Track the time spent in one project

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mareproduction
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Track the time spent in one project

Post by mareproduction » Thu Jan 18, 2018 3:55 pm

Hello
Is there any kind vst who can track time spending in one project?

Recently I have a habit to spend a long time on a particular project and watch it on screen :-)
Perhaps this would be a good option in Ableton to somewhere show the time spent on an individual project.

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Re: Track the time spent in one project

Post by Angstrom » Thu Jan 18, 2018 4:08 pm

there are lots of webtools for this sort of thing, used in project management etc.
a simpler one I've used with some clients is called Toggl there's a web app and a desktop app and you can create projects in it, and graph them etc. Naturally you must click a button to start/ stop tracking. I bet there's an API and you could make a Max device to automate if you really cared.
Toggl is OK, about as crappy as any of these fremium webapps which will try and upsell you at every corner. it is free for basic use though, and gloriously simple

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Re: Track the time spent in one project

Post by mareproduction » Thu Jan 18, 2018 4:24 pm

Angstrom wrote:there are lots of webtools for this sort of thing, used in project management etc.
a simpler one I've used with some clients is called Toggl there's a web app and a desktop app and you can create projects in it, and graph them etc. Naturally you must click a button to start/ stop tracking. I bet there's an API and you could make a Max device to automate if you really cared.
Toggl is OK, about as crappy as any of these fremium webapps which will try and upsell you at every corner. it is free for basic use though, and gloriously simple
Toggl looks nice

Thanks bro! :wink:

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Re: Track the time spent in one project

Post by mikb » Thu Jan 18, 2018 6:47 pm

mareproduction wrote:Hello
Is there any kind vst who can track time spending in one project?
"I bet there is a plug-in for that": HOFA 4U ProjectTime (free)-
Basic gear info: Macbook Pro with macOS 10.12, Ableton Live Suite version 9 (64bit) with Ozone, Push and APC20 as controllers.

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Re: Track the time spent in one project

Post by mareproduction » Fri Jan 19, 2018 12:49 am

mikb wrote:
mareproduction wrote:Hello
Is there any kind vst who can track time spending in one project?
"I bet there is a plug-in for that": HOFA 4U ProjectTime (free)-
Thanks looks promising :-)

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Re: Track the time spent in one project

Post by ToBe » Fri May 12, 2023 11:55 am

Here is a Max for Live plug in for tracking the time spent in Ableton Live: https://blog.abletondrummer.com/time-tr ... eton-live/

It will show te currents Session time AND the Total project time.
All sessions times spent + dates can be exported to a text file.

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