GoKawiilEver 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.
How to setup
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.
Demo
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
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