I really like all these generative and transformative midi tools. I just wish they were available on Push. That would be really fun. But I suppose that is why I bought Fors Dyad……
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I have wondered about this, especially since you cannot map the parameters for MIDI Transformers/Generators and they definitely don’t respond to the blue hand either.
They can be cool, but it is a lot of clicking and mousing around.
When you use these fornl example, the navigator, does it stay in scale? Or you need to manually move the notes?
Hi people of Ableton. One question:
I have an oxi one and I mapped a drum rack with the oxi. I’m sequencing some patterns but while sequencing the cells of the drum rack are changing continuously and I can’t tweak any parameter. I need to stop playback.
Is there any way to make static the cells while playback? . The external steps on the oxi are triggering that cells and I can’t do nothing.
Thanks 
there’s a tiny arrow on Drum Rack that dictates whether triggers ‘follow’ and bring up the macros for most recently triggered cell - deactivate this for manual control. Is this what you mean?
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Wooow yes!! I am a beginner on Ableton. Thank you very much!!
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Mapping MIDI parameters and OSC messages without a computer is possible with the P3SA with third party M4L devices.
ableton envelope follower tip from gourlie
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Ableton Suite (edu version) is now also available to buy via rent to own rather than only outright.
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OK Ableton experts here’s another question. When I export my tracks to Ableton from MPC Software, obviously the tracks don’t have any inserts (plugins) any more. For the 50 tracks, I manually add Utility, EQ-eight, Filter etc. Is there a way to select multiple tracks and add multiple plugins (or at least one plugin) at once ?
If there’s a device or group of devices you tend to use on every audio track, add them to an empty track, right click the track and select an option near the bottom of the list that says “save as default audio track”. This way every time you create an audio track it will contain that (or those) devices.
If you go with several devices, and cpu is a concern, have the devices be off when setting the track as default, so the devices will be there but you can decide to turn on the devices as needed
EZ
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Thanks let me try and get back to you. Because I export my MPC project as Ableton Live Set. Let’s see if it works.
Oh, they won’t have those baked in, then. But you can just create new audio tracks (control T 50 times rapid fire ) and move the stems in one sweep after selecting them all with control A
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So this is how an MPC project looks when exported. The number of tracks comes from the original MPC project. Then I just drag them as seen in the video - which I couldn’t upload here… I provided screenshots. I guess I should ask for this feature to add one or multiple devices to an existing project.
I know I am like one of the 10 people in the world with a workflow like this but may be it’s needed for other purpose too.
Three track MPC Software project exported as Ableton set. So Ableton file only opens with the number of tracks from the original file.
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Yeah I’ve done the .als export, but I stopped using that feature precisely because I got my live template customised to my workflow and the mpc .als of course won’t have my template baked in, so now I export the audio stems instead, or, an alternative which I’ve also tried and also enjoy is what @djst does which is using the mpc vst to bring projects into live, for which I have a live template set up with the mpc plugin and the channels already routed and ready to go, but which I temporarily stopped using since moving to mpc3 given that the v3 plugin is still not available for it, but I digress… the point is I reckon the feature is useful but not useful for my particular use case, and by the sound of your comments, it appears to me that you’d also benefit from a different approach, bro
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I pretty much produce most of the tracks in MPC Software so I don’t think I will give up on it. But yeah I do use it as a VST plugin too. Especially when I don’t like something during mixing or if I think it needs more instruments, layers etc. I use it. But exporting just stems is a good idea! I may just do that and then drag them to an existing template. Thanks!
Oh I never meant you should stop using the mpc 
I only meant the mpc .als export!
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Got it. Sorry for the confusion To be honest, if I was starting from all over again, I would go with Ableton of course and want no part of MPC Software. Too late now as I have my own thing going on in MPC Software, and I love it. I did produce many tracks exclusively in Ableton too.
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Ableton Live 12.1.5
12.1.5 Release Notes
December 12, 2024
New Features and Improvements
- Updated the design of the Hot-Swap Sample and Swap to Previous/Next Similar Sample buttons in Simpler and Drum Sampler.
- Drum Rack presets will no longer be excluded from the Sounds label. Additionally, Drum Rack and Drum Sampler presets tagged with “Sounds|…” will no longer be shown in the Drums label.
- Selecting a large number of track headers or tracks in the Session or Arrangement View is now faster.
- The Scale filter in Find and Select Notes is now available even if Scale Mode is turned off.
- Accessibility: Changed the Info View header for Help View’s home button from “Lessons Start Page” to “View All Lessons” for an improved screen reader announcement.
