Guides

Plain answers to the questions people ask about building an Ableton Live set, and how Plan2Live does each part. Try it with 2 free builds. The manual has every step. Read the manual.

• Planning Center to Ableton Live

  How to turn a Planning Center plan into an Ableton Live set: import the songs with their keys, tempos and sections, add your stems, and build.

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• An Ableton set from MultiTracks or Loop Community stems

  How to build an Ableton Live set for a service or a show from stems you already have, from MultiTracks, Loop Community or anywhere: folders, names, keys.

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• Click and Guide tracks in Ableton

  What a click and a Guide track are, where they go in an Ableton Live set, how to name the files, and why the built-in template doesn't make a click.

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• Section markers and AbleSet marker styles

  How to get named section markers (locators) in an Ableton Live set from a Guide's spoken cues, and Plan2Live's two AbleSet marker styles.

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• Build into your own Ableton template

  Already run shows from your own Ableton Live template? Custom Templates (beta) build the new set into it, with your tracks, colours and routing.

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• Spanish and Portuguese Guide cues

  Plan2Live reads Guide tracks spoken in English, Spanish or Portuguese, and Spanish and Portuguese stem names, to build an Ableton Live set. The app runs in Spanish too.

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• Plan2Live, AbleSet, Prime and Playback compared

  Plan2Live builds an Ableton Live set. AbleSet controls a Live set during a show. Prime and Playback play your tracks. What each is for, from each maker's page.

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