Song Title in Canvas doesn't update when opening a new set from Live

Describe your issue here:

Prepping to go into two weeks of rehearsals for a one-off multi-artist show, I want to keep the individual songs in their own Live Sets for the rehearsals, then build the full-show set closer to moving to the venue. I’m finding that when I open a new live set from Live, all the details in the Canvas I’ve made for my on-stage displays will update for the new song, except more than half the time, the Song Name will be stuck on the previous song. I have to edit the canvas and re-select the actual canvas file (or template) from the list for it to come good.

Please fill out these values to make it easier to troubleshoot:

  • OS and Version: macOS 15.7.7
  • Version of AbleSet: 3.1.4
  • Version of Ableton Live: 12.4.3

Hey @njrsound,

Sorry to hear this is happening!

Next time it happens, before you touch the Canvas, could you check two things?

  1. Does AbleSet’s own Setlist view on that same device show the correct song, or is it stuck too?
  2. Does a plain page reload (⌘R, or pull to refresh on an iPad) fix it? That would also be a much faster workaround than re-selecting the Canvas.

And a few details: what’s the display (iPad browser, computer browser, floating window), and what’s the exact template in the song name Label?

I’m looking forward to your reply!

Hi Agustin, sorry I’ve been delayed in getting back to you - very busy rehearsal period.

Setlist view on Ableset computer is fine

Yes, a CMD R refresh fixes it immediately.

the display exhibiting the issue is another Mac Mini (2014 Intel) at the Playback position that drives dual HDMI outputs. One is for a local operator screen and the other (mirrored) output drives a HDMI splitter for on-stage screens. This means I can fix any issues like this that occur during the show. Browser is Safari (as it can go completely full-screen, unlike Chrome). Can’t remember the MacOS version - latest that could run on the 2014 mac mini. Template attached

MD HDMI.json (2.4 KB)

Following up: Ableset 3.2.0-beta.10 includes a fix for stuck labels in Canvases when loading another project file.

Could you try it out and see if it still happens?

I’m looking forward to your reply!