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CHAPTER 5. MANAGING FILES AND SETS 43

Move les and folders by dragging and dropping, or by copying/cutting and pasting.

Copying, cutting and pasting can be done with either Edit menu commands or key-

board shortcuts. A le can be moved from one File Browser to another by dragging it

over the target Browser's button.

Rename les and folders using the Edit menu's Rename command or the

Ctrl

(PC) /

(Mac) shortcut. Cancel renaming with the

Esc

key.

Create folders by opening the context menu with (PC) /

Ctrl

(Mac), and then

selecting the Create Folder command.

Delete les and folders using the Edit menu's Delete command or your computer's

Delete

key. Deleting items within Live moves them to the system trash; if

necessary, you can recover items from the system trash via your computer's operating

system.

Note that, while you can rename or delete entire MIDI les via the Browser, this is not

possible with the individual MIDI tracks contained within them. This is also the case with the

individual components of Live Sets.

5.1.7 Hot-Swap Mode

In addition to the drag-and-drop method of loading les from the Browser, Live offers a

Hot-Swap Mode to save you mouse travel. Hot-Swap Mode establishes a temporary link

between the Browser and, for example, a virtual instrument. While in Hot-Swap Mode,

you can step through samples or presets to audition them in place, that is, within the

instrument. Hot-swapping for presets is covered in the Live Device Presets section. Let's go

through an example of hot-swapping samples:

Live's built-in Impulse instrument features eight sample-player slots that can be lled by

dropping samples into them. Alternatively, we can click the Hot-Swap button that appears

as we move the mouse over a slot.

The Hot-Swap Button in

an Impulse Slot.