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Posted by djandymac on Dec-11-2009 13:00:

Ableton help

ok, so im new to ableton, and im trying to draw in some automation, but how to i draw a straight line?

Posted by Fledz on Dec-11-2009 13:03:

Are you serious? Draw a point, then draw another point. The line between them will be straight. If you want it to be flat, then make sure both of your points are at the same dB.

Posted by djandymac on Dec-11-2009 13:06:

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Originally posted by Fledz
Are you serious? Draw a point, then draw another point. The line between them will be straight. If you want it to be flat, then make sure both of your points are at the dam dB.
easy tiger, how do i draw in points? when im in draw mode i can only draw lines, cant seem to put in points, and when im in normal mode i can only move the whole automation line ??

Posted by floyd741 on Dec-11-2009 13:07:

Well then get out of draw mode. Double-click on the line in normal mode and voil�, a fucking point.

Posted by Fledz on Dec-11-2009 13:08:

lol, I seriously meant to write "same", not "dam" ie "damn". Haha, subconscious must have kicked in

Posted by djandymac on Dec-11-2009 13:09:

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Originally posted by floyd741
Well then get the fuck out of draw mode. Duh.
im not in draw mode? i said "when im in draw mode". ive done it now anyway, had to click about 4 times for it to come up.

cheers

Posted by Fledz on Dec-11-2009 13:10:

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Originally posted by djandymac
easy tiger, how do i draw in points? when im in draw mode i can only draw lines, cant seem to put in points, and when im in normal mode i can only move the whole automation line ??

Click on two areas, then get out of draw mode. Delete all the points but two. Now move these around until you get what you want. Hey presto, a result.

Posted by floyd741 on Dec-11-2009 13:10:

quote:
Originally posted by djandymac
im not in draw mode? i said "when im in draw mode". ive done it now anyway, had to click about 4 times for it to come up.

cheers

Well, I edited my post if you notice. And you should only to have to click 2 times, not 4.

Posted by Fledz on Dec-11-2009 13:11:

By the way, if you double click on the red line it will set points without needing to go into draw mode.

Posted by djandymac on Dec-11-2009 13:20:

lol right cheers guys ok ive managed it . BUT lol, im playing a pad section in session view and i want the automation to happen there, which it isnt at the mo, its only happenin in arrangement view, can y'all help ?

Posted by Fledz on Dec-11-2009 13:28:

Grab it (or ctrl + grab it), hit Tab and put it where you want it.

Oh and learn to do automation in arrangement. Doing it in session view gets annoying

Posted by chrisspob on Dec-11-2009 20:03:

Posted by AppliedScience on Dec-14-2009 01:17:

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Originally posted by djandymac
lol right cheers guys ok ive managed it . BUT lol, im playing a pad section in session view and i want the automation to happen there, which it isnt at the mo, its only happenin in arrangement view, can y'all help ?

If you want automations in session view (aka. envelopes) click on the track you want, in the clip view (bottom left/shift+tab) you'll see 3 buttons; L, music notes, and E. Clicking on E will bring up the envelope section. From there you can automate whatever parameter you want in the clip itself, which in turn will automate over and over again in your session view everytime the clip loops.

In the end most automation will take place in the arrangement view as the song pans out (although individual clip automation is useful) Automating in arrangment view is as simple as selecting the automation parameter you wish to control in the track's drop down menu on the far right. And then as mentioned earlier, just double click anywhere you want on the line to add breakpoints, or go into draw mode (right click, check draw mode) and you can draw via staircase steps.

Hope this helps.