AbletonMCP

Communityby Community (Siddharth Ahuja)freeverified Sep 26, 2026

Composes and arranges inside a running Ableton Live set — tracks, clips, devices, transport.

What it does

Connects Claude to a live Ableton Live set over a socket, so an agent can create MIDI and audio tracks, write clips note by note, pull instruments and effects out of Live's browser, set tempo, and build a full Arrangement View structure with intro, build, drop and outro. For a filmmaker-agent this is the scoring and temp-music counterpart to a generative music API: the cue stays an editable session you can re-conform when the cut changes, not a rendered stereo file you have to regenerate.

Connect

Claude Code

claude mcp add ableton -- uvx ableton-mcp

Local install: uvx ableton-mcp (then run `uvx --from ableton-mcp ableton-mcp-install-script` once to place the Remote Script, and enable AbletonMCP as a Control Surface in Live)

Auth: local-app — No key; requires a licensed Ableton Live 10 or newer running locally

Sample tools

get_session_infocreate_midi_trackcreate_clipadd_notes_to_clipload_instrument_or_effectload_drum_kitset_temposwitch_to_arrangement_viewduplicate_to_arrangementget_arrangement_clipsfire_clip

Field notes

By Siddharth Ahuja, the maintainer of Blender MCP already listed in this directory — the same architecture, and a fair maintenance signal rather than an endorsement: MIT, PyPI ableton-mcp 1.4.5 (22 Sep 2026, after 1.3.9 and 1.4.0 in late August), ~3.1k stars, repo pushed 22 Sep 2026. The Remote Script ships inside the package and `uvx --from ableton-mcp ableton-mcp-install-script` writes it into Live's MIDI Remote Scripts directory for you. You still have to select AbletonMCP as a Control Surface under Settings > Link, Tempo & MIDI with Input and Output set to None. Run only one instance of the server across your clients. Anonymous telemetry is on by default — set ABLETON_MCP_DISABLE_TELEMETRY=true to turn it off; a separate dataset-recording mode is opt-in via ABLETON_MCP_ENABLE_DATASET=true, so leave that unset on client sessions. Known limits: long arrangements time out and must be broken into smaller prompts, it works best with Live's stock devices, and reading notes back out of existing clips is unreliable. Save your set first.

Also in Music & Score

Artyfile Music LicensingArtyfile LTD Official

Search a catalogue of real recordings and buy a lifetime worldwide sync licence per track, WAV plus certificate.

music-search · music-licensingremote · paid

Epidemic Sound MCP ServerEpidemic Sound Official

Search a cleared music and SFX catalogue, then download stems, from the agent.

music-search · music-licensingremote · paid

Mureka MCPMureka.ai Official

Official Mureka server for lyrics, songs, and instrumental background music.

music · lyricscredits

Sonilo MCPSonilo Official

Score and effects generated against the cut, from a catalogue trained on licensed music.

music · sound-effectscredits

SunoMCP (AceDataCloud)AceDataCloud — not Suno

Full Suno workflow via a third-party API: songs, lyrics, stems, extends, personas.

music · lyricsremote · credits

Sonicmatchjs713-lab

Watches the footage, then returns license-safe music, a hook window, and a ducking spec.

video-analysis · music-searchfree

Pairs well with

AudioLab MCPAudioLaunch Official

Loudness, true-peak and voice metering that grades a mix against real delivery specs.

loudness-analysis · true-peakremote · freemium

AudioPod MCPAudioPod AI Official

Hosted MCP for TTS, voice cloning, music, stem and speaker separation, and denoise.

tts · voice-cloningremote · freemium

Cartesia MCPCartesia Official

Official Cartesia (Sonic) server: low-latency TTS, cloning, voice change, localization.

tts · sttremote · freemium