or move a clip to another track. And when you create a clip it also gets the track name as (part of) its name. That also won't change after you created the clip just like the color.
But as far as I know, this only happens when you create a clip by recording into the session. When you create a midi clip by double-clicking into a cell the name is just blank. And when you drop a sample into an audio track the clip gets the filename as its name (what actually makes sense).
I'm not sure how it behaves in the arrangement, but since you wrote this feature request I guess the name stays blank.
It looks like Ableton is actually a little bit inconsistent there and I don't like inconsistency.
Track colors are not automatically linked to clip colors when you change the track color or move a clip to another track. And when you create a clip it also gets the track name as (part of) its name. That also won't change after you created the clip just like the color.
But as far as I know, this only happens when you create a clip by recording into the session. When you create a midi clip by double-clicking into a cell the name is just blank. And when you drop a sample into an audio track the clip gets the filename as its name (what actually makes sense).
I'm not sure how it behaves in the arrangement, but since you wrote this feature request I guess the name stays blank.
It looks like Ableton is actually a little bit inconsistent there and I don't like inconsistency.
Re: Assign Track Names to Clips
If I understand right what he means is an option to change clip names automatically when you change the track name. L?ke after you write the name shift+enter to apply it to all clips kind of thing.
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Re: Assign Track Names to Clips
+1 for this
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Re: Assign Track Names to Clips
yes this would be amazing
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Re: Assign Track Names to Clips
Yes and vice versa. Assign clip name to track
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Re: Assign Track Names to Clips
Just making sure everyone knows that if you select all the clips on a track, you can give them the same name. I.e., bulk rename. This may of course be the track name. This is not as fast, but does keep the track context menu slimmer.
Re: Assign Track Names to Clips
There should be a shortcut for this too! ABleton needs more personal tweeks and shortcuts for us!
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I bulk select clips all the time and it is really a cumbersome workaround. Ableton should pay more attention to these little details.