Find Missing Media Files in Ableton Live

Learn how to locate missing files in your Ableton Live Projects. Ableton Live can't find samples, recordings, presets, or other media files? Is Ableton Live not making any sound? In this video, I show you how to find lost audio files and more, as well as how you can restore them to your project using Ableton Live's File Manager.
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Chapters:
00:00 The Problem
00:12 How Ableton References Files
01:28 Missing Media Files Message
01:35 Using the File Manager
02:30 Multiple Matching Files
03:25 Saving

[@universodaaz]

A life saver for beginners! Genius. Thanks Brian. 5-minute music producer book cover caught my eye's attention.

[@BrianFunkMusic]

Oh! I guess I just happened to leave it out, perfectly facing the camera ;) I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@fyrstgomez]

Took me forever to figure it out! And it's kinda hard to explain to others if not in the same room as them.
But now, I not only have the right video to send people.. I also have a reference for myself when I forget:D
Great vid, man. Golden!

[@BrianFunkMusic]

Great to hear! I made this so it could be the video I sent people when this issue comes up!

[@phil_helix1191]

Some of my old files from Ableton won't even open the empty session, it just gives me an error and not even open up the project. Any tips?

[@BrianFunkMusic]

I'm not sure, probably need more info... Are you talking about .als files or something else? But try going open Live and go into the browser. Find those troublesome files and see if you can drag them into the current Session. If they are .als files, they will have a triangle you can unfold and see the individual tracks. Try dragging those tracks in one by one. There might be a track that has some kind of problem with it. I hope that helps!