Mixer: Creating and Controlling Track Groups

AbleSet supports creating and controlling track groups. These can consist of multiple tracks and can be controlled on the fly from the web app or via OSC.

If you have tracks named Click or containing +CLICK, those are automatically added to a "Click" group. To create other groups, add +G: or +GROUP: followed by the name of the group you'd like the track to belong to to the track's name, for example: +G:VOX.

Please note that the group name must be written in UPPERCASE and can only contain letters, digits, dashes, and underscores. Underscores are displayed as spaces, so +G:GIT_1 is displayed as "Git 1".

Tracks can belong to multiple groups, so you could assign a track both to a VOX and to a BACKINGS group (e.g. Vox 1 +G:VOX +G:BACKINGS), while another track is assigned to a BASS and the same BACKINGS group (e.g. Synth Bass +G:BASS +G:BACKINGS). This allows you, for example, to mute both tracks at once using the BACKINGS group while still being able to mute them individually using their own groups.

The +NEVERMUTE Flag

Some tracks should never be muted – for example, if they output a control signal to a redundant audio interface. By adding the +NEVERMUTE or +NM flag to the name of those tracks, AbleSet ensures that they will always be audible. When you solo a track group, all +NEVERMUTE tracks are soloed as well.

Using the Mixer With Multi-File Projects

When you're working with Multi-File Projects, you might want to keep your Mixer state when jumping between songs. To do this, enable the Sync Group Solos & Mutes Between Songs option on the Settings page.

If you'd also like to transfer the volumes of all groups, enable the Sync Group Volumes Between Songs option.

Tracks in Collapsed Groups

If some of the tracks are placed in groups in Ableton, make sure those groups are expanded. Live doesn't report meter levels for tracks in collapsed groups so you won't see meter levels in AbleSet for those.

This page was last modified on 2026-05-31