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apyssjw First question - play a clip in the session view and it will override what is ‘playing’ for that track in the arrangement view. If you toggle between the two the track in the arrangement view will be greyed out. Click on the orange icon in the top right to switch back to the ‘recorded’ arrangement view track.

Thanks, but not quite the issue I am having… my Arrangement is all drums at the beginning, no synths or anything; when I go back to the Session and hit play, it just plays my Arrangement from the start, rather than playing my session which has all the channels at the same time, drums, bass, synths etc. so I sit there in Session listening to just the drum part and then hear all the other bits come in exactly as they are in the Arrangement… it’s just playing back the Arrangement even when I’m in Session. Make sense???

      Amps Stop everything in the master transport then play the scene in the session view, by pressing play on the relevant scene in the master channel column on the right hand side of the session view. This will play the session view clips and not what is recorded in the arrangement.

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          Amps you can paste new session clips into arrangement right away or you can just play it “over top” of the arrangement session. do you know how to loop a section in arrangement view? what i do is loop the arrangement section, audition the session view clip on top, then copy and paste into arrangement.

          after you play the session clip (see apyssjw’s advice above), you’ll have a red box with an arrow in the top right corner of the arrangement grid. when that’s lit up, it’s telling you that session view clips are playing along with arrangement clips. when you click it off, you only hear arrangement view clips.

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              apyssjw by pressing play on the relevant scene in the master channel column on the right hand side of the session view.

              Excellent stuff, this worked a treat.

              The ‘master transport’ bit flew clean over my head. Can’t see a lot on it? Any explanation for a thicket like me?

                  Amps it’s just the play, stop, record etc buttons top middle in both views.

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                      Amps my Arrangement is all drums at the beginning, no synths or anything;

                      Do you want me to come on and shout “Feel my drums” over it?

                          Amps you should prob get yourself one of these Amps, best not to try and run before you can walk:

                              hugopal Not far off what I’m rocking to be fair. 👍️

                                303abuser

                                Still working on. These Vox gigs are harder than I thought. Should be sorted over the weeekend

                                    Mad_Cyril haha just send me a few dry takes, say whatever you want. copy some alan watts if you want to be profound. 🤣

                                      apyssjw i feel like this one would sound really good on a big system. nice track, i think we need a mix where that acid line dominates the track. 😉

                                        You know what, i thought the same about your last one. Could imagine that sound at Fabric certainly.

                                        Would love to rinse the sounds on a big system. You could pre- covid / now tier 3 pay to practice at The Cause in Tottenham. That’s on the list for next year.

                                        And yeah - love that acid line and the bouncy dry line that accompanies it. Can defo hear another mix - maybe in few years time when I’ve worked through the thousands of other ideas!

                                          apyssjw that would be cool, make sure your record it if you get the chance. and yeah i hear you, too many ideas, not enough time. but that’s a good problem to have.

                                            Henry Sensing your rage Loopy. Ableton has been really solid for me though. When I have had issues it has been related to 3rd party instruments and plug ins. Support I find really slow. However nowhere near as bad as N.I. who basically tell you to post it on the user forum.

                                            I think a turtle operates quicker than Abelton’s ‘Support’. I’ve had multiple tickets with other companies like iZotope, Eventide, Modal, etc. that are all in the same realm and they get back to me in 1-2 days. Ableton Support took a month from my initial inquiry and usually takes a week to reply. Just flat out unprofessional and abysmal for the price that they charge for their product.