Additional tip: If you've got a shit ton of VST plugins, you can make an Ableton preset and save them in a folder where you put them in different categories like EQ/Compressor/Saturation etc. It takes a bit of time but helps immensely when trying to find the right plugin for your task. I prefer it this way, because it frees up the collection folders, so I can put different stuff there like my favorite samples, max devices etc.
Thank you for all the tips LNA! I did not realize that the headphone logo on the master channel was used for sample preview volume. I was using it before to set the metronome volume level. That saves me the frustration of messing around with my monitor's level while listening to samples.😅
3:40 I watched this a year ago and I remember this was a god send. I could never figure out before why the samples always seemed to be playing at random volumes not know I was adjusting it with that knob. Thank you LNA!
Another great, simple trick: copying & pasting emojis works in the titles within the Browser. Colored emojis like a red pushpin, red heart, or yellow star are great for accenting stuff you need to quickly pick out in the list!
Hi Liina,. Thanks so much for the great advice. I live in an area prone to fires and have learned the hard way to also back up everything I have to cloud. It doesn't matter which one, box, Dropbox, Azure, Amazon, etc. We all need a disaster plan.
I really appreciate your videos. I hoped you would cover file management for VSTi' in this one, since Ableton's unique weakness is that it only allows 1 path for VST2 (it can be user-defined) and 1 "system" plus 1 "custom" path for VST3 instruments. And if you don't move your VSTs into those folders and keep them specific and lean, rescanning will take forever and/or Ableton Live is prone to some very spectacular crashes. The problem is perpetuated by virtual instrument makers whose install routines often place the VST dlls wherever they want, without asking user during install. I see a few people saying the answer is just to make a custom folder for VST2 and one for VST3 and put shortcuts in them for VSTs that are installed all over your hard drive. More recently, people are saying that doesn't work anymore. And Ableton says it doesn't support VST2 anymore - so are we all supposed to quit using them? Do you just not use VST instruments? How do you do it? Thanks!
This video is pure gold just off the tip for preview volume location. Too many years manually turning the volume up and down as I preview every instrument lolol A tip of the hat to you my friend.
I discovered you by chance and it is a pleasure to listen to you and learn from your videos. I would like to ask you for super help. Example (already happened)... I format the PC, I reinstall Ableton Live with all plug-ins (same previous version) but, ONLY vst\instruments like; Serum, Kontakt, Diva, Omnisphere etc etc don't load the preset I used in the project. In addition to the "Collect all and save" function, how can I reload the instrument with the right preset? It would be great if you could help me with this. Thank you!!!! By the way... Subscribed
I'm glad I found this video. I have been following your videos for a while, big thanks to you I been pushing myself to do more music since I upgraded to suite.
WAIT wait wait what is plug in data..... Are you talking about ableton stock data or external vst plugin data... And if so does that mean your installing to external how do you move these files if there install has a specific folder destination with out the result in lost file locations please helppppppp me
Can I move. Ableton itself, Kontakt libraries and other resources all on the same external drive? My computer is slowing down and takes ages to load the programme and open sets . Hard drive is 66% full.
Very good video! Valuable tips. I only miss one thing. It drives me crazy that plugins are organized in folders with subfolders. So when I spend my hard-earned ;-) money on plugin Happy! I may find it burried in a subfolder in the folder Darkpluginmanufacturers in my plugins folder. Not rarely to forget about this plugin forever. In the VST3's it's worse than in the older VST(2)s. Recently I came to believe this is part of the design of VST3. So I don't know who is responsible for this, but I'd like just to see a list of my plugins, that at the most I might want to organize in folders like +pianos, +effects etc. However, the burrying then only gets deeper. Some folder names are not that problematic (like Arturia, MeldaProductions (please make it Melba)), but for manufacturers that I have only one plugin of, and that are not so well-known, I end up forgetting. Since I upgraded Ableton I even use Ableton less due to this disappearing of my plugins. And I don't like having to open two consecutive folders to dig up my Happy! I want to see a list of my plugins on my screen (or in my folder pianos, effects), where I can pick one, a list of plugins, not a list of manufacturers. Compare it with the spices in your kitchen. You want them in sight, to be able to cook creatively. Not get them one by one from a closed box, in a cupboard behind a closed door. Do you have a smart solution?
