Free & open source · Ableton Live

Setlists, supercharged.

A gig-ready setlist manager for Ableton Live. Lay out your set, reorder songs without touching a single clip, and trigger playback from any device — then flip on Autopilot to auto-advance whenever you want it.

100% free Phone & tablet remote No Max for Live needed
How it talks to Ableton

It drives Live from the outside.

SetPilot installs its own remote script into Live — it shows up as “SetPilot” in your Control Surface list. Nothing extra to download, no paid devices, no plugins inside your set.

Ableton Live

Your set as one Arrangement, a Locator per song. SetPilot's remote script exposes the API.

SetPilot

Reads Locators, holds the setlist & timing, triggers and auto-advances playback.

Your remote

Any phone or tablet on the same Wi-Fi. No extra app to install.

Built for the stage

Everything a performing band needs.

Reorder without moving audio

Drag songs into any running order. Your Arrangement and clips never move — only the set you play.

Autopilot auto-advance

SetPilot detects song-end and rolls straight into the next song — hands free for the whole set.

Phone & tablet remote

The UI runs in the browser, so any device on your network becomes a wireless remote. No paid apps.

Live Locator sync

Add, move or remove a Locator in Live and every connected device updates instantly.

Stop & panic

Big, obvious transport controls with an instant panic stop for when a song needs to end now.

Save, load & export

Keep multiple setlists, switch between them, and export any set to a plain text file.

Get SetPilot

Download & play.

Free forever. Open source. Grab the desktop app for your platform, or build it from source.

Download
All builds live on GitHub Releases.

Want to run from source?

Node 18+ and a copy of the repo is all you need.

# clone & install git clone https://github.com/AshHenbrey/setpilot.git cd setpilot npm install # launch the standalone window npm run app
First time setup

Flying in four steps.

Install SetPilot

Download and open the app — it adds its own remote script to Live for you.

Enable it in Live

Pick SetPilot under Settings → Link/Tempo/MIDI → Control Surface.

Drop Locators

In Arrangement view, place a Locator at the start of each song.

Build your set

Reorder into a setlist, hit play, and grab your phone as a remote.