Comments on: Set a start up Template in Ableton Live to save time.

By: Dale Garland

Dale Garland — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 03:33:24 +0000

You can set up multiple templates using Live’s Library. Select it in the browser and find the Templates folder. You will find a number of templates already created by Ableton. I decided to move these into separate folder within Templates and create my own custom folder. You can save into this folder directly or drag tracks directly from within Live’s session view, automatically saving those tracks for various tasks to use later.

You can find the folder here:
C:\Users\Username\Documents\Ableton\Library\Templates
(or wherever else you decided to store your library)

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 23:24:41 +0000

Yeah delete all your tracks and create a new midi or audio track then click save template. It will clear everything.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:28:18 +0000

Does anybody know how to recover the original clean startup template? I saved over mine with some junk I was playing around with.

By: Steven

Steven — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:26:27 +0000

Can Live support multiple templates ? That would be great. Different instruments require different templates.

By: noreo

noreo — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:01:23 +0000

thhhaaaanks!!!
I changed my template by mistake thanks to you I found the way to get it back to normal again :)

By: baphomet_irl

baphomet_irl — Wed, 28 May 2008 00:43:42 +0000

btw, does anyone know how to make Ableton open the last edited file automatically? or is it possible?

thanks

By: baphomet_irl

baphomet_irl — Wed, 28 May 2008 00:42:56 +0000

I always have one track with a silent straight 4/4 909 kick as a silent track and have a TC sidechainer in it, so I suppose I should make a template of that.

By: MaCo

MaCo — Tue, 27 May 2008 22:43:37 +0000

I was so excited when I discovered this. I keep an impulse loaded with a couple acoustic drums and a couple electronic, and another track with a piano VST. I can jump in and set up a beat and melody in seconds.

By: paraclude

paraclude — Tue, 27 May 2008 16:10:53 +0000

I have a similar setup in Logic complete with pre-allocated tracks for rewired Reason and Live. Now that I think of it, i wonder if i could use Automator to script opening all three.

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 27 May 2008 08:34:51 +0000

I actually like the ritual of setting up tracks (in Cubase), even if I do always follow the same regime of setting up the folders, setting the BPM, creating a MIDI track and creating a Halion instance. Because I work on music best first thing in the morning, it allows a bit of extra time for the caffeine to kick in, and gives a little time for the analogue to warm up :)