A Visual Metronome...

[tucker22]

Create a pulsating light effect that conducts the tempo. It'd be a visual
metronome that potentially eliminates the users' need to create click
tracks for mere jam sessions. It'd be an expandable window (perhaps where
the dialog box is at) that the user could expand if there was a need for it.
The pulsating light's diameter and color could be varied according to the
users' preference. And it could pulsate whole notes, half notes,
quarter notes, etc... The downbeat could be green, and the upbeats could be red.

I personally think this could be an awesome/invaluable Ableton feature
/update. Without click tracks and in-ear monitors, it becomes fairly easy to lose track of the downbeat whilst cuing up samples (ESPECIALLY pads). I think this idea would be a terrific solution. It'd be awesome if this was part of a free Ableton 8 update (version 3 or something):

Please Please Please consider, almighty Ableton???

P.S. And does anybody else think this a good idea?

[Pitch Black]

YES! I have always wanted a graphical plugin that counted through a big, visual 1-2-3-4 cycle of digits.

Ideally one that you could re-size as large as fullscreen if you wanted, so you can tell "where the #@#$%^ is the One??" from across a darkened stage.

[chapelier fou]

There should be VSTs. But a native one would be cool. For that, I use spared buttons on my monome, triggered with empty midi clips and follow action.

[tucker22]

That's an interesting idea, mr. fou. I'm assuming I could do the same thing with an APC 40? (with your consent first, of course)

[chapelier fou]

I give you my blessing. I don't know why it would not be possible.
BUT : I've got a problem with this, and made a topic in the bugs and problems section :
http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=114981
That's for me a problem, I've got to trigger the visual metronome before the song.