User Guide

CHAPTER 5. MANAGING FILES AND SETS 73
Live employs lossless compression techniques to minimize the le size of Live Packs. De-
pending on the audio materials in a Project, this saves up to 50 percent in le size.
To unpack a Live Pack (i.e., to restore the original Live Project), double-click the Live Pack
le (.alp), drag it into the Live main window, or locate it via the File menu's Install Live Pack
command. Live will then request that you choose a location for the new Project. Note:
Factory Live Packs (those provided by Ableton) will automatically be installed in the Live
Library.
5.13 File Management FAQs
5.13.1 How Do I Create a Project?
A Project is automatically created whenever you save a Live Set, except when you save it into
the Library or a preexisting Project. You can also manually create a Project by clicking
(PC) /
Ctrl
(Mac) in the Browser and selecting Create Project from the context menu.
5.13.2 How Can I Save Presets Into My Current Project?
As long as you're working in a Project (meaning that you've saved your current Live Set),
every device in the Device Browser will show a Current Project sub-folder. You can copy
presets from other Browser locations to the current project by
Ctrl
(PC) /
Alt
(Mac)-
dragging them. You can also save presets directly to the current project by dragging from
the device's title bar and dropping into the Current Project. You can then use the File
Management tools, collect any referenced samples, etc.
5.13.3 Can I Work On Multiple Versions of a Set?
If you'd like to work on different versions of the same Live Set, save them into the same
Project. This will usually be the Project that was created when you saved the rst version
of the Live Set. If a Project contains multiple Live Sets it will only collect one copy of any
samples used by the various versions, which can save disk space and help with organization.