- In Auto Shift, MPE pitch bend now uses a 48 semitones range.
- Items tagged with “Devices|Drums” will now be included in the Drums label as well.
- When browsing the All label, presets will once again be grouped into their respective devices. However, the grouping will be discarded when applying any filter, in favor of showing a flat list. The grouping will also be omitted when saving a custom view based on the All label.
- Improved filtering of devices and presets.
- A small arrow is now displayed next to a tag’s name to indicate that the tag includes subtags. When clicking on a tag with subtags, the nested tags will be grouped along a yellow line.
- It is now possible to use the # symbol to search for all filters, including Content, Function, Format, and Creator.
- Significantly improved the frame rate when scrolling or zooming in the Arrangement when there are many clips and tracks.
- VST2 and VST3 plug-ins now use different icons in the browser.
- The different view modes in the Clip View’s Clip Content Editor now use individual Info View descriptions.
- The context dictionary outlet of the live.miditool.in Max object now includes a “seed” value which should be used to seed random number generators that are used to determine a MIDI Tool’s output.
- Updated the bundled Max build to 8.6.5. Max for Live improvements:
- live.miditool.in: displays correct annotation for 3rd outlet
- live.scope~: fixed memory corruption issues when resized
- live.text: text / texton accepts multiple words without quoting
- live.thisdevice: undo no longer triggers output
- M4L.chooser.js: fixed chain_selector parameter case
- Max for Live Colors: added ‘scale_awareness’
- Max for Live Device: ensure that searchpaths are marked valid when unfreezing
- Max for Live Device: fixed crash with loadbang
- Max for Live Documentation: M4L-specific patcher attributes are documented
- Max for Live Parameters: improvements to Stored Only parameters and undo/redo
- Max for Live Parameters: only changed parameters get added to undo
- mc.plugin~: fixed spurious output from second channel
Bugfixes
- Deleting a Max for Live device now releases any control surface controls the device has previously grabbed.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when instantiating certain plug-ins.
- A newly created Arrangement locator will now be focused after it is created.
- Fixed a bug where all the changes made to Warp Markers with the keyboard would be undone at once, regardless of which markers were selected.
- Fixed a rare crash that occurred when a count-in was started.
- The distance dial for Arpeggiator is now bipolar.
- The mapping controls in Modulator devices now look correct when disabled.
- When Oscillator Retrigger is on, Drift no longer clicks at note start.
- Recently searched tags are now prioritized higher in tag suggestions once again.
- Drum Sampler now fades out the end of samples in order to avoid clicks.
- Live no longer tries to import unsupported file formats to clips and tracks in the Arrangement View.
- Automation value display is now hidden when zooming or scrolling in the Arrangement.
- Fixed a crash that could occur under certain circumstances when setting the looping and warping API properties from the same event.
- Removed the option to make the Chop and Split commands a part of a MIDI Tools chain.
- Addressed the following issues in Max for Live:
- Fixed an issue where undo or redo would trigger output from automatable parameters.
- Fixed an issue where undo or redo would trigger output from live.thisdevice.
- Fixed a crash that occurred in different circumstances, for example when navigating the browser.
- Fixed a bug which caused the background scanning Indexer to crash when analyzing certain audio files with untypical bit depths.
- When repeatedly triggering different clips manually, using follow actions or scenes, Play One note groups are now correctly re-evaluated and the same notes no longer play all the time.
- Fixed an issue where Live would hang on startup.
- Switching between templates on the Launch Control XL no longer breaks the Pickup and Value Scaling takeover modes.
- The sound is no longer sustained indefinitely when the Envelope 1 Release control in Drift is set to a value above 55 seconds.
- Accessibility: When resizing clips with the keyboard, pressing the
- Accessibility: Restored the ability to extend a note selection to include notes of the same pitch using Ctrl (Win) / Option (Mac) + the left and right arrow keys in the MIDI Note Editor.
- Fixed a crash that occurred when enabling warping in Simpler after the device was converted from Drum Sampler. Additionally, fixed a crash that occurred when ungrouping a Rack that contained Drum Sampler using the shortcut CtrlShiftG (Win) / CmdShiftG (Mac).
- Fixed a bug that caused phasing artifacts in Auto Shift when MIDI Input was turned off while notes were still playing.
- Mapping the Scale and Root parameters to a Rack’s Macro Controls now works as expected in the Scale, Arpeggiator, and Auto Shift devices.
- Fixed an issue where it was not possible to load a Live Set that contained unknown scale names.
- Esc key now reliably cancels the action. Additionally, screen readers will announce “Cancel adjusting clip edge…” to confirm the action has been canceled.
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