slackwing/ableton-resticle

Simple REST control of Ableton Live proof of concept

ableton-resticle

Simple REST control of Ableton Live Proof-of-Concept.

Demo

Install

Close Live, clone this repo, then from its dir (Mac OS X):

live_dir="$(find /Applications/Ableton* -name 'MIDI Remote Scripts')"
mkdir "$live_dir/Resticle"
for f in *.py ; do ln -s "$(pwd)/$f" "$live_dir/Resticle/$f" ; done

Open Live -> Preferences -> Link MIDI, select Resticle in any Control Surface column cell.

API Sample

$ curl -XPOST localhost:8080/play
# {"ok": true}
$ curl -XPOST localhost:8080/stop
# {"ok": true}
$ curl -XGET  localhost:8080/tempo
# {"tempo": 120.0}
$ curl -XPOST localhost:8080/play
# {"ok": true}
$ curl -XPOST localhost:8080/tempo/150
# {"tempo": 150.0}
$ curl -XPOST localhost:8080/stop
# {"ok": true}