Clip Settings for Push 3 Standalone

Gives you access to
Launch Mode. Legato Mode. Clip Quantization. Velocity Amount.

Why do I want this?

Because these settings are currently (Push 1.1.3) not available on Push 3 in Standalone mode.

How to use the device to change Clip Launch settings

• Drop the device on each track you want to edit the Clip Launch Settings. It works on both Midi and Audio tracks. For ease of use the device only affects clips on the same track. Add the device to your default Set to include it with each new set.
• Select a clip in any of three ways
  by hitting a pad or
  by select-hitting a pad or
  by using Encoders 1 + 2 (named 10 and 01)
• Change the settings. Any changes are immediately effective.

Check the header for a demo video.

After downloading the device:

Upload the device to your Push 3 via the Live Browser. You can load Max For Live devices from anywhere on your Push into a set. We recommend to be more strict to avoid possible confusion:

• Add a folder to your User Library on Push and call it "Max For Live Devices" (In Ableton Live go to the Browser, select Push then its User Folder, right-click into the second column and select "New Folder")
• Inside this folder add another folder "Discrete Devices"
• Move "Clip Settings.amxd" inside the "Discrete Devices" folder. (Drop it from the Live Browser onto the folder in Push/User Library/Max For Live/Discrete Devices/)

Why do this?

You might want to add "Clip Settings.amxd" to a Template Live set. If your .amxd is not inside your User Library when saving a Live set as template the device will be copied into your User Library without notifying you creating confusion with duplicates.

The advice above is valid for Live on a computer when using "Save" or "Save as..." but not for Push in Standalone Mode. Push always does "Collect All And Save" when you hit "Save" and this cannot be avoided. This copies any Max device used in the set to the Project folder. It even creates a copy for each instance of the same device used in the set creating countless copies (with added ...-1.amxd, ...-2.amxd, ...-3.amxd,...) inside the Project folder. Currently there is no way to circumvent this. If you like this behaviour to be improved please contact Ableton Tech Support and let them know.

While you can drop the device on any track we recommend to put it onto the Master Track.

A note for curious users: Currently, if you click the Edit button of the device it opens in Max and will be "frozen" meaning you cannot see the content. When you click the "unfreeze" button you are creating a folder called "Clip Settings Project" in ~/Documents/Max 8/Max for Live Devices/. It is good behaviour to delete this folder after you closed the device (without saving the changes!). If you save the device even without changing anything and it doesn't work as before any more it is best to download it again (and delete the edited version).

Needs Live 11.0 Suite or Push 1.x Suite. Most useful on Push 3 in Standalone mode.
Not compatible with Live 10 or older.
Does not work with Live Standard or Push 3 with Live Standard.
Developed on macOS. Tested on macOS and Push 3. Might or might not work properly on Windows.