9.) MP3 export option! WTF!?! (Also as many other formats as you can possibly think of.) Multiple format options simultaneously as well, like bouncing a WAV and a MP3 at the same time would be nice.
16.) The EQ's should have a spectrum analyzer built in them so you don't have to use two separate plugins.
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+++ faster / more stable / less bugs (requested by d-track)
+++ More CPU friendly in general (requested by solconnection)
+++ be the same easy and joyfull software so I continue to produce music with a such pleasant way as this. (requested by 0fps)
1. 64 Bit Native support
2. Be able to undo after "save"
3a. more shortcut possibilities (i.e. browser windows, vst instruments etc.) (requested by Alsamarkan)
3b. free choice of shortcuts... (Requested by esky)
4a. surround sound support (requested by theys)
4b. I would really like to see support for quadraphonic sound and 5.1 surround (requested by discoali)
4c. In short multichannel support (I don't need necessarily multichannel sound files, I need multichannel outputs...) (Requested by stefan-tiedje)
[I hate restrictions and I would hate a 5.1 restriction as much as i hate the limitation to stereo tracks we have at the moment. I want real multichannel support. Especially for Max4Live devices. Certain tricks I use all the time in Max/MSP for 8 or 12 speaker setups are simply impossible inside Live. Imagine a granular cloud distributed randomly to multiple speakers...]
5a. mp3 export (requested by Alsamarkan)
5b. More formats for export (Mp3, Mp4, Ogg, Flac, Alac...) (requested by Kristijonas)
5c. omf/aaf import-export (requested by 0fps)
6. the possibility to define more than one template set (requested by Alsamarkan)
7. Templates handling improvement [when open live, get a popup dialog window with 2 columns.
A list with our saved templates to the one and a list with the recently opened live sets to the other.
Then remove from "file" the "new live set", "open live set", "open recent live set" and add just a "new/open" option that will bring up the pop dialog
8. slope points for every envelope segment to alter the shape of its curve (like the absynth envelopes). (Requested by loachm)
9. Timecode (SMPTE) counter (requested by Entelekhia)
10. Time signature changes without using scenes!! This should be MIDI controllable. (Requested by mousetrapreplica)
11. support for unusual rhythms such as Quintuplets, Septuplets etc etc.... [it is annoying to have to switch to Sibelius and export to a MIDI file for usage in Ableton. In Sibelius, you choose the note length and hit CTRL + 5 to make this happen, Abes should take this on board.] (Requested by mousetrapreplica)
12. The ability to “always solo” a track so that I can keep things like my rewired soft-synth input tracks always soloed no matter what. (I like to handle all of the midi in Ableton and it’s a pain to have to solo two tracks all the time in order to hear one track from the Reason) (requested by aubford)
13. batch export of files (cubase like) (Requested by mofus)
14. Native Linux version - I am tired of screwing with Windows, and I don't use Macs (I don't mind them, just don't use them). I am thinking that a Linux version would be more efficient and allow Live to perform better than all of the baggage of Windows. I would love to just be able to load live into a laptop running Ubuntu Linux and Gnome, or something like that. Of course, you'd need to convince M-Audio to make native Linux drivers for their boxes. The upcoming Google Chrome operating system will be Linux-based, so Linux may be much more widespread in the near future. (Requested by eischeid)
15. export and import of EDL (edit decision list) file format. Other recording software that I've used in the past can export an EDL, and I would really like to be able to get some of those old projects into Live, but the prospect of manually placing 40+ wav files onto the Live timeline is not appealing. I realize that a lot of project information would be lost with just an EDL, but having it as a starting point would save me a lot of time. (Requested by eischeid)
16.a notation window (requested by doremifa)
16.b export midi file as notation (requested Xen Ochren)
17. Lock the tempo
when midi controller can change the tempo, it can happen without your noticing, especially with atmospherics.
then you may record things -> unnecessary degradation
"lock the tempo" option in Right click menu of tempo field (requested by baseinstinct)
18. sidechain everything (requested by d-track)
19. the possibillity to select more than one audio interface!!! (requested by Alsamarkan)
20. I'd love to be able to control parameters in a Rewired External Instrument (specifically one that is tied Reason since that's what I use most). Basically, I want to be able to send MIDI data from Live to Reason parameters without having to program each parameter in Reason. Think of it as a MIDI macro shell for Reason, I suppose... (requested by theys)
21. The possibility to playback a midi note from any temporal position in the note (not only from the beginning). Useful for polyphonic midi scores with overlapping notes so that we don't have to start again and again from the beginning. (requested by meudic)
22. SysEx support (requested by schpinn)
23. TRUE MONO: The option for true "mono" tracks. I can do fake mono in utility, but this does work for actual mono IRs in convolution plugins. Mono tracks on things like guitar and bass that are recorded mono would also save lots of processor power when I start piling on the plugins. (requested by jsterne)
24. Simplify reset effect to default parameters (cmd/ctrl+double click, or whatever) (requested by Kristijonas)
25. Ability to loop smaller amount than 1/4 of timeline in arrangement view. (requested by Kristijonas)
26. CAF format recording to forget about .aif's 2 GB limit (requested by Kristijonas)
27. OMF & AAF filetype support. This is must to have if you are working with video / movie industry. All the other major DAWs has this. (requested by salanimi)
28. Use metronome count-in function also in Play mode - very handy for syncing with the band. Now I have to make a separate metronome track. (requested by somejazz)
29. Please add the feature of assigning a key to the song and then when you preview an apple loop or acid loop, it syncs with the key of the song, also when dragging it in the sequencer. (requested by Kid Stretch)
<<102455: being able to assign a key to the song! (E Major, G Minor, B Flat...) Then once a key is assigned, any samples/loops you bring in that have pitches would automatically be pitched to that key.>>
30. Latency - kompensation for play-curser and automation (Requested by trickform)
[i made the experience that also at normal used cpu power the play curser and the automation curves have a latency delay its really hard to work exactly..]
31. Master - intelligent insert bypass (Requested by trickform)
[it would be outstanding if u write a plugin for the master, to control the level between effected Signal and uneffected, so that is always the same level. so u really hear if the processing of compression,eqing and so on, is still better than the unprocessed, and not just louder. i dont want to buy wavelab just because of this feauture]
32. Make templetates for new channels. (Requested by D-BOB)
example: when I create a new Audiotrack I want it to contain Filter, EQ8 and Compressor.
When I create a MIDI file. I want a Compressor, EQ8, Distortion etc etc.
33. I would like to be able to set the record quantization for individual midi tracks so that on some tracks they would apply quantization as it is recorded while other tracks would not apply any quantization. Currently I have to record my midi drums with no quantization then apply it after recording by using the edit menu, or vice versa. This doesn't work to well with performing live. (Requested by Jettrink1)
34. Give me some more DAW features please. Multiple takes - Comping - Grouping parameters (Requested by adXok)
35. ability to include text in projects please: (requested by Berzerk)
-Flip-out Note Pad for each project
-Text Tracks along timeline, the length of the project, for specific place notes and lyrics
36. Ability to save the Info View Text with each Clip as part of the saved data in the associated .asd file. (requested by oblique strategies)
While you can edit the text in the Info View window, Live does not save this text in the .asd file for the clip.
Example:
1. write some text in the Info text window.
2. save the clip.
3. drag the clip to your session from the browser.
4. the info you wrote is gone.
