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Ableton Live key command tricks with iKey
StoreTags: ableton, live, ikey, key commands
Author: cbit on October 11 2007 Viewed 2757 times. 21 people liked this blog. You can rate it below if you haven't already.
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I've found a way to speed up editing operations that I do a lot in the arrange view of Ableton live. Live itself is missing key commands for many operations that i find myself doing often (eg. reversing a clip), but with an OS X app called iKey, it's possible to create your own combination commands that can be triggered by keyboard events.
I made a short vid showing what i'm up to (sorry for the horrible blurriness)
You can get iKey here (demo is free, full version is $30): link
Windows users wanting to do similar things should check autohotkey:
link
You can grab an export of my current iKey commands file here (unzip it, then you can import the ikex file via iKey):
link
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cbit
Good tute here about how to modify old qwerty keyboards for use as footpedals for a live setup a-la kid beyond, also uses iKey: link
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Fredo
thanks for the great info, cbit.
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chimplogic
cheers cbit. looks like a very nice piece of software. off to check it out more.
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adcBicycle
Very cool. Thanks cbit!!
Kid Beyond uses this method to loop in ableton, he just controls the key commands with midi with a pedal:
link
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skab
autohotkey looks great - thanks!
also - your voice is a lot sexier than i imagined
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cbit
lol, i have a cold, maybe that helps. autohotkey is more powerful than iKey i think, it looks great.
I discovered that using consolidate commands embedded into a command sequence causes problems because it takes a unpredictable amount of time to complete: meaning that subsequent actions might fail if they depend on the consolidate having finished. So i'm removing all consolidate actions from my commands.
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jdg
i've spoken with cbit over the internet.. he sounds like tony blair! :P
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mlbot
LOL, Skab things cbits voice is sexy
jdg thinks cbits voice is like Tony Blair
ergo, they think Tony Blair is sexy
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yghartsyrt
great stuff.
thanks man.
your voice really sounds a lot deeper than usual.
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cbit
jdg said: "i've spoken with cbit over the internet.. he sounds like tony blair! :P"
i bet you think all brits sound like tony blair, even zanf.
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mlbot
All you Cbrits sound alike
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Hikikomori
autohotkey does weird bad things to ableton when i run them together.
i didnt know you could use it to control ableton commands!
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jdg
cbit said: " jdg said: "i've spoken with cbit over the internet.. he sounds like tony blair! :P"
i bet you think all brits sound like tony blair, even zanf."
no, zanf sounds like a pikey
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Hikikomori
how do i get started using autohotky like this?
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cbit
hikikomori, i haven't used autohotkey, but theres a big thread on the ableton forum where other Live users talk about their autohotkey scripts: link , this might be a good place to start.
(i think they're approaching it from the angle of creating commands that are useful for live show situations rather than audio editing though)
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