Session Notes v0.2.3

Fixes a bug where notes taken in an unsaved Set could show up in a different Set (and appear to vanish across a Live restart).

• Notes you jot before saving a Set are now isolated per Set, so opening another unsaved Set no longer shows the previous one's notes.
• Saving a Set moves its notes into that project's own Session Notes folder; opening a saved project also offers to bring over notes you took before saving, so nothing gets stranded.
• Hardened project detection to prefer saved projects over temporary folders, and made staging stable across Windows path styles.

Thanks to everyone who reported the disappearing/duplicated notes.

Install

1. Download Session-Notes-0.2.3.ablx below.
2. In Live: Settings -> Extensions, then drag the file onto the page.
3. Right-click a track, clip slot, or scene -> Extensions -> Session Notes: Open...

Session Notes v0.2.2

A small follow-up to v0.2.1.

• Per-project notes now take their label from the Set's own name (read from the .als file) rather than the project folder, so the picker shows "Song" instead of "Song Project". When a folder holds several Sets with no clear match, it falls back to the folder name. Where notes are stored is unchanged.

Thanks to @axldarealest for the idea and heuristic (#1).

Install

1. Download Session-Notes-0.2.2.ablx below.
2. In Live: Settings -> Extensions, then drag the file onto the page.
3. Right-click a track, clip slot, or scene -> Extensions -> Session Notes: Open...

Session Notes v0.2.1

A small follow-up to v0.2.0.

• Refreshed the starter note so a new note shows off lyric timing (a checkbox plus a tagged [1] line and a flow line) instead of the old placeholder.
• Clearer help: the expression cheatsheet now shows [=bpm] -> "1 min in" instead of the fiddlier [=bpm/2].
• Fixed the walkthrough screenshots in the README.

Install

1. Download Session-Notes-0.2.1.ablx below.
2. In Live: Settings -> Extensions, then drag the file onto the page.
3. Right-click a track, clip slot, or scene -> Extensions -> Session Notes: Open...

Session Notes v0.2.0

Lyrics on the timeline

Tag a lyric line with its position and send the block to the arrangement as locators or clips. Positions can be a bar ([17]), bar and beat ([17.3]), a timecode ([1:04]), or a bit of math ([=8*4]). Untagged lines under a tag flow one bar apart, and a blank line ends the block so your prose and to-dos are left alone.

Also new

• Settings panel with a continuous text-size slider, window size, and Zen Mode for distraction-free writing.
• Unsaved-Set notes are safe. Notes taken before you save a Set are staged in the extension's own storage, so Ableton's "Delete temp files" can no longer take them with it; they migrate into the project once you save.
• Text zoom shortcuts, Windows shortcut labels, and assorted UI polish.

Install

1. Download Session-Notes-0.2.0.ablx below.
2. In Live: Settings -> Extensions, then drag the file onto the page.
3. Right-click a track, clip slot, or scene -> Extensions -> Session Notes: Open...

Session Notes v0.1.1

Markdown notes that live next to your .als — right-click any track, clip, or scene → Extensions → Session Notes: Open….

What's new in 0.1.1

• 📁 Multiple notes per project — per-project notes now live in a Session Notes/ folder inside your Ableton project (was a single file), so keep as many as you like.
• 🎹 Works on MIDI/synth-only Sets — no audio needed anymore to attach notes to a project. The extension drops a tiny silent probe to locate the project folder, then removes it.
• 🗂️ Global notes (renamed from "Notebooks"), with clear New session note / New global note actions.
• ↪️ Save-As aware — start jotting in an unsaved Set; save it and the pad offers to carry those notes into the new project folder.
• 🎨 Cleaner monochrome look — dropped the amber accent for a calmer, native feel.
• 💾 "Save your Set to attach notes" hint on unsaved Sets.
• 🔧 Rename & delete notes, copy a note's path or reveal it in your file browser, and a compact/default size toggle.
• 🐛 More reliable resize, quieter project-switching (no more prompts about unrelated Sets), and cleaned-up release builds (no debug logging).

Install

1. Download Session-Notes-0.1.1.ablx below.
2. Enable Developer mode for Extensions in Ableton Live 12.
3. Right-click a track, clip slot, or scene → Extensions → Session Notes: Open…

Compatibility

Live 12 · Extensions SDK 1.0.0-beta.0 · macOS. Per-project notes work in any saved Set (including MIDI/synth-only ones); an unsaved Set keeps notes in Ableton's temporary folder until you save it.

MIT licensed.

Session Notes v0.1.0

A minimal Markdown notepad inside Ableton Live 12 for lyrics, ideas, and to-dos — with global notebooks plus per-project notes that travel with your Set.

Install

1. Download Session-Notes-0.1.0.ablx below.
2. In Live: Settings → Extensions, then drag the .ablx onto the page.
3. Restart Live, then right-click a track / clip slot / scene → Extensions → Session Notes: Open…

Requirements

• Ableton Live 12 with the Extensions feature (SDK 1.0.0-beta.0)
• Developer Mode must be off to use the installed extension
• macOS (Apple Silicon tested)

Notes

• Notes autosave on close; Revert discards edits made since opening.
• Per-project notes need at least one audio clip or sampled instrument in the Set to locate the project folder; Sets with only synths (or unsaved Sets) fall back to the global notebooks.