Allow show/hide 'Current Measure' under any circumstances

Some of my Ableton/AbleSet projects contain Measures tracks, some do not. I like to display my measures in Performance view for the projects it’s set up for, but for the projects that don’t use Measures, I want to hide the “0.0” that would display the whole time.

I’ve noticed that I can’t hide ‘Current Measure’ if the project does not contain a Measures track. This is a screenshot from the second-most-recent beta:

Unless there’s a technical limitation, I can’t think of any reason why this button shouldn’t always be accessible. If the project doesn’t contain a Measures track, then by all means the display can show “0.0” as it currently does.

Right now the workarounds are:

  • Open another project that does contain Measures, hide ‘Current Measure’ in Performance view, then open the project you actually want (time consuming)
  • Create a Measures track in the project that doesn’t do anything except allow access to the button to hide Measures in Performance view (adds ‘clutter’ to the session by adding a track that serves no purpose in the project)

Just a small quality of life suggestion :slight_smile:

Hey @LewisDavie!

From what you described (and from the screenshot), this might be happening because the AbleSet Max for Live Controller device isn’t inserted in your Live project.

That device is what enables AbleSet to read things like Measure Tracks and display the Visual Metronome, among other features.

Could you try inserting the Controller device into your main/tempo track in that project and check whether the “Current Measure” toggle becomes accessible?

You can add it from:
AbleSet tray menu → Get AbleSet Controller

Once added, just reload Performance View — the toggle should show up even if the project doesn’t actually use a Measures track.

Let me know if that solves it :blush:

Agus

Hey @LewisDavie, I just released AbleSet 3.0.0-beta.20 which fixes this issue by always enabling the “Current Measure” toggle :slight_smile:

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Fantastic! Much appreciated both :slight_smile:

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