Ableton Live Control Surface for Teenage Engineering OP-1

Copyright (C) 2012 Imaginando, Lda & Teenage Engineering AB

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LAST UPDATE - 22 Mar 2021

• port to Ableton Live 11 (Python3)

28 Jul 2017

• code cleanup
• docs

16 May 2017

• fixed bug that prevented clear button (ss8/m2) from working properly on sessions with track groups

15 May 2017

• shift + paste (arrow down) button is undo now
• shift + scissors is redo

14 May 2017

• shift + seq button will toggle "follow song" option
• improved text of a scene or a track displayed on OP1 - unprintable chars are removed, spaces joined together and string is limited to 20 chars (OP1 display limit)
• encoder 4 in transport mode will control size of a track widget on press + turn

27 April 2017

• fixed assert raising bug appearing when script was accessing non-existing slot (related probably to groups)

26 April 2017

• mic and com button select track in transport mode
• better toggle of views
• pressing rec buton while recording will only stop record state, not the playback

22 April 2017

• OP1 can now control transport params of Ableton in "transport mode" (tape)
• shift + arrows jumps to next/previous marker
• lift button sets/unsets a marker
• shift+lift hides/shows the browser
• blue encoder scrubs the tape (even while playing)
• green encoder changes quantization parameters
• white encoder moves the play position and makes a selection while pressed
• orange encoder zooms arrangement view when in transport mode
• shift + play plays a selection (if there is one)
• shift + loop in sets the beggining of the loop to the current play position
• screen now displays play state, quantization and BPM

8 September 2014

• The main problems with the Live 9 version of the scripts were fixed.
• The red box appears again and the song position arrows work again but with a workaround as I still couldn't understand why set_seek_buttons of the TransportComponent aren't working.

INSTALLATION

• Download and unzip. Rename the folder to "OP1".

• Please note that folders in the "MIDI Remote Scripts" folder must not contain dashes. Otherwise python will fail to import the module.

• Mac OSX

Right click on Live App bundle and click "Show Package Contents" Navigate to "Contents\App-Resources\MIDI Remote Scripts" Drop OP1 folder into MIDI Remote Scripts Folder

• Windows

Look for Ableton Live executable file Look for the folder MIDI Remote Scripts Drop OP1 folder into MIDI Remote Scripts Folder

• Finalize

Go to Ableton Live MIDI preferences Choose OP1 Control Surface

• For operation details give a look on TE-OP1-Mapping-Guide.pdf

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Developers:

• Original Implementation by Nuno Santos (Imaginando, Lda)
• Jozef Henzl (https://github.com/pcppcp)
• Marc Tran Du Trieu (https://github.com/marctdt)

For related questions please use the contact form at www.imaginando.pt