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Homebelly wrote: Its the DAW equivalent of finding money down the back of the sofa..

not exactly a blueprint for efficient workflow though eh?

this has to change asap!

Homebelly wrote: Its the DAW equivalent of finding money down the back of the sofa..

Yeah, but unfortunately it's also the DAW equivalent of using a bank who's method of keeping your money safe is to throw it down the creases of your couch...

glitchrock-buddha wrote:

Homebelly wrote: Its the DAW equivalent of finding money down the back of the sofa..

Yeah, but unfortunately it's also the DAW equivalent of using a bank who's method of keeping your money safe is to throw it down the creases of your couch...

+1

Tone Deft wrote:I hate this about Live, you install a pack and it just gets absorbed into the Library, hard to tell where all the new toys went.

I usually create a new library (and cancel when Live attempts to install the basic packs) before installing a new Live Pack.
Then I have a look at what locations new content was installed to, delete the new library and install again to my main library.

The thing I really hate is that recently with every subrelease update of Live, the library gets updated too, destroying all my custom organization of the factory content.

I love the designer drums..
I hate the library..
I love Live.. (well, most of it!)

Re the library, i guess there is some logic to it.. but tbh it often does me a kipper!

Hd

dr.wackler wrote:

Tone Deft wrote:I hate this about Live, you install a pack and it just gets absorbed into the Library, hard to tell where all the new toys went.

I usually create a new library (and cancel when Live attempts to install the basic packs) before installing a new Live Pack.
Then I have a look at what locations new content was installed to, delete the new library and install again to my main library.

The thing I really hate is that recently with every subrelease update of Live, the library gets updated too, destroying all my custom organization of the factory content.

There's an uninstall button in preferences > Live Packs

hoffman2k wrote: There's an uninstall button in preferences > Live Packs

I guess you're refering to this bit of my post:

dr.wackler wrote:The thing I really hate is that recently with every subrelease update of Live, the library gets updated too, destroying all my custom organization of the factory content.

Well, by using the uninstall button, the bits of the basic content that I left in place (i.e. didn't customize in terms of organisation) would be removed. Hence it wouldn't help.

Just to add my thanks this pack is amazing

i'm probably saying the obvious, but i usually show "date modified" as a field in my patch-browser ... i sorted on that field to see the new operator drum presets.

these presets are awesome and intensely inspiring.

Library thing is a bit meh.

Still, I'm very Impressed. Kudos. And thanks.

yep - they're great!

I just re-organised my library how I would have liked it to work

not really sure why it wasn't like this in the first place

That looks nice Forge.

What do you think will happen when it comes to installing a session drums or drum machines update. Do you think the updater would get really confused? Also, reckon it could cause any confusion with authorisation for the packs?

I guess the sensible suggestion is to archive a copy of the library in it's original form.

Splashmas wrote:That looks nice Forge.

What do you think will happen when it comes to installing a session drums or drum machines update. Do you think the updater would get really confused? Also, reckon it could cause any confusion with authorisation for the packs?

I guess the sensible suggestion is to archive a copy of the library in it's original form.

yeah I guess the best idea is to back it up - at least the 'drum racks' folder that contains all those ADG files as it wouldn't be that big

I don't know how it will affect things yet, and it will probably be shafted as soon as I update next, but I didn't update from 7.07 until designer drums forced me to

so I guess I'm hoping Ableton will see the sense in it and do it that way

the way it currently works is crazy though

I hope in Live 8 there will be some more of these free packs