morpheasgr/livebridge-ableton-mcp

Make music in Ableton Live 12 by talking to Claude.
168 tools for tracks, clips, MIDI, drums, chords, devices, Serum 2, automation, arrangement,
mixing and Splice samples.
macOS and Windows · every Live 12 edition · no Max for Live · MIT licensed
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FAQ
> You: Make an 8-bar house beat at 124 BPM: a 909 kit, an off-beat sub bass on Am–F–C–G and
> a warm pad playing the chords. Keep the levels sensible.
> Claude: sets the tempo, loads the 909 Core Kit, writes the drum pattern, loads a sub
> bass and a pad from Live's browser, writes the bassline and the chords with smooth voice
> leading, sets the levels in dB and names everything. 17 tool calls, each one undo step in Live.
> See every call →
> You: Turn it into a full track: intro, a build-up with a clap roll and a filter sweep, the
> drop, a breakdown, a second build and drop, and an outro. Add locators.
> Claude: writes the variations into scenes, sweeps the pad's filter through the build, lays
> out all seven sections in one call and adds the locators.
> See every call →
Ableton Live 12.4.5 with the song from examples 1, 5 and 6, built through LiveBridge alone.
LiveBridge connects Claude (Claude Code, Claude Desktop or any MCP client) to a running
Ableton Live: transport, tracks, clips, MIDI notes, audio clips and samples, built-in devices,
third-party VST/AU plug-in parameters, the browser (instruments, effects, drum kits, presets,
packs, user library), automation, the arrangement, scenes, locators, mixer, routing, recording
and view navigation, plus Splice samples through Splice's official MCP server.
It works on macOS and Windows, with every Live 12 edition (built and verified against
Live 12.4.5 Suite), with Live on the same computer as Claude or on another computer in your
network, which is handy when you switch between a Mac and a Windows PC.
No Max for Live needed. Nothing is installed into Live except a small MIDI Remote Script.
## What you can ask
| You say | Claude does it with | Example |
| "Make an 8-bar house beat at 124 BPM with a 909 kit" | drum patterns by pad name, presets from Live's browser, a bassline, chords, levels in dB | 1 |
| "Write a sad progression in D minor, a bassline and an arp, and check they fit" | chords from symbols or Roman numerals, arpeggios, a music-theory check that finds clashes | 2 |
| "Load Serum 2 and design a dark Reese bass" | 120 Serum 2 parameters controllable without Configure, macros, LFO automation | 3 |
| "Find a hi-hat loop on Splice and put it on a new track" | Splice's official MCP server for search and download, LiveBridge for import and warping | 4 |
| "Turn this loop into a full track with a build-up and a breakdown" | scenes, a clap roll, a filter sweep, the arrangement in one call, locators | 5 |
| "Check my mix against my reference track" | meters, a bounce, LUFS and spectrum comparison, EQ, side-chain, limiter | 6 |
| "Connect to Live on my Windows PC" | LAN mode with a token, discovery, file upload to the Live machine | 7 |
| "Rename every clip after its track and scene" | the whole Live Object Model, batches, Python inside Live | 8 |