37. Be able to open more than one live set at a time. To do that (on a Mac) I need to use "open
-na live" in the Terminal and its painful. Also improve the sync these different live-sets, because using IAC Driver doesn't provide a perfect solution (try it you'll see what I mean, the midi clock isn't stable). (requested by Steo)
38. List of loaded plugins for quick reference. (Requested by borismor)
39. Support for windows clipboard (Requested by S-N-S)
[lets say you have modified a sample in a audio editor,now if you press ctrl+c then you should be able to paste it into ableton with ctrl+v]
40. Extractable tracks, clip groups etc. or at least copyable so there is a better way to merge parts of projects. oh and key range assign to looper. so each slice can be assigned a note for playback. check mattnasty.com for my current workaround (Requested by oberflaechlich)
41. A timer that can be started/stopped/paused at any time during a live set. I often play sets that need to change at particular times. Currently I'm using a 3rd party app to keep track of time. It would be so much neater to be able to have this inside Live. (Requested by _Static_)
42. Native Time Code Vinyl Support (Requested by bootykowski)
43. Not sure if its been said already, but one button clip and project focus which basically takes your selection and makes it as fit horizontally in the arrange view and then another to fit your whole song in. Defiantly useful in my opinion.
kind of like the a and f button in some 3d software packages. (requested by sacredgeometry)
44. Multi-touch support for Windows 7 and an interface that lends itself to using touch. Either built into the main interface or as an alternate window.
(requested by omniphonix)
45. autosave (requested by 0fps)
46. I'd like to see offline Audio Editing/Processing in Live. (requested by AudioSmid)
[In the arrangement view (would be nice in the session view too) select a piece of audio, then rightclick for a menu where you can select offline processing.
Then you can select a plugin from the menu. The audio loops over your selection (if you click the preview button) while you edit your vst. Then click process and your audio selection is replaced with the processed audio.
(some people who use cubase might recognize this feature)
I absolutely love this feature in Cubase. Apart from Cubase only Reaper has a feature that comes close to this. It would be great if Live got this feature too. It's a real time saver.]
47. - capture last take ala logic = if you play something that you like but didn't hit record, hit a key and there it is [would probably be better in the arrange page than as a clip in clip view] (requested by sawanotsuru)
48. Id like to see some kind of SYNC button (like in Traktor pro) So if we insert a drum Sample you could click on that sync knob and it quantizes and changes the Tempo so that it plays in the right time (I really dont like this friggin Sample choppin after quantizing)
(requested by Crazy-S)
49. I/d like to swap the synths(Instruments) with my Controller(like in Traktor)
I mean when i change on my Controller the template to Browsermode I could choose the Instrument and change the Parameters etc(Without using the Mouse) (requested by Crazy-S)
50. Dual Mouse mode (requested by Crazy-S)
I make Music with my brother on one PC when we both play a chord on two Pianos we want to change our sounds and while I change my Sound curve he selects simultaneously another Synth for his Instrument
51. I need to be able to do batch processing of tracks. Like in photoshop you can record what you do: warp straight, set first marker, set last marker, 32 count edit, render. I wish i coud save the string of actions i made, and apply them to a bunch of tracks. (requested by greencross)
52. Can I just add batch MIDI export to this list, if someone's already said this pls ignore. Its just that this would be SO SIMPLE to implement, its just hit me how annoying having to export them one by one by one is...
Oh and a checkbox thing so you could pick which files, audio or MIDI, you wanna export, rather than just having one choice of ALL... (requested by EX)
53. liveset revert function (requested by spacecat)
54. shortcuts to preferences ie launch behavior/midi setup/zoom level at the bottom of the screen (requested by foetus666)
55. complex pro should sound better (Requested by The Phat Conductor)
56. I wish there would be a "SETLIST" feature
with which i could define a list of .als sets and assign them to program change
numbers! (Requested by Robbie Ost)
maybe even with a "preloading feature" that there would be no need to
stop audio between changes!?
57. they should make an opportunity to freeze sidechained tracks (Requested by Dead0k)
58. 2. Better Multi-processor support (Requested by Seven)
[Currently on my Win7 machine with a Phenom II X4 Live will quickly report much higher CPU usage than my system monitor and audio drops start to occur unless I change the audio buffer. When I reopen the same instruments and presets in Samplitude or Cubase I do not get audio drop outs and I can see a more even use across the cpu cores.]
59. About bug pack creation (Requested by scorb)
[bug pack creation "feature" = annoying waste of time that only serves to remind you that the software is full of bugs whilst adding yet more lost time to recovering from crashes (of which there are many) - and why can't you turn the fukka off in prefs!!!]
60. Better support for L7 sets (Requested by scorb)
[I still haven't upgraded to 8 because it can't even play back modest L7 sets without crapping out. Also stop making addons when the software still has so many issues that have been left unaddressed.]
61. plugin latency of a track/channel once a it has been frozen. (Requested by SWAN808)
[I can understand why there is still latency when a plugin is bypassed...because that plugin may be activated whilst 'live' - however - a freeze is a mix relevant operation that is not relevant live - so why is there a need to keep the latency? It is being played from an audio file anyways. When mixing with multiple instances of Acustica Audio Nebula - I would like to be able to freeze to get rid of excess CPU, RAM AND latency....but still be able to go back and edit (which is not possible when multitracking and using the flatten function)...]
62. Quantisize any parameter remote action (Requested by fx23)
63. Quick store and recall any sets of params via midi assignable/automatable buttons. (Requested by fx23)
64. Freeze tracks with routing issues and/or freeze group tracks (Requested by RD444)
65. Open multiple projects (drag & drop from one to another) (Requested by RD444)
66. SHARE (Requested by MakiSupaStar)
First, I'd love to see the Ableton/Share thing work. It would be great to work with my music partner online, in real time on the same file, in Ableton's GUI, and then have the ability to save the changes we made. I know that it was promised to be a feature of 8, but it's never worked for me. Maybe it works for other people (I am a little retarded when it comes to things like this).
67. Sound still matters (Requested by nicobi)
Minimum 64 bit FloatingPoint resolution throughout whole signal chain, better 128 bit. 32 bit FP is clearly inferior to 56 Fixed Point or higher (Analogue summing [ADT class] of course unreached sofar).
68. Audio routing templates. (Requested by c7n)
I have several Motu sound cards, and sometimes I just plug in a set of headphones to play with live as I don't feel like opening a flight case or heading to my studio and plugging in my computer to all of the gear. Making music is fun, some times you just sort of want to break out from the various routines we fall into, and just make a track because it's fun and we are in the mood...
Yet, all of a sudden I realize my default template requires 10 audio outs (4 stereo tracks setup via a matrix mixer so any of my tracks can go anywhere) and (1 stereo effect return)... so now I have to reroute a bunch of crap then I get to start whatever audio alchemy is about to ensue. Can't I just select a different "audio template" or something like that? I.E. If I'm at my studio, can't I just get certain busses and sends which automatically route a certain way? If I'm using my travel rig and I plugin to that can't it automatically know how I want that piped up to my mixer? If I just plugin a set of headphones to my laptops audio output can't it just let me tell it that's what I want ableton live to do and act accordingly?
I guess this leads me to my next one...
