Create Locators in Arrangement View

Josh Stovall's icon

Is there a way to create Locators in the Ableton arrangment view via a Max for Live device? I would like to create a device which I can put on my master bus, that listens to the audio and creates a Locator any time the track clips.

I noticed they are called CuePoints in this documentation and saw that you can get name/position for existing Locators. But could not find a way to create new Locators. Is this possible?

Thanks!

Namakemon's icon

Song class's function set_or_delete_cue (Toggle cue point at current Arrangement playback position) seems to be the only way.

Josh Stovall's icon

Thanks for the advice! I was able to create a Locator. Now I am wondering:

  • Is there a way to set a custom name for the CuePoint when calling set_or_delete_cue?

  • The playback jumps to the next cue right after calling set_or_delete_cue is there a way to prevent this? I just want to create a cue as the song plays, and not affect the playback state.

Maybe I am asking too much, but hoping this is possible. Thank you.