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Simpler has vanished from my Library. I think I may have dragged it to another folder in the list by accident but can't find it now. The device still exists but I can't find the presets any more. Help!

OK I found the Simpler Folder. But because of the folder structure I can only drag it to ...

Simpler has vanished from my Library. I think I may have dragged it to another folder in the list by accident but can't find it now. The device still exists but I can't find the presets any more. Help!

I fail to see what significance this statement has:

''mp3 files of beats or spoken word at sensible levels that don't fade in''

I didn't know if it was significant, but I thought there might be a possibility that Ableton tries to auto-crop samples with silence at the front & might get it wrong ...

The Philosopher King wrote:How are you 'loading' these files?
There might be another clue there.

Dragging from the Ableton browser, or Windows explorer, or even pasting the file into arrangement view gives the same result.

The Philosopher King wrote:Off hand, I'd be thinking: Drag the Start Marker (of the clip) all the way to the left hand side.
Now the entire file should play.

Yes, tried that too. No dice sadly, it's just not loaded fully. Thanks for your ideas though, much appreciated.

It could be that you have automatic warping enabled in your preferences. Probably set to 'beats'.
Have a look at the waveform of the file after loading. Do you see a bunch of warp markers on the clip?
You're quite right - I did have auto warping on, but the sample I'm trying to import right now is ...

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