Hey Frits, I recently stumbled upon a video that might be the solution that you’re looking for! I have roughly 5 external plug-ins thus far so I merely bookmarked it and checked the first few minutes. Though title is rather clear: »How To Organize VST2 and VST3 Plugins in Ableton Live« (I don’t include the link to lower the risk of getting marked as spam). Hope it helps!
@@clapostrophy I use this for plugins that by their installer are automatically put in other folders than my default (which some installer change in your registry) or specified one. I then use a shortcut for that folder. I hadn't considered doing that for the dlls themselves. It would be rather a lot, several dozens at least. But thanks for the tip!
Why is my project saving every sample I have into an imported folder in newly saved projects? Please help it’s been very frustrating and I’m trying to resolve it but don’t want to make the mistake of deleting all my samples
Hi LNA, thanks a lot , i'm a push new learner , your videos are very helpful to me, few days a go, ive got a new problem witch is the notes goes up to the right side instead of go up by 4 pads in the user mode , is there any way to set up this layout , thanks a lot .
Hey Question.. So let's say if I would want to create a folder for the samples I use the most. I have a big sample pack folder on my external hard drive, I would like to narrow it down to the ones I use the most , how do you do that on Ableton?
Hi! LNA! I was looking for this. I have a related question. I always find a way to complicate easy stuff. Let's say I just downloaded a sample pack from space, it has 10 billion samples and I want to put it on my external drive so it doesn't bust my iMac but I want to access the the pack in Ableton so I can preview sounds for the rest of my life. What's the trick? Also, so I can consolidate my questions, I have made a mess of my places and user library as it is. I have read as long as I "collect and save my projects" I can organize the junk and even delete stuff. Is there any truth to this rumor or will I just send Ableton on a wild goose chase looking for samples every time I open up an old project?
Thanks LNA! I get it. Move stuff into external drive and make a folder in Live that accesses it at your fingertips even though it really lives on the external. Excellent! Time to get organized and clean shop. Thanks!
It’s important for people to understand that an external hard drive is NOT a backup unless it duplicates data elsewhere. Data on computer + data on external = backed up No data on computer + data on external = not backed up There are further iterations of this - offsite/DR backups and cloud as”external” but the general rule above always applies. If the external drive dies - as they often do - and there is no duplication, it’s gone.
If you store all your samples to an external harddrive, when you load ableton it will go off as part of its start up and scan for all this info in different locations. This can be a pain in the arse if you are using an older machine. I have a couple of hundred GB of samples which ableton now wants to index via usb2... Takes about 2hrs.
Guys, don't ever buy midi clips, what is even the point of that? Watch tutorials and try ro recreate the midi notes. But mostly, try to understand the why those notes and why those places, so you can come up with your own. At the end of the day trial and error will be the best teacher. Taking shortcuts won't help you in the long run. Also, ableton already has build in tools to help you create midi clips that sound good, like chord and arpegiator.
@@LNADoesAudioStuff wanted to ask by any chance is there any chance you can show us that way to save more space on on our computer 💻 on the Vst library to external hard drive like say for instants or example how some Vst plugins have a different location and have them moved to hard drive ssd well I’m actually mentioning this cause I heard in your video mentioning to better have performance is having best is making free space the best you can to have your computer running better or smoother and that’s where I kinda struggle like Arturia or spitfire or native Instruments or plug-in alliance or waves or Spectrasonics gives you that feature that makes it easier to save space on your computer 💻 well only had to ask because I haven’t seen no type of videos what I’m kinda asking for abelton users also excuse me tho I’m not a computer genius and the way you broke down thee information in your content seems that you know what I’m talking about lol well I hope if you get a chance or sometime on a free time of your schedule that you can help with this breakdown…🙏🏽🔈🔉🔊🎹🎵🎶🤷🏽♂️🌌🌌🌌🌠🌠🌠🛸🛸🛸🔥🔥🔥🙏🏽
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Additional tip: If you've got a shit ton of VST plugins, you can make an Ableton preset and save them in a folder where you put them in different categories like EQ/Compressor/Saturation etc.
It takes a bit of time but helps immensely when trying to find the right plugin for your task.
