My wishlist part 1

[conny]

So, collecting some things a would like to have improved:

1. Start marker for clips shuld be able to begin before the loop
2. Soloing selected clips in session and arrangement with short cut (and that goes for individual midi notes too)
3. More follow actions and adding some scripting (adding options to launch clips in other tracks and groups)
4. Handling of plugins that receive or output both audio and midi

// C

[conny]

I do agree with the previous post...

Part 2:

5 .Scripting/macros as editable clips.
6. Arrangement is a big clip. I want an easy way to jump between different start and loop settings in the arrangement (with launch behaviour, follow actions...)
7. Adding of your own custom folders in the brower and assigning info to clips, scenes etc that is displayed in the Live info area.

// C2

[lexchis]

Amen to #1: it is currently very awkward if you have an intro that is not repeated - you have to make it a separate scene.

Re #3 & #5: it would be great to be able to script Live from AppleScript, or even better, to have a way to put more complex looping structure in place. It is difficult to switch scenes reliably when you are playing guitar as I do. Most real tunes other than 12-bar blues have multiple loops, bridges, intros, outros, etc.

I suggest two ways:
- a way to make scenes repeat for a specified count
- a way to transition at the end of a scene to any other scene.

With these two changes, you could build any kind of looping structure.

[conny]

Thanks for your input.
In my mind, and with your task in mind, it would be like:

After launching scene x there is then in my dreams a "track" for control clips - in this case a control clip is lauched with scene x, that will control lauch of scene y (or...) after z repeats (of itself, maybe, or say number of beats).

In normal behaviour, the control clips may have normal follow actions with them, to launch scenes in your case.
More special cases may be scripted into them (imagine scrips as loops with control information!)

// C

[conny]

8. Importing tracks and clips from Live set

When browsing a live set, there should naturally be an expand symbol on each set. Expanding this in the Live browser should

1. Show the tracks (and effects) in the set - drag them in
2. Next level: The clips in the track - drag them in

A Live set is composed of hierarchies that are saved with the set - would be a simple thing to expose them in the browser and so expose things on different levels to be copied/inserted/dragged into your current set from whatever you have saved before in any set.

// C

[conny]

9. Midi controll from internal midi

The assigning of midi key/ctr to clips and scenes is nice but is only active for external controlling devices.
I would like it to be active (at choise) for any midi - received from incomming midi or internal from running midi clips.
That would to some extend be a good start for controller clips.
Starting a midi clip with notes numbers 0,1,2 could then trigger the launch of audio clips a, b, c in a looped or unlooped manner. Whatever.

10. Changing presets

Obvious. Presets in Live plugins and VST's etc must be accessible via automation etc.

// C

[conny]

My wish no 9 is full filled, by myself.
I discovered that routing is the point here. Sending controller data to midi yoke from inside Live, I can receive them as "external" controller mid.
I have now one midi clip with envelopes for midi ctrl 14, 15 and 16 that is received by the chord plugin, changing notes for three first chord notes as the clip is running.
// C

[conny]

11 - Timing of clips envelopes is hardwired to main tempo. Should be option to follow clip tempo or independant tempo. When you have a nicely sine curve as CC its not so handy not being able to control it's speed.

12 - Clip modes/groups:
Clips could have three modes: Independant (like now), [S] soft linked (or symbolic linked) and [H] hard linked.
When copying a clip in session or recording it into arrangement the default is now .
Proposal: When recorded or copied, make it [S] and let its partner(s) in session light up when clip is playing in arr and when edited.
When a [S]-clip is edited, its partners shows an indication of them being "concerned" - you could now chose to do nothing (partners dont change) or hard link them and let them become a hard linked group, all edits to one of the members is taken over by the others as well).
When editing a [H] hard linked clip, default is that other members are edited too. Choice to override this by making the edited clip independent or keep a symbolic reference to the group [S].

By making a clip , it may become the new ancestor of a soft or hard linked group. The I mode would be default when dragging files into Live and recording external stuff (and resampling and recording from other tracks.)

// C

[conny]

13 - I often find my self fiddling with dragging the arrangement loop bar to specific parts over and over again. What a pleasure if the positions could be stored, named and recalled like "Arr intro", "Middle", "Noise here - investigate!".

14 - Repeated with some addition: The possibility to prelisten clips in session without having to solo the track AND trigger the arrangement. Very annoying when I loop a clip and suddenly the arrangement reaches the part where I have put a freeze on the reverb in the master track!

15 -There really should be possible to drop files directly from a file browser.

// C

[conny]

16 - Copy/paste in Live (I'm PC) does not use the system clip board, it seems.
Copying a text outside live, I can't paste it to into the name field of a clip.
Using the system clipboard should make it possible to copy/paste clips between instances of Live, as well (I think applications can deliver a format flag to a clipboard).