Ultimate Live 9 Clip Envelope Automation Feature Requests
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:10 am
Here is my list of features I would like to see implemented in Live 9 in regards to clip/arrangement envelope automation. In no particular order. I tried to make this a complete list, so any ideas I may have missed, please feel free to add.
Anyway, in no particular order:
Curves - The ability to create and edit automation curves. Exponential (Concave and convex) and S curves.
Invert - Be able to invert an automation selection vertically. Also known as flipping it.
Retrograde - Be able to invert an automation selection horizontally. Also know as mirroring.
Invert + Retrograde - Be able to invert an automation selection vertically and horizontally.
Vertical and Horizontal Scaling - Be able to scale selections in a myriad of ways.
Linear scaling - Be able to scale the length of a selection to simply be longer
Exponential scaling - Be able to scale a selection between 2 points in an exponential fashion, creating a ramp up or down in speed.
Relative scaling - Be able to scale a selection so that it scales more on one end than the other end, to create volume ramps up and down, both in a linear and exponential fashion.
Breakpoints that snap to beat - Be able to snap breakpoints to the beat grid.
Breakpoints that snap to the beginning or end of a MIDI note - Be able to snap breakpoints to the beginning or end of notes as well (sort of does this already.)
Breakpoints that snap to vertical points - Be able to snap breakpoints to vertical grid positions as well.
Lock Breakpoints to note beginnings/ends - Be able to move a notes position in time and have the breakpoints move with them.
Free-range motion - With all this locking to stuff, of course I want the ability to drag completely freely as well.
Pre-made shapes - Sines and triangles and saws and squares that are pre-made and can be inserted into a selection based on the grid scale. Which are then fully editable after insertion.
An envelope library - Be able to right click an envelope and save it to an envelope library that can accessed as any time in any other session for any other clip.
Save changes to an envelope and effect all other instances of the same envelope.
The reason I want these abilities natively is that they would offer the ability to create nuanced and highly original and expressive envelopes for absolutely anything that can be modulated. Most importantly though is the speed factor. I can do all of these things now with just the pencil tool... but it takes FOREVER... seriously. The amount of time and trial and error it takes to make a gated tempo ramp is crazy long, but I think that these features would allow a musician to be much more creative much more quickly.
Cheers,
rchrdnsh
Anyway, in no particular order:
Curves - The ability to create and edit automation curves. Exponential (Concave and convex) and S curves.
Invert - Be able to invert an automation selection vertically. Also known as flipping it.
Retrograde - Be able to invert an automation selection horizontally. Also know as mirroring.
Invert + Retrograde - Be able to invert an automation selection vertically and horizontally.
Vertical and Horizontal Scaling - Be able to scale selections in a myriad of ways.
Linear scaling - Be able to scale the length of a selection to simply be longer
Exponential scaling - Be able to scale a selection between 2 points in an exponential fashion, creating a ramp up or down in speed.
Relative scaling - Be able to scale a selection so that it scales more on one end than the other end, to create volume ramps up and down, both in a linear and exponential fashion.
Breakpoints that snap to beat - Be able to snap breakpoints to the beat grid.
Breakpoints that snap to the beginning or end of a MIDI note - Be able to snap breakpoints to the beginning or end of notes as well (sort of does this already.)
Breakpoints that snap to vertical points - Be able to snap breakpoints to vertical grid positions as well.
Lock Breakpoints to note beginnings/ends - Be able to move a notes position in time and have the breakpoints move with them.
Free-range motion - With all this locking to stuff, of course I want the ability to drag completely freely as well.
Pre-made shapes - Sines and triangles and saws and squares that are pre-made and can be inserted into a selection based on the grid scale. Which are then fully editable after insertion.
An envelope library - Be able to right click an envelope and save it to an envelope library that can accessed as any time in any other session for any other clip.
Save changes to an envelope and effect all other instances of the same envelope.
The reason I want these abilities natively is that they would offer the ability to create nuanced and highly original and expressive envelopes for absolutely anything that can be modulated. Most importantly though is the speed factor. I can do all of these things now with just the pencil tool... but it takes FOREVER... seriously. The amount of time and trial and error it takes to make a gated tempo ramp is crazy long, but I think that these features would allow a musician to be much more creative much more quickly.
Cheers,
rchrdnsh
From your name, I figure you might appreciate some of these ideas.