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I wish there was a way to "preview" a Live Set before opening it. Even if it's a low-fi version it would be great to quickly browse through a bunch of Live Sets without having to open each one, load the plugins, etc.

You can do this, but you need to do it yourself.

I always do this myself, just render out a rough copy to the project folder.

There is no way for Live to actually preview your set without loading it first. The previews for most Live instruments are small rendered sample files.

This app lets you preview your ableton projects without opening them: https://liveprojectlauncher.com/