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CHAPTER 23. LIVE INSTRUMENT REFERENCE 410
captures an instrument at multiple points within its critical sonic range. This typically means
capturing the instrument at different pitches as well as different levels of emphasis (played
softly, moderately, loudly, etc.). The resulting multisample is a collection of all the individually
recorded sample les.
Sampler is designed to let you approach multisampling on whatever level you like: You can
load and play multisample presets, like those from Ableton's Essential Instrument Collection,
import multisamples from third-party vendors, or create your own multisamples from scratch.
Importing Third-Party Multisamples
To import a third-party multisample, navigate to the le in Live's File Browser and double-
click to import it into the Live Library. (Note that AKAI-formatted CD-ROMs require one
step before this can be done  please see the next section.)
Importing will create new Sampler presets, which you can nd in the Device Browser under
Sampler/Imported. Live automatically brings up the Device Browser to show the new
presets, ready to drag in, sort, rename or delete.
Note that some multisample les will be converted to Instrument Rack presets that contain
several Sampler instances used to emulate the original more accurately.
For all multisample formats except Apple EXS24/GarageBand and Kontakt, Live will import
the actual audio data into the Library, where they will appear as new samples (found under
Samples/Imported). This means the new Sampler presets will work regardless of whether
the original multisample le is still around.
To import Apple EXS24/GarageBand and Kontakt multisamples, Live will create new Sampler
presets that reference the original WAV or AIF les. This means that removing the original
WAV or AIF les will render the new Sampler presets useless. Live's File Manager offers the
option to collect and save these external samples into the Library.
Mounting AKAI Multisample CDs
To import multisamples from AKAI-formatted CD-ROMs, you rst have to mount the CD-
ROM so that Live can see its contents. This is only necessary because the legacy AKAI
CD format cannot be processed by the operating system like standard CD-ROM formats,