Batch rename tracks in Ableton with AI

How to batch rename tracks in Ableton with an AI assistant: describe the naming you want and have the assistant resolve and rename the tracks, instead of double-clicking each name field.

What it does

The assistant reads the track list, decides the new names from your instruction, and sets each track’s name. Renaming a track is a live_set_track_props write, which is one undo step per track.

The tool calls

1. live_get_song_overview (or live_find_track) to read the current track names and ids.
2. The assistant maps old names to new names from your instruction.
3. live_set_track_props per track to set the new name.

Try it

Rename every track that starts with “Audio” to “Gtr” plus its number, and rename “1-MIDI” to “Drums”.

The assistant resolves each track and renames it. Each rename is independently reversible with one undo.

When to reach for the extension instead

For structural cleanup beyond names (empty tracks, off-palette colors, clips that overrun their loop), the Set Janitor extension sweeps the whole Set and fixes a checklist of issues in one undo. Janitor is the hygiene sweep; this recipe is the targeted rename.