Replacing missing samples - candidate system rubbish
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Replacing missing samples - candidate system rubbish
I was trying to resurrect an old DJ set from a couple of years ago and there were a bunch of library samples that were missing - sine_1, sine_2 etc. There were about 200 in total. I found them somewhere else - pointed live towards them and clicked on 'Go'. It then said that it had found one candidate for each, but for some reason it didn't replace them automatically. I started trying to use the question mark, then dragging the file it brings up over and on to the missing file - but I realised this was going to take far too long, so I just replaced those instruments with something similar.
This seems to have been a problem for quite a few years now (looking back at previous posts).
It seems there are two issues: one is that it obviously shouldn't present candidate choices when there is only one candidate to choose from; and the other is that even if there are multiple candidates, quite often they're identical copies of the same wav/aiff/mp3 etc. In that case surely the software would be capable of seeing that and just choosing one for you so you didn't have to go through manually.
I hope I'm not repeating something that's been discussed to death elsewhere.
This seems to have been a problem for quite a few years now (looking back at previous posts).
It seems there are two issues: one is that it obviously shouldn't present candidate choices when there is only one candidate to choose from; and the other is that even if there are multiple candidates, quite often they're identical copies of the same wav/aiff/mp3 etc. In that case surely the software would be capable of seeing that and just choosing one for you so you didn't have to go through manually.
I hope I'm not repeating something that's been discussed to death elsewhere.
Re: Replacing missing samples - candidate system rubbish
yes, but keep writing it. it's madness.lazlo_funktek wrote:I hope I'm not repeating something that's been discussed to death elsewhere.
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Re: Replacing missing samples - candidate system rubbish
Totally agree. Went through this the other day and it was PAINFUL! Ended up resurrecting an old set that didn't have those problems, saving over the set I created, then collected all and saved in the new location. What sucks is now those samples are stored in 5 different places now.Tone Deft wrote:yes, but keep writing it. it's madness.lazlo_funktek wrote:I hope I'm not repeating something that's been discussed to death elsewhere.
levimoniz wrote:yes i'm a hypocrite and not intelligent
Re: Replacing missing samples - candidate system rubbish
I've actually rebuilt a set from scratch before because it was less painful. Only a small set, granted, but it shouldn't be like this...
Re: Replacing missing samples - candidate system rubbish
Depending on what version of Live you are using, there are steps you can take to repair or rebuild your Library.
Send a brief description of the issue along with the details of your system and Live version to:
support@ableton.com
Support will get back to you with the best steps you can take to reestablish your samples.
Send a brief description of the issue along with the details of your system and Live version to:
support@ableton.com
Support will get back to you with the best steps you can take to reestablish your samples.
Re: Replacing missing samples - candidate system rubbish
I don't think that is what the problem is, at least for me. When this happened to me I opened an unfinished song and then saved it in a new folder. When I went back to it the samples were all gone. So what I had to do was re-open my old copy in the original folder, overwrite the 'new' copy, then collect all and save so the samples would be in that directory. I had also saved this as my template so I had to re-save that one as well.[nme] wrote:Depending on what version of Live you are using, there are steps you can take to repair or rebuild your Library.
Send a brief description of the issue along with the details of your system and Live version to:
support@ableton.com
Support will get back to you with the best steps you can take to reestablish your samples.
levimoniz wrote:yes i'm a hypocrite and not intelligent
Re: Replacing missing samples - candidate system rubbish
hey man, I doubt you know the software better than the guys at Ableton. pretty cool opportunity to look a gift horse in the mouth.AceLuby wrote:I don't think that is what the problem is, at least for me. When this happened to me I opened an unfinished song and then saved it in a new folder. When I went back to it the samples were all gone. So what I had to do was re-open my old copy in the original folder, overwrite the 'new' copy, then collect all and save so the samples would be in that directory. I had also saved this as my template so I had to re-save that one as well.[nme] wrote:Depending on what version of Live you are using, there are steps you can take to repair or rebuild your Library.
Send a brief description of the issue along with the details of your system and Live version to:
support@ableton.com
Support will get back to you with the best steps you can take to reestablish your samples.
my $0.02.
In my life
Why do I smile
At people who I'd much rather kick in the eye?
-Moz
Why do I smile
At people who I'd much rather kick in the eye?
-Moz
Re: Replacing missing samples - candidate system rubbish
Ummm.... just trying to help as to what caused my problem and how I resolved it (which didn't have anything to do w/ library repair FWIW). Never claimed to know the program better than the programmers, like I said, just trying to help.Tone Deft wrote:hey man, I doubt you know the software better than the guys at Ableton. pretty cool opportunity to look a gift horse in the mouth.AceLuby wrote:I don't think that is what the problem is, at least for me. When this happened to me I opened an unfinished song and then saved it in a new folder. When I went back to it the samples were all gone. So what I had to do was re-open my old copy in the original folder, overwrite the 'new' copy, then collect all and save so the samples would be in that directory. I had also saved this as my template so I had to re-save that one as well.[nme] wrote:Depending on what version of Live you are using, there are steps you can take to repair or rebuild your Library.
Send a brief description of the issue along with the details of your system and Live version to:
support@ableton.com
Support will get back to you with the best steps you can take to reestablish your samples.
my $0.02.
levimoniz wrote:yes i'm a hypocrite and not intelligent
Re: Replacing missing samples - candidate system rubbish
OK
In my life
Why do I smile
At people who I'd much rather kick in the eye?
-Moz
Why do I smile
At people who I'd much rather kick in the eye?
-Moz