I prefer it this way, because it frees up the collection folders, so I can put different stuff there like my favorite samples, max devices etc.
Yes nice!
Thanks for this tip!
Great tip on right clicking to reveal a new column in the browser. Didn’t know I wanted this…for the last 20 years.
Thank you for all the tips LNA! I did not realize that the headphone logo on the master channel was used for sample preview volume. I was using it before to set the metronome volume level. That saves me the frustration of messing around with my monitor's level while listening to samples.😅
Happy to help! :)
3:40 I watched this a year ago and I remember this was a god send. I could never figure out before why the samples always seemed to be playing at random volumes not know I was adjusting it with that knob. Thank you LNA!
Glad to help! :)
Another great, simple trick: copying & pasting emojis works in the titles within the Browser. Colored emojis like a red pushpin, red heart, or yellow star are great for accenting stuff you need to quickly pick out in the list!
Makes me wanna switch to Ableton from Studio One.💗
Thanks, very helpful. So easy to forget where I put some sound, rack, or whatever.
after years of using cubase i also added ableton 11 suite so im loving your videos,very helpful
Great to hear!
Hi Liina,. Thanks so much for the great advice. I live in an area prone to fires and have learned the hard way to also back up everything I have to cloud. It doesn't matter which one, box, Dropbox, Azure, Amazon, etc. We all need a disaster plan.
I really appreciate your videos. I hoped you would cover file management for VSTi' in this one, since Ableton's unique weakness is that it only allows 1 path for VST2 (it can be user-defined) and 1 "system" plus 1 "custom" path for VST3 instruments. And if you don't move your VSTs into those folders and keep them specific and lean, rescanning will take forever and/or Ableton Live is prone to some very spectacular crashes. The problem is perpetuated by virtual instrument makers whose install routines often place the VST dlls wherever they want, without asking user during install. I see a few people saying the answer is just to make a custom folder for VST2 and one for VST3 and put shortcuts in them for VSTs that are installed all over your hard drive. More recently, people are saying that doesn't work anymore. And Ableton says it doesn't support VST2 anymore - so are we all supposed to quit using them? Do you just not use VST instruments? How do you do it? Thanks!
Thank you Lana. Its always fun to spend time with you and learn something useful. Thank you one more time for helping me out nearly everyday!
So happy to help and glad you enjoy it here! 🙌☺️
This video is pure gold just off the tip for preview volume location. Too many years manually turning the volume up and down as I preview every instrument lolol A tip of the hat to you my friend.
I discovered you by chance and it is a pleasure to listen to you and learn from your videos. I would like to ask you for super help. Example (already happened)... I format the PC, I reinstall Ableton Live with all plug-ins (same previous version) but, ONLY vst\instruments like; Serum, Kontakt, Diva, Omnisphere etc etc don't load the preset I used in the project. In addition to the "Collect all and save" function, how can I reload the instrument with the right preset? It would be great if you could help me with this. Thank you!!!! By the way... Subscribed
I'm glad I found this video. I have been following your videos for a while, big thanks to you I been pushing myself to do more music since I upgraded to suite.
Great to hear! Keep at it!
Its also the level control volume knob for your solo track and solo sidechain
just found your channel ! thanks for sharing :)
yay welcome to the channel!
It should be said that linking anything to your project from an external drive will use more cpu to run them, especially for Kontakt libraries.
Hey LNA, it's really fun to watch your videos. Very entertaining and helpful. Thanks a lot. Please keep doing that.
Glad you like them :)
thank you
This video's comes at the most perfect timing for me! Thank you once again!!!
Yay awesome to hear Lea!
Hi thank you!!! What do you use to record your screen? It looks very high def compared to when I do it 😇
I use ScreenFlick :)
Brilliant thanks.😀
You’re welcome 😊
I love it here. Thank youuuuuu
So glad!
Stumbled across this via another video, you have some *_awesome_* tips... a few I've been doing, the others I plan on implementing. *Good stuff* ✊✊✊
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the useful tips! They came just in time for my Computer Cleanup Day, which I already have in my calendar in a couple of weeks.
Perfect!
