Magenta Studio
A free Ableton Live plugin that uses Magenta machine learning models to generate and transform MIDI clips.
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About Magenta Studio
Magenta Studio is a MIDI plugin for Ableton Live built on the open source tools and models of Google's Magenta project. It contains five tools: Continue extends a clip, Generate creates new melodies or drum patterns, Interpolate blends between two clips, Groove adds human timing, and Drumify turns a rhythm into a drum part. All of them work on MIDI clips chosen from Session View.
Version 2.0 requires Ableton Live 10.1 Suite or later and installs by dragging the .amxd file onto a MIDI track. The older standalone applications are no longer actively maintained.
Strengths
- Five MIDI generation and transformation tools in one plugin
- Works directly on clips inside Ableton Live
- Free, with source code published on GitHub
- Simple drag-and-drop installation
Limitations
- Requires Ableton Live 10.1 Suite or later
- Works only on MIDI, not audio
- Standalone versions are no longer maintained
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree to download; it needs a copy of Ableton Live with Max for Live.
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Developer
- Google Magenta
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Best suited for
- Ableton Live users who want to experiment with machine learning for melodies and drums
- Categories
- Audio tools, AI music
- Last verified
- Added
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