Ableton Enhanced

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Enables controlling Ableton Live from Cursor using natural language commands for session/transport, MIDI, arrangement, plugins, mixer, and batch operations.

автор: emaxees

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Описание

Enables controlling Ableton Live from Cursor using natural language commands for session/transport, MIDI, arrangement, plugins, mixer, and batch operations.

README

Control Ableton Live from Cursor by typing what you want in plain language — create basslines, load Serum, mix tracks, work in Arrangement view, tweak any plugin knob.

¿No sos developer? → Empezá acá: Guía de usuario (español)
Not a developer? → Start here: Getting Started

Fork and extension of ableton-mcp by Siddharth Ahuja.

Instalación en un comando

git clone https://github.com/emaxees/ableton-mcp-enhanced.git
cd ableton-mcp-enhanced
python3 install.py

El instalador (install.py) funciona en macOS, Windows y Linux:

Prepara Python
Instala el conector en Ableton Live
Configura Cursor automáticamente
Te guía paso a paso

Después: Ableton → Preferences → Link, Tempo & MIDI → Control Surface → AbletonMCP

What can you do?

Ask Cursor things like:

"What's my session tempo?"
"Create a rolling bassline in C# in Arrangement view"
"Load Serum on track 5 and set cutoff to 0.35"
"Mute the kick and solo the bass"

Full list: Qué podés hacer | What you can do (EN)

Features

Session & transport — tempo, playback, track/scene info
MIDI — create tracks, clips, add notes (Session + Arrangement)
Arrangement view — clips directly on the timeline
Plugins (VST/AU) — Serum, any plugin via path or extension
Full device control — list/set any automatable parameter
Mixer — volume, pan, mute, solo, arm
Batch commands — multiple operations in one shot
Plugin extensions — YAML manifests for friendly names & macros

Documentation

Audience	Document
Productores / no devs (ES)	docs/GUIA_USUARIO.md
Non-developers (EN)	docs/GETTING_STARTED.md
Qué se puede controlar	docs/QUE_PUEDES_HACER.md
Plugin extensions	docs/EXTENSIONS.md
All MCP tools	docs/TOOLS.md
Problems & fixes	docs/TROUBLESHOOTING.md

Architecture

Cursor  ◄──MCP──►  MCP Server (Python)  ◄──TCP :9877──►  Remote Script in Live

Extension YAML files map friendly names (filter_cutoff) to Live parameter names.

Requirements

Ableton Live 11 or 12
Python 3.10+
Cursor (cursor.com)

Manual install (developers)

Click to expand manual steps

git clone https://github.com/emaxees/ableton-mcp-enhanced.git
cd ableton-mcp-enhanced
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate   # Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -e .
./scripts/install-remote-script.sh   # Windows: python install.py

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "AbletonMCP": {
      "command": "/absolute/path/to/ableton-mcp-enhanced/scripts/run-mcp.sh",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

Windows: use .venv\Scripts\python.exe with "args": ["-m", "MCP_Server.server"]

Project structure

ableton-mcp-enhanced/
├── install.py                  ← Start here (auto installer)
├── AbletonMCP_Remote_Script/   ← Runs inside Ableton
├── MCP_Server/                 ← MCP server for Cursor
├── extensions/plugins/         ← Plugin manifests (Serum, etc.)
├── docs/GUIA_USUARIO.md        ← Non-dev guide (Spanish)
└── scripts/

Environment variables

Variable	Default	Description
`ABLETON_HOST`	`localhost`	Remote Script host
`ABLETON_PORT`	`9877`	Remote Script port
`ABLETON_MCP_EXTENSIONS_DIR`	—	Extra plugin extension folder

Limitations

Controls everything Ableton's API exposes (parameters, clips, tracks, browser, transport)
Does not automate plugin GUI windows (e.g. dragging wavetables in Serum)
Only one MCP client at a time (Cursor or Claude, not both)

Credits & license

Based on ableton-mcp by Siddharth Ahuja
Enhanced by emaxees
MIT License — see LICENSE

from github.com/emaxees/ableton-mcp-enhanced

Установка Ableton Enhanced

У этого сервера нет опубликованного пакета — он собирается из исходников. Открой репозиторий и следуй инструкции в README.

▸ github.com/emaxees/ableton-mcp-enhanced

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