Small workflow improvements.. Post them here..

Poster · Post by **Poster** » Sat May 05, 2007 6:01 pm

auto clip naming

if you record a new clip it gets named after the title of the track..

how about if Live does the same thing when you create a new empty clip..?

so double click> new clip> automatically named after the track title..

that would be very useful..

glu · Post by **glu** » Sat May 05, 2007 6:59 pm

improve zoom functionality and control

3rdordertrauma · Post by **3rdordertrauma** » Mon May 07, 2007 12:30 pm

Collapse & expand buttons for each plugin

Would be nice to hide the plugs not needing visual feedback and leave the room for the ones that do.

3rdordertrauma · Post by **3rdordertrauma** » Mon May 07, 2007 12:46 pm

Idonotlikebroccoli wrote:Also: Not being able to create fades with the velocity dots/lines in the piano roll. What's up with that?

Then there's the lack of logarithmic curves in automation.

I sure hope Ableton look at this topic and manage to work out these things for v.7

In the piano roll (with the pencil tool off) select the range of notes you want a velocity ramp on (say all on c3) then in the velocity window on the bottom (while holding down command key) click where you want the ramp start, drag to where you want the ramp to end and release. Walla! Velocity ramp! Would be nice to have the curves tho you are right.

Idonotlikebroccoli · Post by **Idonotlikebroccoli** » Tue May 08, 2007 10:26 am

That only increases/decreases all the velocity values equally much. It doesn't create a fade in/fade out. The command key should do the same as the ctrl key on a windows computer, right..? Just to make sure, I tried with shift and alt too, but that didn't do what I wanted either.

3rdordertrauma · Post by **3rdordertrauma** » Tue May 08, 2007 1:20 pm

Idonotlikebroccoli wrote:That only increases/decreases all the velocity values equally much. It doesn't create a fade in/fade out. The command key should do the same as the ctrl key on a windows computer, right..? Just to make sure, I tried with shift and alt too, but that didn't do what I wanted either.

Maybe I didn't explain very good or maybe I don't fully understand you right. You want basically a velocity "swell" on for example a snare roll to create a crescendo/ volume ramp... right?

This is what happens when I do what I tried to describe on os x. Say I'm using Impulse, I sequence a regular 4x4 house beat. On the snare track I sequence 16th notes all the way across a 1 bar loop to create a snare roll. In the clip editor I highlight all snare hits either by "rubber-banding" them or clicking that note on the piano roll, now that all the snare notes and there corresponding velocity sliders are highlighted hold down the command key (or windows equivalent) and click down where you want the ramp to start. You should immediately see a little dotted black line appear representing what will eventually be the ramp. Drag to the ramp end destination and release the mouse button.

IMPORTANT! Maybe this is were you are going wrong. Make sure you DON'T click exactly on the velocity "pole" or the little circle on top. Click either just to the left or right of it. I you click right on it then yes all the velocity poles will adjust to the same velocity. If you click just to one side or the other then the dotted black line will appear which shows the velocity ramp.

Hope it works for you... This very thing drove me crazy till I discovered this. I think I read it in the manual but I can't find it in there now. So who knows... all I know is once you get used to it, it works like a charm.

Good Luck!

Idonotlikebroccoli · Post by **Idonotlikebroccoli** » Tue May 08, 2007 1:40 pm

So THAT'S how it's done!!!!!

Finally!

I didn't fully understand your explanation.. that was the problem.

You select the notes, then hold ctrl, and then select+drag an empty area in the velocity field while holding ctrl.

I love you! <3

The worst thing is that I've been so friggin' close all the time. I should have just clicked above the points, not on them. AGH!

rydan · Post by **rydan** » Thu May 10, 2007 8:29 am

forge wrote:hmmmm...do I need to say group solo?

And also some kind of solo defeat. In cubase, for instance, you can alt-click on a channels solo button to make it stay on regardless of solo on other channels. Very very handy for return tracks, and in some cases group tracks...

Soma · Post by **Soma** » Thu May 10, 2007 1:12 pm

I don't know why, but I always try to double click a VST slot in the mixer to open the GUI. (It never works)

electrik noize · Post by **electrik noize** » Fri May 11, 2007 2:22 am

It's been said before but I'll say it again.

track/group folders

this would help clean up the look and make navigation easier

Idonotlikebroccoli · Post by **Idonotlikebroccoli** » Fri May 11, 2007 11:42 am

Tracks and group folders would be so great for those of us who are not blessed with large screens and screen resolutions.

Idonotlikebroccoli · Post by **Idonotlikebroccoli** » Fri May 11, 2007 1:13 pm

I want to automate send b all the way. The stupid thing is that the value I've set it to seems to be the max, instead of 100% which it should be. This whole matter of different automation in session and arrangement bugs me.

Also, there's no device on/off automation in session view. Why not? That's just silly.

3rdordertrauma · Post by **3rdordertrauma** » Fri May 11, 2007 2:21 pm

Idonotlikebroccoli wrote:I want to automate send b all the way. The stupid thing is that the value I've set it to seems to be the max, instead of 100% which it should be. This whole matter of different automation in session and arrangement bugs me.

Open Send B to 100%, Then the automation should work as you're asking. If you want Send B to remain at at the setting you set it at when not automated just make that the minimum value in the automation. errr hope that made sense.. I'm not so good at explaining stuff. Maybe thats why I'm a teacher. Anyway thats why I included pics...

3rdordertrauma · Post by **3rdordertrauma** » Fri May 11, 2007 2:46 pm

better control and options for automation control points

Some stuff I was just reminded of while making the last post.

1. Would be nice to have a vertical/horizontal "lock" via a modifier key or something... meaning when I only want to move a control point left or right, NOT up and down I could hit say the shift key and this would only allow left and right movement of the selected control point. Logic has something like this and I keep wishing Live had it.

2. Rubber-banding a range of control points for simultaneous adjustment would be nice. I know you can kinda do this already but its not as simple as just clicking and dragging a little black box around the control points we want to adjust.

3. Would be cool also if you could make the control points "snap to" the grid markers.. maybe by using a modifier key. Hek who knows maybe you can do this now and I just haven't found it?

Soma · Post by **Soma** » Fri May 11, 2007 3:03 pm

Edit: never mind.