Ableton/Live/UG/26 Automation/05 Viewing Automation/02 Viewing Automation in Arrangement View
- Turn on Ableton/Live/UI/Arrangement View/Toggle/Automation Mode above the track headers, or press
A, to open each track's main automation lane. - The Device and Automation Control choosers in the lane pick what to show; Device set to None hides the envelope. LEDs and dashed lines work as in Session View, and Show Automated Parameters Only / Show All Parameters shorten or restore the lists.
- In Automation Mode, clicking a control shows its envelope. Show Automation or Show Automation in New Lane in a parameter's context menu turns on Automation Mode and focuses its lane.
More lanes
- Add Automation Lane moves the current envelope to its own lane and sets the main lane to None, ready for another parameter.
- A toggle in the main lane hides or shows the extra lanes; drag to reorder them.
- Up and down arrows move between lanes; left goes back to the main lane; left and right on the main lane hide or show extras.
Option-click (Mac) / Ctrl-click (Windows) Add Automation Lane duplicates the main lane's envelope, up to two duplicates. Cmd-click (Mac) / Alt-click (Windows) adds a lane for every automated parameter.- Remove Automation Lane removes a lane, or all selected lanes;
Cmd/Alt-click removes it and every lane below. - See also Ableton/Clip/Q/How can I see all MIDI CC clip envelopes stacked in Arrangement View?
26.5.2.1 Context Menu Options for Automation Lanes
- Lane header context menus offer Add Automation Lane (main lane), Add Lane for Each Automated Envelope, Remove Automation Lane (extra lanes), and commands to clear all envelopes for the track or one of its devices.