69. Audio Engine OFF: when any sound card becomes unplugged (intentionally or not) (Requested by c7n)
I can understand needing some sort of default behavior when an audio output is suddenly no longer available... your essentially sending information to a pipe that isn't there anymore. But does it have to disable the audio engine? It just seems like it makes recovering from unwanted silence in a live scenario, well a scary situation. As it stands I usually keep a pvdj grabber on hand and use it to constantly mix in and out various elements from various tracks throughout the set. I keep it handy because it's fun and adds a level of spontaneity... but also because the prospect of dead silence, while I'm trying to tell live that I have now plugged the cable back in. [It just seems like there could be a better method.]
To tie this together with my first one. If my firewire cable becomes unplugged, yet I have selected a firewire soundcard audio template, can't you just tell live to calm the fuck down as I'm probably going to plug the cable back in as fast as I can so the show can keep on keeping on?
70. Audio routing saved per song. (Why)? (Requested by c7n)
This sort of goes with the first one. How come my audio routing is saved with each song? Seriously, that just seems way overly coupled. I like that my plug ins have there settings saved with each song, that effects my songs sounds directly. So does my audio routing as insert or sends, parallel or serial matter a HUGE amount to the overall track. So I understand that your trying to provide an audio template which is saved with each song...
That said, anytime I open up a track which is older... I have no idea how my studios mixer, effects, etc. were wired back then. So whatever was going on that day is sort of lost in time. At this point my old tracks just sort of sit there unless I really just get curious and start wondering what the hell it sounds like if I open an old file and hit play. Usually I'm forced to figure out a bit of routing just to get it to the speakers.
I feel like a certain level of things shouldn't really matter. I.E. if I just want to skip routing schemes can't you just send everything to a user defined template such as:
Headphones Template: send master, and cue to the same thing
Live Rig Template: send audio to a matrix'ed send setup so I can send anything anywhere, send effects to a particular set of stereo outs, send cue to the headphone out.
71. More PRESETS! (Requested by the_songcabinet)
I do tweak, and sound design ect., but not all the time. I don't work a lot with my own templates, so I rely heavily on presets as a starting point when editing & mixing. I suggest maybe organize presets in genres, like pop, rock, dance ect., to help speed up the process of finding stuff.
72. improved tapping accuracy / algorithm (now you have to tap like hundred of times before it gets accurate beat) and ability to tap without project starting to play (Requested by golemus2)
73. possibility to sync with some of the portable sequencer (e.g. in nintendo DS
74. supported and integrated ClyphX type api scripting clips (Requested by friend_kami)
(+ stuff like the trackdefs script). http://beatwise.proboards.com/index.cgi ... thread=716
GUI
1. Zoom display - assignable keys or midi for fast zoom in/out
2. Dual Screen support (requested by re.mark)
3. mouse wheel support (requested by Alsamarkan)
4. video window is very good to have floating, for those who work on a single display it would be nice to be able to also dock it somewhere so it wouldn't be on the way all the time (like Logic) (Requested by posssu)
5. NO link between full screen piano roll and mixer window (Requested by Porcelli)
6. make the "open/close folder" command remoteable (Requested by pyrolator)
7. Although I love the simplicity in Ableton's GUI, it is beginning to feel a little dated, it would be nice if there was just a little 3d action in there (Requested by bigcohoona)
8. The return of the Page Up/Page Down keyboard shortcut for large increment/decrement. (requested by gp23)
9. Mixer view. I'm coming from a mix perspective here, and why not have a 3rd view (Mixer view) where the audio clips gets replaced with the plugins (like any other DAW). Would be ideal for serious mixing duties within Live and to have everything easily accessible visually. Pro mixing in Live can be a bit confusing when you have a lot of channels and no way of getting a overview. (I know Live is not made for this, but it could be very good. As well for people looking for a PT/Cubendo alternative.) (requested by Swedish Sam)
10. ability to doc any m4l device or any other shit like this:
where you could open it in a really big window. there is plenty of free space there, no one uses! (requested by doremifa)
11. increase the window size of the track view like you can in the clipview.
Because I am building lots of drum racks to play live on stage with lots of Pads I need to have a better working view on that. (requested by Jacob Thein)
12. Vertical scrollbar replaced with a miniature-view of the set (requested by posssu)
13. A much more flexible and powerful color-picker (requested by posssu)
14. it would be very cool to see chains as trees. any semi experienced 3ds max user knows what i'm talking about. (requested glamourboy)
15. restoring vst windows positions to the same place after re-opening a set
16. Icons to have on the tracks. This in addition to the colouring would visualise the track's content much better. (requested by Idonotlikebroccoli)
17. I would like to have both the apc and the launchpad red box in the arrange view. At least just around the track titles. It would help a lot to know where i am at, and what tracks i'm controlling. it doesn't seem like too difficult of a thing to work out. (requested by keppy)
18. colors for each note, it would be wonderful (requested by acid)
19. Track selection via rotary knob. (requested by stubba)
20. Full Unicode support for track names - clips etc ((requested by Kristijonas)
21. Hot-Swap is amazing, but it would be also great to have preset switching buttons "FW" "FF": (requested by Kristijonas)
22a.Add Maximize clip view Button & Shortcut + optimize this space, like shown in this thread (last post in page 1): viewtopic.php?f=3&t=93188 (requested by Kristijonas)
22b.The 4 panels next to the piano roll ("Clip,Launch,Sample,Envelopes"):
instead of the small buttons to open and close them, maybe they could
act like instrument racks do: 'minimizing/maximizing' when their title bar is double-clicked.
Or maybe they are collapse-able, so if the piano roll is made wider, these four panels collapse/stack. (requested by jasper)
23.detachable midi editor (requested by d-track)
24.I'd like to be able to assign image thumbnails to my plug-ins. (requested by condra)
25.Hide the Master channel. (requested by 3dot...)
26.Select the part of the grid you want to color, then right click and choose your color.
This will help for Dj sets or even with long loops. (requested by Steo)
27. When coloring tracks or a clip by clicking on it, we get a nice square popup with all the available colors!
If we try to color a clip from the "clip view" we get an ugly huge vertical line with all the colors. with the square we can see in a second the color we want to use.
28. A big detachable and floating counter also with Timecode SMPTE features (requested by Entelechia)
29. not sure if it was mentioned, but if you could make borders around the clips, something similar as is 5x8 scenes of APC, or as you can do in Excel. Indeed no need to be rectangle, but simple horizontal line which you could paint anywhere in your set to keep things organized.
Now you can give differenet colours to clips or leave 1 line blank, but bordering would be good, imo. (Requested by B-S)
30. Vertical waveform zoom - it's impossible to edit very silent places now (!!!). (Requested by Kristijonas)
31. Mono Options on export (L/R/L+R) (requested by Kristijonas)
32. apply colour labels to instruments/presets/fx in the browser - to highlight favourites (requested by deepstereo)
33. In the scene view having a small "pallet" window that shows all the clips you have in your clip view so you can brain storm your song in the clip view then have a easy way to pick and place them into your scene view. (requested by macgregoroi)
34. THOSE LEVEL METERS ARE RIDIIIICULOUSLY SMAAAAALLL !!!!! Make them BIIIIIGGER !!!! (requested by sebastienleger)
35. Vertical zoom for waveforms... (Requested by stefan-tiedje)
36. dj display options in session view (dual waves, wave + devices @ same time, etc) (Requested by The Phat Conductor)
37. Mouse over function for all parameters. (Requested by Tympanic)
[like in so many plugins (reverberate comes to mind). Hover Mouse over parameter. Use scrollwheel to manipulate parameter. Use modifiers (scroll - rapid change / scroll+shift - detailed change)]
38. More touch-screen friendly interface (Requested by condra)
39. The ability to define user buttons or add custom buttons. (Requested by CFM)
40. Full multitouch native support, with modular ui Customizable. (Requested by fx23)
41a. A more dedicated MIDI gui. (Requested by the_songcabinet)
I would prefer a third screen for midi only, like you have the session view, arrangement view, and midi view (maybe even an audio view). I love the way Pro Tools have cracked this, and it almost made me swap. Of course I didn't, Live is ages ahead, but I think more could be done for us regular daw users, in general.
