The AI has access to every sample in your processed library. Add directories under Settings → Sample Directories; once they finish analysis and indexing, they’re searchable from chat.
What’s the difference between workspaces and regular chats?
Workspaces carry context — BPM, key, genre, mood, notes — that the AI reads on every message. Regular chats are blank-slate. Use a workspace per track or session; use chats for general questions.
The AI can only search samples that have completed processing. Check Settings → Sample Directories that your folders are scanned and indexed. If they are, try alternate descriptions — the AI matches on how a sound feels, not on filename.
Within a conversation, yes. Across separate chats, no. Each workspace also keeps its own context — switching workspaces switches the AI’s frame of reference.
Demo Room and Lifetime users without a subscription have a one-time starter grant of AI actions — shared across the AI features like chat, Deep Search, and the Sequencer Designer — plus a separate grant of indexed samples. Once those are spent, upgrade to a paid plan or configure your own AI key (BYOK) to keep going. Paid users have monthly Premium-request and Library-coverage pools that reset on the billing date; if Smart chat is exhausted you can keep using Fast chat (which is unlimited subject to fair-use). Hover the badge in the navigation bar or open Settings → Billing & Usage to see what’s left. See Plans & Usage for full details.
The complete Ableton Live manual — setup, instruments, effects, routing, recording, performance, and troubleshooting. The AI can search it semantically, so technical-term-imprecise questions still find the right section. More DAW manuals may be added later.
What’s the difference between ‘Add to Collection’ and ‘Add to Favorites’?
Favorites is a personal quick-access list. Collections are reusable groupings tied to a project or theme. A sample can be both favorited and in multiple collections.
