Learn Live: Preferences

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The Preferences window in Live allows for customization of various settings such as interface, audio, MIDI, file locations, plugins, recording, and licensing. Users can adjust themes, colors, audio devices, sample rates, latency, CPU load simulation, control surfaces, VST plugins, clip behaviors, and authorization methods to tailor Live to their individual needs.

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The Preferences window in Live offers tabs for customization of various settings and options.

03:43

The tabs include Look/Feel, Audio, Link Tempo MIDI, File/Folder, Library, Plugins, Record-Warp-Launch, and Licenses Maintenance.

Users can adjust Live's interface, audio configurations, MIDI preferences, file locations, plugin settings, recording parameters, and licensing through these tabs.

Customization options include themes, colors, audio devices, sample rates, latency, CPU load simulation, control surfaces, VST plugins, recording settings, clip behaviors, and authorization methods.

The Preferences window provides a comprehensive range of tools for tailoring Live to individual needs.

00:00Let's take a look at Live's Preferences window.

00:03This is a section with many tabs to adjust the way that Live looks and behaves.

00:09To do this, simply go to the dropdown Live menu and select Preferences.

00:14Alternatively, you can use the shortcut Command Comma on a Mac or Ctrl Comma on Windows.

00:22The Preferences window is divided into tab sections.

00:28Look/Feel; Audio; Link Tempo MIDI,

00:34File/Folder; Library; Plugins;

00:40Record-Warp-Launch, and Licenses Maintenance.

00:45Look/Feel allows you to set up Live's language using the chooser.

00:52The Zoom Display slider allows you to zoom Live's screen from 50% up to 200%.

01:00The next section allows you to set track and clip colors when using Live.

01:06In the section directly below labeled Customization, you can select themes which change the overall appearance of Live.

01:15You can also change the Brightness, Color Intensity, Color Hue and Gridline Intensity of Live's user interface.

01:25The Audio tab is split into four sections:

01:29Audio Device, which covers drivers, and the Audio Interface selection

01:33as well as Input and Output configuration.

01:37Under Sample Rate you can set the overall sample rate of your audio interface.

01:42And under Latency, you can adjust the latency of your interface.

01:48In the last section Test, you can simulate the CPU load to make sure the latency set for your audio interface

01:55doesn't produce audio artifacts.

01:59The next tab Link/Tempo/MIDI is split into 3 sections:

02:04Link allows you to set preferences for Ableton Link.

02:08Tempo Follower allows you to enable or disable Live's tempo following feature

02:13as well as select an input source to control Live's tempo.

02:17It's worth noting that Link, Tempo Follower and External Sync are mutually exclusive features.

02:24For instance, activating Tempo Follower will deactivate Link.

02:29The MIDI section allows you to select control surfaces, Takeover mode and MIDI ports.

02:36In the File/Folder tab, you can select another sample editing software to use with Live.

02:42And you can set the location of your temporary folder as well as the location and size of your decoding cache.

02:50The Library tab allows you to set the Browser behavior in Live as well as choose locations for content.

02:58The Plugins tab allows you to choose settings for your third party plugins.

03:04You can enable or disable audio units, access your system VST folders,

03:09and set up a custom folder for your VST plugins

03:13as well as asking Live to rescan for plugins should they not have appeared in your browser.

03:19The Record/Warp/Launch tab allows you to set parameters for recording, warp behavior and launching of clips.

03:27Notable options here include setting the file type and bit depth of your recordings.

03:34An option to automatically create fades on clip edges and toggling of pitch-lock when drawing MIDI notes.

03:43Finally, under Licenses and Maintenance, you can authorize your version of Live both online and offline.

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