Ableton/Live/UG/06 Arrangement View/04 Launching the Arrangement with Locators

• 6.4 Launching the Arrangement with Locators

  • Live 11 notes, including suggested key mappings for locators: Ableton/Manual/06/03.
  • Locators in the scrub area (Ableton/Live/UI/Arrangement View/Scrub Area/Marker/Locator) are launch points in the Arrangement.
  • Ableton/Live/UI/Arrangement View/Button/Set Locator adds one in real time, quantized to the global launch quantization; with the transport stopped it adds one at the insert marker or the start of the time selection. Add Locator in the scrub area's context menu or the Create menu also works. With a locator selected, the button deletes it.
  • Click a locator, or use Ableton/Live/UI/Arrangement View/Button/Previous Locator and Ableton/Live/UI/Arrangement View/Button/Next Locator, to jump; past the first or last locator they go to the Arrangement's start or end. Locators can be MIDI or key mapped; with the transport stopped, double-click one to play from it.
  • Move selected locators by dragging or with the arrow keys. Rename with Cmd+R (Mac) / Ctrl+R (Win), add info text with Edit Info Text, delete with Delete or Delete Locator.
  • Loop to Next Locator in a locator's context menu loops between two locators. Set Song Start Time Here makes playback start at the locator instead of the selection.
  • Related: Ableton/Max for Live/Idea/Go To Time or Locator.