Long time Ableton user, first time posting here. I'm using Ableton Live 9 Standard, been meaning to upgrade to Suite for ages but haven't gotten around to it.
It was my understanding that the 'Sounds' menu in Ableton Live 9 only contained the stock sounds that were included with Ableton. However, just today, a few .adg files that I bought from Puremagnetik started showing in here. Not all of them, but just some. Is this normal? I didn't install them using an .alp file, so I'm a bit confused. Also, a lot of Operator presets started showing in my 'Sounds' menu. I'm on Live Standard, so I can't even open these patches... Also, there are some items in the sound menu that started showing up that I swear I have never seen before, but they seem to be in the 'Core Library'. Items like, 'Soft Horn Brass' and 'The Phatt Dance Stabber', I have never ever seen in my library until today...
I don't know if it's related, but these all started showing after installing a free pack from Ableton website, 'Partner Instruments Compilation'. Reading the Ableton Reference Manual, it says:
This seems to be true for only about 10% of the custom live racks and instruments I've downloaded from the internet. What is happening? I'm so confused!After adding a user folder, Live will scan it, which “teaches” the browser about its contents. Following this, it will appear in the Places section of the sidebar.