Snapshots - possible in Live?
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Snapshots - possible in Live?
Hi there
is it possible to have snapshots in Live?
Let me explain what I mean by "snapshot".
A snapshot is a saved state of everything in ableton's session view.
Let's say I have 8 clips playing. All SEND knobs have value "0%". I want to save this state in order to go back to this state after I changed a lot of values - e.g. I turned the SEND knobs on some tracks to "100%", changed some parameters of some VST plugins on the master, stopped 2 clips, etc.
Can I do this in live (version 6 or 7) and if so, how can I do this?
If anyone knows the Yamaha SU700 ... this machine has 8 snapshot buttons where you can save the current scene by holding down one of the 8 snapshot buttons for 2 seconds. To recall the saved snapshot just hit the button. This is an excellent live feature!
Thanks in advance
Nico
is it possible to have snapshots in Live?
Let me explain what I mean by "snapshot".
A snapshot is a saved state of everything in ableton's session view.
Let's say I have 8 clips playing. All SEND knobs have value "0%". I want to save this state in order to go back to this state after I changed a lot of values - e.g. I turned the SEND knobs on some tracks to "100%", changed some parameters of some VST plugins on the master, stopped 2 clips, etc.
Can I do this in live (version 6 or 7) and if so, how can I do this?
If anyone knows the Yamaha SU700 ... this machine has 8 snapshot buttons where you can save the current scene by holding down one of the 8 snapshot buttons for 2 seconds. To recall the saved snapshot just hit the button. This is an excellent live feature!
Thanks in advance
Nico
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Re: Snapshots - possible in Live?
live doesn't really have it.
But you can use arrangement view in a similar way.
Hit the global record button
set a locator every time you want to make a snapshot
press stop all clips.
Now when you can jump to the locators and still improvise with the clips from session view.
set a loop in arrangement if you need to stay in one section.
But you can use arrangement view in a similar way.
Hit the global record button
set a locator every time you want to make a snapshot
press stop all clips.
Now when you can jump to the locators and still improvise with the clips from session view.
set a loop in arrangement if you need to stay in one section.
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Re: Snapshots - possible in Live?
I almost thought Live does not have it. I think it will be an excellent feature for playing live.
Imagine you play something like break of a track. You move faders, turn knobs, going to the end of the break and then you call the snapshot to bring the beat back.
I loved this feature a lot when I was using the yamaha su700.
Imagine you play something like break of a track. You move faders, turn knobs, going to the end of the break and then you call the snapshot to bring the beat back.
I loved this feature a lot when I was using the yamaha su700.
Re: Snapshots - possible in Live?
sounds like it would be a great feature!
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Re: Snapshots - possible in Live?
I have posted a new thread in the "Feature Wishlist" subforum.
http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=111936
http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=111936
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Re: Snapshots - possible in Live?
Fantastic idea. I used to rock the SU700 back in my techno days, and it was such a phenomenal little machine. +1 on this feature request.
Re: Snapshots - possible in Live?
Did any of you guys found a solution for this feature?
Searching really hard for it.
Thanks!
Glenn
Searching really hard for it.
Thanks!
Glenn
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Re: Snapshots - possible in Live?
Check out the Max 4 Live device called Kapture pad.
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Re: Snapshots - possible in Live?
Another way to do this, without using M4L, is to set up a MIDI loop-back (where you send MIDI out of, then back into Live). Check this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=214885&p=1658646
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=214885&p=1658646
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Re: Snapshots - possible in Live?
S4racen wrote:Or if you want speed and reliability then...
http://isotonikstudios.com/pp-labs-pptc/
Cheers
D
Wow...
Can you do a more detailed video?
https://vimeo.com/181301889
Re: Snapshots - possible in Live?
The guys are working on version 3, there'll be more videos then, for now theres a walkthrough of the functionality of each device and a fully detailed manual...
Cheers
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Cheers
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Re: Snapshots - possible in Live?
S4racen wrote:The guys are working on version 3, there'll be more videos then, for now theres a walkthrough of the functionality of each device and a fully detailed manual...
Cheers
D
Thanks... I hope to get Max4Live over the holidays... And PPTC....
What do you think about this video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uFvLxt ... e=youtu.be