Save As vs Save a Copy
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Save As vs Save a Copy
Hey everyone
I am having a hard time figuring out the difference between the Save As command and the Save a Copy command. Is this a question of computer hierarchy or a question of Ableton hierarchy? Help distinguishing this would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
I am having a hard time figuring out the difference between the Save As command and the Save a Copy command. Is this a question of computer hierarchy or a question of Ableton hierarchy? Help distinguishing this would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
Re: Save As vs Save a Copy
It's just a question of choice how you want to organize different versions of your work.
Let's assume you start a new Live Set MySet.als.
You save it a number of times, at one point you think it's time to start a new fork. 'Save As' MySet01.als; MySet.als gets left behind in its last saved state, and you go on working with MySet1.als until you feel like going into another fork, MySet02.als.
The other scenario: You keep working on MySet.als throughout the whole lifecycle of the project and 'Save As Copy' MySet[YYMMDD].als everytime you want to take a snapshot of a given state. You keep these MySet[YYMMDD]s as a sort of backup, you can resort to when you feel like you have taken a wrong turn.
Let's assume you start a new Live Set MySet.als.
You save it a number of times, at one point you think it's time to start a new fork. 'Save As' MySet01.als; MySet.als gets left behind in its last saved state, and you go on working with MySet1.als until you feel like going into another fork, MySet02.als.
The other scenario: You keep working on MySet.als throughout the whole lifecycle of the project and 'Save As Copy' MySet[YYMMDD].als everytime you want to take a snapshot of a given state. You keep these MySet[YYMMDD]s as a sort of backup, you can resort to when you feel like you have taken a wrong turn.
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Re: Save As vs Save a Copy
Thank you for your help!
Re: Save As vs Save a Copy
once you start getting any kind of good feeling about the framework of your new track... it's a real good time to slip a copy off to the side.
i've lost stuff that i still have in my head but i cannot remake...
maybe it's my mind wanting the original version to a fault. if i had just leaned back in my chair, smiled, leaned forward and clicked File > Save As... i could A/B both copies and find out.
i've lost stuff that i still have in my head but i cannot remake...
maybe it's my mind wanting the original version to a fault. if i had just leaned back in my chair, smiled, leaned forward and clicked File > Save As... i could A/B both copies and find out.
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Re: Save As vs Save a Copy
Anyone else notice the question was asked in November 2015 but replied back with thanks in 2018?
That is a long time to ponder.
That is a long time to ponder.
Re: Save As vs Save a Copy
oh snap
he should have waited until next week
he should have waited until next week
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also fwiw, the "save a copy" feature doesn't remove the undo/redo states, like the save as or save options (at least this is the case in live 9 and before. live 10 remedied this). don't know how many times i've accidentally hit save but needed undo or redo something and then had to go redo a bunch of stuff manually.
Re: Save As vs Save a Copy
I think this needs clarification. It took me quite some time to figure out what the difference is, because saving wise there is no difference between 'save as' and 'save a copy', the real differenc lies in what happens after saving: with 'save as' you are going to work on the newly saved version while with 'save a copy' you stay on your current version and the copy is just saved aside. This also explains why the undo still works with 'save a copy'. You can tell the switch of the project by looking at the top bar with the filename.
Personally I only use 'save as' and change from v-1.1 to v-1.2, v-1.3 and so on while I always continue working on the just saved version.
Personally I only use 'save as' and change from v-1.1 to v-1.2, v-1.3 and so on while I always continue working on the just saved version.
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this works best, imho.
post is still old as dirt though
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