Studio Companion Suite for Ableton Live

You open Ableton every day.Do you know where the time actually goes?

SetHours does. Your Ableton Live companion — it runs in the background, paying attention to how and when you work.

Every minute counted, per set, per day, per session — every project in one pane of glass, every personal best on the record.

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Buy Now — $9 lifetime · free 30-day trial · Windows 10/11 · macOS 11+ (Universal)
SETHOURS OPEN · night drive
TOTAL TIME IN ABLETON
0h 00m 00s
PROJECTS
melody13h 37m ● night drive6h 22m 808 sketch3h 51m collab w/ jay2h 10m
LAST 14 DAYS
STREAK
🔥 0d
HANDS-ON
0%
● SYS OK · TRACKING · SCHEMA V7
SCROLL — A WEEK REPLAYS ▾
Two numbers. One truth.
OPEN
0:00

Live’s open. Could be cooking, could be YouTube.

HANDS-ON
0:00

You, actually in it. The one that’s real.

“Live was open” and “I was producing” are different facts.
The real thing

The prettiest thing on your second monitor.

And underneath the glass — a tracker that misses nothing.

Every session · automatic

SETHOURS catches everything. Even the 2am untitleds.

Open a set, the clock starts itself. Rename, merge, Save-As — your history follows.

SETHOURSMK·1STUDIO COMPANION MODULE
SET FILE READ
DIRECT FROM .ALS
DATA LOCATION
100% LOCAL
BACKUPS
DAILY · AUTOMATIC
EXPORT BUS
JSON + CSV
CPU DRAW
<1% · SILENT
LICENSE
$9 · LIFETIME
NO ACCOUNT · NO CLOUD · YOUR MUSIC NEVER LEAVES YOUR DEVICE
Mini mode

A timer that floats over Live.

Watch your session time climb — or flip it to a focus timer and get to it.

SETHOURSnight drive
1:47:52SESSION
Rhythm view

When you actually work.

Hour × weekday, from your real sessions. Most producers meet their 1am self here.

PEAK: TUE 1AM · NIGHT OWL: 62%

Five themes

Dress it like your studio.

Violet, Live Grey, Terminal, Tape, On Air.

Get it on your second monitor →
The Companion Suite

Your Projects. Organized without you.

SETHOURSLIBRARY🔍 serum
night driveMIXING▶Live📂23h 4m
128 BPM · 24 TRACKS · SERUM +2
melody v2ARRANGING▶Live📂6h 12m
140 BPM · 12 TRACKS · VITAL
808 sketchIDEALive📂1h 40m
150 BPM · 8 TRACKS · DRUM RACK
JOURNAL · NIGHT DRIVE
JUL 242h 20m · +6 tracks · moved to mixing
JUL 172h 30m · exported v2.wav · 🏆 longest session
TRACK PREVIEW
▶
night drive master.wav · 2d ago
THE LIBRARYEvery set on your disk — even ones you've never tracked. One pane of glass.
AUTO JOURNALThe story of every track intelligently written as you work.
TRACK PREVIEWHear your exports before you open the set.
Your grind, on the record
KEEP YOUR
RECEIPTS
WITH SETHOURS

Every hour you put in, counted and kept. Shareable when you feel like flexing.

$9
Lifetime license
See where your studio time really goes.
Every 1.x update free · 2 devices · no subscription · no account
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Straight answers

FAQ

Which versions of Ableton Live work?

Tested on Live 11 and 12, every edition (Intro/Standard/Suite).

What exactly is “hands-on” time?

Live’s the focused window and you’ve touched the keys or mouse in the last few minutes. The honest “actually producing” number — kept separate from “Live was open all day.”

What does $9 get me?

A lifetime license: every 1.x update free forever, 2 devices, no subscription, no account.

Is there a free trial?

Yes — the full app, free for 30 days. No card, no account; the trial just starts when you install. When it ends, SetHours keeps tracking in the background and the dashboard locks until you unlock it with a license. Your data is never deleted — it’s a plain file on your machine, waiting for you.

Is there a Mac version?

Yes — SetHours runs natively on macOS 11 Big Sur and later, as a Universal build (Apple Silicon and Intel), signed and notarized by Apple. Windows 10/11 too.

Why does the Mac app ask for permissions?

On first launch macOS asks for Accessibility (and Automation). That’s the only way SetHours can tell which Ableton set is open — it reads the window title, nothing more. It never controls Live, never changes anything, and never looks at other apps. You can revoke it anytime in System Settings.

Does it slow Ableton down?

No. It never touches Live itself — it watches the window title from outside, checks in every few seconds, and idles in the tray on a sliver of CPU you’ll never notice.