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

Posted May 27th, 2008 by Oliver Chesler
Filed Under: Ableton Live

Whenever I start a new song I like the tempo to be 123bpm and have a 4/4 kick drum going. I also always like to have Reason ReWired into Live. Instead of loading Live and setting these things up each time I did it once then opened the Live Preferences and under the File Folder tab clicked “Save Current Set as Template”. Now each time I launch Live I am ready to go with the things I like pre-set.

Use the File/Folder Preferences’ Template Save button to save the current Live Set as a template. Live will use these settings as the initialized, default state for new Live Sets. You can use this to pre-congure:

• Your multichannel input/output setup.
• Preset devices, like EQs and Compressors, in every track.
• Computer key mappings.
• MIDI mappings.

The template Live Set, Template.als, is located in Live’s Preferences folder and can becopied or deleted from there. The easiest way to locate this folder is to search your disk for Template.als. - Ableton Live User Manual

Some other DAWs such as Cubase allow multiple start up templates. Whats your start up template?

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6 Responses to “Set a start up Template in Ableton Live to save time.”
  1. Pete Says:
    May 27th, 2008 at 1:34 am

    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 :)

  2. paraclude Says:
    May 27th, 2008 at 9:10 am

    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.

  3. MaCo Says:
    May 27th, 2008 at 3:43 pm

    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.

  4. baphomet_irl Says:
    May 27th, 2008 at 5:42 pm

    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.

  5. baphomet_irl Says:
    May 27th, 2008 at 5:43 pm

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

    thanks

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