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CHAPTER 5. MANAGING FILES AND SETS 62
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.
A list of the currently installed Factory Live Packs is available from the Preferences' Library
tab. Here you can select Live Packs from the list and click the Uninstall button to remove
them. Multiple Live Packs can be selected and uninstalled at once.
By default, the Live 8 Library contains the following sub-folders:
 Ableton Project Info  contains les that Live uses to identify the Library and keep track
of what Live Packs have been installed. You should not use or modify this folder or its
contents.
 Clips  contains Live Clips, example Sets, construction kits (Session View-based song
ideas), loops and other related items. The actual contents of this folder will vary,
depending on what products and Live Packs you have installed. You can use this
material in your own musical productions, or to get hints about ways to use Live. The
construction kits, in particular, can be used in a variety of ways. Loading an entire
construction kit loads a new Live Set. You can also unfold the Set in the Browser and
import individual tracks or clips into a Set that's already in progress.
 Defaults  presets placed into the default device folders will load in place of Live's
generic device settings. Additionally, the Defaults folder contains several special
folders corresponding to user actions such as slicing and sample dropping. Presets
placed in these folders dene what Live will do when you perform the action.
 Grooves  all of Live's factory groove les.
 Lessons  all of Live's built-in lessons, as well as any additional images and Live Sets
that the lessons refer to. You should not change anything in this sub-folder.
 Presets  contains all of the factory presets for Live's devices.
 Samples  contains all of the samples that are used by Live's presets.
 Templates  contains a collection of template Sets with pre-congured tracks and
routing congurations for a variety of common recording scenarios.
After you've been using Live for a while, you'll probably nd that there are additional
folders in your Library. This is normal. Installing Live Packs, recording your own samples, or
performing other common procedures will change the folder structure over time.