So, I just ran a collect and save operation, for reasons anyone familliar with the software will grasp (to collect samples added).
While Ableton is doing this, it decides it wants to update a 7 year old live 8 or 7 file that I have in A RESERVE FOLDER, NOT THE SAMPLES OR OTHER ABLETON FOLDERS. WHY? WHY does it need to do this? If I say no, it STOPS THE ENTIRE COLLECT AND SAVE OPERATION! That's a double genius decision. Offer me something completely irrelevant, and then negate what I actually want done when I say no, I don't want the unneeded updates (to ALL files, not just one). SInce when is updating all old project files equivalent to collect and save? How are those two connected in anyone's brain?
I'm really tired of running into things that make no sense in this upgrade to X. It just never ends, the large MAX screw-ups, the unneeded font change with STILL NO COLOR control.
I'm just baffled as to why Live X needs to go into my older Live files and update every single one it finds. Who decided this was necessary? Maybe I want the old files to run on an old machine. Not likely for finished live mixes, but VERY LIKELY if I'm running machines for sources for jams. SO now every time I run a collect and save operation on a song, I have to go back and replace the old files with backups. What is the point of even keeping old project files if they are all upgraded to right now? Who thought this was a good idea, and that it should be corralled into collect and save samples? I'm pretty sure this deserves its own function.
Purely mind-boggling decisions going on there. Don't upgrade the piano roll, don't build out the midi detection or editing afterwards. Don't make that any more sensible or useable. Don't make the view auto zoom to where the cursor is, not but do this instead.
Great. Thanks Ableton. Yes, it's a rant. Excuse me.