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can you post an example of the degradation

Might as well post this here: If you want a directory in the browser indexed immediately (say, for example, you just put new samples in there and don't want to wait until the program gets around to indexing it eventually, since that can take a while), you can, from within the browser, create a new s...

i don't

please!

here's a workaround for the Indexer not indexing stuff right away:

create a new empty folder in the location you want to have it scan, from *inside* the browser. that'll prompt an update.

i've got a default template with a standard sidechain channel set up, and i've got a preset for the compressor with the correct settings for everything to use it, saved as a .adv. annoyingly though, when i drag it into a project, i have to choose the sidechain source again every time, it doesn't rem...

as i find myself having to use the task manager to kill the Indexer process, so that I can save a project, a few times a day, i reflect on how miserable i am that Ableton does not consider this a showstopping bug to fix, but a "feature" to "wish for" (and conveniently ignore because they don't get e...

2020-05-10T16:18:13.259002: info: Configuring places: Time elapsed: 1199337

1200 seconds! a full 20 minutes, live completely unresponsive

The browser is a disgrace

i'm literally crying

.....and we're back to 5 minute pauses every time i load a project. what


why

It looks like I have a lead on what made Live crap out in the first place! I removed the directory where I keep my project files from Places, and Indexer "Configuring Places" times are down to an acceptable-a-f 5 seconds (from, remember, 27 MINUTES). I was gonna do some more tests which of my projec...

so, not on the web site then? thanks for confirming in a tone as if you hadn't

this is how long Live was completely unresponsive starting up:

This thing has so thoroughly soured me on using Live that I did not even TRY to make music since last October. Please, please allow us to turn off the Indexer and access the disk directly. I miss music making so much