Just a quick edit for windows users: The file path for the Options.txt needs to be: Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Ableton\ Live[yourversion]\Preferences For example - C:\Users\15402\AppData\Roaming\Ableton\Live 11.2.7\Preferences Thanks for the video!
@TheNeonSyndicate Жыл бұрын
Thanks for pointing that out 👍
@berzzzini9 ай бұрын
Saviour
@faragher9 күн бұрын
Just trying out Ableton and this was the first snag I hit. Thanks for the solution!
@TheNeonSyndicate9 күн бұрын
Glad to hear it helped!
@adirkse Жыл бұрын
This was a big help! I'm new to Ableton and couldn't believe it wasn't doing it natively! Thanx
@TheNeonSyndicate Жыл бұрын
I know right?
@joelarets Жыл бұрын
Used logic for 10 years and started on ableton for live performances etc. Gotta say ableton is amazing but I can't believe this isn't native😂 Thanks, worked like a charm
@TheNeonSyndicate Жыл бұрын
Yeah, this is so useful it definitely should be accessible in the preferences menu! Glad to hear it helped
@djgalawak9 ай бұрын
cool, armed selected track pref was not on previous version ? it's safe, no beug crash with those custom text ? cheers ;)
@luisew606 Жыл бұрын
Awersome! Thank you so much! I was struggling with this so much and thought: There must be a solution .... and there it is.
@TheNeonSyndicate Жыл бұрын
Right on! Let's just hope they don't keep removing options from there, there's a whole bunch that used to be available in 10 and has been removed in 11
@JedLiKenneth Жыл бұрын
You are a legend. Thank you for sharing the knowledge.
@TheNeonSyndicate Жыл бұрын
Cheers. Happy to help 🤝
@andrewsmith45753 ай бұрын
Thank you! It's crazy that auto-arm isn't on by default
@TheNeonSyndicate3 ай бұрын
Yup, extremely useful feature. Glad they at least implemented an elegant, set-and-forget workaround
@Fuxhoernchen Жыл бұрын
Thanks man, the other explanations left out the most important clues - specially for I am new to Mac. Works like a charm, made my day!
@TheNeonSyndicate Жыл бұрын
Right there with you buddy. Been a Windows guy forever myself, only switched to Mac about a year ago
@bobrovmaxАй бұрын
Thank you so much!
@TheNeonSyndicateАй бұрын
happy to help
@katchley Жыл бұрын
Excellent "under the hood" tutorial. You have a new subscriber!
@TheNeonSyndicate Жыл бұрын
Thank you sir. Happy to help!
@whdlscks9711 Жыл бұрын
Thank You! You saved my life! I assumed that only Windows worked 🙂
@TheNeonSyndicate Жыл бұрын
Happy to help 👊
@DJGlashammer7 ай бұрын
I have the push3 and it always deactivates this button when selecting a track. that was super annoying. Thank you so much for this help!! Tip top. 👍
@TheNeonSyndicate7 ай бұрын
my pleasure 👍
@estebanaldana935 ай бұрын
Thanks! It Helps me a lot .
@TheNeonSyndicate5 ай бұрын
My pleasure
@christianadrian28 Жыл бұрын
it worked!! thank you 😊
@TheNeonSyndicate Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear that. Have fun!
@lefterismatapasmusic5 ай бұрын
Fantastic, thank you!!
@TheNeonSyndicate5 ай бұрын
My pleasure, have fun!
@armagee Жыл бұрын
Thank you, very useful.
@TheNeonSyndicate Жыл бұрын
My pleasure
@JoGarciaMov7 ай бұрын
Very useful..thanks!!
@TheNeonSyndicate7 ай бұрын
Glad to hear it helped
@chrisharbin623 Жыл бұрын
It doesn't work for me. I get a warning that it will be "ignored" and then a crash file. I'm new to mac and though I've got really everything else running smoothly, this is driving me nuts LOL!😆The Ableton forum is a playground for the criminally insane so not expecting help there, so was wondering if you have any insight? It's a new Mac Studio with obviously Ventura. I had it working perfectly in windoze.
