LiveGrabber is a series of Max For Live plugins that can send information of device parameters, track parameters, clip envelopes and audio analysis of Ableton Live to any device on the network that supports Open Sound Control (OSC). With the 3.0 beta Live can now also receive.
LiveGrabber consists of 6 Max for Live devices:
- ParamGrabber: connects to parameters of any Live device
- TrackGrabber: connects to track parameters of a Live track
- AnalysisGrabber: analyses the audio output of a Live track
- VoidGrabber: allows you to send arbitrary values with Automation and Clip Envelopes
- GrabberSender: sends all data to your OSC destination on the network
- GrabberReceiver: receives messages from your OSC senders on the network
An example connecting Ableton Live with VDMX
You can download it for free on Soundforge. More information and detailed instructions can be found on the LiveGrabber page.
This way for heaps more Max for Live devices & tips.
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How to translate an OSC argument into a Midi note on track ?
I’ve been using OSCulator for this. There might be other software doing the same. It has to be something outside of Ableton Live that translates the OSC to MIDI.
Is there a list of the parameters and syntax of the OSC messages that we can send to Ableton? I’m trying to control with Mac the tempo reproduction of a MIDI track that’s playing in Ableton
Ableton Live doesn’t work with OSC. That’s why an app or Max for Live device is needed to translate the OSC messages to MIDI messages. LiveGrabber seems to be offline, so have a look at the free Max for Live Connection Kit from Ableton instead. It contains devices for OSC.
LiveGrabber is back!
https://showsync.com/tools/livegrabber/