Pliris Docs

Guides and reference for Pliris™ — the multitrack stems player for live performance by From Studio to Stage. Learn how to import songs from Ableton Live, upload and analyze stems, build setlists, program MIDI cues, and send LTC/SMPTE timecode.

Getting Started

Drop Files, Analyze When Ready, Right-Click to Edit — Drop stems (upload starts immediately) or an Ableton project (Import to finish), optionally Analyze, then right-click to fix key, tempo, stems, and sections.
What Is Pliris? — The big-picture mental model — what Pliris is, who it's for, and the four nouns that hold your whole live rig together.
Signing In to Pliris — Where to sign in, how the magic-link flow works, and how one sign-in carries across every From Studio to Stage app — there is no separate Pliris login page.
Magic Link Sign-In Troubleshooting — What to do when the sign-in email does not arrive, the link loops, or Safari says it expired.
Your First Five Minutes with Pliris — The one path that takes you from a fresh account to running an Ableton show set — in about five minutes.
Bands, Songs, Arrangements, and Setlists — The full data model — how bands hold songs, songs hold arrangements, arrangements hold your show, and setlists put it all in order.
Creating Your First Band — Add your first band, set its name and profile image, and understand what a band actually holds — the front door to everything in Pliris.
Inviting Band Members — Invite someone to your band, pick their permissions, and control which bands they can access.
Band Access Levels — What each band permission can do — view only, download files, create setlists, manage arrangements, edit songs, manage members — plus how that differs from account admin.
Renamed Band Links Still Work — Changing a band's name shouldn't break old shared links — slug redirects keep the previous URL working.
Credits Explained — What Analyze does, how credits work, why analysis is priced per minute of audio, and why re-importing an Ableton file never costs you anything.
The Pliris Account Menu — The same avatar menu in every Pliris app — your profile, credit and storage meters, and account links that open already signed in.
Finding Course Downloads and Templates — Where lesson downloads live, free vs paid templates, and what to do when a Downloads tab is empty.

Songs & Setlists

Uploading and Analyzing Your Stems — Drop stems and they upload immediately. Optionally Analyze (credits) for key, tempo, sections, lyrics, and chords — then rename and regroup on the song page.
How to Use the Song Arrangement Page — The arrangement page is where you rehearse and build a song — stems, sections, tempo, count-in, MIDI cues, lyrics, and playback all live here.
How to Edit Songs in Pliris — Rename a song, change cover art, and right-click on an arrangement to update key, tempo, sections, stems, and more — without touching the audio file itself unless you mean to.
Setting the Tempo of a Song — Tell Pliris what tempo the song is — for click, count-in, the grid, and Ableton export. This does not speed up or slow down your stems.
How to Rename Song Sections — Right-click a section on the arrangement timeline to rename it — the label updates on the player and in Ableton exports.
How to Change Cues in Pliris — Edit MIDI cues that fire external gear, record them live, drag them in Pro view, and map section cues for Ableton templates — all from the arrangement page.
How to Change Count-In — Set how many bars of click roll in before the downbeat — per arrangement, or inherit the band's global Count-in length.
How to Change the Length of a Song Section — You can't resize a section directly in Pliris. Move the relevant boundary locator in Ableton Live — its own to change the start, the next section's to change the end — save, and drop the updated .als back onto the arrangement to sync it.
Adding and Changing Song Sections — You can rename a section and set its cue directly in Pliris. Adding, merging, deleting, reordering, and resizing sections all happen in Ableton Live — move the locators, save, and drop the .als back on the arrangement.
How to Rename and Regroup Stems — Right-click stems to rename or change group / routing, create custom stem groups, and rename the ones you own — built-in algorithmic categories stay fixed.
Old Stems Play but Won't Download as WAV — Stems uploaded before March 2025 may only have MP3 versions — re-upload the original WAV to restore full-quality export.
Importing a Song from Ableton Live — Bring a song in from Ableton in one drop. Collect All and Save, zip the project folder, drop it on the uploader — Pliris reads your tempo, sections, and arrangement AND pulls in your stems together. (A bare .als is structure-only.)
Keyboard Shortcuts — Verified Pliris™ playback keys, right-click and click actions, and setlist shortcuts — a checked list, not every key in the app.
Using Your Own Click and Cue Sounds — Bands' built-in Click & Cues uses stock sounds — use stem uploads or a custom Ableton template when you need your own samples.
Building and Sharing a Setlist — Create a setlist, add and reorder songs, share it public or private, print it to PDF, and assign LTC timecode values.
The Setlist Navigation Panel — Open a song from a setlist and a floating panel follows you — jump back to the set, skip to the next song, or leap anywhere in the list.
Why Does My Stem Show “Processing”? — What happens after upload, how long processing usually takes, and what to do when a stem is stuck.
Replacing Stems and Re-analyzing a Song — How to swap files on an existing song, avoid duplicates, and get a clean re-analysis.
Exporting Your Show Back to Ableton — Export a whole setlist as one Ableton Live Set with every arrangement in order and LTC timecode tracks pre-configured.
What’s in an Exported Ableton Project? — Stems, click, LTC, tempo automation, section markers, MIDI cues, and multi-song layout.
Updating an Arrangement from Ableton — Change a song in Ableton — mutes, deactivated clips, a duplicated chorus — drop the .als on its arrangement, and the on-page player updates in place. No re-upload.
Updating Your Set's Arrangements from Ableton — Export your set, rehearse and edit it in Ableton, drop the one file back on the setlist — and update each arrangement or spin up new versions, your call, song by song.
What Gets Imported When You Update from Ableton — Dropping an .als on an arrangement updates structure, tempo, mix, and clip alignment — not your stem audio. Here's exactly what Pliris reads.
How to Choose an Ableton Template — Your template decides how every Ableton export from the app is structured — single songs and whole sets alike. An account admin sets it per band under Account settings → Ableton template. CLI and API cloud builds take their own per-build template instead.
Snapshot History — Every Version of Your Work — Pliris saves a version every time you change an arrangement or setlist. See exactly what changed, and restore any version — safely, because restoring is itself undoable.
Setlist Solutions — Setlist, AbleSet, LIOBOX, Conductor & TAZ — How Pliris formats locators and talks to external setlist apps. Pick the right solution under Settings → Setlist.
Bulk Import and Catalog Moves — What bulk import can and cannot do today, and practical ways to bring a large catalog into Pliris.

Hardware & Setup

Sending LTC / SMPTE Timecode to External Gear — Generate SMPTE LTC audio to sync lighting consoles, DAWs, and timecode readers — from the free generator or straight from an arrangement.
Programming MIDI Cues for External Gear — Fire MIDI at external gear at exact timecodes — add cues with C, set channel and command, route to a WebMIDI output, or record them live.
Who Can Edit MIDI Cues — MIDI cues are owned by the person who created them — only that owner or a band admin can edit or delete someone else's cue.

Troubleshooting

Stems Won't Play or Are Silent — A practical checklist for when audio won't start, a stem is silent, or your stems never uploaded — upload, analysis, browser, and output.

Account & Billing

Plans, Credits, and Billing — What the free tier includes, what a Pliris subscription unlocks, how credits work, and where to manage your plan.
Trial and Paid Limits — What free/trial accounts can do vs paid — songs, arrangements, setlists, templates, and credits.
I Paid but Still See Trial Limits or “Get All-Access” — Why pricing CTAs still show after you subscribe, how access refreshes, and how to confirm your plan.

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