MCP server for controlling Ableton Live via OSC (Open Sound Control). Enables AI assistants to manipulate tracks, routing, and other DAW functions.

Installation

From Source

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
git clone https://github.com/your-username/mcp_ableton_server.git
cd mcp_ableton_server
uv sync

Running the OSC Daemon

uv run osc_daemon.py

Configuration

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Ableton Live Controller": {
      "command": "/path/to/your/project/.venv/bin/python",
      "args": ["/path/to/your/project/mcp_ableton_server.py"]
    }
  }
}

Features

MCP-compatible API for controlling Ableton Live from MCP clients
Uses python-osc for sending and receiving OSC messages
Based on the OSC implementation from AbletonOSC
Request-response handling for Ableton Live commands
Complete mapping of available OSC addresses to MCP client tools

Usage Examples

Prepare a set to record a rock band

Set the input routing channel of all tracks that have "voice" in their name to Ext. In 2

Resources

GitHub Repository

Notes

Requires installing AbletonOSC as a control surface. The server runs on localhost: MCP Socket on port 65432, OSC send port 11000, OSC receive port 11001. Configuration file location depends on your OS: macOS — ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json, Windows — %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json.

Ableton Live MCP Server

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