What this is

A generator that turns your MIDI controller into a MIDI Remote Script for Ableton Live 11 & 12. You move your controls, say what each should do, and download a ready-to-install script. Everything runs in your browser — nothing is uploaded.

The four steps

• 1 · Connect — click “Connect controller”, allow MIDI access. Your inputs appear under “Inputs detected”.
• 2 · Assign — move a knob, fader or pad. It shows up under “Last control touched”; hit “Assign this control”.
• 3 · Choose — for each mapping, pick an action in the dropdown.
• 4 · Generate — name your script, click “Generate script (.zip)”, install it in Live.

Actions you can map

• Track — Volume, Pan, Mute, Solo, Arm. Targets the selected track, or a fixed track by number (see below).
• Global — Master volume, Transport Play / Stop / Record.
• Selected device — parameter 1, on/off. Follows Live’s “blue hand” (the appointed device).
• Device bank — a set of knobs that map to the selected device’s parameters at once (see “Capture a device bank”).

Selected track vs Specific track

On a Track action, the Target selector chooses:

• Selected track — follows whatever track is selected in Live (dynamic).
• Specific track #N — always the same track, by its position (fixed). ⚠ This is blind: the track number must exist in your set, or the control does nothing. Think of it as a better replacement for Live’s native MIDI map.

Momentary vs Toggle

• Momentary (pad) — sends a value on press and 0 on release. Each press flips the state.
• Toggle (latch) — a switch that stays on/off. Its position sets the state directly.

If a button only reacts every other press, switch this setting.

LED feedback

Pick your controller model (top) to enable LED colours on state buttons. Colours come from Ableton’s official scripts. The on-screen pastille is indicative — real colours show on the hardware.

Save / Load project

“Save .json” downloads your whole mapping as a .mmproj.json file. “Load project” brings it back (replacing the current one). Use it to keep, reload or share configs.

Licensing

This generator and the documentation are © Julien Bayle / Structure Void, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0: free to use and learn from, no commercial reuse, credit required. The scripts you generate are different, they are yours, released into the public domain (CC0): usable anywhere including commercially, with no attribution required.

Install in Ableton Live

After you generate, you get a .zip. Unzip it — inside is a folder named after your script. Move that folder into Live's User Library / Remote Scripts:

• macOS — ~/Music/Ableton/User Library/Remote Scripts/
• Windows — C:\Users\<you>\Documents\Ableton\User Library\Remote Scripts\

If the Remote Scripts folder doesn't exist yet, create it. Then restart Live, open Preferences → Link / Tempo / MIDI, pick your script in a free Control Surface slot, and set its Input to your controller's port.