Liveset Mode
Build and manage your live performance set
Switch any project to Liveset mode
Songs are delimited by scene names that start with *
Scene names carry encoded metadata that LIVEcompanion reads to calculate set timing, performance flow, and detect issues. The naming convention:
When a scene's follow action is set to Jump
IDs survive scene renames and handle duplicate scene names unambiguously. If two scenes are both called "Break", the ID tells LIVEcompanion which one is the actual jump target. When you resync from the .als file, IDs are preserved if the jump still exists, reassigned if the target changed, and removed if the jump was deleted.
The main setlist view shows every song as a collapsible row. Expanding a song reveals its individual scenes with:
Each song row shows its end-of-song flow: where playback goes after the last scene (next song, jump to a specific song, stop, or loop). Songs that are never reached by the follow action chain are marked as skipped
A proportional timeline strip above the setlist shows only the reachable songs, color-coded and sized by duration. Hover for details; click to launch a song in Live. The total duration reflects the actual set (excluding skipped songs).
LIVEcompanion traces the performance flow from the first song: following Next
Click Inspect File
After inspecting, the info panel shows additional detail for each scene's follow action (chance percentages, linked actions, loop iterations) and highlights mismatches between the name markers and the .als data.
The Sync Names
The tool shows a preview of all proposed changes before applying. Always save your set under a new name first
The sync is idempotent: running it twice with no changes produces zero proposals.
The Wizard is a more aggressive tool that writes follow actions into the .als file itself (creating a new versioned copy). It finds the A/B Drums clip in each scene, measures the loop length, and sets a "Next" follow action with that bar count. Use it for initial setup; use Sync Names for ongoing maintenance.
While Live is playing, LIVEcompanion highlights the current scene in the setlist with an accent glow, and the timeline strip lights up the playing song's block. The containing song row auto-expands so you always see what's coming next without scrolling. Detection is consensus-based — it reads playing_slot_index
Every task in a Liveset project can carry a scene anchor. The task quick-add captures the currently playing or selected scene with a stamp button, and the Tasks tab groups tasks by scene with the actual scene names from your setlist. A row of tasks for a scene gets highlighted while that scene is playing, so during rehearsal you can see exactly what still needs work as the set progresses. Tasks also get a one-click Launch
Reordering scenes in Live remaps the task anchors automatically using the .als file's stable identifiers, so notes-to-self don't drift when you move songs around. Set terminators (scenes named END
Live Mode
Live Mode also unlocks the compact overlay
The overlay shares its setlist data with the main window, so opening it mid-set doesn't trigger a fresh fetch — it appears with the cache already warm. An arrangement strip
- Source scene
- Target scene
- Bar count
- Follow action
- Duration
- Warnings
- Bars marker
- Action type
- Jump IDs
- Target prefixes
- Setlist
- Scene
- Session timer
- Latency
- Actions