41b. a window for monitoring MIDI messages (like MIDI-ox) (Requested by golemus2)
42. I would like to see multiple Arrange pages for each Session. Would make it even easier to try different arrangements, or record various live takes. (Requested by triple1)
42. possibility to make tracks and groups in arrangent (and why not session) view temporarily invisible (Requested by golemus2)
43. It would be nice to see the amount of memory process takes in the user interface... e.g. beside used CPU amount. At least now with the unstable Live this would be valuable feature, now I have to every now and then go to check to task manager that Live8.2.1.exe does not consume near 1400MB of RAM. (Requested by golemus2)
BROWSER / Files / Management
1. Browser bookmark manager with “rename bookmark” option / move up or down / color tag
2a. colored folders in the browser (requested by nuperspective)
2b. Give us a rating and keyword system for the library! (requested by tehupbeat)
3. more device browser windows for better instrument management (requested by Alsamarkan)
4. a tag-based sample manager/database like the cubase media bay or the ni kore browser. (Requested by loachm)
5. be able to choose which of Live's effects should appear in the browser. I've never used beat repeat or vinyl distortion for example, so I don't want them in my list. (Requested by Idonotlikebroccoli)
6. ---preview samples in the browser backwards... (Requested by esky)
7. better organization and presentation of devices, instruments and effects in the browser. Currently it is just a hierarchical view and all of the items look exactly the same. I cannot discern an instrument from an audio effect just based on looking at an individual item. In Live 8 suite, the browser tree has a really large number of items in it and I get sort of lost in it; takes me a few seconds to remember if I'm looking at Operator, or Analog, etc. Would be good if the major sections (e.g., Operator, Analog, Tension) were easily expandable/accessible, but the presentation was not unweidly like the current tree view. Could do something like an accordion control maybe. Just a thought. (Requested by eischeid)
8. quick preview of sounds and presets directly from the browser pane. This could be just the same few midi notes (or notes that the user defines) that are played for each preset or instrument. I find myself having to add and remove 20 or so operator presets to and from a track just so I can hear what the preset sounds like; takes a lot of time. Would be nice for me to be able to do this directly and quickly in the browser pane. (Requested by eischeid)
9. ability to flag my favorite presets, instruments, and devices in the browser pane and then later filter the browser pane to show only my favorites. I might only ever use 20% of all of the items in the browser pane; would be nice to be able to hide the others if I want to. (Requested by eischeid)
10. When browser is in focus, allow computer keyboard input to facilitate typing the first few letters of a device/patch/whatever name to jump to that item. This is a basic function even in Windows. As suggested by Soma here: http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=123963 (requested by gp23)
11. I often just browse samples/loops through the browser and press 'enter' on anything I like. Then I end up with a long list of tracks all with 1 clip on them. I'd rather just have them on the same track and regularly end up moving them individually. This would be a real timesaver. (requested by alexaaz)
12. Be able to autopreview samples [for example to be able to open a big folder with many samples, set global quant. lets say to 1 bar , set continue-play "on" and click at the first sample. now i can listen all the samples of a folder and have my hands free ]
13a. Project Bucjup options (requested by crumhorn)
-only need to backup new and modified files.
-can always go back to earlier versions of the project or individual files.
-uses compressed format - saves on disk space.
13b. song backup ala logic = an extra folder in project folder with backups of previous saves (requested by sawanotsuru)
14. Change text size in Browser. Some kind of Settings like: Chose text size - small, mid, large. It's very good for people (like me) who have "broken" eyes. (requested by melman)
15. The ability to create a "Preset folder" from the right click menu in the Device Browser. (requested by Muzak)
For more info, check this forum thread: http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php? ... 31&start=0
16. Tag-based search engine! (i.e. bpm, key, style, etc.) (requested by cheparukhin)
17. open rex files like a folder to import single slices (requested by 11olsen)
18. ability to save convoluted racks (rack in rack) as a slicing preset! (requested by 11olsen
19. ability to save a track (or more) into an other .als directrly from the browser. (requested by IP)
20a. Separate "Plugin favorites" tab, especially for AU/VST, (think about Max devices too!
20b. A favorite folder where I can put anything I want in. Like my favorite synth(vst's and ableton instruments) Like a "shourtcut" folder to anything. (requested by D-BOB)
21. groove droppable over the sample browser, so that you could audition samples with imposed groove. (requested by baseinstinct)
22. Half Tempo and Double Tempo in sample browser (requested by baseinstinct)
23. sample browser out routable to any track (requested by baseinstinct)
24. Hot Swap should not require enter when you cursor up and down.. (requested by baseinstinct)
25. return tracks draggable from browser.. (requested by 3dot...)
26. Preview Tab in the Browser should allow you to position the playhead with un-warped clips the way it does for warped clips. (requested by oblique strategies)
27. When adding a set from the browser, load the midi and keyboard settings with it. Duplicate can be sort out with the disable midi on track/group. (requested by Steo)
28. A live device/plugin menu popup to the devices area (right click). 3 main categories for audio/midi devices/instruments and for plugin categories: custom folder = category. Some people short the plugins by company or type etc. if i make 3 custom folders there will be 3 categories, if 2 , 2 etc.
29. ability to add more browser windows / seperate browser for instruments and effects (requested by spacecat)
30. project preview! (requested by sawanotsuru)
[when you click on a project file in the browser, hows about having a little preview box underneath, like you do with sound files? maybe live could render a piece of the tune (maybe the middle, or most densely populated section, or even the whole thing with a visual wave for navigation) and play you back a low res snippet to remind you of what the tune is. i know i'm not the only one out there with a hundred randomly named unfinished projects. maybe live could render this when the song gets closed?]
31. Ability to specify type/kind of file you are looking for, while doing a search in Browser (device,preset,group-rack,audio, MIDI etc). (requested by 0fps)
32. Faster response times for browsing midi clips once latin percussion is loaded. (requested by foetus666)
33. midi control for the browser (Requested by condra)
34. Faster search engine and faster clip analyzer. (Requested by Malthelm)
35. One location for analysis files, for samples that are not in a project folder, please. Now external sample library is full of .asd files... (Requested by Kristijonas)
36. support for more than one VST folder (Requested by golemus2)
37. I DJ with live, yet I pick and choose songs to play out in Itunes with playlists. (Requested by tomh)
It would be awesome to be able to access those playlists easily via lives browser section. I have to create the playlist in itunes then drag all of those songs to a separate folder then, I am able to access it from lives browser which can be a pain!
39. A Project Template file format (Requested by dnbhallifax)
Import / Save channel strips - Yes you can browse a project and import any track by clicking on it, but you Can't import return and master tracks - at least the ability to import returns and masters.
