Missing Presets and files

Wayne from White Salmon · Post by **Wayne from White Salmon** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:34 pm

I don't know what I've done but somehow I can no longer locate any presets or wave files.

When I load an impulse instrument, for example, the midi track shows the impulse instrument, but when I try to select a preset, there are no files under presets in the browser.

I did set the library preference is pointed to the location of my library, but still no files.

I tried to uninstall LIVE and reinstall it to reload the files, thinking maybe a new install would find the files or reload them. No workie.

I'm dead in the water. What am I doing?

Probably something simple I'm overlooking.

Can anyone toss me a clue here?

WFWS

Wayne from White Salmon · Post by **Wayne from White Salmon** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:53 pm

I don't know how I did it, but I somehow deleted the preset files in a clean up frenzy. I reloaded LIVE 6.05, the update, and it installed a new library.

All is well, I'm a maroon for not figuring this out.

Thanks anyway, carry on.

W

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 11:40 pm

You can choose a different location for your Library anytime in the prefs. By default Live loads up and asks you to choose a Library right after installing.

Note, you should do a backup of your Library if you add a lot of your own presets, or if you import a lot of samples. This is just an insurance policy in case future versions of Live dick with your Library.

Of course, I couldn't do an easy backup, as I had gigs of extra samples in there, so I took out my 3rd party samples, and now I just use the library for presets and saved clips. But I always do a backup every few weeks.

From one maroon to another...good luck

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 11:49 pm

There are a few different file types in there, .alc, .wav.asd, .als, .asd, .alp...

How do these file types work together to make stuff appear in Live? What determines where things appear?

-Maroon3

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 11:54 pm

Now that's an in-depth question that has a LONG answer. Suffice it to say that ASD files can be preset file as well as pointers for sampler/simpler/impulse to samples in other locations. It's an intricate system...

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 11:55 pm

Isn't maroon 3 a band?

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 12:16 am

We're still 2 maroons short of a band.

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 12:20 am

Tone Deft wrote:We're still 2 maroons short of a band.

I think Adonis counts as 2 maroons.

Missing Presets and files

Missing Presets and files

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