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Hi, I'm new, and I don't actually have much experience with Ableton Live, but in this video ( http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2250529127876206416 ), it looks like Kid Beyond is getting around some of these issues using a MIDI -> Keystroke mapping utility. Thought it might be useful to you. --Josh > Hi Loopers > > when I first encountered Ableton Live, I was quite impressed. > I still am besides the fact that I'm always biased toward computer-based > applications for anything in real-time. > > Anyway, it is really doing wonderful things, but there are somethings >that > seem very annoying I can't seem to work around. I'm even skipping the > latency issue, which is ovious I guess... > > A. "AUTO BPM DETECT" > When I want to record/play several loops in parallel & in sync I seem to > have to do the following: > - Tap tempo for setting global tempo > - Set quantize i.e. to 1 bar > - Record first loop > - Record second loop... > I would like to get around having to tap the global tempo in the >begining. > I would like to be able to record my first loop _without_knowing_ the > tempo before. Then, I would like to quantize the next loops according to > the first etc. > > B. SHORTCUT KEYS FOR "RECORD HIGHLIGHTED LOOP NOW" > Ableton offers great MIDI/keyboard shortcut features. But they seem to be > a bit counter-intuitive to me. > To record a loop, I seem to have to: > - Arm the track I want to record > - Press that tiny little Record circle on that particular loop. > Instead, basically I would like to move the cursor to a loop position and > say "start recording this loop now". > This way, I could move the cursor to the loop I want and then send a > MIDI/keyboard signal "record this loop now". But I don't want to define > i.e. 8 different "arm recording track" keys for having 8 tracks parallel > nor do I want to define 32 shortcuts for all the record buttons on a 8x4 > loop matrix. > > Theoretically, if I "sacrifice" i.e. 8 keys for arm track 1-8 and two >more > for switching up/down between so-called "scenes" (scene = all the loops > played in parallel) it is supposed to somehow record the chosen track but > it doesnn't. > > Is all this stuff the limitation of Live or is it just me? > Any practical suggestions or work-arounds? > > > Best regards > Buzap > -- > > > Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! > Ideal für Modem und ISDN: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer > >