Options.txt from 8.2.6 Binary Mac OS X

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MauricioAndrades
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Options.txt from 8.2.6 Binary Mac OS X

Post by MauricioAndrades » Tue Mar 13, 2012 6:12 pm

I pulled the most recent options from the Live 8.2.6 Binary for Mac OS X. There are some that are defined in other places in the code and as I find them I will update the list. If you find them or if you test some of these and find out what they do please post.

AbsoluteMouseMode
AlwaysShowRecordAutomation
AsioNoClockSource
AsioNoSampleRateCheck
AsioNoSetSampleRate
AsioSupportProcessNow
AsioDisableMultiClient
AudioQuantizeTestGui
AudioQuantizeFixedWarpMarker
AudioNoThreadReNew
AutoWarpTestGui
BuiltinLessons
ChallengeMethod
CheckAllLanguageFiles
CheckCast
CheckForUnlinkedComponents
CombineMouseMoves
ControlSurfaceDisplayUpdateRate
CopySampleFiles
DevicesLegacyLive4
DevicesLegacyLive5
DevicesLegacyLive6
DirectAssert
DisableAllContracts
DisableAllPostConditions
DisableSeratoBridge
DisableUpdateOverviews
DontAskForAdminRights
DontCombineAPCs
DontRetriggerSessionClips
DontStoreCompoundPaths
DragAndHoverSafeDistance
DrawDirectlyToScreen
DrawRandomBackground
DriveEngineTiming
DumpAddControlled
DumpUsfLibOutput
EnablePseudoDevice
EventRecorder
IgnoreCache
EventRecorderTempDir
EventRecorderScreenResolution
ForceDirectDraw
ForceGDI
ForceUseHyperThreading
Halion3BugWorkaround
IgnorePrefs
IgnoreTemplateSet
ImpulseIgnoreOmega
IndexRescan
InitialDocument
KeepEventRecordingsForDays
KeepUnresolvedRelativeRoutings
LayoutCheckFrequency
LocalFilesDir
LogPluginPerformance
EnableMapToSiblings
MeterUpdateRate (default=40)
MaxAudioThreads
MaxChainViewsToCache
MemoryLeaksFile
MidiEventThinning
NoAudioUnitLogic6Emulation
NoAutoArming
NoCrashLogging
NoMidiFromReWire
NoMidiEventFiltering
NoMidiJitterCorrection
NoMidiMonitorLatencyCompensation
NoMidiServer
NoSCurves
NoVstStartupScan
NoVstGesturesRequired
Patch
PhaseNudgeTempo
_PluginAutoPopulateThreshold
PluginScanVerbose
PreferDirectShow
ReportZeroLengthClips
ReWireChannels
ReWireLogic
ReWireMasterOff
ReWireSonar
RewriteEventRecordingWithNewViewIds
SampleTimeOverflowScale
AdditionalLatencyForPlaythrough
Sandbox
SafetyAreaAroundMarkers
SelectNoAudioAsDefault
SendSPPInArrangerLoops
SharedMemStoragePath
ShowPeakCpuLoad
ShowToolsMenu
SlicingTestGui
SoundManagerBufferSize
StackTraces
SuppressStartUpMessages
TempoFineControlRange
TestPaths
TestResultDir
ThinningAggressiveness
TraceLog
TrackFadeTime
UndoSplashScreenFixOsX
UndoStepsAtMouseUp
UnitTestsAssertOnFailure
UnitTestsDontCleanup
UnitTestsLetDummyTestPass
UnitTestsReportFormat
UnitTestsRun
UnitTestsRunDefaultOff
UnitTestsRunStreamServiceTests
UnitTestsQuitAfter
UnitTestsTraces
UpdateTest
UseDebugPrefs
UseFileSystemCacheForReading
UseFileSystemCacheForWriting
UseOwnGeneratedMidiTimeStamps
ViewIdCheckFrequency
VirtualAudioIn
VstNoLocalDir
VstNoScanSkip
WriteLanguageCommentFile

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Re: Options.txt from 8.2.6 Binary Mac OS X

Post by siliconarc » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:31 pm

8O
thanks for this, mauricio!

i've just been going through these, testing some out, seeing some interesting things, but not much really of use to the end user (apart from the known ones).
was about to close the window when i saw something: EnableMapToSiblings

well sheeeit! the function a lot of people have been waiting for is there already, hidden.
just tried it. it works!

put -EnableMapToSiblings=1 in your Options.txt, save, and restart Live.
now you can right-click a knob of a device inside a rack to map it to a macro, then right-click it again to see this:

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you can then map all the device's chain siblings to that macro.
this has been asked for since the beta of Live 8 3 years ago 8O 8O 8O
why hasnt this been added as an official sweetener? were they going to add it only in Live 9?

[conspiracy]and now it's been discovered, will they take it away from 8?[/conspiracy] :?

