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Ableton Library samples not loading into M4L devices on set opening

davehouse — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:42:24 +0000

Hi all,

I’ve posted this on the Ableton forum as it’s probably more of a Live issue, but thought I’d seek help here, too.

Whenever I use files from the Ableton library in my Max For Live devices then save and exit the Live set, they aren’t recalled when I re-open – I get a ‘media files are missing’ message. Files from my own sound library are recalled, however.

I think it might be that the library is ‘read only’ – I’ve managed to change individual files so that they aren’t read only but whenever I apply that to folders, they revert.

Is there a way around this as it’s infuriating! I’ve taken to making screenshots of my sets so I remember what samples to load into which M4L devices!

Cheers,

Dave

Re: Ableton Library samples not loading into M4L devices on set opening

AudioLemon — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:10:55 +0000

Is this problem specific to only the samples from Live’s Libraries? Does the device remember the location of samples loaded from elsewhere on the computer i.e. samples not from Live’s Libraries?

Re: Ableton Library samples not loading into M4L devices on set opening

davehouse — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:47:20 +0000

Yes indeed, that’s exactly the problem

Re: Ableton Library samples not loading into M4L devices on set opening

broc — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:03:35 +0000

Try adding the Ableton library to the search paths of Max (Options>File Preferences).

Re: Ableton Library samples not loading into M4L devices on set opening

davehouse — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:59:06 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion, broc, but no luck unfortunately. Any other ideas would be gratefully received!