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Launching the next scene automatically
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 12:13 am
by pentool
I'm reading in the manual on page 94, that...
"The scene below a launched scene will automatically be selected as the next to be launched un- less the Select Next Scene on Launch option in the Launch Preferences is set to “Off.“ This allows you to trigger scenes from top to bottom without having to select them first."
It is not working for me. When I launch the first scene it just keeps looping and never goes to the scene below it. Is this feature broken or am I just missing something?
Thanks.
Re: Launching the next scene automatically
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 11:35 am
by S4racen
The scene below won't be launched, just selected... There is no native Follow Actions for Scenes feature in Live...
Cheers
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Re: Launching the next scene automatically
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 6:11 pm
by pentool
Well, it's not selected either.
I have a single MIDI track. In it, there are two clips. So I select the first row (the first clip) and I click the scene's play button (on the right). The scene plays but still the first one is selected. It's not selecting the second one.
In the preferences, I do have the 'Select Next Scene on Launch' enabled.
Re: Launching the next scene automatically
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 6:40 pm
by Because789
Just checked it and can confirm this behavior, the next scene does not get selected on launch of a scene. I enabled and disabled 'Select Next Scene on Launch' several times, it didn't help. Smells like the feature is indeed broken, at least on Live 64bit for Windows.
Edit: I only checked it by clicking with the mouse, see below how it works.
Re: Launching the next scene automatically
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 6:42 pm
by Hermanus
1.Select the scene
2.Press Enter for playing it
3.Selection will jump to the next scene
4.Press Enter for playing the next
And so on
Best
Re: Launching the next scene automatically
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 6:52 pm
by pentool
Hermanus wrote:1.Select the scene
2.Press Enter for playing it
3.Selection will jump to the next scene
4.Press Enter for playing the next
And so on
Best
Aaaaah!!! Thanks a lot for pointing this out! The manual forgot to mention that:
1. I have to select the scene using its name/label under the "Master" track
AND
2. I have to use the keyboard's ENTER key to launch the scene.
Simply clicking the play button with the mouse or using the spacebar will not select the next scene.
Re: Launching the next scene automatically
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 5:30 pm
by ToBe
Just a short update for peeps coming back to this post when re-searching this topic:
Since Ableton V11 it is now available to set up automatic Scene Follow Actions BUT selection of Scenes is not automatically following. This could lead to some issues when you want to play always the next scene when automatically advancing via Scene Follow Actions. Here is set up guide for using Scene Follow Actions AND a
free Max for Live plug in which will solve this issue and automatically select always the next Scene. This way you can always trigger the next Scene:
https://blog.abletondrummer.com/how-to- ... matically/
Re: Launching the next scene automatically
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2025 9:36 pm
by maximejerryfraisse
ToBe wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 5:30 pm
Just a short update for peeps coming back to this post when re-searching this topic:
Since Ableton V11 it is now available to set up automatic Scene Follow Actions BUT selection of Scenes is not automatically following. This could lead to some issues when you want to play always the next scene when automatically advancing via Scene Follow Actions. Here is set up guide for using Scene Follow Actions AND a
free Max for Live plug in which will solve this issue and automatically select always the next Scene. This way you can always trigger the next Scene:
https://blog.abletondrummer.com/how-to- ... matically/
OMG Thank you ToBe that's really helpful
Re: Launching the next scene automatically
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2025 4:44 am
by ellicottvilleny
Bitwig can chain scenes so that once one completes, another automatically starts, unless interrupted by a stop or another scene launch (such as from a controller). It would make sense to me to have this in live. I hope they add it. WIthout needing a Max4Live device.
