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Your first session as host

The host is the person who shares the project. Only the host needs a plan — everyone else joins for free.

Example
  1. Max in Berlin has a set called Night Drive and wants Lisa in London to add a bassline.
  2. Max opens Night Drive in Live, clicks Share and presses ⌘S.
  3. A minute later SameSet shows the code K7M-4QX. Max sends it to Lisa in a chat.
  4. Lisa enters the code, the set opens on her Mac with all samples — and from now on they see each other’s changes.

Before you start

  • Open the project in Live and make sure it plays correctly on your Mac.
  • Save it in its own folder. For a brand-new set, Live will ask where to save it the first time.
  • Check the size: on the Free plan a project can be up to 100 MB including samples. Duo — 500 MB, Pro — 2 GB, Studio — 10 GB.
  • Tell your collaborators which plugins you use — they need them installed too.

Share the project

  1. 1

    Click “Share”

    Open SameSet from the menu bar or the panel over Live and click Share — under it you’ll see the name of the set open in Live.

    SameSet
    One project, togetherShare the open project or join a room with a code
    Share«Night Drive»
    Join with code
  2. 2

    Press ⌘S in Live

    Switch to Live and press ⌘S. SameSet waits for the save: at that moment it reads the set and collects every sample it uses.

    SameSet
    Save the project in LivePress ⌘S in “Night Drive” — the project goes to the room with all samples
    ⌘S did nothing? Live doesn’t save a set without changes. Nudge any knob and press ⌘S again.
    Upload
    Code for participants
  3. 3

    Wait for the upload

    SameSet uploads the project and samples over an encrypted connection. Identical files are uploaded once.

  4. 4

    Copy the code

    You’ll see a room code like K7M-4QX. Click Copy and send it to your collaborators in any messenger.

    SameSet
    Code for collaborators
    K7M-4QXCopy
    Collaborators edit the project with you

Pressed ⌘S and nothing happened? Live doesn’t save a set that hasn’t changed since the last save — so SameSet never hears about it. Change anything small (nudge a track’s volume, move a clip, add and remove a device) and press ⌘S again. After 12 seconds SameSet reminds you of this right in the panel.

Who can join

  • Collaborators use the collaborator code and can edit the project. Free: you + 1 collaborator. Duo: you + 2. Pro: you + 5. Studio: you + 10.
  • Viewers use the separate viewer code and can only watch and listen — great for students, streams and clients. Pro: 5 viewers, Studio: 100.
  • If the room is full, you’ll see “Name wants to join” with a button to upgrade.

You can also send a link instead of a code: sameset.app/r/K7M4QX. It opens SameSet with the code already filled in.

During the session

Work as usual. The panel shows who’s in the room, which track each person is on and the connection delay. Learn what syncs instantly in Working together.

Show collaborators where to look

Select a track and move the playhead to the bar you want to discuss, then click Call collaborators here in the panel. They get a notice with the track and bar and jump there with Show in Live. Solo and master volume stay yours — soloing a track doesn’t mute it for others.

Chat and reactions

Open Chat in the panel (or press ⌃⌥C while Live is in front) to write to everyone in the room; the emoji buttons send a quick reaction. Messages live only while the room is open.

Broadcast to viewers in a browser

On Pro and Studio the host can go live: viewers open a link in any browser, even on a phone, and see the Ableton Live window, hear Live and your mic, and see your camera in the corner — no Ableton or plugins needed. Press Go live in the panel and send the link.

  • Chat. Viewers type a name once and write; you read and answer in the SameSet panel over Live. Viewer messages don’t pop up — they wait in the Chat tab.
  • Ideas. Viewers suggest what to add to the track and vote. The most-voted ideas are at the top; press Take and viewers see that you heard them.
  • Close the doors — like in Zoom: whoever is watching stays, new people can’t join by the link.
  • Remove a viewer in the Viewers tab or next to their message. The doors close and the video moves to a new address, so they can’t come back with another browser or a saved link.

Only the Ableton Live window goes on air — notifications, messengers and other apps never do.

Project updates wait for a pause

When a collaborator saves groups, track order or automation, the set has to reopen. SameSet never does it mid-take: if Live is playing or recording, it waits until you stop. With Update collaborators’ project changes while Live is stopped on (in the menu), it also reopens by itself after a 5-second notice when you’re not editing — press Later to keep working.

Shortcuts

While Live is in front: ⌃⌥H — call collaborators here, ⌃⌥G — go where you were called, ⌃⌥C — chat, ⌃⌥P — collapse or expand the panel. On Windows use Ctrl+Alt instead of ⌃⌥.

Careful with ⌘Z: Live’s Undo also steps back a collaborator’s last edit, and the undo syncs to everyone. If the last change wasn’t yours, fix it by hand.

Remove someone from the room

Hover over the person in the panel and click the remove icon, then Remove. They leave right away and can’t come back with this room’s codes. If a code leaked, end the session and start a new room — it gets new codes.

Missing plugins

If a collaborator adds a plugin you don’t have, SameSet shows Missing plugin with its name and the track. The panel also shows next to each person which plugins they’re missing. Install the same plugin (VST3 works on both Mac and Windows), then ask the host to press ⌘S.

End the session

Open the full panel → Session → End session for everyone. Everyone keeps their copy of the project, and the room’s files are deleted from our server within about 10 minutes. The code stops working.

Hours on your plan

Time counts only while at least two people are in the room. Free includes 1 hour a week, Duo 24 hours a month, Pro 100 hours, Studio is unlimited. Two minutes before the time runs out everyone gets a warning; then syncing pauses, but nobody loses anything.

Still stuck?

Write to [email protected] — describe what you see and attach a screenshot. We reply within a day.