@TheNeonSyndicate Жыл бұрын
Sorry to hear that. So seeing as ou get the "ignored" message, you put the file into the correct folder, which leads me to believe that there's some issues with the file itself. Did you double check that the code you input is correct? What text editor are you using?
@chrisharbin623 Жыл бұрын
@@TheNeonSyndicate Well, there is a text editor on Mac, right? I'm using that one. I'll have a play later to see if maybe I did something wrong in that department.
@TheNeonSyndicate Жыл бұрын
@@chrisharbin623 Right, same one I'm using then. There's a comment thread further down by TheMoonMoonMoon who had a similar issue I think and was able to solve it if I remember correctly, might be worth checking out
@chrisharbin623 Жыл бұрын
@@TheNeonSyndicate sigh, I thought I was onto something with "get rid of the giberish" but alas, it did it again. I'll search through here and try to find what you mentioning. BTW, thanks for your help ;)
@chrisharbin623 Жыл бұрын
I DID IT! Not quite sure how. Have to say, it's much simpler in Windows :p . Guess I just had to watch the vid several times.
@tanneragpoon Жыл бұрын
thank you so much!!!!
@TheNeonSyndicate Жыл бұрын
my pleasure. Have fun!
@maxsemmerlz9 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! I´m coming from Fl Studio and really got used to just selecting a track to play midi notes :) Do you maybe also know if there´s an option to start recording after the first midi input (so if i hit record it won´t start recording immediately or after the count in but when i press the first note)?
@TheNeonSyndicate9 ай бұрын
Glad to hear this helped. Let me look into that!
@javiawake4 ай бұрын
For logic Users can see like inserts is wonderfull. Lot of thanks! Suscribe just now!!!!!
@TheNeonSyndicate4 ай бұрын
muchas gracias!
@thewookiee78 Жыл бұрын
What is the benefit 'EnableArmOnSelection' not being enabled by default? I'm sure other DAWs have this feature enabled.
@TheNeonSyndicate Жыл бұрын
I guess sometimes you might want to check some parameters on some other track while still playing the sounds on the one currently armed. But yeah, this feature shouldn't be hidden in some obscure text file, it deserves its place in the regular preferences for sure!
@charly_giordano6 ай бұрын
Hi, can you arm tracks by this way while you are recording? I'm at a loss at what to do when I'm recording. Sorry for my English. Regards.
@TheNeonSyndicate6 ай бұрын
No problem. Could you elaborate a bit on that? Spanish is fine, too
@charly_giordano6 ай бұрын
@@TheNeonSyndicate Cuando no estoy grabando la sesión mis pistas al seleccionarlas se arman sin ningún problema, pero cuando quiero realizar una performance y grabarla al mismo tiempo voy cambiando de pista o track pero si no la armo haciendo click en el botón de armado la misma no se arma...Tengo un Arturia Minilab 3 y con el knob que tiene me es fácil cambiar de pista pero al grabar todo pierdo esta opción, es decir que tengo que depender del mouse...
@TheNeonSyndicate6 ай бұрын
Understood. So the thing is, when you record on a track you've armed, that track is gonna stay armed until you stop recording. That means that if you record something and then try to switch to a different track, that new track won't get armed because you're still recording on the first one. So you have to make sure to stop your recording and THEN switch track and start recording anew there.
@charly_giordano6 ай бұрын
@@TheNeonSyndicate thank KZbin for a lot. Now I understand you perfectly. Regards from Argentina
@TheNeonSyndicate6 ай бұрын
@@charly_giordano Cheers. Have fun!
@esmeegloria Жыл бұрын
I love this option.. it used to work.. but suddenly doesn't anymore.. I already tried to fix it by making a new .txt document, but still no result.. any idea what could be wrong?
@TheNeonSyndicate Жыл бұрын
Hmm. If the code is correct and the file extension is, too, then maybe the folder isn't the right one?
@esmeegloria Жыл бұрын
@@TheNeonSyndicate great idea.. it's working again suddenly... I think I should contact support.. if this continues
@TheNeonSyndicate Жыл бұрын
@@esmeegloria Let's hope it's stable now 🤞
@JDDavid9 ай бұрын
But "Arm on select" is enabled by default, with no options.txt. How do I turn it OFF? It drives me crazy. Also, I tried the NoVstStartupScan option, copied directly from the list of Live 11 options, and Live says it is not recognized and will be ignored.
