How do you save "setlists"?

[mikemorgan]

Ok, I've got songs and loops loaded horizontally. Each Horizontal bank represents the next song in my setlist. Is it better to save the entire project and "collect" the data as a whole, or should I save each song as a project?

If I save each song as a project, how do I import it alongside the next song in my setlist?

Hope this makes sense.

 

[dintymoore]

Ok, I've got songs and loops loaded horizontally. Each Horizontal bank represents the next song in my setlist. Is it better to save the entire project and "collect" the data as a whole, or should I save each song as a project?

If I save each song as a project, how do I import it alongside the next song in my setlist?

Hope this makes sense.

I have about 80 or so songs in my one Ableton project. I only have one project that constantly is being added to. There's probably different ways of doing it, depending on how you like to work.

For me, I don't use set lists. I've found that when I decide before a gig that my first song will be "Fire" by Hendrix that when I get to the gig it's old folks eating their supper and I end up playing "Misty". So a long time ago I gave up on deciding what I was going to play before I went on stage. I love not knowing.

So what I need is to be able to do any song at any time. I don't want to have to load a song while I'm playing another.

 

[mikemorgan]

I'm gonna try to convert all my midi snippets to actual wave files. This could make the project 2 or 3 gigs. Do you forsee any problems in this approach? besides the initial loadup time?

Dinty, you showed me how to drag midi into Ableton banks, can I do the same with .wav tracks from Sonar?

I think I'm starting to see the light.

 

[dintymoore]

I'm gonna try to convert all my midi snippets to actual wave files. This could make the project 2 or 3 gigs. Do you forsee any problems in this approach? besides the initial loadup time?

That's "more normal" than the way I do it with all MIDI files, I think that's what Ableton was designed to do. For various reasons I have tended away from that and continue to use only MIDI files, but I admit that it brings up problems you don't have with audio files and i don't see you having any problem doing that.

... Dinty, you showed me how to drag midi into Ableton banks, can I do the same with .wav tracks from Sonar?

I don't see why not. I've dragged AIF's and mp3's right from the desktop to Ableton and they work fine.

 

[Jiri92]

I'm gonna try to convert all my midi snippets to actual wave files. This could make the project 2 or 3 gigs. Do you forsee any problems in this approach? besides the initial loadup time?

Dinty, you showed me how to drag midi into Ableton banks, can I do the same with .wav tracks from Sonar?

I think I'm starting to see the light.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHlOiy-ZlDk&p=1582933D843AEF1B&playnext=1&index=48

This is a really great Live-set

Changing from MIDI to wav is really beneficial as you can store multiple instruments on 1 track instead of having a lot of MIDI tracks. And you can choose to have any automation be recorder as well, which might make things easier live.

 

[TheGambler]

Well 5 years later there is an alternative way that allows you to save each song in its own project. There is a useful tool that lets you edit a live set list and which is able to open your project files in order automatically MIDI Automator | Automate your live setup on stage.