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I just started using Live 6 and I'm have trouble with a couple things.


1. How do I keep all the other tracks on a scene that are muted (just stopped actually) from playing when I hit record on a another track. Sometimes I'll stop a track or two on a scene but when I try to record to another track on the same scene every clip starts playing automatically.

2. Can the SOLO/CUE button in the master section not be mapped? I tried to assign a key to it because I use the solo buttons a lot, but I'd also like to be able to audition turntable samples on an audio track before I play them in (silently obviously). It wouldn't let me map anything to it. Actually, when I was just trying to use the cue function the music was playing even though I have the CUE output routed to a channel I normally only have sent to headphones. It's almost as if it was sending it to the master and cue sections. I'm a little lost on this.

3. How do you send individual channels of a softsynth to a separate output to apply effects? For instance, I use Battery 2 for my drums/perc and I'd in the battery window you can assign each cell to a different channel (which for instance in Cubase routes each cell to a corresponding channel in the mixer so you could apply effects to each drum individually.)

4. Is there no control over the metronome preferences? No volume, no option of using another sample besides the standard click/beep, no option of time sig, etc?

5. I asked a question awhile ago about using Live as a metronome/quantization free looper like hardware guitar pedal type looper. Somebody mentioned that I could use a VST plug-in within the program. This makes sense to me now, I think. Would that mean you would just be recording loops inside of that program while that track that its assigned to is active/record enabled? In other words Live would record anything but the plug-in would? What programs are there that could do this? I've used Ambiloop and its awesome for that kind of thing but its standalone and not a VST plug.

I know this is a lot for one post, sorry. I guess i'm assuming that there are simple answers and I'm just being stupid because I just started using Live. If something doesn't get answered I'll just post a separate thread. Thanks to anybody that can shed some light on these issues.

I love Live so far. I need to pick up some foot control though, two pedals won't cut it. Better crossfader control would be cool too. I have it assigned to a long throw fader on my digital mixer right now, but something quicker like a turntable crossfader would be cooler.

Thanks again.

okay, tons of questions here, but since I am stuck here with a baby on my lap anyway, I might as well help you out, eh?

1. How do I keep all the other tracks on a scene that are muted (just stopped actually) from playing when I hit record on a another track. Sometimes I'll stop a track or two on a scene but when I try to record to another track on the same scene every clip starts playing automatically.

It sounds like you are launching the entire scene whenever you want to record. I you for instance stop all clips (not playback) and then press the record button on the track in question the other clips don't start.

2. Can the SOLO/CUE button in the master section not be mapped?

I don't think so, no. Ableton have a kind of strange attitude towards midi assignment... I know a bunch of things (such as midi record quantisation) used to be midi mappable, but aren't now.

3. How do you send individual channels of a softsynth to a separate output to apply effects?

The trick in Live is that this isn't set on the output, but on the input of the track you are routing TO. So make a few new audio tracks, set monitor to ON, and set the input to Battery 2, output X

4. Is there no control over the metronome preferences? No volume, no option of using another sample besides the standard click/beep, no option of time sig, etc?

The volume is the same as the cue volume, lower right corner. The sound files that produce the noise can be found somewhere in the ableton folder, and the metronome time signature follows the time signature of the Live set, which makes sense to me, at least.

5. I asked a question awhile ago about using Live as a metronome/quantization free looper like hardware guitar pedal type looper. Somebody mentioned that I could use a VST plug-in within the program. This makes sense to me now, I think. Would that mean you would just be recording loops inside of that program while that track that its assigned to is active/record enabled? In other words Live would record anything but the plug-in would? What programs are there that could do this? I've used Ambiloop and its awesome for that kind of thing but its standalone and not a VST plug.

There are a couple, depending on which OS you're on. For pc the best one I've found for my needs is Angstrolooper:
http://plugins.timeshard.com/angstrolooper/
For OSX I would look towards Augustus Loop
http://www.collective.co.uk/expertsleep ... sloop.html

And you're right: they record whatever is sent to them, while Live doesn't. Augustus Loop can do a ton of things, Angstrolooper just does a few things really well.

I hope this helps!
Cheers,
Andreas.
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Machinate,
I've seen your postings on quite a few topics - I'm also new to the hands-free looping world and have been on this and the FCB forums but still have questions. While you have that baby on your lap and are feeling helpful, may I ask? I don't think they are too off topic.

I am trying to do some very basic things. I play guitar and keyboard live and want hands-free control of live in the process. I'm using the Behringer FCB1010, and Midistroke because I want several actions to happen from one pedal stroke, but don't always know how to tell it to do what i want it to do. For instance:

1. I've set up live like motherbrain5000 suggested here:
http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic. ... highlight=

But I want to be able to use say Pedal 1 to start clip in track 1, same pedal #1 to stop recording clip track 1 (begin play), Start clip track 2 (simultaneously), hit pedal #1 again to stop recording clip track 2, start clip track 3, stop recording clip 3, STOP play of all 3 clips, then be able to bring them all again later in the song with one pedal stroke. Is this do-able?

2. Also, seems from other posts like stepping up and down through scenes is possible but I haven't figured out the "steps" to make that happen.

Lastly, it seems that the 1010 can be programmed to do more than one action at once, meaning it will send 2 CC messages at once, does that correspond to 2 actions within Live?

I've been reading so many of the posts but haven't been able to translate what others are doing to what I need to do specifically. Any help you have to give would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Renee