Stuff in Live you wish you figured out a long time ago

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Post by Liric » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:58 am

Ok seriously I just now figured it out. The F keys are default assigned to track on/off!!! For months I have always taken care to assign this functions to number keys, but tonight I have been drinking so I was trying to assign tracks to number keys but I was in fact accidentally hitting F1 instead of 1... and it was already assigned! Sweetness!!! Had to mention it, this is a fantastic thread.

BTW: widescreen monitors = <3 <3 <3, I love my new one.

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Post by Meef Chaloin » Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:36 am

icedsushi wrote:
Rogue Scrunt wrote:
tomz.biz wrote:ting Live and presented with the Save, Don't Save or Cancel option just hit the first letter of desired option on your keyboard:

D, S or Esc.
it has been that way since os9
Cool. But I couldn't get this to work.

I'm presented with "Save changes to "xxxx" before closing?"

The options are "No", "Cancel", and "Yes".

Y or N for yes and no do nothing. Esc for cancel works though.

I also tried D, figuring that "Don't save" is the same as "No", but that doesn't do anything either...
use tab or shift tab to move focus right or left & hit enter

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Post by audiovoid » Thu Aug 23, 2007 8:52 pm

touched1 wrote:Bumping this, it is too good to let it slip into the depths of the forum....

I just realized today how cool it is to copy and paste automation envelopes from different devices. For instance...........

Anyone know if there is a place to store automation envelopes for recall in different projects?
Can't you Store all of your automation envelopes in any clip and then save it as a "live clip" by dragging it into Live's Browser from session view?
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Post by yyy » Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:56 pm

i found a play button, but when i hit it, theres no sound going out :lol:


ctrl + j , consolidate 2 clips in 1 , best :P

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Post by touched1 » Fri Aug 24, 2007 11:02 pm

audiovoid wrote:
Can't you Store all of your automation envelopes in any clip and then save it as a "live clip" by dragging it into Live's Browser from session view?
I believe you are right about this.
That's something I was hipped to after posting that. Though I have not tried it. Have you?

I believe there is extensive documentation on this under the topic "dummy clips".
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Post by audiovoid » Sat Aug 25, 2007 1:47 am

touched1 wrote:
audiovoid wrote:
Can't you Store all of your automation envelopes in any clip and then save it as a "live clip" by dragging it into Live's Browser from session view?
I believe you are right about this.
That's something I was hipped to after posting that. Though I have not tried it. Have you?

I believe there is extensive documentation on this under the topic "dummy clips".
I have used clip envelopes extensively but havn't exactly tried what you're saying but I think it would work fine if all you want is a place to stash envelope curves.
It's a great isea actually.
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Post by Atomikat » Sun Aug 26, 2007 1:08 am

I'm still trying to figure out what is that strange PLAY button for... :D

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Post by djritchie » Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:26 pm

bump.... this is 1 of the best topics on the forum... ctrl+solo to solo more than 1 track (already mentioned but sum1 asked earlier) ...

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Post by tiedyetrogdor » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:15 pm

Mini Sets. Take a group of tracks and drag them all into the browser and save them as an ALS file. Now you can pull the whole thing back into another set and it'll remember everything (minus the midi mappings :cry: )

Found it on this guy's blog:
http://www.geradorzero.com/2007/05/06/a ... e-dragger/

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Post by don_ananas » Sun Oct 28, 2007 11:34 pm

I'm presented with "Save changes to "xxxx" before closing?"

The options are "No", "Cancel", and "Yes".

Y or N for yes and no do nothing. Esc for cancel works though.

I also tried D, figuring that "Don't save" is the same as "No", but that doesn't do anything either..."
try apple+d (for Don´t save), apple+y .....

on german versions it´s apple+n (nicht speichern).

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Post by Billdesman » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:22 am

I love this topic! Learned some cool stuff (don't have the manual :( ).

I know a cool trick (mac only). It's nothing special, not only for ableton live, and is only for the looks of everything. Ding this will make your ableton version look special :)

apple+alt+ctrl+8

Have fun!

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Post by hoffman2k » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:52 am

Billdesman wrote:(don't have the manual :( ).
You do have the manual. A pdf comes with every official download of Live.

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Post by forge » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:55 am

hoffman2k wrote: A pdf comes with every official download of Live.

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Post by hoffman2k » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:59 am

Is there an echo in here? :lol:

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Post by forge » Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:00 pm

hoffman2k wrote:Is there an echo in here? :lol:
here here here

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