Live 5.2.1 Bug fix update is online!

Post by **Alex** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 12:52 pm

Hi folks,

we just released the bug fix update Live 5.2.1

You can get it via the download section of our website www.ableton.com/download
or use the 'Check for Updates...' command from Live's help menu.

To see the list of fixes within Live 5.2.1 please follow
the link of the last beta announcement:
http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=37249

Kind Regards,
Alex

Note to all Live 5.2.1 beta users:
Please keep in mind that the final Live 5.2.1
version copies the preferences from the last final Live version
but not from any Live 5.2.1 beta version.

sqook · Post by **sqook** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:00 pm

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:23 pm

I think this one will be quite interesting
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*[03] Bug: Playing clip via note-range*
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Platform: All
Playing a clip via note-range from an external MIDI keyboard would not work.
Status: Fixed

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almost like gaining a feature for me! I never found a good way of using the audio clip version of this feature, while the midi version sounds like it should be more entertaining.
Transposing riffs while a scale plug keeps them on key. could be good.
gotta get this work out of the way and get playing!

Amaury · Post by **Amaury** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:54 pm

Angstrom wrote:I think this one will be quite interesting
-----------------------------------------------------------------
*[03] Bug: Playing clip via note-range*
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Platform: All
Playing a clip via note-range from an external MIDI keyboard would not work.
Status: Fixed

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almost like gaining a feature for me! I never found a good way of using the audio clip version of this feature, while the midi version sounds like it should be more entertaining.
Transposing riffs while a scale plug keeps them on key. could be good.
gotta get this work out of the way and get playing!

And the interesting thing is it is there since Live 4, I guess. It was only broken in 5.2.

Best,
Amaury

longjohns · Post by **longjohns** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:32 pm

that particular "bug" has been confusing me, because i never knew that it had been broken. i guess i just never tried to do it in 5.2

Pandamonium · Post by **Pandamonium** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:33 pm

Can't see any mention of the Novation SL automapping fixes..

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:03 pm

Amaury wrote:
Angstrom wrote:I think this one will be quite interesting
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*[03] Bug: Playing clip via note-range*
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And the interesting thing is it is there since Live 4, I guess. It was only broken in 5.2.

Best,
Amaury

well, prior to 5.2 I didn't actually know you could do it. Crazy really because I used to read that manual all the time in "moments of relaxation" yet there are always bits I managed to miss it seems.

when I did finally try it in 5.2 - it didn't work. well, I better download 5.21 and see what I was missing eh!

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:12 pm

Update - I love this feature!
it's like a super duper polyphonic arpegiator vibe.

I played a bad electric piano part along to a beat, copied it a few times and doubled the speed of the midi clip set some to legato mod, set some others to clip start - 8th note. I put a scale plugin on the track to keep it all in tune then played about for half an hour! great fun.

marvelous.

ILTK · Post by **ILTK** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:19 pm

Angstrom wrote:I think this one will be quite interesting
-----------------------------------------------------------------
*[03] Bug: Playing clip via note-range*
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Platform: All
Playing a clip via note-range from an external MIDI keyboard would not work.
Status: Fixed

-----------------------------------------------------------------

almost like gaining a feature for me! I never found a good way of using the audio clip version of this feature, while the midi version sounds like it should be more entertaining.
Transposing riffs while a scale plug keeps them on key. could be good.
gotta get this work out of the way and get playing!

Freakin SWEET, that was actually one of the first things I tried back when getting started with live and I was sad that you could only do this with audio.

Definately like getting a whole new feature, edit in a complex arp sequence, throw a scale plugin on and define a note range and play the clip was one thing I wanted, also perfect for experimenting with bassline progressions walking over the main chords etc..

pjspencer · Post by **pjspencer** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:04 pm

Pandamonium wrote:Can't see any mention of the Novation SL automapping fixes..

Just downloaded and installed update. Novation Instrument freeze seems to be fixed. Can now use Automap and select instrument simply by clicking on the track column that contains it.

NB: You have to click on each instrument first before Novation recognises them automatically. Wonder if this will be improved in Live 6?

What a relief, only just got the Novation SL 37 this weekend, spent most of Sunday trying to figure out why it was not fully working, was driving me mad until I got on to the forum and found a discussion about this issue.

Thanks

kuniklo · Post by **kuniklo** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:02 am

Angstrom wrote:Update - I love this feature!
it's like a super duper polyphonic arpegiator vibe.

It hadn't even occurred to me to try this until recently and I was disappointed to see it didn't work. Now that it is working in 5.2.1 I agree that this is a very musical and useful feature. Great for generating complex realtime transpositions of phrases and just jamming. In combination with the scale plugin and the various clip launch modes this is a lot of fun.

deva · Post by **deva** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:13 am

Angstrom wrote:Update - I love this feature!
it's like a super duper polyphonic arpegiator vibe.

I played a bad electric piano part along to a beat, copied it a few times and doubled the speed of the midi clip set some to legato mod, set some others to clip start - 8th note. I put a scale plugin on the track to keep it all in tune then played about for half an hour! great fun.

marvelous.

I dont understand what you are doing... Could you explain more? thanks

kuniklo · Post by **kuniklo** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:35 am

deva wrote: I dont understand what you are doing... Could you explain more? thanks

1. record a midi clip
2. go into midi mapping mode
3. select the clip
4. hold down a midi note, keep it held down, then press another note

Now you've got the clip mapped to a range of midi notes and it will transpose along with the note you play when you trigger it. If you add in a scale plugin it will automatically transpose within the scale you select.

commuter · Post by **commuter** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:48 am

Hi,
I get a lot of crash with this update,
I'm not at home at the moment, but i'll post in the bugs section..
I get crashes when loading songs, when delting tracks...very strange....

slow riot · Post by **slow riot** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:25 am

commuter wrote:Hi,
I get a lot of crash with this update,
I'm not at home at the moment, but i'll post in the bugs section..
I get crashes when loading songs, when delting tracks...very strange....

same here, possibly a mac thing. It also crashes sometimes when I press save... ultra annoying.