40. Global preferences templates... (Requested by chapelier fou)
+1Christian Witt wrote:IP wrote:GENERAL
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+++ faster / more stable / less bugs (requested by d-track)
+++ More CPU friendly in general (requested by solconnection)
+++ be the same easy and joyfull software so I continue to produce music with a such pleasant way as this. (requested by 0fps)
1. 64 Bit Native support
2. Be able to undo after "save"
3a. more shortcut possibilities (i.e. browser windows, vst instruments etc.) (requested by Alsamarkan)
3b. free choice of shortcuts... (Requested by esky)
4a. surround sound support (requested by theys)
4b. I would really like to see support for quadraphonic sound and 5.1 surround (requested by discoali)
4c. In short multichannel support (I don't need necessarily multichannel sound files, I need multichannel outputs...) (Requested by stefan-tiedje)
[I hate restrictions and I would hate a 5.1 restriction as much as i hate the limitation to stereo tracks we have at the moment. I want real multichannel support. Especially for Max4Live devices. Certain tricks I use all the time in Max/MSP for 8 or 12 speaker setups are simply impossible inside Live. Imagine a granular cloud distributed randomly to multiple speakers...]
5a. mp3 export (requested by Alsamarkan)
5b. More formats for export (Mp3, Mp4, Ogg, Flac, Alac...) (requested by Kristijonas)
5c. omf/aaf import-export (requested by 0fps)
6. the possibility to define more than one template set (requested by Alsamarkan)
7. Templates handling improvement [when open live, get a popup dialog window with 2 columns.
A list with our saved templates to the one and a list with the recently opened live sets to the other.
Then remove from "file" the "new live set", "open live set", "open recent live set" and add just a "new/open" option that will bring up the pop dialog
8. slope points for every envelope segment to alter the shape of its curve (like the absynth envelopes). (Requested by loachm)
9. Timecode (SMPTE) counter (requested by Entelekhia)
10. Time signature changes without using scenes!! This should be MIDI controllable. (Requested by mousetrapreplica)
11. support for unusual rhythms such as Quintuplets, Septuplets etc etc.... [it is annoying to have to switch to Sibelius and export to a MIDI file for usage in Ableton. In Sibelius, you choose the note length and hit CTRL + 5 to make this happen, Abes should take this on board.] (Requested by mousetrapreplica)
12. The ability to “always solo” a track so that I can keep things like my rewired soft-synth input tracks always soloed no matter what. (I like to handle all of the midi in Ableton and it’s a pain to have to solo two tracks all the time in order to hear one track from the Reason) (requested by aubford)
13. batch export of files (cubase like) (Requested by mofus)
14. Native Linux version - I am tired of screwing with Windows, and I don't use Macs (I don't mind them, just don't use them). I am thinking that a Linux version would be more efficient and allow Live to perform better than all of the baggage of Windows. I would love to just be able to load live into a laptop running Ubuntu Linux and Gnome, or something like that. Of course, you'd need to convince M-Audio to make native Linux drivers for their boxes. The upcoming Google Chrome operating system will be Linux-based, so Linux may be much more widespread in the near future. (Requested by eischeid)
15. export and import of EDL (edit decision list) file format. Other recording software that I've used in the past can export an EDL, and I would really like to be able to get some of those old projects into Live, but the prospect of manually placing 40+ wav files onto the Live timeline is not appealing. I realize that a lot of project information would be lost with just an EDL, but having it as a starting point would save me a lot of time. (Requested by eischeid)
16.a notation window (requested by doremifa)
16.b export midi file as notation (requested Xen Ochren)
17. Lock the tempo
when midi controller can change the tempo, it can happen without your noticing, especially with atmospherics.
then you may record things -> unnecessary degradation
"lock the tempo" option in Right click menu of tempo field (requested by baseinstinct)
18. sidechain everything (requested by d-track)
19. the possibillity to select more than one audio interface!!! (requested by Alsamarkan)
20. I'd love to be able to control parameters in a Rewired External Instrument (specifically one that is tied Reason since that's what I use most). Basically, I want to be able to send MIDI data from Live to Reason parameters without having to program each parameter in Reason. Think of it as a MIDI macro shell for Reason, I suppose... (requested by theys)
21. The possibility to playback a midi note from any temporal position in the note (not only from the beginning). Useful for polyphonic midi scores with overlapping notes so that we don't have to start again and again from the beginning. (requested by meudic)
22. SysEx support (requested by schpinn)
23. TRUE MONO: The option for true "mono" tracks. I can do fake mono in utility, but this does work for actual mono IRs in convolution plugins. Mono tracks on things like guitar and bass that are recorded mono would also save lots of processor power when I start piling on the plugins. (requested by jsterne)
24. Simplify reset effect to default parameters (cmd/ctrl+double click, or whatever) (requested by Kristijonas)
25. Ability to loop smaller amount than 1/4 of timeline in arrangement view. (requested by Kristijonas)
26. CAF format recording to forget about .aif's 2 GB limit (requested by Kristijonas)
27. OMF & AAF filetype support. This is must to have if you are working with video / movie industry. All the other major DAWs has this. (requested by salanimi)
28. Use metronome count-in function also in Play mode - very handy for syncing with the band. Now I have to make a separate metronome track. (requested by somejazz)
29. Please add the feature of assigning a key to the song and then when you preview an apple loop or acid loop, it syncs with the key of the song, also when dragging it in the sequencer. (requested by Kid Stretch)
<<102455: being able to assign a key to the song! (E Major, G Minor, B Flat...) Then once a key is assigned, any samples/loops you bring in that have pitches would automatically be pitched to that key.>>
30. Latency - kompensation for play-curser and automation (Requested by trickform)
[i made the experience that also at normal used cpu power the play curser and the automation curves have a latency delay its really hard to work exactly..]
31. Master - intelligent insert bypass (Requested by trickform)
[it would be outstanding if u write a plugin for the master, to control the level between effected Signal and uneffected, so that is always the same level. so u really hear if the processing of compression,eqing and so on, is still better than the unprocessed, and not just louder. i dont want to buy wavelab just because of this feauture
32. Make templetates for new channels. (Requested by D-BOB)
example: when I create a new Audiotrack I want it to contain Filter, EQ8 and Compressor.
When I create a MIDI file. I want a Compressor, EQ8, Distortion etc etc.
33. I would like to be able to set the record quantization for individual midi tracks so that on some tracks they would apply quantization as it is recorded while other tracks would not apply any quantization. Currently I have to record my midi drums with no quantization then apply it after recording by using the edit menu, or vice versa. This doesn't work to well with performing live. (Requested by Jettrink1)
34. Give me some more DAW features please. Multiple takes - Comping - Grouping parameters (Requested by adXok)
35. ability to include text in projects please: (requested by Berzerk)
-Flip-out Note Pad for each project
-Text Tracks along timeline, the length of the project, for specific place notes and lyrics
36. Ability to save the Info View Text with each Clip as part of the saved data in the associated .asd file. (requested by oblique strategies)
While you can edit the text in the Info View window, Live does not save this text in the .asd file for the clip.
Example:
1. write some text in the Info text window.
2. save the clip.
3. drag the clip to your session from the browser.
4. the info you wrote is gone.
