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VST Plug-In not showing up in Ableton Live 11 (MAC Big Sur)
I copied the .vst3 and .component files from the VST installer to the "System" paths, "/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3" and "../Components". I also allowed the files to be accessed thru Security option on the MAC, and I also removed the "quarantine"…

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Is it possible to have multiple different tracks with the same MAX for Live device?
I want to visualize the different tracks with Images in max for live device according to the parts of a drumset. But I can't seem to have the same max for live device for all the Ableton tracks. Is there maybe a way to do this? Thanks.
I tried…

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Fl Studio export/render projects
I am trying to build a simple python script that automatically renders/exports an fl studio project.
I haven't been able to find any libraries/resources that would help me do this. It should be pretty simple. Has anyone encountered the same issue?
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P4ignore ignore changes, but allow adds and deletes
I have bumped into an extreme edge case. I need to have an Ableton project in our perforce, and Ableton does not have any kind of source control integration.
For the project to function correctly, we need to have all of the raw samples in the…
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Magenta issues with M4l
whenever i want to cream something with magenta i can select an output but the slots are empty and i can't select anything. Has anyone already had this?
this happens with all Magenta plugins.
I work with m4l
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whenever i…
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Boost dependency crashing ableton on mac OS
I am getting crashes related to boost/asio for my dynamic library, within ableton.
I heard it might be due to clashing boost versions - so I switched to statically linking boost, and I'm still getting crashes
My audio plugin works fine in all DAWs,…

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Is it possible to create an AbletonLive plugin that provides a UI as well as a button to load a series of files as sound clips?
I want to dynamically populate a MIDI AUDIO track's clips section with a bunch of mp3s in a folder that change hourly.
I want to create a GUI where I can tune the frequency of how often new clips are loaded into the MIDI AUDIO track's clips…

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Can I live capture midi with rtmidi while using Ableton?
I'm creating a pygame that renders midi notes on a grid and I'd like to be able to use the same midi input through Ableton at the same time.
Right now I'm using this to capture:
inport = mido.open_input(synth_name)
msg = inport.receive()
Is there a…

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Ableton Live 11 Lite: Lagging or distorted delay of recording
I'm using Ableton Live 11 Lite while recording a cover, and discovered that all of my recording comes out as a jittery mess all of the sudden. I'm using a Focusrite Scarlett Solo, a Squier Telecaster, Maestro Ranger Over-Drive pedal, and an…

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Sending MIDI file using Python to MAX MSP or Ableton
I have a Python code that outputs a MIDI file and I'm trying to send this automatically to Ableton (preferably) or MAX MSP so I can do further processing. Until now I've tried many suggested solutions but none of them has worked, and here's a…

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Can XML load image from Hexadecimal in Ableton Skin File (.ask)?
No coding background, and before I go trying to learn the needed language, is it even POSSIBLE for an XML file like Ableton Skin Files (.ask) to use an image or gradient instead of a single hex color? Mucho thanks!
cheers,
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Trying to route audio from Musescore to Ableton Live 10 via JACK audio connection?
My goal is to be able to write sheet music in Musescore and then have the audio output of the playback routed to Ableton Live.
I've tried using loopMIDI audio and LoopBe1 as virtual midi cables.
I have the Jack audio driver set in Ableton's audio…

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"Sort by random" in OSX Finder setting kMDItemFinderComment to a random hash for every file in a folder?
Finder allows you to sort files by many different attributes.
In the OSX filesystem, there is an attribute on every file called "comments" (com.apple.metadata:kMDItemFinderComment) which allows you to add any arbitrary string data as metadata for…

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Programming keyboard lights for DAW
I am producing music (in Ableton Live) and will buy a pc keyboard with RGB lights, which will be used as such a software controller (play button, record button, etc.)
How can I program that while the software is recording, the recording button on…

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Rtmidi - Ableton Remote Script - How to send MIDI_CC signals from rtmidi to Ableton Python remote script
I wrote an util to send midi data from a python script to ableton, mostly using rtmidi.
On the ableton side, I have a remote script, fairly simple with just couple of buttons in the main class:
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self._session = SessionComponent(8, 1,…

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