Song:Mode by KB Live Solutions
A NEW WAY TO PERFORM YOUR LIVE SET
SONG:MODE is a Control Surface Script for Ableton Live 10 & above that lets you use your Push 1 or 2 in the most efficient way, making it possible to have your whole set on a single page.
Add (SONG1), (SONG2) etc. to your scene names and the top half of the Push allows you to select each song and have the bottom half represent the scenes within each song.
USER GUIDE: SONGMODE Push Edition - Push 1 Installation
Song:Mode by KB Live Solutions
A NEW WAY TO PERFORM YOUR LIVE SET
SONG:MODE is a Control Surface Script for Ableton Live 10 & above that lets you use your Push 1 or 2 in the most efficient way, making it possible to have your whole set on a single page.
Add (SONG1), (SONG2) etc. to your scene names and the top half of the Push allows you to select each song and have the bottom half represent the scenes within each song.
USER GUIDE: SONGMODE Push Edition - Push 1 Installation
Additional information
| Controllers | Ableton Push One, Ableton Push THREE Standalone, Ableton Push TWO, Novation Launchpad |
|---|---|
| Ableton Live Compatibility | Ableton Live 10 Intro, Ableton Live 10 Standard, Ableton Live 10 Standard with MaxforLive, Ableton Live 10 Suite, Ableton Live 11 Intro, Ableton Live 11 Standard, Ableton Live 11 Standard with MaxforLive, Ableton Live 11 Suite, Ableton Live 12 Intro, Ableton Live 12 Standard, Ableton Live 12 Standard with MaxforLive, Ableton Live 12 Suite |
| Min. Requirements | Ableton Live Intro 10 |
| OS | Mac, Windows |
PRICE: £30.00
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September 9, 2024
This reviewer bought this product from our store.
This was the best way to perform for me, but unfortunately it hasn't been updated for 12. If you have 11 or 10 this is amazing.
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September 10, 2024
April 6, 2023
This reviewer bought this product from our store.
Basically, if you want to use arrangement mode live with a Push 1 or 2 you need this script. It's almost crazy that this hasn't been included in the original version of the controller. For me, it vastly increases the utility of the Push 2 and makes it viable to play all forms of Ableton sets live. User mode on my push was basically worthless until I got this add-on.
Song:Mode by KB Live Solutions
SONG:MODE
SONG:MODE is so simple and effective it should become the mainstay of your Live performance. As your Live set naturally grows the navigation around it and keeping track of your songs starts to become a challenge of a multitude of button presses to locate and trigger your next song. With SONG:MODE your next song is literally one button press away.
With the launch of SONG:MODE V2 we’ve extended the usage of the script in two ways, first up the new functionality working in both SESSION and ARRANGEMENT views, secondly for each view there are two separate working modes, SIMPLE & ADVANCED:
- The “Simple” layout is very straightforward, with 1 Pad = 1 Scene or Marker, and works straight out of the box.
- The “Advanced” layout allows you to group Scenes or Markers into “Songs”, as this was already the case on SONG:MODE 1.0.
- Other new features:
- Toggle between Arrangement and Session views from the controller
- Set a Loop in Arrangement by holding several pads, toggle the Loop from the controller
- Add colors to Markers, Scenes or Songs directly from the controller
- “Safe/Restart” function to always launch playback from the last position or in case of accident
- When adding (STOP) to a Marker or Scene’s name, Live will stop
- Stop All Clips / Back to Arrangement button
- Arrangement Record (Only for Push 1 & 2 and Launchpad X)
- Improved the way SONG:MODE is activated on Launchpad Mini MK3 and Launchpad X
SET UP – LAUNCHPAD
Select the Song Mode LaunchPad script applicable to your controller in the Control Surface section of Lives preferences and assign the LaunchPad to its input and output. Then to activate SONG:MODE you simply press the User/Custom button.
SET UP – PUSH ONE & TWO
Select the Song Mode Push script applicable to your controller in the Control Surface section of Lives preferences and assign the Push User Ports to its input and output. Then to activate SONG:MODE you simply press the User button.
SIMPLE LAYOUT
All the Scenes and Markers are accessible directly from the Controller, and they are automatically detected.
