Find unused recordings in ableton live sets

index.js

// usage "node index.js /path/to/your/project.als"

const path = require('path')
const fs = require('fs')
const Ableton = require('ableton') //https://github.com/CocoFox/ableton
const [_,__,projectPath] = process.argv

const project = new Ableton(projectPath)

const main = async () => {
  const $ = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    project.read((error, $) => {
      if (error) {
        reject(error)
      } else {
        resolve($)
      }
    })
  })
  const samplePaths = $('SampleRef FileRef').toArray().filter(sample => {
    const findResult = $(sample).find('RelativePathElement').toArray()
    const recordedResults = findResult.find( pathElement => {
      return pathElement.attribs.dir == 'Recorded'
    })
    return recordedResults
  }).map( sample => {
    const nameResult = $(sample).find(`name[value$="aif"]`)
    return nameResult.attr('value')
  })
  const usedSamples = [...new Set(samplePaths)]
  const parentDir = path.dirname(projectPath)
  const recordedPath = path.join(parentDir, 'Samples', 'Recorded')
  const recordedFiles = fs.readdirSync(recordedPath).filter(file => /aif$/.test(file))
  const orphans = recordedFiles.filter(file => !usedSamples.includes(file))
  console.log({orphans})
}
main()

function execShellCommand(cmd) {
  const exec = require('child_process').exec
  return new Promise((resolve) => {
    exec(cmd, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
      if (error) {
        console.warn(error)
      }
      resolve(stdout ? stdout : stderr)
    })
  })
}