@TheNeonSyndicate9 ай бұрын
Hmm, that's weird, it shouldn't be. Wasn't in my case at least! I'd try a reinstall. As far as the NoVstStartupScan thing, let me try it out and see what results I get
@JDDavid9 ай бұрын
@@TheNeonSyndicate yeah, not sure! There is another file in the Preferences folder called Preferences.cfg (or maybe .txt, not at computer). Could that also drive preferences that don't appear in the GUI? Fun fact: I emailed support when on 10 to see if there was any faster way to map a control on every instance of, say, Sampler in a Drum Rack to the same Macro knob in the rack. The staff instructed me to put "EnableMapToAllSiblings" in an Options.txt file and my whole life got way better! I use that ALL the time, and now it's in the right-click menu standard as of L11. :) However I have never found a published definition of "Sibling" anywhere. It's not always obvious, in my experience. it would be great if there is a way to define a smaller group as siblings (like all tbe Tom's), and keep other instances of tbe same device out of that "family" (I should probably just ask the person who helped me ~20 months ago.)
@TheNeonSyndicate9 ай бұрын
Oh for sure! Being able to narrow down siblings would be a Heaven-sent! As far as the Prefernces file, that's just your standard preferences, the one you can get access to on-screen; if you delete that file, they will be reset to default. Which reminds me: could it be that you have a previous installation's folder still there? Maybe you've been placing your options file into that one, which would lead to it not having any effect on your current installation, and in your current installation's folder you somehow still have an older options file where ArmOnRecord is enabled so that that would be the default behavior. Just thinking out loud here @@JDDavid
@JDDavid9 ай бұрын
@@TheNeonSyndicate Thank you for the advice. I will dig through the older folders to see if an options file is lingering there. I did make a new one in the most recent folder with only the "show device slots" option in it, nothing else. That did take after a reboot, so I see the nameless slots (still useful to quick switch devices on and off, if you can remember which order they are in). Would Live take instructions from more than one Options.txt file? By the way, I just learned how to make sibling groups. It basically is determined by which level of nesting the devices are in. If you have a dozen Samplers, and then another dozen Samplers that are in a simple rack, with or without any mappings, the racked devices will be an independent sibling group, and the non-racked will be so as well. A bit of a work-around but not hard. Just rack one device, and then option-drag it onto the drum slots where you want it. One step further would be to double-rack the racked devices to make another independent sibling group. Credit goes to Adam from Liveschool in Australia, who I had been emailing random questions to, including this one yesterday.. Their website is a great resource. liveschool.net
@TheNeonSyndicate9 ай бұрын
Sweet! For a workaround it's pretty elegant, too. Useful stuff, thanks! Let us know how it goes with your options file, too @@JDDavid
@rafaelhernandez5550 Жыл бұрын
I don`t know why not work for audio track, for midi is perfect. Thanks
@TheNeonSyndicate Жыл бұрын
You have to have an active input on your audio track for this to work 👍
@rafaelhernandez5550 Жыл бұрын
@@TheNeonSyndicate You are so good. Thank you very much I didn`t notice that I was using my second audio interface. All good now. Thank again.
@TheNeonSyndicate Жыл бұрын
@@rafaelhernandez5550 My pleasure. Have fun!
@stephenpaladini94575 ай бұрын
Can I just do -DisableArmOnSelection to make it not happen ? Thanks
@TheNeonSyndicate5 ай бұрын
No need, it doesn't to this unless you use the option
@stephenpaladini94575 ай бұрын
I have 12 and by default it is arming on selection,that’s why I want to turn it off
@TheNeonSyndicate5 ай бұрын
@@stephenpaladini9457 I'm sorry, I'm still on 11 atm. As soon as I get access to 12, I'll look into it
@wilkopiano Жыл бұрын
But what if you play and record two midi keyboards at the same time? 😂 enablearmonselection in options.txt can be useful in some situations although its not officially supported by ableton. I just use apc or push 2 surface controllers dedicated buttons to arm multiple tracks at the same time for multiple keyboards. Push2 notes mode also places selected track in Pink arm light mode. Half arm
@TheNeonSyndicate Жыл бұрын
Nice. Not something I've had to worry about so didn't look into that
@TheMoonmoonmoon Жыл бұрын
Thanks - this is what I've been looking for, strange it's not a native function! I am still on Live 9, thought I'd try it but it didn't work unfortunately. Starting up live, it scanned the Options.txt file and a message popped up saying this option was unknown and will be ignored.
