Migrating live 8 library to live 9
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 1:11 am
is there a proscribed method? there's nothing in the manual that deals with this, i don't think, nor are there any blog posts on the website. i would think this would be pretty important.
yes, the 8 library is still accessible via the browser, but i would prefer to have everything centralized.
What I did (after backing up) was copy everything except factory presets from 8 library to the user library. everything shows up now and is searchable, but the biggest problem i'm having (other than missing files when i open an old set, but that's not a huge deal cuz they're all in one place) is that within the top level categories (eg: instruments) nothing that isn't a factory preset is organized. even if they're in folders in the user library, they're just grouped under "Other" up in the categories. this seems really annoying to me. i would want it to look pretty much exactly like live 8 with my folders and whatnot. ie I don't really understand why there aught to be such a strict distinction between user and factory when browsing rather than searching.
i guess i could open up the package contents of the app, put everything into the core library and organize my folders as I'd like, but i'd have to do that everytime i save a preset, which isn't really realistic. i guess i could just do that for factory stuff from 8 and use the user library for custom, but it's really bothering me that the categories can't be organized...
i'm sure there's a thread about this already, but i couldn't exactly figure out the right search time. point me there? eitherway, i would think that after this being an issue for people during the beta that it would've made sense to put a tutorial somewhere prominent in the app or on the website...
yes, the 8 library is still accessible via the browser, but i would prefer to have everything centralized.
What I did (after backing up) was copy everything except factory presets from 8 library to the user library. everything shows up now and is searchable, but the biggest problem i'm having (other than missing files when i open an old set, but that's not a huge deal cuz they're all in one place) is that within the top level categories (eg: instruments) nothing that isn't a factory preset is organized. even if they're in folders in the user library, they're just grouped under "Other" up in the categories. this seems really annoying to me. i would want it to look pretty much exactly like live 8 with my folders and whatnot. ie I don't really understand why there aught to be such a strict distinction between user and factory when browsing rather than searching.
i guess i could open up the package contents of the app, put everything into the core library and organize my folders as I'd like, but i'd have to do that everytime i save a preset, which isn't really realistic. i guess i could just do that for factory stuff from 8 and use the user library for custom, but it's really bothering me that the categories can't be organized...
i'm sure there's a thread about this already, but i couldn't exactly figure out the right search time. point me there? eitherway, i would think that after this being an issue for people during the beta that it would've made sense to put a tutorial somewhere prominent in the app or on the website...