Ableton Live: Locking track positions

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Is it possible to anchor a few channels over to the far right alongside the send channels?

I'd like to lock my buss channels over to the far right to ensure they're always visible.

I don't think this is possible but hey if you don't ask...
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Nope, can't do.

If you insist (and why wouldn't you?) you can of course "abuse" a return channel as a bus. Set the sends on the appropriate tracks, and the Audio to to Sends Only. You've got only 12 of those, so depending on the complexity of your project, that may or may not be a good idea.
Oh and set the Returns you'd use as a bus to "Pre". Not that it's that big of a deal, but that way it most resembles a bus.

But you'd lose some of Live's group functionality (if you use those as busses now).

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BDeep wrote:Nope, can't do.

If you insist (and why wouldn't you?) you can of course "abuse" a return channel as a bus. Set the sends on the appropriate tracks, and the Audio to to Sends Only. You've got only 12 of those, so depending on the complexity of your project, that may or may not be a good idea.
Oh and set the Returns you'd use as a bus to "Pre". Not that it's that big of a deal, but that way it most resembles a bus.

But you'd lose some of Live's group functionality (if you use those as busses now).
Hmmmm, that's some smart thinking Sherlock.
Will play with that tonight 8)
"I was wondering if you'd like to try Magic Mushrooms"
"Oooh I dont know. Sounds a bit scary"
"It's not scary. You just lose a sense of who you are and all that sh!t"

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You're quick! Realized one tiny error: sends should be set to Post, not Pre as I suggested. And you might want to enable Sends in the Return tracks to send a bus-return to another return with a reverb for instance.

A return is in essence a bus with additional functionality, so it should work.

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BDeep wrote:You're quick! Realized one tiny error: sends should be set to Post, not Pre as I suggested. And you might want to enable Sends in the Return tracks to send a bus-return to another return with a reverb for instance.

A return is in essence a bus with additional functionality, so it should work.
Thanks man :tu:
"I was wondering if you'd like to try Magic Mushrooms"
"Oooh I dont know. Sounds a bit scary"
"It's not scary. You just lose a sense of who you are and all that sh!t"

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