@TheNeonSyndicate Жыл бұрын
Sounds to me like this could be a formatting issue. Have you double checked the code line for any misspellings, missing spaces/symbols?
@TheMoonmoonmoon Жыл бұрын
@@TheNeonSyndicate I copied it from the site same as you: -EnableArmOnSelection Maybe Live 9 can't read it? I'm going to update to 11 soon anyway
@TheNeonSyndicate Жыл бұрын
@@TheMoonmoonmoon Ok, last check: you sure there's no spaces/returns after the last letter? Also, the file extension is .txt?
@TheMoonmoonmoon Жыл бұрын
@@TheNeonSyndicate yeah, no spaces after it and changed the extension to .txt
@TheNeonSyndicate Жыл бұрын
@@TheMoonmoonmoon Ok. Well, going out on a limb here but maybe it's a function they implemented starting version 10. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful. Once you update to 11 it should start working though!
@vidjai75 Жыл бұрын
hi there, does anybody have any experience with using this feature on Live 11 Lite ? Doesn't seem to work for me unfortunately (Windows 11). I have (double) checked all things mentioned in the comments. Please help, experimenting with the live version currently, and I consider this to be a dealbreaker.
@TheNeonSyndicate Жыл бұрын
Hey there, using the Lite edition on this very tutorial so I can confirm it all works there, on mac at least. As far as Windows, you sure you put that .txt file in the right folder? Here's an article on Ableton's website with instructions for Windows specifically: help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/6003224107292-Options-txt-file
@vidjai75 Жыл бұрын
@@TheNeonSyndicate thanks for helping me out. It’s working now, I did everything from scratch and followed the instructions systematically. 😎 Happy that I can continue exploring Live, features are absolutely interesting, having used Cubase for a few decades now 😄👨🏽🦳 Thanks a lot, appreciate your time and effort 😎
@TheNeonSyndicate Жыл бұрын
@@vidjai75 My pleasure. Glad you got things to work!
@mangrove19856 ай бұрын
Not working in Live12(b27)..
@TheNeonSyndicate6 ай бұрын
Damn. Haven't been able to download the beta yet, could you share some more information? You sure it's to do with Ableton? Maybe you've moved the file to the wrong folder or something?
@mangrove19856 ай бұрын
@@TheNeonSyndicate thnx for reply, I've got it working yesterday. It had something to do with some tracks in some (hidden) groups that were already armed. Works like a charm now! No worries ;)
@mangrove19856 ай бұрын
@@TheNeonSyndicate also thanks for the tip! Always great finds on your channel :)
@TheNeonSyndicate6 ай бұрын
@@mangrove1985 glad to hear you were able to work it out
@TheNeonSyndicate6 ай бұрын
@@mangrove1985 cheers!
@beatzclinic2043 Жыл бұрын
I don’t have the option I’m my ableton folder.
@TheNeonSyndicate Жыл бұрын
That's normal, you need to create it first - that's exactly what I show you in this video :)
@user-xj7oi8pc7o11 ай бұрын
my arm completely disappeared. i ahve to remove and install ableton again. bad
@TheNeonSyndicate11 ай бұрын
You sure you followed all the steps correctly?
@djduncanjames11 ай бұрын
ATTN. OLD SCHOOL REASON USERS (to enable Rewire in Ableton 11) --> -EnableReWire
@gnupixello Жыл бұрын
using Mac I am unable to understend find the location :(
@TheNeonSyndicate Жыл бұрын
It's a hidden folder called "Library", and it's in your user folder. Just press cmd + shift + dot to reveal hidden folders