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OK, I give up and am going to ask a dumb question:

Why would Ableton Live start playing a set (project) automatically when I open it?

I've tried hitting "Stop all clips" and then saving the song, but when I re-open it, boom, it starts playing automatically...usually right in the middle of the song, too.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

Is it happening on just one particular set ?
Does it contain m4l devices ?
MIDI remote assignments ? Try to disable the ports one by one, there might be a MIDI loop somewhere.

Good question, and something I forgot to mention (and an important point!): I'm using Isotonik Studio's Max4Live device, "Follow," which changes scenes automatically. (Fantastic device, by the way.)

i bet it has something to do with it...
Must be a live.thisdevice somewhere banging on load ? No doubt that its author will come up here very soon !

Yep, it was the script. NOT the script's fault though — mine. I hadn't updated the script for Ableton 9; I was still using the old version for Ableton 8. My bad!

Thanks!

glad you solved it.

Hi there,

I have the same problem on live 12 (with the last update on it); I actually use many M4L devices that I created but none automatically launchs the play button.
Or is it ?
I'm a bit lost.

Thanks for the replies.
Cheers,
Antoine from France.