Saltado Sessions

Navigate your Ableton sessions with ease.No matter how unorganized your files are.

Sessions scans your computer for every session and more.
Organize, track, preview, open, duplicate, rename and more.
Ableton Live first. More DAWs will open up.

No account needed · you own the app · your music never leaves your machine

Install Download for Windows Download for macOS Up to 30 sessions for free.
Get Pro Get Pro · $49 Unlimited sessions · all features.
Saltado Sessions showing the session list with one project expanded: waveform preview with a draggable play window, session files with their Live versions, and collapsible Devices & Plugins, Samples Used and Notes sections.
The actual app: 126 sessions tracked, one expanded.

Built like the DAW you already live in

Deterministic, offline, and fast. Scanning is read-only: it never moves, renames or deletes a session unless you ask it to.

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Finds your world in seconds

Point it at nothing: the setup wizard sweeps your drives for Ableton projects, sample packs, racks, Max for Live devices and plugins. Your Live installs and User Libraries are found automatically; confirm once and it takes over from there.

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Your sessions, decoded

BPM and key read straight out of the file. No tagging, no guessing. Ratings, statuses, tags, notes, and a status pipeline you can customize. Play your latest bounce on any track without opening Live.

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"Will this session open?"

Drop an .als someone sent you: every plugin it needs, and exactly which ones you're missing, before Live silently bypasses them. Ableton today, more DAWs next.

⚠️ Missing 3 of 12 plugins
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Plugin Passport

Export your plugin collection as a tiny file. Swap with a collaborator and see what crosses over: both have / only them / only you. Works whatever either of you produces in.

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Drop it, it's organized

New sample pack? Max for Live device? A Live set from a friend? Drop it on the Import page and it's filed, cataloged, and searchable automatically. Every import can be undone.

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Local-first, always

Your music never leaves your machine. No account, no cloud, no telemetry. Sessions reads your files where they sit: scanning changes nothing, and nothing moves unless you ask.

What it reads, format by format

Ableton Live is fully supported today.

Every DAW What the format stores
Format Open Bounce preview Tempo Key Plugins Session versions Sample check
Ableton Live.als
FL Studio.flpPlanned FL stores no key single file
Logic Pro.logicxPlanned macOS Logic hides them uses Alternatives
REAPER.rppPlanned no key stored
Studio One.songPlanned no key stored
Bitwig Studio.bwprojectExploring ? no project key ? ?
Cubase.cprExploring ? ?root key, if you set one ? ?
Pro Tools.ptxExploring ? ? ?closed format, the hard one ?
GarageBand.bandExploring macOS ? ? GarageBand hides them ?

Pricing

Track up to 30 projects free, forever. Pro unlocks your full library and the collab tools: one payment, yours to keep. Never a subscription.

Install · Free

$0
  • Ableton Live
  • Up to 30 projects tracked
  • BPM & key auto-detected
  • Ratings, statuses, tags & notes
  • Instant bounce previews
Up to 30 sessions free.

Installers aren't code-signed yet, so Windows and macOS warn the first time you open one (macOS: System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway). Signing is on the roadmap.

Pro

$49 one-time

Everything in Free, plus:

  • Unlimited projects
  • Full library: plugins, samples, racks, presets & Max for Live
  • Session Compatibility Checker
  • Plugin Passport
  • Project creator (templates)
  • Import auto-organizer
Get Pro · $49

Yours forever. One payment, no subscription. No account needed. Your license key arrives by email straight after checkout; paste it into Settings. 14-day refund, no questions.