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Ableton remote script
Oct 3 2013
Leapmotion + GECO + Ableton control script
A colleague and founder of Enable Music education lent me his leapmotion controller for a little while (thanks Tom!). Leapmotion is an infrared sensor that detects your hand movements which can then be turned into HI or MIDI data.
I found it pretty cool but wanted it to be natively recognised within ableton so I made a control script for it - this allowed me focused control of ableton devices with 8 parameters.
See the video for how it works, and how to set it up.
Documentation / Instructions
Leap Motion is configured to control the first 8 controls of a device or device rack (instrument/audio effects/racks). It will control the SELECTED effect (look for the blue hand) and can also be locked to a specific effect/instrument rack.
Additionally you can manually reassign the controls (you will need to solo each hand gesture in GECO as you use MIDI Learn). (cmd/ctrl M in ableton)
NOTE-This is not a precision controller, it allows you control of many parameters at once often creating surprising and creative results.
* NOTE: LEAPMOTION IS AN INFRARED DEVICE AND ITS SENSORS CAN BE DISRUPTED BY OTHER LIGHT SOURCES – KEEP THIS IN MIND IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING GLITCHES
Installation instructions
1.
The folder ‘LeapMotion’ (inside main folder- should contain .py files) needs to be copied to Live’s MIDI Remote Scripts directory. Close Live before transferring this folder.
Windows:
- Program Files\Ableton\Live x.x.x\Resources\MIDI Remote Scripts
or - ProgramData\Ableton\Live x\Resources\MIDI Remote Scripts
MACOS X:
Go to Applications, find Live.app or Ableton Live x.app, right-click and select Show Package Contents. The directory is located at:
- Contents/App-Resources/MIDI Remote Scripts
2.
Open LeapMotion GECO.geco
3.
Ensure GECO is selected and enabled in ABLETONS MIDI PREFERENCES
- make sure INPUT - GECO - TRACK and REMOTE are ON
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