Show device slots

[nikuser]

When you add a plugin to a track in session view, there are no plugin names in ShowDeviceSlots. You have to resize the track to see the plugin names.
I know that ShowDeviceSlots is an experimental feature. But this little feature opens up new possibilities and can be easily implemented. I don't know why Ableton would bury such an amazing feature. With this feature session view could be easily used as mixing tool. At the moment session view is practically useless, unless you do live perfomance. And also it would be nice to open third party plugins from ShowDeviceSlots by double clicking them or with wrench icon. And also ability to unfold Audio effect rack plugin to view devices that it contains.


Bugged device slots


how this could be implemented

[cybercharles]

+1 +1 +1 +1 +1 !!!!!
a simple wrench buton in the slots whith third party plugin....
this would be amazing !!!!
Please, implement it ! Our lifes will be better

[S4racen]

It's an unsupported feature that's been available for years, I think the chance of any improvements to it are zero to none...

Cheers
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[Tarekith]

None, Ableton has already said this will not be improved going forward. My guess is that it gets removed entirely soon, there's too many conflicts with other ways plug ins get used like racks and stacked chains.

[jonljacobi]

None, Ableton has already said this will not be improved going forward. My guess is that it gets removed entirely soon, there's too many conflicts with other ways plug ins get used like racks and stacked chains.

Legit interest here, not trying to be cute. Where did they say that? I'd really like to hear about the philosophy and decision chain behind some of this stuff.

And what are the conflicts? It basically seems to be just a list that could be used as an overview and to quickly get to the effect you want. It does seem sometimes that they got halfway to being a bit studio friendlier and changed their minds. Not that I've used it recently. They could easily relegate these options to a "Studio features" pane in preferences where it wouldn't impact live performers at all.

[Tarekith]

It was either in these forums or the beta ones, I’m not going to spend the time looking it up. It was a test idea from way back around Live 4, it didn’t do what we wanted so it was never taken further. As always people are free to use the options text things they discover, but we reserve the right to remove them at any time. Many are just ways for us to trial new ideas among certain users.

[jonljacobi]

Thanks.

[tomasmark79]

In my opinion, this has been overcome for a long time by this simple right mouse click.

[jonljacobi]

Not if you’re trying to get an overview of what you’re using in a large mix.

[Ast3rix]

This feature has been experimental for years but never added as a real feature. Why does it take so long to add basic things like this? I really hate having to select each track just to see what plugins are listed. Also always having to select the track then select the plugin to open the plugin window. Also I found that this feature is super buggy. There are times when you select the slot button and only the buttons show up no plugin labels appear. I really wish Ableton would pay more attention to adding core feature items. This is something that has been around for at least 15 years in all the other DAW's on the market. It's funny they don't want us comparing them to everyone else, but guys it's a DAW. I love the workflow I love the warp but geez can we please focus on the core?

[krisna]

Hi I wanted to try this out but in my library folder there is no ableton folder and I can´t find a preference file on my mac. I´m on Big Sur with ableton 11. Does anyone know where to find this folder?

[jonljacobi]

You have to create the options.txt file. It doesn't exist until you do. Show device slots doesn't work well with Live 11 for me.

https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/artic ... s-txt-file

[jonljacobi]

If this exists in the code, please make it work correctly. It's super handy for a lot of folks.

[tomgulbinas]

This would make mixing in Ableton so much easier. Having to click on every track just to see what plugins you have slows the whole mixing process down.

This is one of the main reasons why people export and mix/master in other DAW's.

[krisna]

also it would be so nice to have the option to turn of all plugins on the tracks you have selected. So you can A/B between what you have mixed. But I guess Ableton is not for mixing and they don´t want to be. Simple essential features are missing. A lot of them.