Every guide, in one place
Everything we have written about keeping a music library in order, from organizing and finding projects to backing them up, sending them and submitting demos.
01·Organize your projects
6 guidesHow to organize your Ableton Live projects
A practical guide to organizing Ableton Live projects: one projects folder, names that scale, Collect All and Save, and tracking BPM, key and status.
Read the guide → FL StudioHow to organize your FL Studio projects
Organize FL Studio projects: one projects folder, names that sort, zipped loop packages, and a way to search BPM across hundreds of .flp files.
Read the guide → Logic ProHow to organize your Logic Pro projects
Organize Logic Pro projects: packages versus folders, copying assets in, alternatives and backups, and a way to search tempo and key across every project.
Read the guide → REAPERHow to organize your REAPER projects
Organize REAPER projects: a subdirectory per project, media copied in, backups under control, and a way to search tempo and plugins across every .rpp file.
Read the guide → Ableton LiveClean up your Ableton projects and samples, without breaking anything
Clean up a messy Ableton library safely: find every project, spot missing samples, split one-folder piles, and remove duplicate samples.
Read the guide → Ableton LiveManaging your Ableton projects by hand
Folders, naming conventions and a spreadsheet will organize Ableton projects for a while.
Read the guide →02·Find things
4 guidesFind any project you have ever made, in seconds
Search every project you have ever made by name, BPM, key, plugin or status, without opening one.
Read the guide → Ableton LiveHow to find missing samples in Ableton Live
Why Ableton loses samples and how to get them back: Collect All and Save, relinking, and spotting broken projects across your library before you open them.
Read the guide → Any DAWHear any project without opening your DAW
Play any project's bounce without launching your DAW, matched to the project it came from.
Read the guide → Ableton LiveKnow a session will open before you open it
See exactly which plugins an Ableton project needs, and which you are missing, before you open it.
Read the guide →03·Back up and share
3 guidesThe best way to back up Ableton projects
What actually needs backing up and what does not: project folders with their audio, your User Library, your recordings.
Read the guide → Ableton LiveHow to share an Ableton project so it opens on their machine
Collect All and Save, what to zip, how to send it, and what the other person needs: the right Live version, the right edition and the right plugins.
Read the guide → Ableton LiveProve the backup rig will open the show
Check an Ableton show file against a machine, or diff two machines outright, before the truck leaves.
Read the guide →04·Demos and mastering
3 guidesHow to submit a demo to a record label, and keep track of every send
How to submit a demo to a record label: shortlist labels accepting demos in your genre, send through the label's own route, and keep track of every send.
Read the guide → Any DAWHow loud should my master be for streaming?
Every streaming service turns loud masters down, so a crushed master just sounds smaller.
Read the guide → DirectoryLabels by genre
A directory of 1,176 record labels and 76 outlets, sorted by genre, with the real history behind 271 of them.
Read the guide →05·Compared
4 guidesThe best Ableton project manager in 2026
An honest comparison of every Ableton project manager worth installing: MAKID, Audyn, Deckable, SessionDock, two open-source tools and Saltado Sessions.
Read the guide → ComparisonSaltado Sessions vs MAKID
MAKID is free with an iOS app for your bounces; Sessions is $44 one time, reads deeper into .als, and tracks demo submissions.
Read the guide → ComparisonSaltado Sessions vs Audyn
Audyn and Sessions are both Ableton-first, one-time and offline; Sessions is $44 against $49 and free for unlimited projects.
Read the guide → ComparisonSaltado Sessions vs Deckable
Deckable and Sessions side by side: $44 against $49, both one-time, and Sessions adds a free tier for unlimited projects plus demo-submission tracking.
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