Hey Leo!
I utilize AbelSet mostly in the Worship Music setting. In this setting, there is often a need for flexible tempo changes. In the past we’ve used a separate iPad with a metronome that can modulate tempo by Tap Tempo or by increasing/decreasing BPM’s. However, I highly dislike this process as it introduces an additional click sound to our band’s ears, so I would love to keep all click tracks and tempos within the same Ableton session for consistency.
I think it would be really useful to have a feature within AbleSet that allows you to increase/decrease tempo of a click track on the fly.
I understand the need for this, but I’m afraid this isn’t possible to implement since I can’t programmatically override the tempo of one song without completely disabling the tempo automation of all other songs. And once the tempo automation of other songs is disabled, I have no way to programmatically re-enable the automation for when the next song is reached.
This is a limitation of Live, so unfortunately, there’s no way for me to work around this.
As long as the song has a master tempo track it would be possible. I currently do this on the fly. Tempo track is set as lead and the BPM is set on the tempo track. If the leader gives the signal they would like it slower/faster you can simply type in the new tempo and then quickly double click the lead/follow button which resets the tempo to the new tempo you just selected. This could be automated.