ATTN: IF L5 IS SHITE ON YOUR COMPUTER, TRASH YOUR PREFS!!

adhmzaiusz · Post by **adhmzaiusz** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:42 am

ALL OF THEM AND DONT GO BACK(live prefs that is)
it worked for me, and it should work for you

zion15 · Post by **zion15** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:56 am

this seems to be a good tip. some people couldn't even get live5.0.1 started but after trashing preferences files everything was a-ok.

and make sure you delete the whole prefs-directory, not just the Preferences.cfg. Alex (or someone at ableton) told that live5.0.1 tries to adapt its preferences from the previous stable version you have installed (4.1.4 or whatever) and that might apparently cause problems for some.

cbit · Post by **cbit** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 6:57 pm

Incase anyone is having troubl finding their live preferences directory, on a PC it will be at a location that looks something like:

C:/Documents and Settings/username/Application Data/Ableton/Live 4.1.4/Preferences

(you migt need to turn on 'view hidden files' in folder options to see the application data folder).

I just deleted the live 4.1.4 and 5.0.1 preferences, and it seems to have improved some unresponsiveness while editing in the arrange view.

thanks for the heads up.

sls · Post by **sls** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:51 am

For those who might be a little hesitant to just go lopping off their preferences directories (Live 4 & Live 5), you can just rename them to something else. At least this worked for me under Windows.

Post by **Alex** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:23 pm

Hi folks,

and make sure you delete the whole prefs-directory, not just the Preferences.cfg.

No, that is not right. If you delete the complete! preferences folder. Live 5.0.1 "thinks" it is started for the first time and will copy the preferences again from your previous final Live version.
So may delete the content of the preferences folder but not the preferences folder itself.

regards,
Alex

telekom · Post by **telekom** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:44 pm

WOOOAHH !!

BUMP ! Peeps need to see this! Hey Alex would it worth making a sticky of these details for all the new L5 users coming online?
Mark

atomic · Post by **atomic** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:46 am

I am having some problems with 5.01 and cant find the pref. folder at all. .......EDIT

Found it

helixx · Post by **helixx** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:24 am

one thing that i've noticed and it may help some.

I have a project template that was created using 4.0 and whenever i load a project using that old template, my cpu jumps to 36%+. the other night i systematically deleted channels and plug-ins from an older project trying to find the source but eventually got down to an empty project and a cpu still idling at 35%.

i created a new template in live5, recreated the project from scratch and my cpu never idled above 3%. give that a shot too. it may help

Post by **Alex** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 3:22 pm

Hi helixx,

do you still have this "old" template Live set?
it is called "template.als" and maybe still in your Live 4preferences folder?
If so, could you send it to me?

regards,
Alex

helixx · Post by **helixx** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:28 pm

alex,

check your email, buddy.