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orange bar appears that says you can only drop audio effects into an audio track when dropping a vst instrument into the
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2024 4:43 pm
by Jose Maria Brenes Caro
An orange bar appears that says you can only drop audio effects into an audio track when dropping a vst instrument into the blank space this didnt use to happen before im on ableton 12 lite i also demoed suite it happens in both versions can anyone help ? this is making me lose interest in buying ableton standart this christsmas it's a great daw but this is a huge error please help me fix it soon
Re: orange bar appears that says you can only drop audio effects into an audio track when dropping a vst instrument into
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2024 8:40 pm
by maximejerryfraisse
Instruments can only be used in MIDI tracks.
Re: orange bar appears that says you can only drop audio effects into an audio track when dropping a vst instrument into
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2024 3:20 pm
by [jur]
Are you talking about this message not disappearing?
If yes, then that's just a known UI bug and you shouldn't worry about it.
Re: orange bar appears that says you can only drop audio effects into an audio track when dropping a vst instrument into
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2024 2:02 am
by DoYouLikeHam
I've been seeing this too... save the project, create a new one, then reopen the project.. and the message is gone. No problem, just annoying.
Re: orange bar appears that says you can only drop audio effects into an audio track when dropping a vst instrument into
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2024 6:47 am
by Citizen
So, its not just me?
God — its SO annoying.
Re: orange bar appears that says you can only drop audio effects into an audio track when dropping a vst instrument into
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2024 10:07 pm
by GUY SMILEY
yeah me too. really annoying. seems to be related to the use of a VST plugin
Re: orange bar appears that says you can only drop audio effects into an audio track when dropping a vst instrument into
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 1:21 pm
by Rivanni
I can reproduce it in the following way:
In Session View, drag an instrument or MIDI effect (native, Max, or plugin) over an audio, return, or master track and drop it in an empty space (so a new track is created).
The message will disappear and not reappear if you hover over a MIDI track before dropping. Sometimes, you can maneuver in such a way to get rid of the message before dropping the device.
Hovering over the master or return tracks can quickly happen when dragging something from Live's browser but a bit too far to the right or dragging things from the desktop or Finder/Explorer.
In the Arrangement view, it only happens occasionally with plugins.
This issue still occurs in Live 12.10.1b1.
When I reported this four years ago (Live 10), they stated at that time it was a known bug.
I'm bringing up the issue with every new Live version, but as we can see, it is still not fixed.
Re: orange bar appears that says you can only drop audio effects into an audio track when dropping a vst instrument into
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 6:42 pm
by Valkon
@Rivanni
I envy your persistence (in Ableton many simple "problems" remain unsolved for years)!
Re: orange bar appears that says you can only drop audio effects into an audio track when dropping a vst instrument into
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2025 8:27 am
by Kaless1n
Purpletea wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2025 1:21 pm
I can reproduce it in the following way:
In Session View, drag an instrument or MIDI effect (native, Max, or plugin) over an audio, return, or master track and drop it in an empty space (so a new track is created).
The message will disappear and not reappear if you hover over a MIDI track before dropping. Sometimes, you can maneuver in such a way to get rid of the message before dropping the device.
Hovering over the master or return tracks can quickly happen when dragging something from Live's browser but a bit too far to the right or dragging things from the desktop or Finder/Explorer.
In the Arrangement view, it only happens occasionally with plugins.
This issue still occurs in Live 12.10.1b1.
When I reported this four years ago (Live 10), they stated at that time it was a known bug.
I'm bringing up the issue with every new Live version, but as we can see, it is still not fixed.
It helps. Thank you so much!