And if u really cock it up, you can delete the file or move it out of the directory, and ableton will no longer see it, and will return to normal.īear in mind too that these are all hidden features for a reason… some of them will be a bit buggy, some of them will be fine. There’s be a better explanation out there, if you’re interested, google it, itll make more sense!Īnd if you cock something up when editing this file, Ableton will crash on load, but it shouldnt hurt anything, just go back and edit the file til it’s right (ie until ableton loads properly). lets say u copy a compressor across 6 chains, unlocking this feature with enable you to map a macro knob to, say, the threshold control, on all of those compressors in one go. EnableMapToSiblings=1 is useful when u copy devices through different drum rack chains and want to be able to change a parameter on all of them at once. ReWireChannels=X lets you set the number of channels that will show up in a ReWire Master (eg Cubase) when Ableton is the Slave DontCombineAPCs means u can use 2 APCs independently of each other (normally they automaticaly link ReWireMasterOff stops Ableton acting as ReWire Master, so you can open, say, Reason without the two automatically linking ThinningAggressiveness=X adjusts the resolution of recorded automation data (default=0.45) There are other things you can put in options.txt too. There are bugs, like it doesnt show changes until you resize the column width, and it can only show the first 4 slots. You can read about those on their website here. These (unlike the show/hide devices option) are officially listed by Ableton.
There are some further Ableton Live customizations that you can do with the Options.txt file.
Mac OS X 10.7 “Lion” and 10.8 “Mountain Lion”: Click on ‘Organize’ → ‘Folder and Search Options’ → ‘View’.It was a surprise when Ableton announced Live 9. For this tutorial you will need the project file Download here.
Save-as into a new folder to create a new project.
To make the AppData folder visible on Windows Vista or Windows 7, do the following: So, if you have one project folder with 10.als files, saving any of those.als files will update the same project. To make the Application Data folder visible on Windows XP, do the following: Windows Vista and Windows 7: C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Ableton\Live x.x\Preferences\.Windows XP (Live 4 and later versions): C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Ableton\Live x.x\Preferences\.Mac OS X: Macintosh HD:/Users//Library/Preferences/Ableton/Live x.x/.Note: If you are seeing empty device slots, you probably have to make your tracks wider for the device names to show up.