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livid bronze Jun 3, 2026, 2:13 PM

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https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QY1y_hxoMMGMWYskJuimwHj_SdIIzdJY?usp=sharing

movie:
https://x.com/gesunaa/status/2062166799211548846?s=46

Now, when you right-click a MIDI clip, a score editor opens directly inside Live.

Any edits made in the score can be written back to the clip immediately, making it possible to move seamlessly between MIDI programming and notation entirely within Live.

ゲスナー (@gesunaa)

@Ableton @AbletonJP

I tried building a feature using the new Extensions SDK in Ableton Live 12.4 beta.

Now, when you right-click a MIDI clip, a score editor opens directly inside Live.

Any edits made in the score can be written back to the clip immediately, making it possible

mellow tartan Jun 3, 2026, 2:15 PM

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Interesting. Is this feature native to Ableton or a third party plugin?

livid bronze Jun 3, 2026, 2:17 PM

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I built this using Ableton’s new Extensions feature, so I suppose it counts as a third-party plugin.

gilded solar Jun 3, 2026, 2:18 PM

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livid bronze I built this using Ableton’s new Extensions feature, so I suppose it counts as a...

Does it work in Play ?

livid bronze Jun 3, 2026, 2:21 PM

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gilded solar Does it work in Play ?

Due to the current limitations of Ableton’s Extensions API, it’s not really designed for use during playback.

However, it can instantly show the contents of a MIDI clip.

thick crow Jun 3, 2026, 2:26 PM

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Are the midi notes directly written into the notation editor?

livid bronze Jun 3, 2026, 2:44 PM

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thick crow Are the midi notes directly written into the notation editor?

Yes. It reads the MIDI clip in Ableton Live and displays it as notation.

Also, when you edit the notation and save it, the changes are written back to the MIDI clip.

calm wasp Jun 3, 2026, 2:44 PM

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Nice, this is very awesome!

livid bronze Jun 3, 2026, 2:45 PM

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calm wasp Nice, this is very awesome!

Thanks! I’ve always wanted to display standard notation inside Ableton.

It’s still not perfect yet, though!

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movie:

https://x.com/gesunaa/status/2062166799211548846?s=46

ゲスナー (@gesunaa)

@Ableton @AbletonJP

I tried building a feature using the new Extensions SDK in Ableton Live 12.4 beta.

Now, when you right-click a MIDI clip, a score editor opens directly inside Live.

Any edits made in the score can be written back to the clip immediately, making it possible

tough pond Jun 3, 2026, 5:43 PM

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If my son plays a piece of music on his drum kit, will this convert what he hits into notation so that I can check it against actual sheet music, to ensure he is playing the music with perfect timing?

near pier Jun 3, 2026, 5:51 PM

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You can record him use the audio to midi extension then use this i presume

livid bronze Jun 4, 2026, 12:55 AM

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tough pond If my son plays a piece of music on his drum kit, will this convert what he hits...

For that purpose, I think a piano roll works better than sheet music. Notation rounds everything to the grid, so a piano roll shows much more clearly how far each hit lands ahead of or behind the beat.

humble dragon Jun 4, 2026, 7:22 AM

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This is super nice! Any plans to keep on developing this?

livid bronze Jun 4, 2026, 9:12 AM

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humble dragon This is super nice! Any plans to keep on developing this?

Of course!

This is actually a port of a standalone application I had been developing for Ableton Extensions. I’ve been working on this project continuously, and I’m definitely going to keep developing it.

https://windandsea-web-dev.pages.dev/

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