Dear community!
This is the place where you’ll find the latest version of the Yaeltex Universal Remote Script for Ableton Live
If you are an Ableton user, please give it a go!
Code by amounra93
Compatibility: Live 10 and 11. Tested with good results in Live 12
Key Links
Download script
MIDI implementation chart
User guide - Work in progress
How To Install:
How to Install on Mac
- Download the script and unzip it.
- Search for the Live.app and click on the contextual menu, select “show packages content”
- Move the folder yaeltex_universal inside /Applications/Ableton Live 11.app/Contents/App-Resources/MIDI Remote Scripts/
How to Install on Windows
- Download the script and unzip it.
- Move the folder YaeltexUniversal inside C:\ProgramData\Ableton\Live 11 Suite\Resources\MIDI Remote Scripts
A very quick guide
- Copy the script to the MIDI Remote Scripts folder
- Open the Map.py file in your text editor of choice and edit the flags to accommodate the features you are going to use.
- Open Kilowhat, edit the midi messages to match the ones you want to control on the script.
- Send the configuration to your controller.
- Open Live, and in the preferences select as control surface the universal script, set as the input, and output the ports of your controller
- Play!
Available parameters
- Mute
- Solo
- Arm
- Select
- Volume
- Pan
- Devices on selected track - up to 8 devices per track
- Devices on a specific track - up to 8 devices per track and up to 8 tracks
- Sends A, B, C, D, F, G, H
- Return volume
- Crossfader
- Cue volume
- Master volume
- Vu meters (midi and audio tracks) - experimental
- Clip launch Box - up to 16x8
- Clip stop
- Scenelaunch
- All clip stop
- Play
- Stop
- Rec
- Overdub
- Click
- Loop
(!) ADVICE:
Do extensive testing before taking this into a live situation!
This is the first stable release, we will be taking notes of bugs and suggestions in order to improve the script.
Happy scripting!