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wongpongding
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preset system

Post by wongpongding » Fri Feb 26, 2021 3:02 pm

The current preset system is simply atrocious. Hot swap button then double click. The capability is there in third party plug-ins to select presets from a drop down within the Ableton container. Why can't Ableton do this with their own FX and instruments? I assume it's something top do with the base code that no-one at Ableton appears to want to address.

But even the current system would work much better if the procedure was: 1) click hot swap button on device; 2) first click: select first preset from browser (where all other presets for e.g. that FX are; 3)use arrow keys to select +load preset 4) selected key/ hot swap button deselect to come out of preset load mode.

In contrast, the current procedure is: 1) click hot swap button on device; 2) click on preset to select; 3) click on preset again to load; 4) move mouse/ direction arrow to load next preset; 5) click on mouse to select next preset; 6) click on mouse to load preset... Totally totally ridiculous.

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The Rabbits
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Re: preset system

Post by The Rabbits » Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:38 pm

1 - Click the hotswap button. Live automatically selects the folder the current preset comes from, no need to click in the browser.
2 - Use arrow keys to move around and find a preset. 3 - Press enter to select it.
4 - Press Escape to close hotswap.

OR

Click hotswap.
Double click the preset you want.
Press escape to exit hotswap.

Chancery
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Re: preset system

Post by Chancery » Sat Feb 27, 2021 7:05 am

Better yet: Press Q to enable Hot Swap.
No need to touch the mouse whatsoever to navigate presets in Live.

Aleksandr_Sudin
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Re: preset system

Post by Aleksandr_Sudin » Mon Mar 08, 2021 7:08 pm

Awesome ideas.

wongpongding
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Re: preset system

Post by wongpongding » Mon Mar 08, 2021 8:34 pm

Cool

MallorcaMalle
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Re: preset system

Post by MallorcaMalle » Tue Mar 09, 2021 6:33 pm

That would be a great little change.
Adding usability as well as consistency with their racks and 3rd party VSTs...

The Rabbits
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Re: preset system

Post by The Rabbits » Tue Mar 09, 2021 11:05 pm

wongpongding wrote:
Mon Mar 08, 2021 8:34 pm
Cool
I assume you know this is how it already works.

wongpongding
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Re: preset system

Post by wongpongding » Thu Apr 01, 2021 3:42 pm

The Rabbits wrote:
Tue Mar 09, 2021 11:05 pm
wongpongding wrote:
Mon Mar 08, 2021 8:34 pm
Cool
I assume you know this is how it already works.
Yes but the double click or pressing enter seems totally unnecessary i.e. no other preset system has this extra step.

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Re: preset system

Post by Angstrom » Thu Apr 01, 2021 4:21 pm

Ableton's stumble over preset handling is exposed best by the fact that Main Stage exists

Ableton had a stranglehold on the "live performance" laptop person on stage market.
It's just that they never addressed the need for a performer to flip through presets AND through instruments / layers.

There are all kinds of funky workarounds involving chains, ghost clips, etc (all of which I use)
But the fact that Main Stage could gain any foothold at all shows there's a massive gap here.

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