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Any hope for improvements in LiveAPI for the upcoming 9.1?

You could start transport with an API call and afterwards trigger the clips sequentially. Then all clips will start in sync at the next quantization point. That would be a workaround but then clips would be recorded with a 1-bar offset (or the quantization setting) in relation to the other clips th...

workaround would be to not stop the transport, but stop the clips instead. then when you need to trigger the clips you trigger them sequentially, then set the transport to the beginning and you'll have the sync. mmh, thanks for your idea but cannot use in my case because I want to trigger the clips...

Is there a way to fire multiple clips at the same time using Javascript with the LiveAPI? I've tried firing some clips inside a 'for' iterator but sometimes they fire separately. For example, the following code: var api = new LiveAPI(); for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++) { api.path = "live_set tracks ...

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I totally agree that Lion's fullscreen mode sucks.. If you have multiple monitors probably you've noticed that the second monitor is totally useless while in fullscreen...
I hope Ableton stays with the old fullscreen mode until Apple resolves some concept issues there...

Here are some features I'd like to see in future versions regarding clip management: 1. Option to Consolidate clips from the Session View (via right-click menu). 2. Option to export (render) multiple clips at once (via the File->Export menu or right-click menu) 3. Support for drag&drop clips to ...

Should I change the post title to 'scrub to absolute song position using LiveAPI'?

What do you mean with the transport controls? According the Live Object Model there's no function like this: http://cycling74.com/docs/max5/refpages/m4l-ref/m4l_live_object_model.html I mean something like: live_set.song.scrub_to(absolute_position_in_beats) or live_set.song.scrub_to(absolute_positio...

It would be great to have a 'scrub_to' function in the LiveAPI. Right now the 'live_set' only has a 'scrub_by' function which takes a time relative to the current position. I miss a function like 'scrub_to' that allows to jump to an absolute song position while playing without losing the tempo, just...

If Live provides a proper and full API (not Max4Live) then other people could really start writing innovative GUIs....

On subtracks, shouldn't the 'canonical_parent' property return the Group track it belongs? Now the 'canonical_parent' returns the 'live_set' when called on any track (grouped or not).

I don't know what implications could have but something like this would do the job...

Maxforlive is unique when it comes to create instruments or effects. But I was refering to the possibility of scripting any Live command or function too. For instance, right now it's impossible with maxforlive neither with python to create or delete a track, insert a new device on a certain track, l...

Renoise has reached version 2.6 and it seems to have full scriptable control:
http://code.google.com/p/xrnx/

Please Ableton, learn from this. Extend and document your API!

PD: I mean the Python API, not MaxForLive (maybe I should have posted somewhere else)...

Ejecting a drive without first saving the set is likely to do with this any application running on a Mac; make sure you have everything saved before you eject a drive. It's also a good idea to close Live before ejecting a drive. If you want to make sure that the set contains all clips in its save, ...