Okey so that’s how. Thanks for letting me know!
Feel like a tedious combo for one of the most common actions. The MPC even has a dedicated button for it ;D I assigned it to the S key for now so I can just double tap that + space to play from start. Anyway it’s good to know the default!
Is there any reason to keep Live Standard installed after upgrading to Suite?
I don’t think so, Suite has everything from Standard and more. I guess the only reason could be if you wanted to collab with someone who only has Standard and you want to be sure you don’t use any devices that they don’t have
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Here’s a *.txt file. ‘Ableton Live Windows Keyboard Shortcuts’. It’s a text file folks.
0 Ableton Live Windows Keyboard Shortcuts.txt (9.2 KB)
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I love the idea, but upon further inspection this PDF is kind of janky:
- The modifier keys are wrong/mislabeled, e.g. CMD-ALT-B instead of CMD-OPTION-B
- The layout is awkward to navigate. It would be nicer as just a series of pages a la Elektron manuals. You could argue that it was designed for printing on one page, but the text would be ludicrously small.
- If you try to copy+paste text from it (I wanted to reformat it just as a text file), the letters come out all jumbled for some reason.
- For some reason it’s a 9.7 MB download - I’m guessing this is because they included the font Ableton uses in its branding (which I find slightly awkward to read tbh)
Still, cool little reference, just needs to be taken with a grain of salt.
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actually that’s how they’re labeled in Ableton official manual:
that’s the point of cheatsheets really, one page layout and it’s best used for screen, open it full screen or maybe use as desktop background.
for Elektron style, the downloadable PDF from Ableton can already do that, just download their one and use Print as PDF selecting only the pages with the keyboard shortcuts (pages 845-856):
yeah it’s probably the PDF converter, can’t help with that 
it’s the full pdf you can export at high res, the image I’ve added is 2048x1583 which is plenty for screen use and it’s ~300kb only!
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Excellent, didn’t know this - cheers!
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Can anyone tell me why my new proejcts are saving as .als files rather than project folders? The highlighted folder is where I’m saving them - a Windows folder, which should mean they save as folders. But when I look at the projects in that folder, only one of them actually saved as a project folder. I’m extremely confused. Shouldn’t they be saving as project folders? I’ve tried to collect all and save, and I’ve tried saving them in a different folder, and they still save as .als files with no project folder structure like I’d expect.
Something went wrong with Ableton when I tried to update this summer, and it borked my install. I lost almost everything and had to reinstall from scratch - could this be related somehow?
Folder where I’m saving my stuff:
Sample of the inside of that folder:
Thanks for posting. Lots to learn. Only a week into Live Suite. If I had purchsed Live Suite earlier, I could’ve said a ton of money on 3rd-party VST plugins which Live’s Devices can cover.
If you’re on Windows and need a free lightweight PDF reader that’ll print to PDF, try Sumatra. There’s an installer version and portable version.
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The upgrade promo finally got me. After 5.5 years on Live 10, I took the leap into Live 11 yesterday and… it is fantastic. Randomize is a welcome addition, Tree Tone is my favorite new instrument, Vector Grain is bonkers, the new way of handling macros/snapshots/etc. opens up all kinds of possibilities, and I’ve still only scratched the surface.
Why didn’t you all tell me Live 11 was so good?! I need to catch up on this whole thread now.
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At the link below, it mentions to select a location outside an existing Live Project. Maybe Live sees ‘Projects - PC’ folder as a Live Project folder?
https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002864179-Saving-Live-Sets-into-unique-Live-Projects
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Ok, I think I figured it out. For some reason the User Library folder is considered a Project folder. If I save in the Ableton folder instead, it creates a Project Folder. Looks like I just need to save them outside the User Library. Thanks for the tip, it inspired me to dig deeper!
Turns out, Ableton doesn’t recommend saving projects in the User Library at all!
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That’s good to know.
Darn, I’m guility of this: ‘Avoid saving multiple unrelated Live Sets inside the same Project folder, as this can affect Live’s performance.’
And this:
Note: The User Library is itself a Live Project folder. However, saving your Live Sets into the User Library is not recommended. This will cause Live to create an .als file, but not a dedicated Project folder. This can lead to problems when trying to find missing samples.
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Ableton folder icons on Windows are at C:\ProgramData\Ableton\Live 11 Suite\Resources\Icons. My default Project folder had the generic Windows folder icon, so I changed it. I couldn’t find the default Live Project folder icon, any ideas? Still lots to learn.
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Mine’s got the icon, I just didn’t read the documentation and ignored it.
Firefox has a built in one as well, able to print to PDF and available cross platform.
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Wait, what you can change the icon colour? Had no idea!
Does anyone use the External Instrument device? I’m trying to minimize latency when recording from an external synth (Akai Force) into Live. Or should I use track delay for that? Previously I had been editing the recorded audio in Sound Forge (getting rid of the gap at the start of audio files) but I should learn how to accommodate for latency using these tools available in Live. Any tips or info would be appreciated.
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Create a midi track, put external instrument plugin in it
Create an audio track, input from the previous midi track, monitoring OFF
Record simple percussive sound, low decay
Measure from the start of the bar to the start of the wave, read the delay in ms at the bottom left of the screen
Put the delay in ms in the external instrument delay compensation
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