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So the place I'm recording has ableton live 8 and I am recording through an m-audio NRV-10. The problem I keep running into is sometimes it will record fine, with no problems at all, and then, all of a sudden, it will lose the ability to record. It will say "The file"0001 2-audio-10.wav" could not be opened." I have no idea why it does this out of no where. We have tried updating the software, the computer has recently been upgraded with more ram, there is plenty of hard drive space. Also sometimes when this happens the whole program will crash. Anyone ever experience this? It is making it extremely nerve racking to record anything in ableton!

and once it starts acting funny it wont even let me arm the track without giving me that response.....help!

I guess no one has run into this problem before then? Damn.

Clean up your projects.

The filename Live wants to write has most probably already been used in another Live Set in the same project folder ([project]/Samples/Recorded) or your temporary folder, if your set hasn't been saved yet.

Try renaming the audio-track, live will then patch together a different filename for your recorded clip.

Thanks for the reply! I'll try that!

hi all!

i know I am responding to an old threat, but i have the exact same problem, an i tried the above and even a reinstall!
the problem is still there!I searched everywhere on the net and in this forum but this threat is the only one that adresses this issue!
I really dont know what to do and it it totally killing my creativity, i am stuck woth NO workflow.
any help Much appreciated


kind regards,
Ivo

any takers?
my kingdom for a solution!

i guess another i will reinatall ableton and my soundiunterface drivers again. but since i allrerady did a live reinstall i have low hopes.

I'd recommend scanning the disk for errors. If it's an external drive check all the connections and make sure the device drivers are up to date. If it's a laptop make sure you have all the power saving options disabled. Check for any settings that might cause the drive to power down.

I get a similar problem when I try to use my lacie external drive on the eSata interface. After a random time the drive just disconnects and then ableton fails with similar message. When I connect it via firewire or usb it's fine.

thank you Crumhorn for your reaction.
I think my system is kinda old but well maintained, but i will look into it just in case.