Ableton Live Quick Tip: Resetting Default Device Presets

Written by on August 3, 2010 - 10 Comments
Categories: Ableton Live Tutorials and Tips

Have you ever loaded up a device in Ableton Live, only to have the default preset come up with all sorts of strange and arbitrary settings?  This issue generally comes about when people unwittingly change the device default preset when they’re mousing around in contextual menus.

The following video shows how to fix the issue in a couple very easy steps:



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  1. thesimplicity
    August 4, 2010 at 2:11 am

    Man, I’ve been having this problem with a couple instruments, where the transpose settings are messed up when dragging in a fresh instance. This totally fixed the problem! I guess someone (probably me) accidentally made it the default. Thanks so much! I loves these quick tips.

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  2. Zalem hest
    September 1, 2011 at 11:08 pm

    using sylenth at the moment and after i select a synth then press play the synth changes from the selected synth always to what my be a default synth any idea how to fix this? thanks!

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    • Nick
      September 10, 2011 at 4:16 pm

      Hi Zalem,

      Sorry for my late reply. I think I know what you’re referring to, and I believe the culprit is a hidden “program change” message that you might have in your MIDI clip somewhere. I used to run into this constantly with the Virus TI software interface. Can you confirm whether there are any program change codes in the MIDI that you’re playing back?

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  3. Zalem Hest
    September 20, 2011 at 5:29 pm

    Nick,
    Ended up fixing it, some midi settings were causing the problem. Thanks for your time!

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  4. Adam W.
    April 24, 2012 at 4:39 am

    Hey there Nick,

    Accidentally misplaced a component of the EQ Eight device. Drums, Formant, and Instrument remain within the device. How can I reset this device and recover what I misplaced/lost if I forgot what it was called. I also have a great deal of samples I fear I might lose if I try to reset something.

    Thanks

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    • Nick
      April 24, 2012 at 5:03 pm

      Hi Adam,

      I’m a little confused as to what you’re asking here. Are you referring to an Instrument rack device or an EQ8 device? I’m assuming it’s one of the racks since there’s no way to delete part of one of Live’s built-in native plugins, but I don’t want to make assumptions before getting clarification.

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