WAIT wait wait what is plug in data..... Are you talking about ableton stock data or external vst plugin data... And if so does that mean your installing to external how do you move these files if there install has a specific folder destination with out the result in lost file locations please helppppppp me
Can I move. Ableton itself, Kontakt libraries and other resources all on the same external drive? My computer is slowing down and takes ages to load the programme and open sets . Hard drive is 66% full.
Learned a bunch of new helpful things, thank you!!
Glad it was helpful!
Great tips, pretty useful.
Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
This was a life saver for me! 🖤🙏 Now i can arrange my vsts in install order. 😬
Perfect! 🤩
So much useful information! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Much needed topic and wow I love your adorable top.
Does keeping your factory packs on external reduce cpu load?
So many great tips! Thanks
whoa, the rank thing is sooo good! Thanks a lot!
Glad you like it!
Thanks LNA have learnt something
Very good video! Valuable tips. I only miss one thing. It drives me crazy that plugins are organized in folders with subfolders. So when I spend my hard-earned ;-) money on plugin Happy! I may find it burried in a subfolder in the folder Darkpluginmanufacturers in my plugins folder. Not rarely to forget about this plugin forever. In the VST3's it's worse than in the older VST(2)s. Recently I came to believe this is part of the design of VST3. So I don't know who is responsible for this, but I'd like just to see a list of my plugins, that at the most I might want to organize in folders like +pianos, +effects etc. However, the burrying then only gets deeper. Some folder names are not that problematic (like Arturia, MeldaProductions (please make it Melba)), but for manufacturers that I have only one plugin of, and that are not so well-known, I end up forgetting. Since I upgraded Ableton I even use Ableton less due to this disappearing of my plugins. And I don't like having to open two consecutive folders to dig up my Happy! I want to see a list of my plugins on my screen (or in my folder pianos, effects), where I can pick one, a list of plugins, not a list of manufacturers. Compare it with the spices in your kitchen. You want them in sight, to be able to cook creatively. Not get them one by one from a closed box, in a cupboard behind a closed door. Do you have a smart solution?
Hey Frits, I recently stumbled upon a video that might be the solution that you’re looking for! I have roughly 5 external plug-ins thus far so I merely bookmarked it and checked the first few minutes. Though title is rather clear: »How To Organize VST2 and VST3 Plugins in Ableton Live« (I don’t include the link to lower the risk of getting marked as spam). Hope it helps!
I guess no one here uses Logic Pro…sorry wrong video.
@@Anvillgroup I guess the title of the video tells it all ;-)
only problem with max devices is that if you copy them in a different folder ableton will them double the device into the max folder! nonsense!
@@clapostrophy I use this for plugins that by their installer are automatically put in other folders than my default (which some installer change in your registry) or specified one. I then use a shortcut for that folder. I hadn't considered doing that for the dlls themselves. It would be rather a lot, several dozens at least. But thanks for the tip!
Why is my project saving every sample I have into an imported folder in newly saved projects? Please help it’s been very frustrating and I’m trying to resolve it but don’t want to make the mistake of deleting all my samples
Thx
I sorta want to break up my sample packs into folders based on kicks snares, hats ect but that would take forever and would be so destructive lol
External hardrive won't cause latency?
So helpful - love your tutorials, thank you! Just wondering.. do you save your Ableton User Library on your external hard drive? Or on your mac?
I personally have it in my mac, but keeping there minimum data :)
You are a genius. How did you get the harmony in subscribe to my channel. Could you do it with a regular keyboard controller.
Thanks! It was done just by looping audio clips in session view. I used Push 2 to trigger them :)
@@LNADoesAudioStuff hahaha... thats brillint! You've just given me the solution to on stage harmonies!
Thank you so much!
Hi LNA, thanks a lot , i'm a push new learner , your videos are very helpful to me, few days a go, ive got a new problem witch is the notes goes up to the right side instead of go up by 4 pads in the user mode , is there any way to set up this layout , thanks a lot .
ungroup (thank you), rank (so awesome)
🙌☺️
This was so useful. Thanks lna..
Yay glad to hear!
You definitely give us helpful tips and thank you 😊 🙏 ☺️ LNA.
Happy to help!
