many questions for learner... PLEASE

[DCC]

Are there other tools besides the draw tool available when editing the clips?

Is there a way to decide which folder audio clips are stored in for self-contain songs? I don’t see that in the Preferences section.
Is there a way in XP Windows to set all folder views for "List." mode instead of "icon"? I keep setting it for list and then later I go back and I am seeing icons again.

Sometimes I record a sequence of several scenes and it then plays back that exact order of scenes, but many times, I seem to go thru the same recording of scenes process, but it doesn’t seem to have recorded the scene order? (Is there something that affects/negates the scene-recording process that I may not understand?)

On the far right, when I am creating scenes, I sometimes see numbers like 22 or 10 etc by the scene numbers… what do those numbers mean?
Is there a way to view the recorded scene order, in raw numbers? (Scene 1: 5 bars, scene 3: 4 bars? as a list that is easy to understand and edited?)

Is there a way to quickly delete one scene from a recorded scene order?
When I was in arranging view at one point, I noticed that everything was grayed out unless it was in play mode. I stop the song, and all clips in the view turn gray, I then play song, and all clips are back to normal colors. I don’t understand what that means.

When I was recording scenes, I saw the circles that indicate the loop time, and that turn as each individual loop plays. Moments later they were gone from each audio track, and had been replaced by colored rectangles that seemed to move as the loops were played. What makes those icons change? Why did they change?

Are there other forums that are as active as this (or more active) for Live users?

Thanks for any help!!

[iskandar]

all the answers to your questions are in the manual, read through it...

[DCC]

Thanks for that answer.

I am searching the .pdf manual for key words like

editing tools
editing tool
draw tool

for answer about alternative tools aside from the draw tool.

(so the Live manual is going to tell me how to set PC view defaults?)

I have searched under
scene order
scene arrangement

for the scene-related questions.

If a user is getting mixed results from doing the same thing, and has a question about it after reviewing the manual, which online forum is the one to check out?

Live kicks ass. I am already up and running on Reason, thanks to the manual, books, and Reasonfreaks.com, where you can ask questions and new reason users are encouraged and welcome.

If I get stuck or am curious about something, I'm not going to cross off the next 3 days to stop all music and my life to bury myself in a manual (and pretend I will remember everything I read!!).

And if I cannot resolve an issue by searching the .pdf, I have been told the Live forums are excellent. Tell me where Ableton prefers Live enthusiasts to help each other out and share tips etc, and I will go there.

I reposted this yesterday in General forum, but it has not appeared.

[conny]

Are there other tools besides the draw tool available when editing the clips?

I find the draw tool clumsy at times. So my standard procedure when creating say volume changes is that I start with the straight line, draw tool not selected, and double clicking four points on the line. Then a move the chunk between point 2 and 3 to the level I want it. Then I adjust the in and out of the level by moving th points 1 and 4 horisontally.

Is there a way to decide which folder audio clips are stored in for self-contain songs? I don’t see that in the Preferences section.

I found after some chaos among my sets this practice useful: Whenever starting a new set, seve it (empty or not) as self contained. Tehn you will no where the audio goes. The relation between the set and its sound folder is then fixed (I don,t think there is a way to have a self contained set with its sound folder other that at the very next level and the same name + sounds as a folder).


Is there a way in XP Windows to set all folder views for "List." mode instead of "icon"? I keep setting it for list and then later I go back and I am seeing icons again.

I have this problem all the time, too... There is somewhere an option in Windows, maybe in the View alternatives, to custom a folder i one way and then say "I want all folders to be like this". But I have the feeling thst at times that is forgotten or overridden by some other setting. In Win 2000 on properties for a folder there is a checkbox for applying the settings for all subfolders. That could mean that if you did that on the root folder, it would be set for all folders inside.

Sometimes I record a sequence of several scenes and it then plays back that exact order of scenes, but many times, I seem to go thru the same recording of scenes process, but it doesn’t seem to have recorded the scene order? (Is there something that affects/negates the scene-recording process that I may not understand?)

Not sure what you mean here. The scenes are not recorded, only the order of the clips that are triggered when triggering scenes.

On the far right, when I am creating scenes, I sometimes see numbers like 22 or 10 etc by the scene numbers… what do those numbers mean?
Is there a way to view the recorded scene order, in raw numbers? (Scene 1: 5 bars, scene 3: 4 bars? as a list that is easy to understand and edited?)

The numbers are dummies. You may drag a scene with number 9 up to between scene 1 and 2 and it will still be "number 9". If look better if you renamne the scenes like "Drums 1", "Drums 1 fill" etc.

Is there a way to quickly delete one scene from a recorded scene order?
When I was in arranging view at one point, I noticed that everything was grayed out unless it was in play mode. I stop the song, and all clips in the view turn gray, I then play song, and all clips are back to normal colors. I don’t understand what that means.

That they are turning gray means that you have played something in session that is not part of the current arrangement. (The red Back to arrangement button will glow.) It's like you have done a rehearsal without recording.
Once again, I dont really understand what you mean by "recorded scene order". Scenes are a collection of clips that usually play together. Clips are recorded, not scenes.

When I was recording scenes, I saw the circles that indicate the loop time, and that turn as each individual loop plays. Moments later they were gone from each audio track, and had been replaced by colored rectangles that seemed to move as the loops were played. What makes those icons change? Why did they change?

The pie graph [and this really is in the manual, i'm sure...] shows the time running for a clip lauched in session. The vertical coloured graph shows the time the clip is running when played from arrangement. Pie is loop indication, vertical is time (there might be many instanses of the same clip following eachother).

Are there other forums that are as active as this (or more active) for Live users?

No (well, I don't know)

// C