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CHAPTER 5. MANAGING FILES AND SETS
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instance, drop a bassline Live Clip on an existing track that drives a bass instrument, rather
than creating a new track.
Clips belonging to any Live Sets already on disk are also Live Clips. Please see the section
on merging Sets for more on this topic.
Note that storing default clip settings with a sample's analysis le is different from saving a
Live Clip. The default clip in the .asd le annotates the sample with sensible default values
(warp, gain and pitch settings) so that it will play in a de ned way when it is added to a Set.
Live Clips, on the other hand, are stored on disk as separate musical ideas. For example, you
could create a number of variations from the same audio clip by using different warp, pitch,
envelope and effect settings, and store them all as separate Live Clips. In the Browser, you
could then independently sort and preview these clips, even though they are all referring to
the same source sample.
5.5
Live Sets
The type of document that you create and work on in Live is called a Live Set. Think of
this as a single song. Sets must be saved inside projects, so that Live can keep track of
and manage all of the various components of the Live Set: Live Clips, device presets, any
samples used, etc.
5.5.1
Creating, Opening and Saving Sets
Use the File menu's New Live Set command to create new Live Sets, and the Open or Open
Recent command to open existing ones. In the File Browser, you can double-click or press
Return on a Live Set to open it.
The File menu's Save command saves the current Live Set exactly as it is, including all clips
and settings.
You can also use the Save As command to save the current Live Set under a different name
and/or in a different directory location, or the Save a Copy command to create a copy of
the current Live Set with a new name and/or new directory location.