Learning Python With Ableton Live

Learn Python by exploring the Ableton API, making your own instruments and

What you'll learn

How to control Ableton with Python

The Python language and Syntax, and how to use it to make Music

The Ableton API, how to explore and interact with it

Create Python Remote Scripts for your own MIDI controller

How to make an an 'algorithmic' drum machine, which creates an infinite amount of rhythms

Sonification, and how to make music from Data

How to use your Webcam to create melodies and automation for true espression

Sockets, Servers and Clients

The MIDI protocol

Object Oriented Programming (OOP)

Open Sound Control (OSC)

Datasets & Pandas

Lots of other Python Modules

And much much more..

Requirements

No programming experience needed, we will start with the absolute basics

Ableton (v11 is preferred although you can follow most of the content with earlier versions as well)

Description

Welcome to the 'Learning Python with Ableton' course!In this course I will teach you how to develop in Python without the need of any prior programming knowledge.We start with the absolute basics, but within the framework of a highly practical approach. What this means is that you'll start to work on useful musical projects right away! Because of this you get to explore and practice with the language syntax without having to go through boring exercises. At the end of the course you'll be very familiar with Python and you should be able to take on any projects, even when they're not related to making music or controlling Ableton! On top of that, you'll gain in-depth knowledge about the Ableton API, how MIDI works, and how you can create music and control musical parameters via code.The course is divided into multiple sections, in the first part we will set up our development environment. Here you learn how to install an IDE, the basics of MIDI and some other important knowledge to get started.In the next section we start writing our first Python program, which will already be useful and fun! You learn how functions work, how to send musical events to Ableton, we create a complete song by using Datasets and we'll even learn how to capture Webcam input to send Notes and CC data to Ableton or any other Application.After that, we dive into the mighty Ableton API…In this third section we will explore the LOM (Live Object Model) and we start to get an idea about OOP (Object Oriented Programming). Getting to know Ableton from a developers perspective will allow you to interact with all aspects of the program, the Mixer, the Clips, the Devices and pretty much everything which you can see in the Ableton UI (and even some features hidden to 'regular' users). We will write our first class and make some useful programs to speed up your workflow in Ableton and to come up with new creative ideas.Lastly, we dive into MIDI Remote Scripts, this has been a highly requested section of the course, filled with information never before exposed or documented. This section of the course is the result of working with Remote Scripts and the Ableton Framework for more than 10 years and it will show you how to make a script for your MIDI controller, making it useful for the way you work in Ableton or for your specific Live Performance setup. After this section you don't have to rely anymore on Third party scripts, you can make your controller exactly fit your needs.I guarantee you that after this course you will be very comfortable with Python and you are able to think about and develop your own (creative) projects. You will also become a true Ableton Live guru with in-depth knowledge about the program itself and how all its components interact. You will end up with a whole set of scripts & tools that are unique to the way you work!On top of that you will be well on your way to getting hired as a Python developer, even if that's something you don't desire ;)Please feel free to checkout some of the Free Lessons or ask my any questions!Happy {coding with [Ableton]} !JorProgramming TopicsLoopsMath & MatplotlibSciPyFunctions & ClassesDatasetsMultithreadingNumpyObject Oriented Programming (OOP)PlottingWaveformsMediapipeOpen CVTerminalServersClientsSocketsDictionaries & Other data typesOSCRandomizationContext ManagersError HandlingGraphsAlgorithmsAnd much more..

Overview

Section 1: Course Introduction

Lecture 1 Read Me First

Lecture 2 Course Introduction

Section 2: A - Getting Started

Lecture 3 A1 - How Python & Ableton Work Together

Lecture 4 A2 - Installing PyCharm

Lecture 5 A3 - The MIDI environment

Lecture 6 A4 - Installing a MIDI Monitor

Section 3: B - Python & MDI

Lecture 7 B1 - Python Packages & Pip

Lecture 8 B2 - Our First Program

Lecture 9 B3 - Loops

Lecture 10 B4 - Functions

Lecture 11 B5 - Modulation Shapes

Lecture 12 B6 - Convert Range

Lecture 13 B7 - Sending CC Data

Lecture 14 B8 - More Modulation Shapes

Lecture 15 B9 - Lists & Tuples

Lecture 16 B10 - Calculating Melody Length

Lecture 17 B11 - Multithreading Example

Lecture 18 B12 - Combine Everything

Lecture 19 B13 - Music from Data I

Lecture 20 B14 - Music from Data II

Lecture 21 B15 - Music from Data III

Lecture 22 B16 - Music from Data IV

Lecture 23 B17 - Music from Data V

Lecture 24 B18 - Post Processing in Ableton

Lecture 25 B19 - Mediapipe Basics

Lecture 26 B20 - Drawing the Hands

Lecture 27 B21 - Sending Webcam Data to Ableton

Section 4: C - The Ableton API

Lecture 28 C1 - The LOM

Lecture 29 C2 - Terminal Basics & The Log File

Lecture 30 C3 - Installing a Remote Script

Lecture 31 C4 - Simple Socket Example

Lecture 32 C5 - Python OSC

Lecture 33 C6 - Dictionaries

Lecture 34 C7 - Metronome & BPM

Lecture 35 C8 - Play Clips

Lecture 36 C9 - Change Clip Pitch

Lecture 37 C10 - Rename by Track

Lecture 38 C11 - Our First Class

Lecture 39 C12 - Reset Device Controls

Lecture 40 C13 - Polygon Rhythms I

Lecture 41 C14 - Polygon Rhythms II

Lecture 42 C15 - Polygon Rhythms III

Lecture 43 C16 - Polygon Rhythms IV

Section 5: D - Remote Scripts

Lecture 44 Remote Scripting Section Introduction

Lecture 45 D2 - Your Controller

Lecture 46 D3 - Compiling Python Scripts

Lecture 47 D4 - The Framework

Lecture 48 D5 - Hello Remote Script

Lecture 49 D6 - Setting up the Buttons

Lecture 50 D7 - The Session Component

Lecture 51 D8 - Value Listeners

Lecture 52 D9 - More Components

Lecture 53 D10 - Layers & Modes

Lecture 54 D11 - Our Custom Component

Lecture 55 D12 - Our Custom Functions

Lecture 56 D13 - Because no one is flawless

Anyone who wants to learn Python in a creative and musical context