User Guide

CHAPTER 22. LIVE INSTRUMENT REFERENCE 356
22.7 Orchestral Strings, Brass, Woodwinds and Percussion
Orchestral Strings, Brass, Woodwinds and Percussion are high-quality orchestral sample
libraries created in collaboration with SONiVOX. These multi-gigabyte collections are care-
fully multisampled at a variety of velocities and with a number of articulations.
These products are not included with the standard version of Live, but are special features
available for purchase separately.
22.7.1 Installation
The orchestral libraries are installed separately from the main Live installation. To install,
drag the relevant Live Packs into the Live application window, either from your operating
system or from Live's Browser.
After you have installed the libraries of your choice, you will need to unlock them using
your unlock code. To do this, open Live's Preferences with the keyboard shortcut
Ctrl
,
(PC) /
,
(Mac), and then select the Products tab, where you'll nd the libraries listed
amongst any other Ableton products that you own. Further details can be found in the
Unlocking Live chapter.
22.7.2 Using the Orchestral Presets
After installation, the orchestral instruments are accessed through Live's Device Browser, in
exactly the same way as Live's other built-in instruments. You will nd them as categorized
presets within the Instrument Rack folder. These instruments are therefore loaded just like
any other device, by dragging a preset from the Browser into an empty MIDI track.
The presets are available in Full and Lite versions, allowing you to choose the right balance
of delity and polyphony for your needs. The Lite versions reduce CPU, RAM and disk
requirements by reducing the number of zones and sample layers used. Both the Full and
Lite presets use 24-bit multisamples. Additionally, you can Hot-Swap between different
quality levels of the same preset and any Macro edits you have already made will be
preserved after the swap.