37. Be able to open more than one live set at a time. To do that (on a Mac) I need to use "open
-na live" in the Terminal and its painful. Also improve the sync these different live-sets, because using IAC Driver doesn't provide a perfect solution (try it you'll see what I mean, the midi clock isn't stable). (requested by Steo)
38. List of loaded plugins for quick reference. (Requested by borismor)
39. Support for windows clipboard (Requested by S-N-S)
[lets say you have modified a sample in a audio editor,now if you press ctrl+c then you should be able to paste it into ableton with ctrl+v]
40. Extractable tracks, clip groups etc. or at least copyable so there is a better way to merge parts of projects. oh and key range assign to looper. so each slice can be assigned a note for playback. check mattnasty.com for my current workaround (Requested by oberflaechlich)
41. A timer that can be started/stopped/paused at any time during a live set. I often play sets that need to change at particular times. Currently I'm using a 3rd party app to keep track of time. It would be so much neater to be able to have this inside Live. (Requested by _Static_)
42. Native Time Code Vinyl Support (Requested by bootykowski)
43. Not sure if its been said already, but one button clip and project focus which basically takes your selection and makes it as fit horizontally in the arrange view and then another to fit your whole song in. Defiantly useful in my opinion.
kind of like the a and f button in some 3d software packages. (requested by sacredgeometry)
44. Multi-touch support for Windows 7 and an interface that lends itself to using touch. Either built into the main interface or as an alternate window.
(requested by omniphonix)
45. autosave (requested by 0fps)
46. I'd like to see offline Audio Editing/Processing in Live. (requested by AudioSmid)
[In the arrangement view (would be nice in the session view too) select a piece of audio, then rightclick for a menu where you can select offline processing.
Then you can select a plugin from the menu. The audio loops over your selection (if you click the preview button) while you edit your vst. Then click process and your audio selection is replaced with the processed audio.
(some people who use cubase might recognize this feature)
I absolutely love this feature in Cubase. Apart from Cubase only Reaper has a feature that comes close to this. It would be great if Live got this feature too. It's a real time saver.]
47. - capture last take ala logic = if you play something that you like but didn't hit record, hit a key and there it is [would probably be better in the arrange page than as a clip in clip view] (requested by sawanotsuru)
48. Id like to see some kind of SYNC button (like in Traktor pro) So if we insert a drum Sample you could click on that sync knob and it quantizes and changes the Tempo so that it plays in the right time (I really dont like this friggin Sample choppin after quantizing
(requested by Crazy-S)
49. I/d like to swap the synths(Instruments) with my Controller(like in Traktor)
I mean when i change on my Controller the template to Browsermode I could choose the Instrument and change the Parameters etc(Without using the Mouse) (requested by Crazy-S)
50. Dual Mouse mode (requested by Crazy-S)
I make Music with my brother on one PC when we both play a chord on two Pianos we want to change our sounds and while I change my Sound curve he selects simultaneously another Synth for his Instrument
51. I need to be able to do batch processing of tracks. Like in photoshop you can record what you do: warp straight, set first marker, set last marker, 32 count edit, render. I wish i coud save the string of actions i made, and apply them to a bunch of tracks. (requested by greencross)
52. Can I just add batch MIDI export to this list, if someone's already said this pls ignore. Its just that this would be SO SIMPLE to implement, its just hit me how annoying having to export them one by one by one is...
Oh and a checkbox thing so you could pick which files, audio or MIDI, you wanna export, rather than just having one choice of ALL... (requested by EX)
53. liveset revert function (requested by spacecat)
54. shortcuts to preferences ie launch behavior/midi setup/zoom level at the bottom of the screen (requested by foetus666)
55. complex pro should sound better (Requested by The Phat Conductor)
56. I wish there would be a "SETLIST" feature
with which i could define a list of .als sets and assign them to program change
numbers! (Requested by Robbie Ost)
maybe even with a "preloading feature" that there would be no need to
stop audio between changes!?
57. they should make an opportunity to freeze sidechained tracks (Requested by Dead0k)
58. 2. Better Multi-processor support (Requested by Seven)
[Currently on my Win7 machine with a Phenom II X4 Live will quickly report much higher CPU usage than my system monitor and audio drops start to occur unless I change the audio buffer. When I reopen the same instruments and presets in Samplitude or Cubase I do not get audio drop outs and I can see a more even use across the cpu cores.]
59. About bug pack creation (Requested by scorb)
[bug pack creation "feature" = annoying waste of time that only serves to remind you that the software is full of bugs whilst adding yet more lost time to recovering from crashes (of which there are many) - and why can't you turn the fukka off in prefs!!!]
60. Better support for L7 sets (Requested by scorb)
[I still haven't upgraded to 8 because it can't even play back modest L7 sets without crapping out. Also stop making addons when the software still has so many issues that have been left unaddressed.]
61. plugin latency of a track/channel once a it has been frozen. (Requested by SWAN808)
[I can understand why there is still latency when a plugin is bypassed...because that plugin may be activated whilst 'live' - however - a freeze is a mix relevant operation that is not relevant live - so why is there a need to keep the latency? It is being played from an audio file anyways. When mixing with multiple instances of Acustica Audio Nebula - I would like to be able to freeze to get rid of excess CPU, RAM AND latency....but still be able to go back and edit (which is not possible when multitracking and using the flatten function)...]
62. Quantisize any parameter remote action (Requested by fx23)
63. Quick store and recall any sets of params via midi assignable/automatable buttons. (Requested by fx23)
64. Freeze tracks with routing issues and/or freeze group tracks (Requested by RD444)
65. Open multiple projects (drag & drop from one to another) (Requested by RD444)
66. SHARE (Requested by MakiSupaStar)
First, I'd love to see the Ableton/Share thing work. It would be great to work with my music partner online, in real time on the same file, in Ableton's GUI, and then have the ability to save the changes we made. I know that it was promised to be a feature of 8, but it's never worked for me. Maybe it works for other people (I am a little retarded when it comes to things like this).
67. Sound still matters (Requested by nicobi)
Minimum 64 bit FloatingPoint resolution throughout whole signal chain, better 128 bit. 32 bit FP is clearly inferior to 56 Fixed Point or higher (Analogue summing [ADT class] of course unreached sofar).
68. Audio routing templates. (Requested by c7n)
I have several Motu sound cards, and sometimes I just plug in a set of headphones to play with live as I don't feel like opening a flight case or heading to my studio and plugging in my computer to all of the gear. Making music is fun, some times you just sort of want to break out from the various routines we fall into, and just make a track because it's fun and we are in the mood...
Yet, all of a sudden I realize my default template requires 10 audio outs (4 stereo tracks setup via a matrix mixer so any of my tracks can go anywhere) and (1 stereo effect return)... so now I have to reroute a bunch of crap then I get to start whatever audio alchemy is about to ensue. Can't I just select a different "audio template" or something like that? I.E. If I'm at my studio, can't I just get certain busses and sends which automatically route a certain way? If I'm using my travel rig and I plugin to that can't it automatically know how I want that piped up to my mixer? If I just plugin a set of headphones to my laptops audio output can't it just let me tell it that's what I want ableton live to do and act accordingly?
I guess this leads me to my next one...
