Controlling Ableton with an Arduino and MAX 4 LIVE

EURORACK → ARDUINO → MAX 4 LIVE CONNECTION KIT → ABLETON

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Using the Max 4 Live Connection Kit allows you to get your Arduino (UNO) interacting with Ableton, without having to write any code at all. All you have to do is upload the ArduinoISP sketch (supplied by the ArduinoIDE) to your Arduino, setup some simple circuits to interact with the Digital/Analog IO pins, and let the Ableton Live Max 4 Live Connection Kit handle the rest.

toggling Ableton drum tracks on/off with the toggle switches.

When soldered together on a perf board I only had enough room to take advantage of 4 digital IO pins, and 2 analog IO pins of the Arduino.

BOM:

Arduino Pro Mini (5V)

SPDT-Switch (ON-ON)

Tactile Button

LED

10k Resistor

100k Resistor

4.7k resistor

Potentiometer (10k — 100k will do)

FTDI Basic Programmer

2N3904 NPN Transistor

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