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Backing Up older Ableton Files
Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 11:08 am
by dan le sac
Alright People,
Just wanted to ask how everyone backs up their songs? More to the point how do you all future proof your Ableton files so that if want to come back to a song in 5 years time but no longer have all you pluggins, how do you all keep those files editable/mixable?
cheers
d
Re: Backing Up older Ableton Files
Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 11:15 am
by smog g
i backup my whole hdd with acronis true image
Re: Backing Up older Ableton Files
Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 12:48 pm
by longjohns
dan le sac wrote: come back to a song in 5 years time but no longer have all you pluggins, how do you all keep those files editable/mixable?
sounds like you'd need to freeze the tracks
or not lose the plugins

Re: Backing Up older Ableton Files
Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 1:32 pm
by 8O
Hi,
I save two versions of my older tracks. One normal, another with each track frozen, so that I'll always have the audio to play with if nothing else... That's worked fine for me from Live6 to Live8, but I don't use that many plugins...
Re: Backing Up older Ableton Files
Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 2:04 pm
by dan le sac
or not lose the plugins
I wish i could but i've already lost alot of pluggins moving from OS9 to a Powerbook then to my MBP!