@@LNADoesAudioStuff 😊
Hey Question.. So let's say if I would want to create a folder for the samples I use the most. I have a big sample pack folder on my external hard drive, I would like to narrow it down to the ones I use the most , how do you do that on Ableton?
8:22 hella caught me off guard
Bloody brilliant 👍🙏❤️x😉
Thanks and Glad you think so!
Hi! LNA! I was looking for this. I have a related question. I always find a way to complicate easy stuff. Let's say I just downloaded a sample pack from space, it has 10 billion samples and I want to put it on my external drive so it doesn't bust my iMac but I want to access the the pack in Ableton so I can preview sounds for the rest of my life. What's the trick?
Also, so I can consolidate my questions, I have made a mess of my places and user library as it is. I have read as long as I "collect and save my projects" I can organize the junk and even delete stuff. Is there any truth to this rumor or will I just send Ableton on a wild goose chase looking for samples every time I open up an old project?
You can add the folder from your hardrive on Live in the browser under the "places" section by selecting "add a folder" :)
Thanks LNA! I get it. Move stuff into external drive and make a folder in Live that accesses it at your fingertips even though it really lives on the external. Excellent! Time to get organized and clean shop. Thanks!
Big thanks 🙏
My pleasuire ☺️🙌
Cool intro!
Thank you
You're welcome 😇
It’s important for people to understand that an external hard drive is NOT a backup unless it duplicates data elsewhere.
Data on computer + data on external = backed up
No data on computer + data on external = not backed up
There are further iterations of this - offsite/DR backups and cloud as”external” but the general rule above always applies. If the external drive dies - as they often do - and there is no duplication, it’s gone.
In Ableton Live, why are effect plugins and Instrument plugins mixed together, can't they be separated? Coz it makes it hard searching plugins.
you can separate them to your categories in Live 11 :)
@@LNADoesAudioStuff Please, do you have a video on that?
@@EdmundLabito I show it in this one :)
@@LNADoesAudioStuff Oh Ok! That was helpful. Thank you.
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I had no idea you could ungroup the effects! That extra click to expand the folders always annoyed me
If you store all your samples to an external harddrive, when you load ableton it will go off as part of its start up and scan for all this info in different locations. This can be a pain in the arse if you are using an older machine. I have a couple of hundred GB of samples which ableton now wants to index via usb2... Takes about 2hrs.
that's terrible, get usb3 my g
I discover one secret the other day, open two or more folders at the same time with control.
WONT LOAD ANY OF MY VSTS NOW ?????????????????
Fin-timidating ;-)
😂 🇫🇮
indimitating ^_^ youre cute
I'm lost ...
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lol :D
Can I speak to you
Guys, don't ever buy midi clips, what is even the point of that? Watch tutorials and try ro recreate the midi notes.
But mostly, try to understand the why those notes and why those places, so you can come up with your own.
At the end of the day trial and error will be the best teacher. Taking shortcuts won't help you in the long run.
Also, ableton already has build in tools to help you create midi clips that sound good, like chord and arpegiator.
STOP INDIMITATING ME
Damn this was supergreatful a lot of great info Super helpful shortcuts I really needed this I appreciate this 🙏🏽 🔥🔥🔥🗞🗞🗞
awesome!
@@LNADoesAudioStuff wanted to ask by any chance is there any chance you can show us that way to save more space on on our computer 💻 on the Vst library to external hard drive like say for instants or example how some Vst plugins have a different location and have them moved to hard drive ssd well I’m actually mentioning this cause I heard in your video mentioning to better have performance is having best is making free space the best you can to have your computer running better or smoother and that’s where I kinda struggle like Arturia or spitfire or native Instruments or plug-in alliance or waves or Spectrasonics gives you that feature that makes it easier to save space on your computer 💻 well only had to ask because I haven’t seen no type of videos what I’m kinda asking for abelton users also excuse me tho I’m not a computer genius and the way you broke down thee information in your content seems that you know what I’m talking about lol well I hope if you get a chance or sometime on a free time of your schedule that you can help with this breakdown…🙏🏽🔈🔉🔊🎹🎵🎶🤷🏽♂️🌌🌌🌌🌠🌠🌠🛸🛸🛸🔥🔥🔥🙏🏽
Thank you! 🙏🏼
You're so welcome!