Going to preferences and setting "allow multiple instances" lets you open multiple projects. Hth
Have you tried Bitwig? I haven't but I believe it does address a few of these things
I've been using Bitwig and really like it. It still has a few bugs here and theee but I think the productivity gain over Ableton is good. I haven't come across anything Ableton does that Bitwig can't either.
Re:Ableton Live Redesign
by creativeembassy on Friday June 16, 2017 @08:18AM
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I want to switch over to Bitwig completely, but I've also been learning Max/MSP. Bitwig would make me more productive IMO, but Max/MSP is a creative goldmine. I can't really take Max/MSP with me to Bitwig, I don't believe there are any efforts at integrating the two... and Ableton just bought Cycling '74 last week.
You got all of my wish list with 2 additions:
* ability to favorite plugins (please!)
* aliases on the arrange page
Re:Ableton Live Redesign
by iamchrisle on Saturday June 17, 2017 @06:38AM
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Workaround: Make your plugin with settings as you want, then group it so it's inside an instrument rack. Then drag the rack into the browser and into a folder of your choosing.
When you want to use it again, drag the saved rack into your project. The plugins settings will be restored.
from the other side, as a plugin developer, it frustrates me no end that Live doesn't support VST3. i wish they would fix this.
How does one get into that? I've wanted to try my hand
start reading the developer forum at https://www.kvraudio.com/
Re:Ableton Live Redesign
by brandonmenc on Thursday June 15, 2017 @09:23PM
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MPE (Multidimensional Polyphonic Expression) is also sorely needed.
For project versioning I've had a good experience with Splice [0]. It has also got some features for project collaboration which are nice, as well as a marketplace for samples and synths. I believe it also supports most of the big name DAWs, although I've only ever used it with Ableton.
cosign for splice, i have been using it since beta and now it's an essential part of my workflow - i don't really use their collab stuff much (just to send people projects, not to actually collab on them), 90% of my use is backup and versioning. Still I can't imagine going without it.
Re:Ableton Live Redesign
by TheOtherHobbes on Friday June 16, 2017 @04:27AM
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Good list. And other basics:
* support for mono tracks
* sys-ex for everything, not just Push 2
* VST 3
* a completely open API, not just the selected highlights that are available now
I would add: NRPN support
> * Only a single project can be open at once, which makes copying from old projects tedious unless you shuffle files around into your current project.
You can drop entire projects from the Finder into open projects, which is clunky but does make things a TINY bit less tedious
Re:Ableton Live Redesign
by listentojohan on Friday June 16, 2017 @09:06AM
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The resetting of undo history when saving have had me screaming more than once...
Project versioning is my top request as well, aside from Linux compatibility.
I also vote for having note chasing, which is activating midi notes even when starting playback in the middle of the note.
In logic it's just a checkbox. Surely it can't be too hard?
* Saving the project resets the undo history. A someone who frequently saves, this is super frustrating.
* No normal zoom controls. You have to use the "minimap" at the top.
* Only a single project can be open at once, which makes copying from old projects tedious unless you shuffle files around into your current project.
* Tracks can only be grouped one level deep, i.e., no subgrouping. Most DAWs give you arbitrary grouping depths.
* No way to overlay multiple tracks in the piano roll. I end up starting in one group and extracting to individual buses afterward. This doesn't work well the other way around.
My biggest wish for the next version is project versioning. It's an absolute nightmare managing so many save "checkpoints", especially, as I mentioned, you can only have a single project open at once.