Ableton to REAPER

Ableton → REAPER. Drop an Ableton Live .als project and get a native REAPER .rpp project: the real session rebuilt, not bounced to stems.

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§ What transfers

What comes across

Every track, clip and automation lane, rebuilt natively in REAPER, not flattened to stems.

Tracks Arrangement MIDI CC, bend, program Audio clips offsets, gain, fades Sample files Track levels Markers Tempo & sig full maps Folders & sends Automation vol, pan, mute, sends Plugin chains stock + 3rd-party Item stretch not yet
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§ Plugins

Your plugins come with you

Third-party VST, VST3 and AU plugins arrive as the same plugin with their saved state when it’s installed on the other side, and REAPER’s ReaEQ, ReaComp, ReaDelay, ReaVerbate, ReaLimit and ReaSamplOmatic5000 map from Live’s EQ Eight, Compressor, Delay, Reverb, Limiter and Simpler with their settings. Per-item stretch markers don’t carry yet. Nothing is silently dropped: every conversion comes with a report of what changed.

§ Privacy

Your music stays yours

Local conversions stay right in your browser: your session never leaves your computer, nothing uploaded, nothing stored. Uploaded sessions move over an encrypted connection into your own private space, with access only you control, and yours to delete anytime.

§ Same job, any name

Convert .als to .rpp

Ableton Live saves a Live Set as an .als file; REAPER saves a project as an .rpp file. So an Ableton to REAPER converter, converting .als to .rpp (ALS to RPP), turning an Ableton file into a REAPER file, opening an Ableton project in REAPER, importing a Live Set into REAPER, exporting Ableton to REAPER, and moving, transferring or migrating a project from Ableton Live to REAPER all name this one conversion, and it runs here, free to start, online, with nothing to install.

FromAbleton Live (also written Ableton, Live, Ableton Live 11 or Ableton Live 12): a Live Set saved as an .als file, with its audio in the project folder’s Samples/.
ToREAPER (also written Reaper or Cockos REAPER): a project saved as an .rpp text file, with its media referenced from disk.
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§ Questions

Ableton to REAPER: common questions

Can REAPER open an Ableton Live .als file?

Not directly. REAPER can't read Ableton Live's .als format. Doseedo converts it: upload your .als, or zip the whole project folder (.als + Samples/) so the audio travels with it, and it rebuilds the session as a native REAPER .rpp project you can open and keep working in.

How do I export or transfer an Ableton Live project to REAPER?

People describe the same job five ways (export Ableton Live to REAPER, import an .als into REAPER, transfer the project, open an Ableton Live project in REAPER), and none of it needs stems. Upload the .als and it converts to a native .rpp that opens in REAPER with tracks, MIDI, audio and the tempo map intact. Want to check the project first? Open the .als in your browser and play it before converting.

What carries over from Ableton to REAPER?

Tracks with their names, colours, levels, pans, mutes and solos; folders and buses with their sends; MIDI with every note, CC, pitch bend and program changes; audio items with their offsets, gain, fades, playrate, loops and takes; the tempo and meter maps; markers; and volume, pan, mute and send automation. Third-party VST, VST3 and AU plugins arrive as the same plugin with their saved state when it’s installed on the other side, and REAPER’s ReaEQ, ReaComp, ReaDelay, ReaVerbate, ReaLimit and ReaSamplOmatic5000 map from Live’s EQ Eight, Compressor, Delay, Reverb, Limiter and Simpler with their settings. Per-item stretch markers don’t carry yet.

Do my plugins transfer from Ableton to REAPER?

Third-party VST, VST3 and AU plugins arrive as the same plugin with their saved state when it’s installed on the other side, and REAPER’s ReaEQ, ReaComp, ReaDelay, ReaVerbate, ReaLimit and ReaSamplOmatic5000 map from Live’s EQ Eight, Compressor, Delay, Reverb, Limiter and Simpler with their settings. Nothing is faked: whatever doesn’t cross the Ableton–REAPER boundary is named in the conversion report.

Is my project private?

Your project is uploaded over an encrypted connection into your own private space, converted, and is yours to delete anytime.

How many conversions are free?

3 conversions a month with no account; a free account gets 120 credits a month and Pro 2,000 (a conversion is 1 credit), every plan at full fidelity. No watermark, cancel in one click. One conversion is one project translated one direction; a round-trip is two.

How do I convert .als to .rpp?

Zip the Ableton project folder (the .als with its Samples/), or drop a bare .als for structure and MIDI only, on the converter above, then download the .rpp and open it in REAPER. The .als isn't renamed or wrapped: the project is rebuilt as a native REAPER project, with tracks, clips, MIDI, tempo map and markers in place.

Is there a free Ableton to REAPER converter online?

Yes, this page. It runs in the browser on macOS, Windows, ChromeOS or Linux with nothing to install: 3 conversions a month free with no account; a free account gets 120 credits a month and Pro 2,000 (a conversion is 1 credit), every plan at full fidelity. You don't need Ableton Live installed to convert; you need REAPER to open the result.

Can I open an Ableton file in REAPER, or import an .als into it?

Not directly. REAPER has no .als import and Ableton Live has no .rpp export; both formats are proprietary. Converting the project here rebuilds it as a native .rpp, and REAPER then opens that like one of its own projects. That is the import.

Converting the other way? REAPER to Ableton →
Guide: How to convert Ableton to REAPER (step by step)
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