Problem: Duplicate/Multiple Samples

[Jbletone99]

Recently I've been noticing multiple copies of audio files that I am using from both my custom sample Library and Default ableton one.

Would anyone be able to help me with this issue? The files are normally followed by a series of 1's, of which I presume is the amount of duplicates it is making. Can someone explain why or how this is happening? It becomes annoying having 3 copies of the same sample and also takes up space when you've got as many as I have!

For example, the sample would be named Snare.wav, and then there is another one called Snare 1.wav, and then another one called Snare 1-1.wav

Hopefully I've made myself clear, would love to know how to clean this up and stop it happening!

Any help appreciated, thank you!

[amhwa]

Have you found any more information about this?

[pottering]

Live doesn't really duplicate files, unless the user explicitly told it to.

[FIZZYDISCO]

This is a real problem for me. I'm getting multiple projects with many duplicates of samples with a "-1" or in some cases "-1-1" at the end. Anyone know the reason for this, or how to avoid it?

[cids]

I'm assuming you're using a Mac? Because these copies are created by Finder if during a copy action someone chooses not to overwrite but to have multiple copies of a already existing file

[FIZZYDISCO]

No PC. Windows has a similar option but I always skip when asked to add the same files when I combine folders.