IAPC64 - Improved APC64 Midi Remote Scripts for Ableton Live

IAPC64 is a collection of Abletons' session management improvements. These include:

• ability to duplicate tracks

• ability to delete tracks

• ability to fold/unfold track groups

• ability to change monitoring states of tracks

This repository only contains modified files. For proper use, you will need the original APC64 MIDI Remote Scripts

Installation:

1. Locate MIDI Remote Scripts folder for your verison of Ableton live. Common locations include:

Windows: C:\ProgramData\Ableton\Live x.x.x\Resources\MIDI Remote Scripts

Mac: /Applications/Ableton Live x.x.x.app/Contents/App-Resources/MIDI Remote Scripts

2. Before proceeding, make sure to backup the original APC64 scripts by copying the APC64 folder to somewhere else on your computer.

3. Create a new folder inside the MIDI Remote Scripts folder, named IAPC64.

4. Copy all contents from APC64 folder to IAPC64 folder.

5. Replace __init__.pyc and mixer.pyc files in IAPC64 folder with corresponding *.pyc files from this repository(located under __pycache__ folder).

6. Boot up Ableton. In Preferences > MIDI, select IAPC64 as control surface for your APC64 input/output.

Usage

To duplicate a track, hold _Duplicate_ button on the controller and click a track you want to copy on the track strip *once*.

To delete a track, hold _Clear_ button on the controller and click a track you want to copy on the track strip *once*.

To change montioring state of a track, double-click the desired track on the track strip.

To fold/unfold group of tracks, double-click the desired track on the track strip.

Tips and useful material for developers

• De-compiled Live 11 API: https://structure-void.com/PythonLiveAPI_documentation/Live11.0.xml

• Live object model: https://docs.cycling74.com/max5/refpages/m4l-ref/m4l_live_object_model.html

For logging you can use sys.stderr.write(). The messages will be outputted to the global Log.txt file, located at: Windows: %APPDATA%\Roaming\Ableton\Live x.x.x\Log.txt Mac: ~/Library/Preferences/Ableton/Live x.x.x/Log.txt

You can import your own python dependencies into Ableton's runtime by navigating to resources folder. it is located in the same directory as MIDI Remote Scripts: ..Resources/Python/lib/site-packages. This is useful if you wish to log Live's objects during runtime, as most of them are not JSON-serialazable