This is a MaxForLive device, so it's only works with Live Suite or Live Standard with MaxForLive.
Utility Device
Free!
Elisabeth Homeland
Lock Playhead
$0.00
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Lock Playhead is a MaxForLive device that keeps the playback start position fixed while you edit clips in Arrangement View.
In Ableton Live, clicking anywhere on the timeline with your mouse also moves the playhead start position. However, during editing, this behavior can be disruptive…
especially when you want to repeatedly listen to your changes in a broader context, not just from the position you last clicked.
You might find yourself editing something, then clicking back to listen, making more edits, clicking. back again, and so on.
With this device, you can focus on your edits without having to worry about constantly repositioning the playhead.
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MaxForLive devices by Elisabeth Homeland
Compatibility
| Ableton | Live 11, Live 12, |
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| System | Mac, Windows, |
Without Lock Playhead
With Lock Playhead
Product details
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- Place the devices in your Ableton Live User Library.
- Default User Library locations:
- Windows: \USERS\[USERNAME]\DOCUMENTS\ABLETON\USER LIBRARY
- Mac: MACINTOSH HD/USERS/[USERNAME]/MUSIC/ABLETON/USER LIBRARY
- Live needs to analyze your User Library after adding devices. This process may take some time. In the meantime, you can drag and drop the devices from your User Library onto your tracks.
- After Live found them you'll be able to access them from Live's Browser.
Automate Track Selection
- Place the device on the Master track (Or any track you like) and automate the main dial to select tracks.
- If you bypass the device or mute the track it’s on, the track selection will not be triggered by moving the dial, or the automation lane. This allows you to create automation without interruptions.
Automate Track Selection MIDI
- Place the device on a MIDI track and trigger the track selection using MIDI notes.
- By default, C3 selects the first track in your live set (C#3 selects the second, D#3 selects the third, and so on.)
You can adjust this in the device’s settings, with available options for the first track set as C3, C2, C1, C0, C-1, or C-2. - If you bypass the device or mute the track it’s on, the track selection will not be triggered by moving the dial, or the automation lane. This allows you to create automation without interruptions.
- This version is compatible with Session View and works on Push 3 Standalone.
Version 1.0 - 2024.03.18.
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Initial Release
