Getting Started

Welcome to Producer Pal! This guide will help you get started with using AI for music production in Ableton Live.

What is Producer Pal?

Producer Pal is a natural language interface for Ableton Live. It translates your ideas into actions, letting you work at the speed of thought instead of clicking through menus.

Instead of:

• Manually placing 64 kick drum notes
• Mousing through menus to duplicate and route tracks
• Copying and pasting patterns bar by bar

You describe what you want, and Producer Pal handles the tedious execution. You stay in the creative flow.

Installation

For detailed installation instructions for your preferred AI platform, see the Installation Guide.

Quick options:

• Built-in Chat UI - Works with Gemini, Ollama, and more
• Claude Desktop - Recommended for Anthropic users
• Command Line Tools - Gemini CLI, Codex CLI, Claude Code, and other MCP-compatible coding agents
• Local Models - Run completely offline with Ollama, LM Studio, and other MCP-compatible platforms

Already have an MCP-compatible client? Connect with npx producer-pal (details)

Quick Start

After installation:

1. Open Ableton Live with your project
2. Load the Producer Pal Max for Live device onto a MIDI track (download latest version)
3. Connect to Producer Pal in your AI interface
4. Say "connect to ableton"
5. Try a simple command:
   • "What's in my project?"
   • "Create a new MIDI track called Bass"
   • "Change the tempo to 108 BPM"

Next Steps

• Check out the Usage Guide for detailed examples and tips
• Explore the feature list to see everything Producer Pal can do
• Watch the demo video and video tutorials
• See what's coming in the roadmap

Need Help?

• Report issues on GitHub
• Ask questions in GitHub Discussions

Why Producer Pal?

Producer Pal is completely open source (MIT license) and will remain free forever.

• No subscriptions or paywalls
• All development happens publicly on GitHub
• You can review the entire codebase before installing
• Fork it, modify it, use it commercially. The permissive license gives you complete freedom

You own your tools. Producer Pal will never lock features behind a paywall.