Why Automation Mode in Ableton Live isn't working

Trying to use Automation Mode in Live 11? Are you pressing A on your keyboard but it's not working?

In this video, Ableton Live Certified Trainer Will Doggett shows you why pressing A on your keyboard doesn’t always show and hide automation mode in Live 11.

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[iain_nz.]

My one still not working after this and watching other videos. I AM sure its something simple!

[IsraelDVarela]

Hahaha 😂 I was struggling to find out why it didn't work ! Thanks 👍🏻

[victorextra-goet]

OMG thaaank you so much been struggling with this shit for so long

[badaducciquartet]

Awesome, thank you! This was exactly the issue for which I was seeking an answer. I've subscribed and when I finish my project I will check out more of your channel. Keep up the great work.

[johnnyxthemacnifient]

how abouit arrange view. on a auido track i need to automate the fader but there is not even a record button.. so put sometihng on the track like a utilty and commpresor.. now suddenlyu appears a record button, but.. tried every way to recoted a fader but ther is no clip appearing on the celected slot. so what am i doing wrong.. have ableont live 12.0.5

[allancerf]

fromstudiotostage - most helpful, thanks.

I am working with linked tracks and tried to change the volume in one 2 second section of a 60 second song. Unfortunately, in doing so it turns off the automation I've painstakingly set up past that 5 second section. In this track there are 50 channels! Anyway to renable automation for all 50 with out doing so one by one (track by track)?

[djwodzirejshowmansylviokwi]

OK, but what if, after all what you have been talking about, Automation still doesnt work? Midi icon isnt pressed, levels of automation have been done on the track and... Nothing, doesnt work... It might be important, little red led, you know, red little light spot on buttons - indicator of automation, isnt active too... I'll tell you more. Windows of "In/Out sections" are different for random tracks. I am looking for help for over a month, and nobody wants to explain what is gong on... You are my last chance probably. Would You help me?

[brood_esque]

i can click a and find automation mode but it simply gives me no options for things to automate when i clearly do. trying to not adjust my workflow around losing the ability to automate

[janispranevskis]

and... what should I do if this doesn't work for me ? I'm comfuse XD

[edwinderkater]

Thank you so much bro! you save me hours😅

[mariopizzaro]

Thanks mate save my another headache :)

[BankruptBassplayer]

Thanks, Man!!!! I was going crazy trying to find out Subscribe!

[AlexSilva-pbdw]

Thanks for the tip but yo it could've been a ton shorter, dropped a like either way

[smokedog]

Thank you!!!! for those who read comments first Press M then A.

[redbirdsaraceno]

I cant get the automation to turn off in session view at all, and even if i go to arrangement view and turn it off it’s always on again in session view . most the top bar buttons pertaining to automation are either greyed out or unresponsive. I’m wondering if it has something to do with me using my Ableton push 1 . Still no change though when I press midi key on the tool bar on top. I just want to figure out how to turn off automations after I record them so I can go back to the original state. I recall being able to just click on the automation line or something like that and an option menu popping up to turn it off but that was in a earlier version of 11 or 10 . I might be mistaken though.

[crispykartel]

FOR SOME REASON MY AUTOMATION ISNT WORKING THE WAY I WANT IT, I CLICK ON RECORD AUTOMATION AND I REALIZED IT WOULD RECORD ON THE VERTICAL WAY OF RECORDING/ADDING TRACKS. ITS NOT DOING THE AUTOMATION ON THE HORIZONTAL WAY. PLEASE HELP. -oops, didnt mean to use capslock

[dowmck]

Helped me out too, thank you.
Which leads me to a related question. Do you know if there is a way when you switch to automation mode that every track could simply be set for Track Volume? On my computer, all the tracks default to Speaker On, and it raises my blood pressure to constantly use the pop-ups or click on the Track Volume box to manually change it. Might there be a global preference somewhere to make them all volume?

[matthewwillis]

Yes! That always gets me! And even though I know about it, I ALWAYS FORGET 😅 and I didn’t know about the keyboard shortcuts. Thank you for this!

[connorpetkau]

Thank you! Was so frustrated when it was working one day then not the next... good to know the solution was so simple!

[xAudio]

good video idea. got caught a few times too