In Arrangement view, you can add Markers by pressing the New button, and set a Loop by holding the Marker’s pads.
You can assign colors to pads (both for Markers and Scenes) directly from the controller.
ADVANCED LAYOUT
Advanced layout allows you to group several Scenes or Markers into virtual “SONGS”.
Once set up, the top half of the pad matrix of your LaunchPad lets you select a SONG, and then the bottom half will display and launch the Scenes that belong to this SONG. The selected SONG will blink, the playing SONG and Scene will blink in Green.
To add a Scene to a specific SONG, you just need to add (SONG#) somewhere in the name of the Scene or Marker, where # is the song number. Eg. (SONG1), (SONG2),…
There are 3 ways to do that :
- You can directly rename the Scene / MarkerYou can select the Scene in Live, then hold the top right scene launch button and press the target SONG’s pad
- You can use the Max For Live device (see below)
- The pads take the Scene’s color; the first Scene or Locator will give its color to the SONG’s pad. You can change the colors from the controller itself.
The other Modes of the LaunchPad are still available, simply press any other Mode button to exit SONG:MODE* on the LaunchPad or the User Button once more on the Push
Other buttons :
If your Ableton Live set contains more than 32 Songs, the upper Up/Down arrows will let you navigate through the list, and if one Song contains more than 32 Scenes or Locators, you can scroll through it by using the upper Left/Right arrows.
- If you hold the third Scene Launch button and press a Scene pad, the (SONG#) tag will be removed from its name, and thus, the Scene will be removed from the corresponding SONG.
- The fourth Scene Launch button toggles the Arrangement Loop button
- The fifth Scene Launch button activates the “Stop All Clips” button, pressing it while holding Shift will activate “Back To Arrangement”
- The sixth Scene Launch button starts and stops Live’s playback.
- The seventh Scene Launch button (“Safe/Restart”) launches playback from the last start position
PLEASE NOTE: YOU CAN ALSO COMBINE SONG:MODE WITH LOOPER:MODE WITH OUR SONG:LOOPER:MODE SCRIPT
Frequently Asked Questions
Song:Mode works with Ableton Live 10 and above. It supports both Push 1 and Push 2 controllers.
You simply add tags like (SONG1), (SONG2), and so on to your scene names in Ableton Live. Song:Mode then reads those tags and groups the corresponding scenes together, letting you select each song from the top half of your Push and navigate its scenes in the bottom half.
Simple mode gives you a straightforward one pad to one scene or marker layout that works immediately without any extra setup. Advanced mode lets you group scenes or markers into named songs using the tagging system, which is ideal for larger, more complex live sets.
Yes, as of Version 2 Song:Mode operates in both Session and Arrangement views, so you can work with scenes or timeline markers depending on how you structure your live set.
Song:Mode is a Control Surface Script, so you install it by placing the script files in Ableton’s MIDI Remote Scripts folder and then selecting it as a control surface within Ableton’s preferences. The Simple mode works straight out of the box with no additional configuration needed.
It is built for live performers who use Ableton Live with a Push controller and need to navigate large sets quickly and reliably. If your set contains multiple songs or sections and you find yourself losing time hunting through scenes during a performance, Song:Mode is exactly the tool for you.
No, Song:Mode is a standalone Control Surface Script and does not require Max for Live. You just need Ableton Live 10 or above and a Push 1 or Push 2 controller.
Important Information
Our Products are generally provided as Zip file downloads which in all cases will need to be extracted and saved to your hard drive prior to installation. Details on the different file type provided and what to do with them are below.
.alp Files – These are Ableton Live Packs and will either install directly into the Packs Section of the browser of Ableton Live or ask you to save them to your hard drive. For packs that install to the library, when you double click on them you will see a pop up window asking you to confirm that installation is ok as the files are described as “Legacy”. This is fine and you are ok to proceed, the packs are created using the format for an earlier version of Live and so remain compatible with the current version.
Control Surface Scripts – Please refer directly to the supplied user manual for installation instructions, due to the changes in the Python language used by Live across versions of 10, 11, 12 and 12.1 you will need to ensure you have installed to the correct location and used the correct files as instructed and supplied.
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