# ableton-live-mcp-server

> MCP Server for Ableton Live

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## Declared
- publisher: Project Contributors
- homepage: https://github.com/mrmos/ableton-live-mcp-server
- repository: https://github.com/mrmos/ableton-live-mcp-server
- version: 0.2.1
- license: MIT License  Copyright (c) 2025 Simon Kansara  Permission is he…
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:ableton-live-mcp-server

### Description (declared)

# Ableton Live MCP Server

## 📌 Overview
The **Ableton Live MCP Server** is a server implementing the [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) to facilitate communication between LLMs and **Ableton Live**. It uses **OSC (Open Sound Control)** to send and receive messages to/from Ableton Live.
It is based on [AbletonOSC](https://github.com/ideoforms/AbletonOSC) implementation and exhaustively maps available OSC adresses to [**tools**](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/concepts/tools) accessible to MCP clients.

[![ontrol Ableton Live with LLMs](https://img.youtube.com/vi/12MzsQ3V7cs/hqdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12MzsQ3V7cs)

This project consists of two main components:
- `mcp_ableton_server.py`: The MCP server handling the communication between clients and the OSC daemon.
- `osc_daemon.py`: The OSC daemon responsible for relaying commands to Ableton Live and processing responses.

## ✨ Features
- Provides an 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](https://github.com/ideoforms/AbletonOSC).
- Implements request-response handling for Ableton Live commands.

## ⚡ Installation

### Option 1: Install with UV (Recommended)

1. Install UV if you don't have it already:
   ```bash
   pip install uv
   ```

2. Install directly from PyPI:
   ```bash
   uv install ableton-live-mcp-server
   ```

3. Or install from GitHub:
   ```bash
   uv install git+https://github.com/mrmos/ableton-live-mcp-server.git
   ```

### Option 2: Manual Installation

1. Install `uv`
   ```bash
   pip install uv
   ```
2. Clone the repository:
   ```bash
   git clone https://github.com/your-username/mcp_ableton_server.git
   cd mcp_ableton_server
   ```
3. Install dependencies:
   ```bash
   uv install python-osc fastmcp
   ```
4. Install the MCP Server
   This assumes that you're using [Claude Desktop](https://claude.…

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## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/ableton-live-mcp-server/ (first seen 2026-09-09T08:20:10.679Z)

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