Reference Manual
CHAPTER 23. LIVE INSTRUMENT REFERENCE 414
23.9.1 Installation
The orchestral libraries are installed separately from the main Live installation. To install,
drag the relevant Live Packs into the Live application window, either from your operating
system or from Live's Browser.
After you have installed the libraries of your choice, you will need to authorize them. Further
details can be found at the Ableton website
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23.9.2 Using the Orchestral Presets
After installation, the orchestral instruments are accessed through Live's Device Browser, in
exactly the same way as Live's other built-in instruments. You will nd them as categorized
presets within the Instrument Rack folder. These instruments are therefore loaded just like
any other device, by dragging a preset from the Browser into an empty MIDI track.
The presets are available in Full and Lite versions, allowing you to choose the right balance
of delity and polyphony for your needs. The Lite versions reduce CPU, RAM and disk
requirements by reducing the number of zones and sample layers used. Both the Full and
Lite presets use 24-bit multisamples. Additionally, you can Hot-Swap between different
quality levels of the same preset and any Macro edits you have already made will be
preserved after the swap.
There are also LE Packs available for each library which contain very efcient versions of the
instruments suitable for sketching out ideas. The LE instruments are all composed of 16-bit
sample les.
All of the orchestral presets are conveniently mapped to Macro Controls for greater expres-
sion.
Each instrument is available in Solo and Section presets which contain all available articula-
tions. Additionally, each instrument's articulation is available as a separate preset.
In the multi-articulation presets, the various articulations are separated into individual chains
in the Rack. You can switch between them in real time via the Articulation Macro control.
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http://www.ableton.com/authorize