AbletonOSC is a MIDI remote script that provides an Open Sound Control (OSC) interface to control Ableton Live 11+. Building on ideas from the older LiveOSC scripts, its aim is to expose the entire Live Object Model API, providing comprehensive control over Live's control interfaces using the same naming structure and object hierarchy as LOM.
It is currently (2021-05-07) a work-in-progress, exposing a few initial APIs.
To install the script:
- Clone this repo, or download/unzip and rename AbletonOSC-master to AbletonOSC
- Move the AbletonOSC folder to the MIDI Remote Scripts folder inside the Ableton application:
/Applications/Ableton Live*.app/Contents/App-Resources/MIDI Remote Scripts - Restart Live
- In
Preferences > MIDI, add the new AbletonOSC Control Surface that should appear. Live should display a message saying "AbletonOSC: Listening for OSC on port 11000" - On macOS, an activity log will be created at
/tmp/abletonosc.log
AbletonOSC listens for OSC messages on port 11000, and sends replies on port 11001.
| Address | Query params | Response params | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| /live/test | Display a test message and sends an OSC reply | ||
| /live/application/get/version | major_version, minor_version | Query Live's version |
These messages are sent to the client automatically when the application state changes.
| Address | Response params | Description |
|---|---|---|
| /live/startup | Sent to the client application when AbletonOSC is started |
| Address | Query params | Response params | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| /live/song/start_playing | Start session playback | ||
| /live/song/stop_playing | Stop session playback | ||
| /live/song/continue_playing | Resume session playback | ||
| /live/song/stop_all_clips | Stop all clips from playing | ||
| /live/song/create_audio_track | Create a new audio track at the cursor | ||
| /live/song/create_midi_track | Create a new MIDI track at the cursor | ||
| /live/song/create_return_track | Create a new return track at the cursor | ||
| /live/song/create_scene | Create a new scene | ||
| /live/song/get/is_playing | is_playing | Query whether the song is currently playing | |
| /live/song/start_listen/is_playing | Start a listener that sends a notification when is_playing changes | ||
| /live/song/stop_listen/is_playing | Stop the above listener | ||
| /live/song/get/tempo | tempo_bpm | Query song tempo | |
| /live/song/set/tempo | tempo_bpm | Set song tempo | |
| /live/song/start_listen/tempo | Start a listener that sends a notification when tempo changes | ||
| /live/song/stop_listen/tempo | Stop the above listener | ||
| /live/song/get/metronome | metronome_on | Query metronome on/off | |
| /live/song/set/metronome | metronome_on | Set metronome on/off | |
| /live/song/start_listen/metronome | Start a listener that sends a notification when metronome changes | ||
| /live/song/stop_listen/metronome | Stop the above listener |
Additional properties are exposed to get, set, start_listen and stop_listen in the same manner:
arrangement_overdub,back_to_arranger,clip_trigger_quantization,current_song_time,groove_amount,loop,loop_length,loop_start,midi_recording_quantization,nudge_down,nudge_up,punch_in,punch_out,record_mode
These messages are sent to the client automatically when the song state changes.
| Address | Response params | Description |
|---|---|---|
| /live/song/beat | beat_number | Sent to the client application on each beat when the song is playing |
| Address | Query params | Response params | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| /live/track/stop_all_clips | track_id | Stop all clips on track | |
| /live/track/get/color | track_id | color | Query track color |
| /live/track/set/color | track_id, color | Set track color | |
| /live/track/get/mute | track_id | mute | Query track mute on/off |
| /live/track/set/mute | track_id, mute | Set track mute on/off | |
| /live/track/get/solo | track_id | solo | Query track solo on/off |
| /live/track/set/solo | track_id, solo | Set track solo on/off | |
| /live/track/get/name | track_id | name | Query track name |
| /live/track/set/name | track_id, name | Set track name | |
| /live/track/get/volume | track_id | volume | Query track volume |
| /live/track/set/volume | track_id, volume | Set track volume | |
| /live/track/get/panning | track_id | panning | Query track panning |
| /live/track/set/panning | track_id, panning | Set track panning | |
| /live/track/get/send | track_id, send_id | value | Query track send |
| /live/track/set/send | track_id, send_id, value | Set track send | |
| /live/track/get/clips_name | track_id | [name, ....] | Query all clip names on track |
| /live/track/get/clips_length | track_id | [length, ...] | Query all clip lengths on track |
| /live/track/get/num_devices | track_id | num_devices | Query the number of devices on the track |
| /live/track/get/devices/name | track_id | [name, ...] | Query all device names on track |
| /live/track/get/devices/type | track_id | [type, ...] | Query all devices types on track |
| /live/track/get/devices/class_name | track_id | [class, ...] | Query all device class names on track |
See Device API for details on type/class_name.
