Follow Arrangement arrow
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Follow Arrangement arrow
Hi all
is there any way to permanently follow the arrangement ?
every time I do an edit, the follow arrow key at the top drops to off, and I keep having to switch it on...very annoying.
So to sum up, how do I make the arrangement page permanently stay in sync with what I am hearing when zoomed in..scrolling or paging to keep the current song position visible
hope that makes sense !
thanks
BP
is there any way to permanently follow the arrangement ?
every time I do an edit, the follow arrow key at the top drops to off, and I keep having to switch it on...very annoying.
So to sum up, how do I make the arrangement page permanently stay in sync with what I am hearing when zoomed in..scrolling or paging to keep the current song position visible
hope that makes sense !
thanks
BP
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Re: Follow Arrangement arrow
The follow button will turn off when you do edits, that's normal.
Try using Ctrl-F (PC) or CMD-F (MAC) shortcut instead.
Try using Ctrl-F (PC) or CMD-F (MAC) shortcut instead.
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That is one of the shortcomings of Live as a pro DAW IMO.
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hmm
thats very odd ..seems such a basic requirement!
Whoever decided to make it drop out when anything was focused on must have been not thinking at all !
Latch follow to be added to desired feature list then - how crazy its not already there!
many thanks
BP
thats very odd ..seems such a basic requirement!
Whoever decided to make it drop out when anything was focused on must have been not thinking at all !
Latch follow to be added to desired feature list then - how crazy its not already there!
many thanks
BP
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Or...abnormal. No other DAW I've worked with does this. They usually have a latch option. Even back in the day.ShelLuser wrote:.... Yeah, that is indeed normal.
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^Perhaps, but an option to latch or not would be preferrable.
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Hi BP, Its been interesting to watch your growth curve into Live, coming as you do from PT world.vsukpadman wrote:hmm
thats very odd ..seems such a basic requirement!
Whoever decided to make it drop out when anything was focused on must have been not thinking at all !
Latch follow to be added to desired feature list then - how crazy its not already there!
many thanks
BP
Many of us, even some of Live's most devoted users, feel the same way about Live's Arrange Page feature set.
I still rely on Logic if I have to multi-track a band or do heavy-duty audio editing and arranging.
+1 Absolutely agree.SubFunk wrote:the lack of screen shots and zooming (via shortcuts) is absolute major, the amount of shifting the window priorities in live is driving me nuts, and it gets terribly cluttered and is visually a nightmare when you have many tracks and automations open (the total oposite of the neat session view) no folder tracks, no ghosts or aliases, no choice of propper time lines (a la logic) no possibility to have one 'switch' floating window of any plugin (a la logic) no tool box, weak automation editing, no autozoom high lighted track, general lack of shortcuts important for arranger tasks, the list goes on and on...
Although I love Live to the point of evangelism, I find the Arrange view sorely underpowered. Yes I come from 15 years on Logic and have gotten very used to it's feature set, but simple things like no key command to toggle all automation views on/off drives me nuts. I don't want to see red lines over my page all the time, and having to select all tracks and then go thru the rigmarole of getting the "none" option to come up (sometimes a two step process in itself) is arrrrgh!
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yes this is a PITAI don't want to see red lines over my page all the time, and having to select all tracks and then go thru the rigmarole of getting the "none" option to come up (sometimes a two step process in itself) is arrrrgh!
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Re: Follow Arrangement arrow
nylarch wrote:yes this is a PITA
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Pitchblack.
yes its been an interesting lerning curve from Protools to here I must say.
My current thoughts are, great for workflow making tracks , but not so great on the arrangement page for mixing those tracks.
I actually mixed my last track back in protools after exporting from Live (is there any way to export ONLY the tracks you want to , or does it have to be ALL or only One? )
Getting used to it though, but minor showstoppers so far as mentioned are
the follow arrangement issue,
the fact that my clips in midi edit window have completely different bar numbers to the arrangement !
Im also having trouble with the basic copy command ..seems to have a mind of its own. I select a region I want to copy and put somewhere else...hold down CTRL , move the region .sometimes it copys sometimes it moves it ! also tried moving then clicking control till the plus symbol appears on the dragged region, let go...same problem..sometimes copies, sometimes moves !
ah well..at least Im learning a new DAW , and thats a good thing after 12 years of Protools!
BP
yes its been an interesting lerning curve from Protools to here I must say.
My current thoughts are, great for workflow making tracks , but not so great on the arrangement page for mixing those tracks.
I actually mixed my last track back in protools after exporting from Live (is there any way to export ONLY the tracks you want to , or does it have to be ALL or only One? )
Getting used to it though, but minor showstoppers so far as mentioned are
the follow arrangement issue,
the fact that my clips in midi edit window have completely different bar numbers to the arrangement !
Im also having trouble with the basic copy command ..seems to have a mind of its own. I select a region I want to copy and put somewhere else...hold down CTRL , move the region .sometimes it copys sometimes it moves it ! also tried moving then clicking control till the plus symbol appears on the dragged region, let go...same problem..sometimes copies, sometimes moves !
ah well..at least Im learning a new DAW , and thats a good thing after 12 years of Protools!
BP
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Reading this I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds the implementation of Follow a bit unintuitive... I keep having to turn it back on again, 95% of the time I'd never have any reason to NOT have it turned on.