Ableton Live Track Clip Name

Using Ableton-JS (https://github.com/leolabs/ableton-js) to expose the clipname of that is playing on a track for usage in broadcast or other applications.

Full tutorial video: https://youtu.be/i1Gl_bOmTZA

Installation

Clone this repository and in the folder do:

npm install

Prerequisites

Copy the midi-script folder of from node_modules/ableton-js to Ableton's Remote Scripts folder and rename it to AbletonJS. The MIDI Remote Scripts folder is usually located at:

• Windows: {path to Ableton}\Resources\MIDI\Remote Scripts
• macOS: /Applications/Ableton Live {version}/Contents/App-Resources/MIDI Remote Scripts

After starting Ableton Live, add the script to your list of control surfaces:

Running the scipt

Fill the tracknumber in at line 6 of index.js (for example const track_number = 3 ) for the script to start listening to what clip is currently playing on that track.

Run the script on the same computer as Ableton is running:

node index.js

Usage

When the script is running you have access to the name in either json or plaintext by going to the following addresses:

http://localhost:3000/json

http://localhost:3000/name

If you are using for example OBS you can simply open the song.txt file as text and it will automatically update.