Ableton/Live/UG/24 Plug-Ins/01 Plug-Ins in the Device View
- A plug-in with up to 64 parameters shows them all as sliders in a Live panel. One with more opens with an empty panel to configure.
- The unfold button in the title bar shows or hides the parameters.
- The X-Y field controls two parameters at once, chosen in the menus beneath it, which suits live performance.
- The Show/Hide Plug-In Window button opens the plug-in's own interface in a floating window, kept in sync with the Live panel.
- Plug-Ins Settings:
- Auto-Open Plug-In Windows — open the window when a plug-in is loaded from the browser.
- Multiple Plug-In Windows — allow several open at once; otherwise hold
Cmd (Mac) / Ctrl (Windows) while opening to keep earlier ones. - Auto-Hide Plug-In Windows — show only the selected track's windows.
- View → Show/Hide Plug-In Windows, or
Cmd+Option+P (Mac) / Ctrl+Alt+P (Windows), hides and shows windows already opened. Each window's title names its track.
- Configure in the device header lets you choose which parameters appear in Live's panel: click a control in the plug-in window to add it (some need their value changed; some plug-ins don't expose every parameter).
- In Configure Mode, drag to reorder and press
Delete to remove; Live warns before removing a parameter with automation, envelopes or mappings. Plug-ins without their own window can reorder but not delete. - The configuration is saved per instance in the Set. To reuse it, save the plug-in inside a Rack, or save it as a default configuration.
- Parameters can also be added without Configure Mode:
- tweaking a control in the plug-in window makes a temporary entry in the automation, clip envelope and X-Y choosers; editing or selecting it there makes it permanent;
- controls moved in the plug-in window while recording get automation and join the panel;
- in MIDI, key or Macro mapping mode, a control you move joins the panel, selected and ready to map.
- After that, a plug-in works like a Live device: MIDI mapping, moving and copying, clip envelopes, multiple I/O in track routing (Ableton/Live/UG/17 Routing and IO) and custom info text.