69. Audio Engine OFF: when any sound card becomes unplugged (intentionally or not) (Requested by c7n)
I can understand needing some sort of default behavior when an audio output is suddenly no longer available... your essentially sending information to a pipe that isn't there anymore. But does it have to disable the audio engine? It just seems like it makes recovering from unwanted silence in a live scenario, well a scary situation. As it stands I usually keep a pvdj grabber on hand and use it to constantly mix in and out various elements from various tracks throughout the set. I keep it handy because it's fun and adds a level of spontaneity... but also because the prospect of dead silence, while I'm trying to tell live that I have now plugged the cable back in. [It just seems like there could be a better method.]
To tie this together with my first one. If my firewire cable becomes unplugged, yet I have selected a firewire soundcard audio template, can't you just tell live to calm the fuck down as I'm probably going to plug the cable back in as fast as I can so the show can keep on keeping on?
70. Audio routing saved per song. (Why)? (Requested by c7n)
This sort of goes with the first one. How come my audio routing is saved with each song? Seriously, that just seems way overly coupled. I like that my plug ins have there settings saved with each song, that effects my songs sounds directly. So does my audio routing as insert or sends, parallel or serial matter a HUGE amount to the overall track. So I understand that your trying to provide an audio template which is saved with each song...
That said, anytime I open up a track which is older... I have no idea how my studios mixer, effects, etc. were wired back then. So whatever was going on that day is sort of lost in time. At this point my old tracks just sort of sit there unless I really just get curious and start wondering what the hell it sounds like if I open an old file and hit play. Usually I'm forced to figure out a bit of routing just to get it to the speakers.
I feel like a certain level of things shouldn't really matter. I.E. if I just want to skip routing schemes can't you just send everything to a user defined template such as:
Headphones Template: send master, and cue to the same thing
Live Rig Template: send audio to a matrix'ed send setup so I can send anything anywhere, send effects to a particular set of stereo outs, send cue to the headphone out.
71. More PRESETS! (Requested by the_songcabinet)
I do tweak, and sound design ect., but not all the time. I don't work a lot with my own templates, so I rely heavily on presets as a starting point when editing & mixing. I suggest maybe organize presets in genres, like pop, rock, dance ect., to help speed up the process of finding stuff.
72. improved tapping accuracy / algorithm (now you have to tap like hundred of times before it gets accurate beat) and ability to tap without project starting to play (Requested by golemus2)
73. possibility to sync with some of the portable sequencer (e.g. in nintendo DS
74. supported and integrated ClyphX type api scripting clips (Requested by friend_kami)
(+ stuff like the trackdefs script). http://beatwise.proboards.com/index.cgi ... thread=716
GUI
1. Zoom display - assignable keys or midi for fast zoom in/out
2. Dual Screen support (requested by re.mark)
3. mouse wheel support (requested by Alsamarkan)
4. video window is very good to have floating, for those who work on a single display it would be nice to be able to also dock it somewhere so it wouldn't be on the way all the time (like Logic) (Requested by posssu)
5. NO link between full screen piano roll and mixer window (Requested by Porcelli)
6. make the "open/close folder" command remoteable (Requested by pyrolator)
7. Although I love the simplicity in Ableton's GUI, it is beginning to feel a little dated, it would be nice if there was just a little 3d action in there (Requested by bigcohoona)
8. The return of the Page Up/Page Down keyboard shortcut for large increment/decrement. (requested by gp23)
9. Mixer view. I'm coming from a mix perspective here, and why not have a 3rd view (Mixer view) where the audio clips gets replaced with the plugins (like any other DAW). Would be ideal for serious mixing duties within Live and to have everything easily accessible visually. Pro mixing in Live can be a bit confusing when you have a lot of channels and no way of getting a overview. (I know Live is not made for this, but it could be very good. As well for people looking for a PT/Cubendo alternative.) (requested by Swedish Sam)
10. ability to doc any m4l device or any other shit like this:
where you could open it in a really big window. there is plenty of free space there, no one uses! (requested by doremifa)
11. increase the window size of the track view like you can in the clipview.
Because I am building lots of drum racks to play live on stage with lots of Pads I need to have a better working view on that. (requested by Jacob Thein)
12. Vertical scrollbar replaced with a miniature-view of the set (requested by posssu)
13. A much more flexible and powerful color-picker (requested by posssu)
14. it would be very cool to see chains as trees. any semi experienced 3ds max user knows what i'm talking about. (requested glamourboy)
15. restoring vst windows positions to the same place after re-opening a set
16. Icons to have on the tracks. This in addition to the colouring would visualise the track's content much better. (requested by Idonotlikebroccoli)
17. I would like to have both the apc and the launchpad red box in the arrange view. At least just around the track titles. It would help a lot to know where i am at, and what tracks i'm controlling. it doesn't seem like too difficult of a thing to work out. (requested by keppy)
18. colors for each note, it would be wonderful (requested by acid)
19. Track selection via rotary knob. (requested by stubba)
20. Full Unicode support for track names - clips etc ((requested by Kristijonas)
21. Hot-Swap is amazing, but it would be also great to have preset switching buttons "FW" "FF": (requested by Kristijonas)
22a.Add Maximize clip view Button & Shortcut + optimize this space, like shown in this thread (last post in page 1): viewtopic.php?f=3&t=93188 (requested by Kristijonas)
22b.The 4 panels next to the piano roll ("Clip,Launch,Sample,Envelopes"):
instead of the small buttons to open and close them, maybe they could
act like instrument racks do: 'minimizing/maximizing' when their title bar is double-clicked.
Or maybe they are collapse-able, so if the piano roll is made wider, these four panels collapse/stack. (requested by jasper)
23.detachable midi editor (requested by d-track)
24.I'd like to be able to assign image thumbnails to my plug-ins. (requested by condra)
25.Hide the Master channel. (requested by 3dot...)
26.Select the part of the grid you want to color, then right click and choose your color.
This will help for Dj sets or even with long loops. (requested by Steo)
27. When coloring tracks or a clip by clicking on it, we get a nice square popup with all the available colors!
If we try to color a clip from the "clip view" we get an ugly huge vertical line with all the colors. with the square we can see in a second the color we want to use.
28. A big detachable and floating counter also with Timecode SMPTE features (requested by Entelechia)
29. not sure if it was mentioned, but if you could make borders around the clips, something similar as is 5x8 scenes of APC, or as you can do in Excel. Indeed no need to be rectangle, but simple horizontal line which you could paint anywhere in your set to keep things organized.
Now you can give differenet colours to clips or leave 1 line blank, but bordering would be good, imo. (Requested by B-S)
30. Vertical waveform zoom - it's impossible to edit very silent places now (!!!). (Requested by Kristijonas)
31. Mono Options on export (L/R/L+R) (requested by Kristijonas)
32. apply colour labels to instruments/presets/fx in the browser - to highlight favourites (requested by deepstereo)
33. In the scene view having a small "pallet" window that shows all the clips you have in your clip view so you can brain storm your song in the clip view then have a easy way to pick and place them into your scene view. (requested by macgregoroi)
34. THOSE LEVEL METERS ARE RIDIIIICULOUSLY SMAAAAALLL !!!!! Make them BIIIIIGGER !!!! (requested by sebastienleger)
35. Vertical zoom for waveforms... (Requested by stefan-tiedje)
36. dj display options in session view (dual waves, wave + devices @ same time, etc) (Requested by The Phat Conductor)
37. Mouse over function for all parameters. (Requested by Tympanic)
[like in so many plugins (reverberate comes to mind). Hover Mouse over parameter. Use scrollwheel to manipulate parameter. Use modifiers (scroll - rapid change / scroll+shift - detailed change)]
38. More touch-screen friendly interface (Requested by condra)
39. The ability to define user buttons or add custom buttons. (Requested by CFM)
40. Full multitouch native support, with modular ui Customizable. (Requested by fx23)
41a. A more dedicated MIDI gui. (Requested by the_songcabinet)
I would prefer a third screen for midi only, like you have the session view, arrangement view, and midi view (maybe even an audio view). I love the way Pro Tools have cracked this, and it almost made me swap. Of course I didn't, Live is ages ahead, but I think more could be done for us regular daw users, in general.
