r/abletonlive

Ableton Live + Synesthesia VJ

I find this tool to be extremely helpful. Personally I love it and thought maybe others would too, but then again, I guess I am biased. Maybe there are other tools out there that do the same thing and maybe they do them better, and if so-- sorry to waste your time here.

https://github.com/geoffmcc/ableton_snapshots

I don't want to regurgitate the README here, but if this project interests you, you should read it all. I just figured I would make the post to give you the link and then maybe describe how I use it.

I use it before risky edits, big arrangement changes, resampling, flattening tracks, sound-design experiments, or anything else that I might want to undo cleanly. I don't have the logic written into the project (maybe one day) but right now, its very important that you collect all and save first. There is a reminder to this as well when you are doing it.

Anyways, so I have an idea that I am not sure is going to work or i just want to save this project state. First thing I do it Collect All and Save. Once that is done, and the project is where i want it I then press F8. The note box comes up where you can put in a note explaining why you are making the snapshot-- it is here it reminds you to make sure you collected all and saved. You then move on with your idea. If it turns out it didnt work, you go to Open Live Set and proceed to the snapshot directory of the project your working on. Open up the .als file and you are now where you were the moment you pressed F8.

Some things to consider. I would love to get it to be all you have to do is press F8 and it takes care of the collect all and save, but I thought the project was in a good state right now without it. Do I want it-- Oh yes I do. Will me and OpenAI or Codex be able to accomplish this by ourselves--- i dont know, there are factors. Ableton dialogs and timing to name a couple.

I hope you all like it. I made it for me, but while making it for me I realized that maybe others would like it too. Again, there may be better options out there and if there are, then use that- but if this is the best for your flow and you want to use it, use it-- its free and always will be. And if you want to help, that would be amazing.

edit: oh i forgot, this will create a shortcut on your desktop to launch ableton live with. You must use this shortcut, unless you want to do powershell things (all documented in the readme). I didnt set an icon, it was a lot to do and didnt think it worth it right now. So it will give a generic icon. Feel free to set to your liking.

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Requirements

• Windows
• Ableton Live
• AutoHotkey v2
• PowerShell

edit: First-Time Setup. Just right click on Install-AbletonSnapshots.ps1 and select run with powershell. Point it to your project directory (it will work it the root, but its best if you choose a subdirectory), then if you ever need to change where its looking at, just right click again and go to powershell and then point it to where you want. For me, i have it in C:\Users\geoff\Documents\Ableton Projects\2026. So when it gets to 2027, i will just create a new 2027 directory, right click on Install-AbletonSnapshots.ps1, select option 2 and then select the desired location.

edit: if you want a instant A/B state inside the current loaded set, this aint that. But if you want a clean fallback point before destructive or messy changes, then this might be for you.

edit: title causing confusion. Renamed project to Ableton Project Checkpoints

https://github.com/geoffmcc/ableton_project_checkpoints

If you grabbed the earlier version, I recommend downloading/cloning the new version and running:

Install-AbletonCheckpoints.ps1

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXIYpe4RE68

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