Ableton Live Integration
Signals & Sorcery exports any scene you generate straight into Ableton Live's Session view — each layer arrives as audio and editable MIDI, at the right tempo. One click in S&S, one right-click in Live. No file wrangling, no choosing folders, nothing to install by hand.
What you get
When you send a scene, it appears as a row of clips in Session view:
| S&S layer | In Ableton |
|---|---|
| Drums / Instruments / Synths | a rendered audio clip and a MIDI clip (no instrument — drop your own) |
| Loops / Stems | a rendered audio clip |
The audio is S&S's exact sound (mix-ready); the MIDI is the raw notes, so you can re-voice any part with your own instruments and racks. Export a single scene, or your whole project as one Session row per scene.
Requirements
- Ableton Live 12 Suite, beta build 12.4.5 or later — Ableton Extensions run only in the Suite beta. Join the Ableton beta »
- macOS (the integration is macOS-first today).
Setup — nothing to install by hand
S&S ships the Ableton extension and installs it for you. The first time you run S&S with Ableton present, it places the Import S&S scene extension into Live's extensions folder automatically — no files to copy, no folders to pick.
First time only
If Ableton was already running, quit and reopen it once so Live loads the extension. You can confirm it under Live → Settings → Extensions.
Use it
- In Signals & Sorcery, generate or open a scene, then click Export to Ableton — the ▦ button on a scene, or Project menu → Export to Ableton…
- In Ableton, switch to Session view, right-click a scene (the launch buttons in the rightmost column) and choose Import S&S scene…
- Your scene materializes — tempo set, one row of clips, audio + MIDI ready to play.
You never pick a save location: S&S hands the scene directly to the extension, which imports your most recent export.
Troubleshooting
- No "Import S&S scene…" in the menu? Restart Ableton once (the extension loads at launch), and confirm you're on Live 12 Suite beta 12.4.5+.
- "No S&S bundle found"? Click Export to Ableton in S&S first, then run the import in Live.
- Right-click where? On a scene in Session view (the launch buttons in the rightmost column) — not on an empty clip slot.