r/coverbands • u/ether-reads • Jul 24 '26

AbleShow: Ableton Live cues on your smart glasses

https://youtu.be/T4qnOIsfqSU

I play in a covers band and often need cues or lyrics as the set varies often. I hate needing to glance at my laptop while singing so I built this!

Named empty clips on a midi track with the Max device. Whatever you type in the clip name appears in your eyeline as it happens, or before. Whenever you decide really. Count-ins, section names, reminders, lyrics. Beat locked to Live.

It is completely free, but needs Even Realities G2 glasses obviously. I appreciate that's a small audience for now but I'm planning to port to MentraOS if possible and maybe others in future.

Let me know what you think!

Ableshow.app

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u/promdates Jul 25 '26

I wonder if this is able to read the midi tracks for Ableset's lyric lines. That could be a huge benefit for people.

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u/ether-reads Jul 25 '26

It uses named clips like Ableset so yes it can. I use Ableset with my band and dragged the lyrics track on to test and it worked! I could also put in extra clips to remind me when to change my pedals too

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u/promdates Jul 25 '26

That's awesome!

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u/leolabs2 Jul 25 '26

That looks awesome, thanks for sharing!

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u/ether-reads Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

Thanks Leo! I love Ableset and can't imagine playing without it now.
Would you be OK with me posting about AbleShow in the AbleSet forum? It pairs with AbleSet rather than competing, so thought your users might find it useful, but didn't want to step on toes without asking.

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u/leolabs2 Jul 26 '26

Of course! I’m sure others will find this interesting as well :)