ableton-live-mcp-server

The Ableton Live MCP Server is a server implementing the Model Context Protocol (MCP) 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 implementation and exhaustively maps available OSC adresses to **tools** accessible to MCP clients.

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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.

• 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.
• Implements request-response handling for Ableton Live commands.

1. Install UV if you don't have it already:

   pip install uv

1. Install directly from PyPI:

   uv install ableton-live-mcp-server

1. Or install from GitHub:

   uv install git+https://github.com/yourusername/ableton-live-mcp-server.git

1. Install uv

   pip install uv

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/mcp_ableton_server.git
   cd mcp_ableton_server

1. Install dependencies:

   uv install python-osc fastmcp

1. Install the MCP Server

This assumes that you're using [Claude Desktop](https://