Badly needed feature:Preview .alc without clicking as you can samples

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ianstudio
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Badly needed feature:Preview .alc without clicking as you can samples

Post by ianstudio » Sun Nov 03, 2024 3:32 pm

CENTRAL TO A DECENT WORKFLOW
Please Ableton this one is extremely important:
.alc files in browser need to be previewable, just like samples can, by just getting to the next one (or previous) with the up/down arrow keys, no click needed.

Having to click them is so aggravating and slow and there's also the risk of double-clicking and thus getting them as a new Track in project when all you want to do is audition them fast by cycling through. Again just a you can with samples.

It would not need to be a permanent setting but at least an option.

PS: What I do now, is use my up/down arrows with one hand, and click twice on the headphones icon with the other on a trackpad or a secondary mouse, since it is a toggle. It's still dirty, maybe if it could be made to not be a toggle as an option again so that we could decide to use it as a trigger (mappable MIDI or keyboard shortcut) that would allow for a somewhat acceptable workflow. But not really needing two hands at all when one could just use the up/down arrows with one would be optimal.

Yes make that happen, don't make our Live's more complicated than they need to be 8O

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Re: Badly needed feature:Preview .alc without clicking as you can samples

Post by scruffyfox » Sun Nov 03, 2024 6:27 pm

you can trigger preview by pressing right arrow
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silentio246
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Re: Badly needed feature:Preview .alc without clicking as you can samples

Post by silentio246 » Mon Nov 04, 2024 8:49 am

scruffyfox wrote:
Sun Nov 03, 2024 6:27 pm
you can trigger preview by pressing right arrow
Good to know!

ianstudio
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Re: Badly needed feature:Preview .alc without clicking as you can samples

Post by ianstudio » Mon May 12, 2025 9:45 am

Thank You !!!!!

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