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

[jbodango]

This one isn't really feature-esque of the software, but more of a conceptual thing.

Assume you are mixing down a song, and you are in session view, working on a specific instrument on given track.

If certain parts of the warp sound like questionable, you can split (ctrl + e) the clip and then change the warp style to adhere to the portion of the phrase you are working on.

For example, you have closed hi hats playing 8th notes on the chorus, but at the end of the section the drummer plays an open hit and lets it sustain for a measure.

Split aforementioned track right before open note is played. Set the warp type as eighth notes, except on the open type switch it to complex or grain...

Once it sounds natural and not too "artifactish", you can cosolidate said clip and reduce your cpu resource consumption.

[ton]

Not to make unneccesary duplication of posts, just read the link content. It is about using automations efficiently with your midi-controller in the arrangement view and making locals edits without stopping the playback and global recording. This was how I wanted to work on the automations all the time! It is possible!
http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 680#739680

[rbmonosylabik]

If you would like to locate a particular device in a Rack without searching manually through its entire contents, you will appreciate this navigation shortcut: right click (PC) / Ctrl+Click (Mac) on the Track View selector, and a hierarchical list of all devices in the track's device chain will appear. Simply select an entry from the list, and Live will select that device and move it into view for you.

[TroyP]

...If certain parts of the warp sound like questionable, you can split (ctrl + e) the clip and then change the warp style to adhere to the portion of the phrase you are working on....

Sweet! I missed this in my tours through the manual. Excellent idea!

[friend_kami]

This one isn't really feature-esque of the software, but more of a conceptual thing.

Assume you are mixing down a song, and you are in session view, working on a specific instrument on given track.

If certain parts of the warp sound like questionable, you can split (ctrl + e) the clip and then change the warp style to adhere to the portion of the phrase you are working on.

For example, you have closed hi hats playing 8th notes on the chorus, but at the end of the section the drummer plays an open hit and lets it sustain for a measure.

Split aforementioned track right before open note is played. Set the warp type as eighth notes, except on the open type switch it to complex or grain...

Once it sounds natural and not too "artifactish", you can cosolidate said clip and reduce your cpu resource consumption.

you meant arrangement, no?

[theghosthand]

i've found it's insufficient to merely *read* the manual... it is important to *make passionate love to* the manual.

MPLTTFM!

[misteron]

MPLTTFM!

[friend_kami]

MPLTTFM!

qft.

[jbodango]

you meant arrangement, no?

yes i did. my bad. MPLTTM 4ever! Make it your BFF.

[misteron]

maybe said before. Maybe even by me.
-Select track title bar
-Cmd+Left/Right
=move track left / right in session view.

Use Cmd+Up/Down in Arrangement View.

PC users use Ctrl for Cmd

Edit: Works with multi-selected tracks too

[adambam]

i noticed someone asking if there's a keyboard shortcut to switch metronome on/off. i don't know.
i DO know however, that you can make the metronome sound anything you want it to be by replacing the 2 wavs (i think) wherever they're kept in the install folder. ha ha
lovely thread defo should be a sticky

Is this right? - anyone knows what these .WAVs are named & if it's poss to swap these with an already installed version of live(7)?

[friend_kami]

Is this right? - anyone knows what these .WAVs are named & if it's poss to swap these with an already installed version of live(7)?

umm.. come again?
you wanna swap two wav files with a program?
what are you on about?

edit: or do you wanna use live to navigate to them and swap them there?

[adambam]

Is this right? - anyone knows what these .WAVs are named & if it's poss to swap these with an already installed version of live(7)?

umm.. come again?
you wanna swap two wav files with a program?
what are you on about?

edit: or do you wanna use live to navigate to them and swap them there?

As per the quote I'm looking to swap the default metronome WAV/s for another sample (ie a kickdrum) - the original poster referred to the WAV/s needing replacing being contained in an install file, so my (in fairness sketchiy phrased) question was whether this could be could be done with L7 already installed, ie without requiring a re-install. & what the default metronome WAVs are named so I can find & replace 'em

[adambam]

Ok - found it - for anyone looking to do the same & replace the default click samples they can be found (at least for Live7 on MAC) inside the live app package contents - specifically inside /package contents/contents/app-resources/misc/metronome/samples & called metronomeup.wav & metronome.wav.

no more hi-pitched alarm clock style beeps to listen to whilst warping - wahey!

[Schizophonix]

As far as I know, PC users substitute 'COMMAND' with 'ALT' and 'ALT' with 'CTRL'

Actually PC users should substitute COMMAND with CTRL and leave ALT as it is.