interactions with APC and behaviour of the # track feature

[chat_fou]

hi

(My post is maybe more useful in this category)

I have just bought a APC and there are some things I can't find

1) delete a clip with APC

2) open a group track with APC (to show the tracks of the group)

3) open the plugin window with APC (for a VSTi for example)

4) and finally, I think that the behaviour of the "auto track number" (when you put a # first on the track name) is not ok when using group tracks and particularly with APC.

Example :


there is 2 tracks in the group track
the number # of track 2 should be 2 and the number of track 3 should be 3 if the group track 1 is closed
(for matching with the APC faders)



and when the group track 1 is opened, the number # should be updated like here with the correct number

Mr Ableton thanks in advance for these very important requests I think!

[esky]

Hi,

1,2 and 3 ...unfortunatly not possible at the moment. There are already threats in this whishlist concerning this. 4 is certainly a bug.

[jimmynitcher]

I am interested in this can you point me to it in the manual, I can't find it anywhere, I'm not clear as to what is supposed to be happening that doesn't already, as my APC 'collapses' with the Group as expected.

thanks

[jimmynitcher]

According to 8.05 bug fixes "After grouping tracks, the APC40 would not always show the respective track states [5620]"

Does this cure what you were talking about?

Coz when I number tracks with a # it doesn't seem to make any difference.

[chat_fou]

hello jimmy
this bug fix doesn't concerned the bug I had described
I talk about the behaviour of the # track feature
are you a member of ableton team ?

[jimmynitcher]

I'm afraid not - how did you find out about this feature? Can you point me to its page in the manual or something, I don't quite get it. (Despite your very good description!)

j

[chat_fou]

I dont have read the manuel
just enter a # character in the name of the track and you will get it

[jimmynitcher]

OK not in the manual, you must have learnt about it somewhere? (You put the words "auto track number" in quotes)

Is it that replacing the original track names with # should enable you to open and close Grouped tracks while maintaining the numerical sequence in each case?

I can't see how the APC would benefit from this as when you open and close a Grouped track the lights change as I would expect.