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.
Unlike other Ableton MCPs I tried, this one can do pretty much anything that is possible via Ableton's Object model; the agent can just eval arbitrary python that runs inside Ableton.
It also has some tools defined for common tasks so those work faster and more reliably.
I had Codex CLI optimize this for hours with the new /goal command to prioritize low end-to-end latency, high reliability, low token usage, while maintaining full flexibility.
Just tell your AI agent (Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini, etc.) to Set up the https://github.com/bschoepke/ableton-live-mcp MCP server for me .
It should work on Mac and Windows with recent Ableton versions, but I have only tested it on Ableton Live Suite 12.3.8 on macOS Tahoe.
Back up your Live Set before using this.
The MCP can edit your set directly and could corrupt it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dRRrIY7NI0
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 banger
i want midi for everything but vocals please, with ableton devices.
not prerendered audio for instruments
and 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 length
add some dynamics, the song is basically one volume.
and some pumping side chain
improve dynamics of the clap, seems a bit flat and indistinguished, want it harder after the 3-2-1 drop
introduce a new element on a new track after the 3-2-1 drop, that comes in but then recedes before the final exit
doesn't seem like the new thing has any notes
the element is a bit muddy/indistinct.
perhaps it needs simplification and more space, different instrument choice, i dunno
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