MauricioAndrades
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Re: Options.txt from 8.2.6 Binary Mac OS X

Post by MauricioAndrades » Wed Mar 14, 2012 3:39 am

Very cool. thanks for posting that :D

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Re: Options.txt from 8.2.6 Binary Mac OS X

Post by djgroovy » Wed Mar 14, 2012 2:38 pm

Niceee, thank for the info!

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Re: Options.txt from 8.2.6 Binary Mac OS X

Post by regretfullySaid » Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:02 pm

Very nice, thanks for the info Ableton, I mean Mauricio/Gary.

Seriously, you need a prize for this. A hidden (or maybe it's only been put in recently) feature that's been requested years ago. Solved.
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Re: Options.txt from 8.2.6 Binary Mac OS X

Post by MauricioAndrades » Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:39 pm

Can you help me figure out what LayoutCheckFrequency works? Is there a way to make it autoupdate instead of updating when you resize something?

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Re: Options.txt from 8.2.6 Binary Mac OS X

Post by siliconarc » Fri Mar 16, 2012 3:26 pm

sorry man, i have no idea what that entry is for. do you know what it's supposed to do?

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Re: Options.txt from 8.2.6 Binary Mac OS X

Post by dna598 » Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:43 pm

HELL YEAH!
ctrl + left/right = select transient

ctrl + shift + left/right = select between transients

ctrl + space = play selection

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Re: Options.txt from 8.2.6 Binary Mac OS X

Post by friend_kami » Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:05 am

garyboozy wrote:8O
thanks for this, mauricio!

i've just been going through these, testing some out, seeing some interesting things, but not much really of use to the end user (apart from the known ones).
was about to close the window when i saw something: EnableMapToSiblings

well sheeeit! the function a lot of people have been waiting for is there already, hidden.
just tried it. it works!

put -EnableMapToSiblings=1 in your Options.txt, save, and restart Live.
now you can right-click a knob of a device inside a rack to map it to a macro, then right-click it again to see this:

Image

you can then map all the device's chain siblings to that macro.
this has been asked for since the beta of Live 8 3 years ago 8O 8O 8O
why hasnt this been added as an official sweetener? were they going to add it only in Live 9?

[conspiracy]and now it's been discovered, will they take it away from 8?[/conspiracy] :?
what the f..

i can actually feel the disappointment running through me as i type this.
shame on you ableton. that's just plain disrespectful to the users, honestly.

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Re: Options.txt from 8.2.6 Binary Mac OS X

Post by cocodile » Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:05 pm

hi there,

first at all: i'am using mac os x 10.7.3 and Live 8.2.8

it seems options.txt is a powerful tool for live. however i didn't found the right folder or did something else wrong...
for me there is no folder /User/Library/Preferences/Ableton
i found a folder Users/*username*/Library/Preferences/Ableton/Live 8.2.8
the folder Users/*username*/Library was hidden !

there is a file called Preferences.cfg, so everything seems all right for me, but nothing happens with the same options.txt my friend uses and for him it works ... he's using it under windows

is that the right folder? what could be wrong ?

thx for help

condra
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Re: Options.txt from 8.2.6 Binary Mac OS X

Post by condra » Sat Apr 07, 2012 3:02 pm

That is the right folder.
http://www.ableton.com/de/pages/faq/options_text

Make sure OSX isnt changing your filename to RTF!
Also, don’t forget the hyphen (-) at the beginning of each line.

I just did this by the way and the “MAP TO ALL SIBLINGS” feature works GREAT!
I cannot think of any logical reason why Ableton are leaving this powerful, time-saving feature hidden.

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Re: Options.txt from 8.2.6 Binary Mac OS X

Post by 3dot... » Sun Apr 08, 2012 12:14 am

pshhhhh...shame on Ableton..

I've asked for this since racks were introduced..
thank you kind sir..
for following the leads..

(hmmm...I wonder how long it's been there..)
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Re: Options.txt from 8.2.6 Binary Mac OS X

Post by 3dot... » Sun Apr 08, 2012 12:21 am

this just caught my eye :

"NoMidiEventFiltering"

possible sysex solution ?
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Re: Options.txt from 8.2.6 Binary Mac OS X

Post by Muzik 4 Machines » Sun Apr 08, 2012 1:04 am

3dot... wrote:this just caught my eye :

"NoMidiEventFiltering"

possible sysex solution ?
please please please please

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Re: Options.txt from 8.2.6 Binary Mac OS X

Post by luddy » Sun Apr 08, 2012 3:51 am

Muzik 4 Machines wrote:
3dot... wrote:this just caught my eye :

"NoMidiEventFiltering"

possible sysex solution ?
please please please please
I really doubt it. Live filters redundant CC events (control "change" is only needed when there's an actual change of value, and Live takes advantage of this to thin out MIDI streams by default). Sounds like this option turns that filtering off.

-Luddy

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