Reference Manual

CHAPTER 23. LIVE INSTRUMENT REFERENCE 450
To get a sense of what's possible, it may help to study how the presets were made. You'll
soon realize that Tension can do far more than just strings.
23.14 The Essential Instrument Collection 2
The boxed version of Live 8 ships with the Essential Instrument Collection 2, a multi-gi-
gabyte library of meticulously sampled instruments created in cooperation with SONiVOX,
Chocolate Audio and Puremagnetik.
Note  The Essential Instrument Collection 2 is not included with downloadable purchases.
Download customers can choose, however, to have the Live 8 box including the Essential
Instrument 2 Collection shipped to them later for an additional fee
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23.14.1 Essential Instrument Collection 2 Installation
The Essential Instrument Collection 2 (EIC) is installed separately from the main Live installa-
tion. The various instruments on the EIC DVD are grouped into separate Live Packs that can
be installed as needed. To install Live Packs, drag them into the Live application window,
either from your operating system or from Live's Browser.
After you have installed the EIC Live Packs, you will need to authorize them. Further details
can be found at the Ableton website
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23.14.2 Accessing The EIC Instruments
After installation, the EIC 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. EIC instruments are therefore loaded just like any other
device, by dragging a preset from the Browser into an empty MIDI track.
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http://www.ableton.com/shop
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http://www.ableton.com/authorize