I use Ableton as a DAW, but if I understand what you are asking, I’m not thinking it will be necessary. I am relatively new to BB, but here’s the beauty of this thing. I can create my own beats in midi OR use stock ones. Then I can set up songs that allow me to trigger fills, transitions, etc. with the pedal on the fly. There is so much variability, especially if you design your own stuff (which I like to do as I am sort of a perfectionist when it comes to grooves and rhythms. I like some of the stock beats, but not others.
Here is where some kind of additional midi controller might be helpful–changing songs and folders on the fly without having to mess with the pedal on the floor. IF my pedal is in stop mode, I can use the external foot switch to move to the next song on my list. I can also push down both switches to go out to other folders. What I can’t seem to be able to do is select folders and scroll with the foot switch. Others may have ideas about that.
If I understand you, what you would like to do is control everything out of one, central device–in this case a laptop using Ableton as your “manager”…correct? You’d like to use your Helicon device for vocal effects, manage your set lists and control the BB from that central thang? Right? Seems like you could. I’m not sure Ableton would be my go to choice for that. Anyone else?