| Address | Query params | Response params | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| /live/clip_slot/create_clip | track_id, clip_id, length | Create a clip in the slot | |
| /live/clip_slot/delete_clip | track_id, clip_id | Delete the clip in the slot | |
| /live/clip_slot/get/has_clip | track_id, clip_id | Query whether the slot has a clip | |
| /live/clip_slot/get/has_stop_button | track_id, clip_id | has_stop_button | Query whether the slot has a stop button |
| /live/clip_slot/set/has_stop_button | track_id, clip_id, has_stop_button | Add or remove stop button |
| Address | Query params | Response params | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| /live/clip/fire | track_id, clip_id | Start clip playback | |
| /live/clip/stop | track_id, clip_id | Stop clip playback | |
| /live/clip/add_new_note | track_id, clip_id, pitch, start_time, duration, velocity, mute | Add a new MIDI note to a clip. pitch is MIDI note index, start_time and duration are floats in beats, velocity is MIDI velocity index, mute is on/off | |
| /live/clip/get/color | track_id, clip_id | color | Get clip color |
| /live/clip/set/color | track_id, clip_id, color | Set clip color | |
| /live/clip/get/name | track_id, clip_id | name | Get clip name |
| /live/clip/set/name | track_id, clip_id, name | Set clip name | |
| /live/clip/get/gain | track_id, clip_id | gain | Get clip gain |
| /live/clip/set/gain | track_id, clip_id, gain | Set clip gain | |
| /live/clip/get/file_path | track_id, clip_id | file_path | Get clip file path |
| /live/clip/get/is_audio_clip | track_id, clip_id | is_audio_clip | Query whether clip is audio |
| /live/clip/get/is_midi_clip | track_id, clip_id | is_midi_clip | Query whether clip is MIDI |
| /live/clip/get/is_playing | track_id, clip_id | is_playing | Query whether clip is playing |
| /live/clip/get/is_recording | track_id, clip_id | is_recording | Query whether clip is recording |
| Address | Query params | Response params | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| /live/device/get/name | track_id, device_id | Get device name | |
| /live/device/get/class_name | track_id, device_id | Get device class_name | |
| /live/device/get/type | track_id, device_id | Get device type | |
| /live/device/get/num_parameters | track_id, device_id | num_parameters | Get the number of parameters exposed by the device |
| /live/device/get/parameters/name | track_id, device_id | [name, ...] | Get the list of parameter names exposed by the device |
| /live/device/get/parameters/value | track_id, device_id | [value, ...] | Get the device parameter values |
| /live/device/get/parameters/min | track_id, device_id | [value, ...] | Get the device parameter minimum values |
| /live/device/get/parameters/max | track_id, device_id | [value, ...] | Get the device parameter maximum values |
| /live/device/set/parameters/value | track_id, device_id, value, value ... | Set the device parameter values | |
| /live/device/get/parameter/value | track_id, device_id, parameter_id | value | Get a device parameter value |
| /live/device/set/parameter/value | track_id, device_id, parameter_id, value | Set a device parameter value |
For devices:
nameis the human-readable nametypeis 0 = audio_effect, 1 = instrument, 2 = midi_effectclass_nameis the Live instrument/effect name, e.g. Operator, Reverb. For external plugins and racks, can be AuPluginDevice, PluginDevice, InstrumentGroupDevice...
Thanks to Stu Fisher (and other authors) for LiveOSC, the spiritual predecessor to this library. Thanks to Julien Bayle and NSUSpray for providing XML API docs, based on original work by Hans Petrov.