Cool yet subtle changes in Live 6

onslaught · Post by **onslaught** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:35 am

forge wrote:now here's a cool one:

I was editing the key zones for a device rack and I right clicked on the instrument name at the left and see "show names in midi editor"

I was actually making a drum synth so you can imagine my delight when I discovered that, lo and behold, press "fold" in the piano roll of a clip on that track and the names are indeed available to the left of the relevant keys like they are for impulse!!!!!!

Well that's a nice surprize!

Thanks for pointing that out.

peeddrroo · Post by **peeddrroo** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:37 pm

yeah, one that i quite like: the Live project folder icons in Windows explorer.

it makes you feel like Live is hacking your computer...

davy · Post by **davy** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:51 pm

you can now right click on the track selector and when there are some devices in the chain it gives you a context menu with those devices. choose the device you like to hightlight and it shows up. no more scrolling in long chains.

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:04 pm

OK, I've got one .. and I think this beats everyone elses

I do all my grooves manually by using ctrl-4 to turn the grid off.

In L6 you can actually see the grid when the grid is deactivated!

noisetonepause · Post by **noisetonepause** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:30 pm

Angstrom wrote:OK, I've got one .. and I think this beats everyone elses

I do all my grooves manually by using ctrl-4 to turn the grid off.

In L6 you can actually see the grid when the grid is deactivated!

this is why it took me two years to update to 5... tho I have to say I still liked L3 better. Might wanna reinstall it, actually, just for the arrange... but then i'll miss the routing... ARGH!

wavejumper · Post by **wavejumper** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:10 pm

Angstrom wrote:OK, I've got one .. and I think this beats everyone elses

I do all my grooves manually by using ctrl-4 to turn the grid off.

In L6 you can actually see the grid when the grid is deactivated!

ah, I do the same, that's pretty handy, feels a bit too loose without the reference.

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:35 pm

I should say that you can move midi notes around in L5 while the grid is active, click and then hold on the note - then use the alt key and you can drag freely.

oh yes, I've known this for a long, long time. mm-hmm.

wavejumper · Post by **wavejumper** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:49 pm

hm, like highlight every 2nd note and then ctrl - hold - alt and adjust? groovy. cheers, will try that.

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:06 pm

wavejumper wrote:hm, like highlight every 2nd note and then ctrl - hold - alt and adjust? groovy. cheers, will try that.

you dont need ctrl, just hold down on the note then hold alt ... and drag the note.

still, the L6 version is better

Benshik · Post by **Benshik** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:06 pm

Angstrom wrote: In L6 you can actually see the grid when the grid is deactivated!

i must confess that im only starting to get used to that one. at first, i missed "admiring" my arrangements without these dotted lines... but thats ok, i guess the nice new colours will compensate

(Edit: for no vertical lines at all, i'll set the grid to 512/1)

wavejumper · Post by **wavejumper** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:30 pm

still the L5 version is cheaper

glitchrock-buddha · Post by **glitchrock-buddha** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:43 pm

ok, I've got one, not sure if it's been mentioned but has anyone noticed that changing the tempo by clicking and dragging up/down is much more smooth now? In live 5, I would drag up or down with the mouse for a while and the tempo wouldn't move, then suddenly it would jump (by 5-10 points quite often).

This would always annoy me, and sometimes I just couldn't get the tempo to a value I wanted without typing it in. Live 6 is nice and smooth though.

davy · Post by **davy** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 10:24 am

In the velocity editor of a midi clip, select some velocity markers you want to edit.

Then Command + drag (on windows ctrl + drag I guess) and you will not get a rectangular selection but you'll get a line. Give the line a little slope and bam, you get a linear velocity curve.

opia · Post by **opia** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 10:49 am

Benshik wrote:Hi guys,
since i cant manage to find a decent bug , i'll post the small undisclosed details that impressed me about Live 6:

- Now there are way more tones and colours to chose from for our clips

- A blinking clip in the session view blinks from green to black, not from green to white as before, which looks much cooler.

- Arrangement: Option to show only the automated parameters in the automation drop-down menus

- Arrangement: the little orange triangular marker appears not only at the top but at the bottom of the timeline.

- The boxed values are now much more visual (with this orange zone showing the value).

- show/hide buttons for mixer, i/o, etc now available for arrangement view as well...

Anything else?

I can't wait to see the post-release update on this one

djsentinel · Post by **djsentinel** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:02 am

davy wrote:In the velocity editor of a midi clip, select some velocity markers you want to edit.

Then Command + drag (on windows ctrl + drag I guess) and you will not get a rectangular selection but you'll get a line. Give the line a little slope and bam, you get a linear velocity curve.

H O L Y F U C K I N G S H I T

Thats not a talked about feature? IT SHOULD BE!

Cool yet subtle changes in Live 6

right click on track selector

Command + Drag in velocity editor

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