live_set

Live_set

This program can:

1. Report the version compatibility of an Ableton Live set.
2. Display the location and size of the samples in each track.
3. Shows frozen tracks.
4. Make a copy of an Ableton Live 12 set and save to Live 11 format.
5. Detect environmental problems, for example unwanted directories called Ableton Project Info in parent directories.
6. Detect sets that are too large to be frozen, which means they are too large to transfer to Push 3 Standalone.
7. Detect tracks that are not frozen, which means they are not ready to be transferred to Push 3 Standalone.

This program has successfully converted the Ableton Live 12 demo project to Live 11.

Installation

Simply type:

$ gem install live_set

If the above does not work because you need to install Ruby, please follow these instructions.

Usage

$ live_set
Displays information about a Live set or converts a copy of a Live 12 set in Live 11 format.
Also verifies that 'Ableton Project Info' is in the same directory as the .als file,
and there is no parent directory with a directory of that name.

Syntax: live_set OPTIONS PATH_TO_ALS_FILE

Environment variables used in PATH_TO_ALS_FILE are expanded.

Options are:
  -11 Convert a copy of the Live 12 set to Live 11 format.
  -f Overwrite any existing Live 11 set.
  -h Display this help message.

Example:
  live_set -11 -f $path/to/my_set.als

Report

Report the version of the Ableton Live 12 Demo Project:

$ live_set "$ableton_media/Projects/Ableton Live 12 Demo Project/Ableton Live 12 Demo.als"
/mnt/e/media/Ableton/Projects/Ableton Live 12 Demo Project/Ableton Live 12 Demo.als
  Created by Ableton Live 12.0
  Major version 5
  Minor version v12.0_12049
  SchemaChangeCount 7
  Revision 5094b92fa547974769f44cf233f1474777d9434a
Total set size: 312.5 MB
Warning: some tracks are not frozen, so this set should not be transferred to Push 3 Standalone.
4 tracks:
  Track 'Vocal Main' (12 clips, totaling 154.0 MB)
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Main.wav   12.8 MB  2024-01-31 22:00:34
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Main.wav   12.8 MB  2024-01-31 22:00:34
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Main.wav   12.8 MB  2024-01-31 22:00:34
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Main.wav   12.8 MB  2024-01-31 22:00:34
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Main.wav   12.8 MB  2024-01-31 22:00:34
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Main.wav   12.8 MB  2024-01-31 22:00:34
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Main.wav   12.8 MB  2024-01-31 22:00:34
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Main.wav   12.8 MB  2024-01-31 22:00:34
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Main.wav   12.8 MB  2024-01-31 22:00:34
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Main.wav   12.8 MB  2024-01-31 22:00:34
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Main.wav   12.8 MB  2024-01-31 22:00:34
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Main.wav   12.8 MB  2024-01-31 22:00:34

  Track 'Vocal Harmony' (12 clips, totaling 154.0 MB)
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Harmony.wav   12.8 MB  2024-01-31 22:00:04
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Harmony.wav   12.8 MB  2024-01-31 22:00:04
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Harmony.wav   12.8 MB  2024-01-31 22:00:04
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Harmony.wav   12.8 MB  2024-01-31 22:00:04
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Harmony.wav   12.8 MB  2024-01-31 22:00:04
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Harmony.wav   12.8 MB  2024-01-31 22:00:04
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Harmony.wav   12.8 MB  2024-01-31 22:00:04
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Harmony.wav   12.8 MB  2024-01-31 22:00:04
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Harmony.wav   12.8 MB  2024-01-31 22:00:04
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Harmony.wav   12.8 MB  2024-01-31 22:00:04
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Harmony.wav   12.8 MB  2024-01-31 22:00:04
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Harmony.wav   12.8 MB  2024-01-31 22:00:04

  Track 'Vocal Hum' (1 clips, totaling 2.9 MB)
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Hum.wav    2.9 MB  2024-01-31 22:03:22

  Track 'Vocal Adlib' (2 clips, totaling 1.7 MB)
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Adlib.wav  827.9 kB  2024-01-31 22:00:22
    Samples/Imported/Vocal Patience Adlib.wav  827.9 kB  2024-01-31 22:00:22

Convert

Make the Live 12 set compatible with Live 11 and save as path/to/my_set_11.als:

$ live_set -11 -f path/to/my_set.als

Development

After checking out this git repository, install dependencies by running bin/setup:

$ git clone https://github.com/mslinn/live_set
$ cd live_set
$ bin/setup
$ code .  # Run Visual Studio Code

Run the Tests

$ bundle exec rake test

Debug run

Define the VO_DEBUGGING environment variable so the code is loaded from the project instead of attempting to load the live_set gem.

$ VO_DEBUGGING=true ruby exe/live_set /path/to/my_set.als

Interactive Session

The following will allow you to experiment:

$ bin/console

Local Installation

To install this gem onto your local machine, type:

$ bundle exec rake install

To Release A New Version

To create a git tag for the new version, push git commits and tags, and push the new version of the gem to https://rubygems.org, type:

$ bundle exec rake release

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome at https://github.com/mslinn/live_set.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.