In our last post, we discussed some reasons why we suggest using a setlist management plug-in. In this post we’ll be getting into the basics of how the one we use, Conductor, works. So, let’s get started.

(Note: You will need Ableton Live 11 and Max for Live in order to run Conductor.)

Getting Started With Conductor

You’ve got standard functions such as play, stop, loop, previous track, next track, previous section, next section. You can also see the name of the track, the current section, the upcoming section.

Play

Starts playback (but is disabled afterwards to avoid accidentally re-triggering songs)

Stop

Press once stops playback

Press twice moves playhead to the start of the current song

Press 3 times moves playhead to the start of the current set

Loop

Toggles section loop

Count-In

Gives a count-in when starting playback (helpful for rehearsals!)

Song Navigation

Previous song – jumps to the previous song (quantised)

Next song – jumps to next song (quantised)

Section Navigation

Previous section – jumps to the previous section

Next section – jumps to next section 

(NOTE: You cannot skip past sections using the previous/next section buttons)

Reload

Updates Conductor with any changes in Ableton

Expand

Opens Conductors expanded view

Final Thoughts

If this interests you, you can grab a copy of Conductor here. We’ll continue to give a breakdown in our upcoming posts, so stay tuned.

Thanks for reading!