Ableton Live MCP
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Ever wanted to control Ableton with just your voice? Me too! I made this MCP server so I could just ask Codex to do anything in Ableton Live for me, while I was nap-trapped by my baby.The chat messages I sent to Codex to make this:in ableton, make a self reflective song, with audio vocals (via macos say) and chip tunes and 80's drum machines. should be a real edm bangeri want midi for everything but vocals please, with ableton devices. not prerendered audio for instrumentsneeds some fillsand should hit way harder after "3-2-1 i become the sound"the vocals are squished too much (read too quickly), give them a little more lengthadd some dynamics, the song is basically one volume. and some pumping side chainimprove dynamics of the clap, seems a bit flat and indistinguished, want it harder after the 3-2-1 dropintroduce a new element on a new track after the 3-2-1 drop, that comes in but then recedes before the final exitdoesn't seem like the new thing has any notesthe element is a bit muddy/indistinct. perhaps it needs simplification and more space, different instrument choice, i dunno
HN · launched May 3, 2026 · 123 upvotes (top 7%) · 0 views
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Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- Dev tools
- Prosumer
- AI feature
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server wrapping Ableton Live's MIDI or Open Sound Control (OSC) / Live Object Model (LOM) Python API, which is standard glue code for an LLM assistant.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Suno (for AI vocal generation and track upscaling), ChatGPT (for Ableton workflow questions), MainStage concert format tools
Concerns raised: AI music lacks specific intent/detailed spec, replacing human creativity with vague direction, Generated tracks have poor quality without strong musical direction (garbage-in, garbage-out), Using AI for arrangements discourages skill-building and learning music production fundamentals, Risk of hearing damage from fx chain mistakes in workflow automation
Feature requests: Semantic search integration for sample library (already implemented), Agent audio analysis of signal chain to optimize mix and provide feedback loop, Co-creation examples and documentation showing Ableton + Suno integration, Better learning curve flattening for newcomer users
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 563 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #46 of 564 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 186 days after the earliest competitor.
- AwsmAudio · hn · 2026-06-15 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.53
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- MP3 to MIDI Lab · ph · 2026-09-15 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- OnKey · hn · 2026-10-22 · 235 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- ableton-live-12 · github · 2026-11-08 · 116 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- Am-1 Arpeggio Machine · hn · 2026-08-14 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- MIDI From MP3 · ph · 2026-10-02 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.48
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