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This is proberly something of nowt.
When i try to drag a sound file across (Wav.) i get a "Failing to read `drumloop.wav`.Unreconized sound file type"
Now it`ll read the wav` file in the temp folder that comes with Ableton (this disco track) but i notice that it has a tick on the corner,which i presume is once the files been read in by ableton,But it won`t read any of my files in. Any thoughts ?

yesterday all was great

today i'm experiencing same situation as you describe and then some.
like; random aiff files will not read even from the finder window.

also today, when opening the live session i was working on last night, i get an error message saying that the live session was made with a newer version that doesn't recognize the other, even though i was using live 5.0.2 on a powerbook G4 1.5 running 10.4.4.

i just upgraded to 5.0.3 but the same situation persists.

i am stuck! this is a major problem that has to be addressed immediately!!!!!!!!

is this data loss recoverable

ableton, please help

Yea please help !!!! although today i`m gonna re-install the whole program and see if that cures it !!

ch@rlie wrote:This is proberly something of nowt.
When i try to drag a sound file across (Wav.) i get a "Failing to read `drumloop.wav`.Unreconized sound file type"
Now it`ll read the wav` file in the temp folder that comes with Ableton (this disco track) but i notice that it has a tick on the corner,which i presume is once the files been read in by ableton,But it won`t read any of my files in. Any thoughts ?

the tic is when live has analyzed the file and created the .asd file which i presume is for drawing the waveform + determining the files bpm...

what platform are u experiencing this on?
what sample rate / bit rate?

there has been a few posts about glitches with .wav format on mac, so maybe try converting them to .aiff.

also (if ur on mac), qt 7.04 was a dodgy update which for some users has caused loss of ability to open certain files and other glitches... there is a downgrader on apple.com/support but its for mac only, so pc are stuck with it!

i`m on a PC and i`ve been informed its cos i`m running ableton 4 and i`d run the demo of A 5,anything that was used in the 5 demo now won`t run on 4 unless i get rid of the little file that ticks the orignal wav... (did`nt realise running the 5 demo would do this !!! . i have another question about Ableton 4 and 5 but will post it in a new thread !!