41b. a window for monitoring MIDI messages (like MIDI-ox) (Requested by golemus2)
42. I would like to see multiple Arrange pages for each Session. Would make it even easier to try different arrangements, or record various live takes. (Requested by triple1)
42. possibility to make tracks and groups in arrangent (and why not session) view temporarily invisible (Requested by golemus2)
43. It would be nice to see the amount of memory process takes in the user interface... e.g. beside used CPU amount. At least now with the unstable Live this would be valuable feature, now I have to every now and then go to check to task manager that Live8.2.1.exe does not consume near 1400MB of RAM. (Requested by golemus2)
BROWSER / Files / Management
1. Browser bookmark manager with “rename bookmark” option / move up or down / color tag
2a. colored folders in the browser (requested by nuperspective)
2b. Give us a rating and keyword system for the library! (requested by tehupbeat)
3. more device browser windows for better instrument management (requested by Alsamarkan)
4. a tag-based sample manager/database like the cubase media bay or the ni kore browser. (Requested by loachm)
5. be able to choose which of Live's effects should appear in the browser. I've never used beat repeat or vinyl distortion for example, so I don't want them in my list. (Requested by Idonotlikebroccoli)
6. ---preview samples in the browser backwards... (Requested by esky)
7. better organization and presentation of devices, instruments and effects in the browser. Currently it is just a hierarchical view and all of the items look exactly the same. I cannot discern an instrument from an audio effect just based on looking at an individual item. In Live 8 suite, the browser tree has a really large number of items in it and I get sort of lost in it; takes me a few seconds to remember if I'm looking at Operator, or Analog, etc. Would be good if the major sections (e.g., Operator, Analog, Tension) were easily expandable/accessible, but the presentation was not unweidly like the current tree view. Could do something like an accordion control maybe. Just a thought. (Requested by eischeid)
8. quick preview of sounds and presets directly from the browser pane. This could be just the same few midi notes (or notes that the user defines) that are played for each preset or instrument. I find myself having to add and remove 20 or so operator presets to and from a track just so I can hear what the preset sounds like; takes a lot of time. Would be nice for me to be able to do this directly and quickly in the browser pane. (Requested by eischeid)
9. ability to flag my favorite presets, instruments, and devices in the browser pane and then later filter the browser pane to show only my favorites. I might only ever use 20% of all of the items in the browser pane; would be nice to be able to hide the others if I want to. (Requested by eischeid)
10. When browser is in focus, allow computer keyboard input to facilitate typing the first few letters of a device/patch/whatever name to jump to that item. This is a basic function even in Windows. As suggested by Soma here: http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=123963 (requested by gp23)
11. I often just browse samples/loops through the browser and press 'enter' on anything I like. Then I end up with a long list of tracks all with 1 clip on them. I'd rather just have them on the same track and regularly end up moving them individually. This would be a real timesaver. (requested by alexaaz)
12. Be able to autopreview samples [for example to be able to open a big folder with many samples, set global quant. lets say to 1 bar , set continue-play "on" and click at the first sample. now i can listen all the samples of a folder and have my hands free ]
13a. Project Bucjup options (requested by crumhorn)
-only need to backup new and modified files.
-can always go back to earlier versions of the project or individual files.
-uses compressed format - saves on disk space.
13b. song backup ala logic = an extra folder in project folder with backups of previous saves (requested by sawanotsuru)
14. Change text size in Browser. Some kind of Settings like: Chose text size - small, mid, large. It's very good for people (like me) who have "broken" eyes. (requested by melman)
15. The ability to create a "Preset folder" from the right click menu in the Device Browser. (requested by Muzak)
For more info, check this forum thread: http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php? ... 31&start=0
16. Tag-based search engine! (i.e. bpm, key, style, etc.) (requested by cheparukhin)
17. open rex files like a folder to import single slices (requested by 11olsen)
18. ability to save convoluted racks (rack in rack) as a slicing preset! (requested by 11olsen
19. ability to save a track (or more) into an other .als directrly from the browser. (requested by IP)
20a. Separate "Plugin favorites" tab, especially for AU/VST, (think about Max devices too!
20b. A favorite folder where I can put anything I want in. Like my favorite synth(vst's and ableton instruments) Like a "shourtcut" folder to anything. (requested by D-BOB)
21. groove droppable over the sample browser, so that you could audition samples with imposed groove. (requested by baseinstinct)
22. Half Tempo and Double Tempo in sample browser (requested by baseinstinct)
23. sample browser out routable to any track (requested by baseinstinct)
24. Hot Swap should not require enter when you cursor up and down.. (requested by baseinstinct)
25. return tracks draggable from browser.. (requested by 3dot...)
26. Preview Tab in the Browser should allow you to position the playhead with un-warped clips the way it does for warped clips. (requested by oblique strategies)
27. When adding a set from the browser, load the midi and keyboard settings with it. Duplicate can be sort out with the disable midi on track/group. (requested by Steo)
28. A live device/plugin menu popup to the devices area (right click). 3 main categories for audio/midi devices/instruments and for plugin categories: custom folder = category. Some people short the plugins by company or type etc. if i make 3 custom folders there will be 3 categories, if 2 , 2 etc.
29. ability to add more browser windows / seperate browser for instruments and effects (requested by spacecat)
30. project preview! (requested by sawanotsuru)
[when you click on a project file in the browser, hows about having a little preview box underneath, like you do with sound files? maybe live could render a piece of the tune (maybe the middle, or most densely populated section, or even the whole thing with a visual wave for navigation) and play you back a low res snippet to remind you of what the tune is. i know i'm not the only one out there with a hundred randomly named unfinished projects. maybe live could render this when the song gets closed?]
31. Ability to specify type/kind of file you are looking for, while doing a search in Browser (device,preset,group-rack,audio, MIDI etc). (requested by 0fps)
32. Faster response times for browsing midi clips once latin percussion is loaded. (requested by foetus666)
33. midi control for the browser (Requested by condra)
34. Faster search engine and faster clip analyzer. (Requested by Malthelm)
35. One location for analysis files, for samples that are not in a project folder, please. Now external sample library is full of .asd files... (Requested by Kristijonas)
36. support for more than one VST folder (Requested by golemus2)
37. I DJ with live, yet I pick and choose songs to play out in Itunes with playlists. (Requested by tomh)
It would be awesome to be able to access those playlists easily via lives browser section. I have to create the playlist in itunes then drag all of those songs to a separate folder then, I am able to access it from lives browser which can be a pain!
39. A Project Template file format (Requested by dnbhallifax)
Import / Save channel strips - Yes you can browse a project and import any track by clicking on it, but you Can't import return and master tracks - at least the ability to import returns and masters.
40. Global preferences templates... (Requested by chapelier fou)
