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Questions tagged [ableton-live]
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Ableton live remote script UserConfiguration for the Behringer UMA25S
I have been looking for the UserConfiguration settings/script for the Behringer UMA25S for the Ableton Live control surface, but I could not find it anywhere. I created it myself and thought I share it just to save you the hassle.
Good luck!

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Calling a function after another function is called
I'm programming a controller for use with Ableton Live 8 using the Python-based API. In my code I use a method provided in the API to watch for changes in a property's value, and call a function whenever the value changes. My goal is to change the…

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Launchpad Mini Mk3—Adding a fourth mode to session that's more than one row tall
What I'm trying to do:
Add a fourth mode, let's call it SendsMode, to the Session page of my Launchpad—AKA when hitting the "Stop-Solo-Mute" button a fourth time, it would cycle into SendsMode.
In this mode, the bottom row(s) of buttons would turn…

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Time conversion from 'time_signature' and BPM from an Ableton Live 11 MIDI file using python-mido
I have exported a MIDI file from Ableton Live 11 and I would like to extract the variation of the mod wheel in the form of a two-columns table with values and corresponding timestamp in seconds.
For this I have written a Python script using mido to…

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Anybody know how Jukeblocks.io was able to read an Ableton ALS file contents in order to write a version with new arrangement?
JukeBlocks.io is an incredible tool -- I was hoping to play around with my own algorithms to do what it does but differently, for myself. The trick of course is being able to get into an Ableton.als file and alter it. Does it need to be decompiled,…

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Ableton Live 10 specific tracks cut out randomly for a few seconds during playback and also export
I just had to re-install Ableton 11 and all plugins after a computer crash (reset Windows). I opened my last project in Ableton and three tracks cut out randomly for about 1-2 seconds before coming back (all are audio tracks with vocals, lots of…

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Max For Live Not Patch Not Updating Data on Arduino Display
I've been working on a project with an Arduino recently where I'm basically trying to get a small display hooked up to an Arduino to update with the name of a MIDI mapped knob in Ableton Live.
For example, let's say I map the knob to the reverb send…

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How can I make this Max MSP/M4L patch update zl.len and zl.mth for an empty list?
Background
I'm trying to build a Max for Live device as a solution to the problem presented in this related question. As part of my solution I need to keep track of a group of notes (i.e. the selected, or in-scale notes).
My patch (see below) works…

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when parsing an Ableton Live project file in python, how can I convert clip positions from beats to time?
I'm attempting to parse an Ableton Live Project in Python to get the positions of clips in the arrangement view (as per http://crooked-hideout.blogspot.com/2012/01/ableton-live-set-is-gzipped-xml-ruby.html, Ableton Live project files are just…

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LiveAPI() to control loop
I am trying to disable looping via LiveAPI() calls in Ableton Live 10 and Max 4 Live...
How do I trigger the Loop button pictured here?
I have tried various combinations of the path, via the nodeJS library…

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AKSequencer with Ableton Link
Has anyone did synchronization AKSequencer with Ableton Link accurately?
Whatever I do, it not synchronized at all.
I take beatTime from AbletonLink and play sequencer at this position + output latency. Since the delay between function play called…

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Novation Launchpad Midi Remote Script for Ableton Live
I saw in Will Marshall's Advanced APC MKii he breaks the APC grid into two 4x5 matrices, where you can move the left one, and the right one is static.
I'm trying to emulate something like this on the Launchpad.
Ultimately what I am hoping for is to…

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Access virtual serial port outside Arduino IDE
I have a LighBlue Bean which is an Arduino compatible Bluetooth LE microcontroller. I'm trying to access its virtual serial port outside the Arduino IDE. I can see the serial data in the Arduino Serial Monitor and also in screen using the terminal…

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Python RTMidi control Ableton Live
I'm trying to control Ableton via the rtmidi_python library.
At this point, I can send messages over bluetooth to the Slave, which receives them and sends them to Ableton.
The problem is that a 'Play' command doesn't start Ableton on the other side.…

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Control Ableton Live tempo from MaxMSP
My question is firstly- is midi cc information integer only? i.e. 0 - 127 but not 5.55
The reason I ask is that I'm trying to control the tempo in Ableton Live from MaxMSP.
I found out that midi-cc 0 registers a tempo of 20bpm, and midi-cc 127…

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