
40 Managing Files and Sets
Hot-Swap Mode
In addition to the drag-and-drop method of loading files from the browser, Live offers a Hot-
Swap Mode to reduce your mouse travel. Hot-Swap Mode can be toggled on and off with
the [Q] key, and establishes a temporary link between the browser and, for example, a virtual
instrument. While in Hot-Swap Mode, you can step through samples or presets to audition them
“in place,“ that is, within the instrument. Hot-swapping for presets is covered in the Live Device
Presets section (page 222). Let’s go through an example of hot-swapping samples:
Live’s built-in Impulse instrument features eight sample-player slots that can be filled by dropping
samples into them. Alternatively, we can click the Hot-Swap button that appears as we move the
mouse over a slot.
The Hot-Swap Button in an Impulse Slot.
Clicking the Hot-Swap button or pressing the [Q] key engages Hot-Swap Mode:
The Browser in Hot-Swap Mode.
While in Hot-Swap Mode, pressing the up or down arrow key moves to the next file in the
content pane and loads it into the Impulse slot (presumably while Impulse is playing incoming
MIDI notes). The link between the browser and the instrument will be broken if a different view is
selected, or if the [Q] key or the Hot-Swap button is pressed again. Hot-swapping can also be
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