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8.2.5 Saving Default Clip Settings with the Sample
The Save Default Clip Button.
The Save Default Clip button saves the current clip’s settings with the sample. With multiple clips
selected, this button will save them all simultaneously. Once saved, Live will restore the current
clip settings whenever you drop the sample into a Live Set. This is especially useful with regards
to the Warp Markers, which have to be set correctly for Live to play long files in sync. Note that
you can use the Save button without affecting any existing clips; Save just saves default settings
for future clips using this sample.
The clip data becomes part of the analysis file that accompanies the sample (page 42).
Note that storing default clip settings with the sample is different from saving the clip as a Live
Clip (page 50), which also saves devices and device settings.
8.2.6 High Quality Interpolation
The High Quality Switch.
If the High Quality switch is on, Live uses an advanced sample-rate conversion algorithm that
provides better sound quality at the expense of a higher CPU load. Samples processed with the
Hi-Q algorithm generate less distortion, particularly at high frequencies, when transposing a
sample and/or matching an imported sample’s sampling rate to the system’s sampling rate. With
this mode enabled, samples can be transposed roughly 19 semitones in either direction before
aliasing is likely to be audible.
Note: As of Live 7, the Hi-Q mode uses an algorithm that produces even smaller audible artifacts
than in previous versions. Although we think this has greatly improved sound quality, any Sets