Hacker News: bschoepke

New comment by bschoepke in "ChatGPT Work"

bschoepke — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 18:26:38 +0000

If you really want, you can cmd+T and go to chatgpt.com within the ChatGPT app haha

New comment by bschoepke in "Gooey: A GPU-accelerated UI framework for Zig"

bschoepke — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:38:34 +0000

Latest way to do native Windows GUI in Rust is pretty cool:

https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1tql7uf/microsofts_wi...

New comment by bschoepke in "Show HN: Ableton Live MCP"

bschoepke — Tue, 05 May 2026 02:42:19 +0000

Thank you for the feedback, I'll record some more co-creating examples! And yea, it's also fun to take stuff out of Ableton and run it through Suno, to get real vocals and such.

A cool thing about this MCP is you can ask Codex Ableton questions and it will go and read the state of your current Live Set and answer based on that. You don't have to have it change anything for you if you don't want.

New comment by bschoepke in "Show HN: Ableton Live MCP"

bschoepke — Mon, 04 May 2026 14:20:38 +0000

> 6. Semantic search of sample library

I just pushed another tool for that! It wasn't exposed in the Live API but the implementation just issues the same queries to the underlying sqlite db that the Live GUI queries for the "Find Similar Sounds" feature.

New comment by bschoepke in "Show HN: Ableton Live MCP"

bschoepke — Mon, 04 May 2026 14:13:24 +0000

Added an "Agent Audio Tap" Max for Live device that lets the agent analyze any part of the signal chain and optimize your mix based on that (or just make cool visualizations!)

https://github.com/bschoepke/ableton-live-mcp/blob/main/READ...

New comment by bschoepke in "Show HN: Ableton Live MCP"

bschoepke — Mon, 04 May 2026 13:44:47 +0000

Well, I do that too. I actually spend most of my music hobby time with my Ableton Move. I just happen to find it very fun to play with Codex as well.

New comment by bschoepke in "Show HN: Ableton Live MCP"

bschoepke — Mon, 04 May 2026 12:26:40 +0000

Well, it's also interesting to take a rough sketch out of Ableton, render it to audio, and then use Suno to "upscale" it.

New comment by bschoepke in "Show HN: Ableton Live MCP"

bschoepke — Mon, 04 May 2026 12:26:06 +0000

Nice, the audio analysis M4L device is something I wanted to add next, as that would close the feedback loop and let the agent actually analyze its setup. Kind of like how giving agents screenshots of its UI work helps improve the UI.

New comment by bschoepke in "Show HN: Ableton Live MCP"

bschoepke — Mon, 04 May 2026 12:24:47 +0000

I agree! I made this mostly so I could stay in the flow more in Ableton without getting lost spinning knobs and pressing buttons. Although I do enjoy spinning knobs and pressing buttons.

With this I can keep my hands on my keyboard or guitar and direct Codex to make a quick backing track.

New comment by bschoepke in "Show HN: Ableton Live MCP"

bschoepke — Mon, 04 May 2026 12:23:34 +0000

To be fair, the demo track was one of the first I had it make, and I didn't put much effort into it because I thought it was especially funny with the macos "say" command vocals.

It's a garbage-in, garbage-out situation. If you give it more musical direction you will get more out of it.

New comment by bschoepke in "Show HN: Ableton Live MCP"

bschoepke — Mon, 04 May 2026 12:22:30 +0000

Interesting use case! I'm not familiar with MainStage, but that workflow is possible with Ableton using this MCP. Codex itself can pull info from websites or other apps using its existing toolset and then push it into Ableton using this MCP.

New comment by bschoepke in "Show HN: Ableton Live MCP"

bschoepke — Mon, 04 May 2026 12:21:20 +0000

Same here! I tried all of that, have 1, 2, and 5 working. So far it doesn't seem like Ableton's stem splitter or semantic search are programmatically accessible, but I didn't try very hard. I do have Serum so maybe I'll look into its file format; that does seem doable. The MCP already enables the agent to make patches for built-in Ableton devices.

New comment by bschoepke in "Show HN: Ableton Live MCP"

bschoepke — Mon, 04 May 2026 12:18:37 +0000

Thank you, this gave me an interesting idea: while it can already set up a mastering chain for you, it is missing the full feedback loop of actually analyzing the processed audio signal. I think I'll add a small Max4Live device that enables the agent to probe the signal chain wherever it wants; from there it can write python to analyze the audio.

And yea, I kept the MCP general purpose so you can use it however you want. You can use it to simply ask questions about your live set; it can see the arrangement, see all the settings of all your devices, see all the MIDI, etc. I had it "fix a discordant sounding section" of one of my songs; it was like "oh yea tracks 3, 5, 6 all had some unfortunate notes colliding"

Show HN: Ableton Live MCP

bschoepke — Sun, 03 May 2026 18:05:28 +0000

Ever wanted to control Ableton with just your voice? Me too! I made this MCP server so I could just ask Codex to do anything in Ableton Live for me, while I was nap-trapped by my baby.

The chat messages I sent to Codex to make this:

in ableton, make a self reflective song, with audio vocals (via macos say) and chip tunes and 80's drum machines. should be a real edm banger

i want midi for everything but vocals please, with ableton devices. not prerendered audio for instruments

needs some fills

and should hit way harder after "3-2-1 i become the sound"

the vocals are squished too much (read too quickly), give them a little more length

add some dynamics, the song is basically one volume. and some pumping side chain

improve dynamics of the clap, seems a bit flat and indistinguished, want it harder after the 3-2-1 drop

introduce a new element on a new track after the 3-2-1 drop, that comes in but then recedes before the final exit

doesn't seem like the new thing has any notes

the element is a bit muddy/indistinct. perhaps it needs simplification and more space, different instrument choice, i dunno

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