Forum
    • Categories
    • Register
    • Login

    Opening plugin UI disables active automation in Ableton Live

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Bug Reports
    1 Posts 1 Posters 7 Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • J
      justmull
      last edited by

      Observed Behavior:
      When opening the plugin UI during playback, Ableton Live instantly disables active parameter automation lanes. The DAW behaves exactly as if a parameter was manually adjusted by the user, terminating the automation playback and illuminating Live's "Re-Enable Automation" button.

      Minimum Reproducible Example:
      This behavior can be reproduced from a new project without any scripts.
      Create a new HISE project.
      Add a single UI Slider (Knob).
      Enable isPluginParameter for the knob.
      Export as a VST3 / AU.
      In Ableton Live, configure the parameter, draw automation on the timeline, and press play.
      Open and close the plugin UI window repeatedly.

      Result: The automation lane will eventually disable upon opening the UI.

      Reproduction rate: With a simple 1 knob UI, the failure rate is approximately 1/30 attempts. It may depend on the rate of change of the parameter. With a complex UI (60+ parameters) the failure rate is approximately 1/3 attempts.

      HISE 4.9.3
      Commit Hash 5d34685f
      Live 12.4.3
      MacOS 15.7.9
      VST3 and AU

      Screenshot 2026-08-17 at 14.38.04.png

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • First post
        Last post

      21

      Online

      2.5k

      Users

      13.9k

      Topics

      121.2k

      Posts