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CHAPTER 5. MANAGING FILES AND SETS 45

A note on using Variable Bit Rate (VBR) les: Please install QuickTime for decoding purposes

if you do not already have it on your system. It can be downloaded from the Apple website

As Live plays the samples directly from disk, you can work with a large number of (large)

samples without running into RAM memory limitations.

Live can combine uncompressed mono or stereo samples of any length, sample rate or bit

depth without prior conversion. To play a compressed sample, Live decodes the sample and

writes the result to a temporary, uncompressed sample le. This usually happens quickly

enough that you will be able to play the sample right away, without waiting for the decoding

process to nish.

Note: When adding a long sample to a project, Live might tell you that it cannot play the

sample before it has been analyzed. Please see the section on analysis for an explanation.

5.2.1 The Decoding Cache

To save computational resources, Live keeps the decoded sample les of compressed

samples in the decoding cache, a sub-directory of the Audio Record Folder. Maintenance

of the cache is normally not required, as Live automatically deletes older les to make

room for those that are new. You can, however, impose limits on the cache size using the

File/Folder Preferences' Decoding Cache section. The cache will not grow larger than the

Maximum Cache Size setting, and it will always leave the Minimum Free Space on the hard

disk. Pressing the nearby Cleanup button will delete all les not being used by the current

Live Set.

Preferences for the

Decoding Cache.

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