Ableton Live project to MIDI

Drop an .als to get its MIDI, or select a file — it opens in the studio, ready to export.

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How to get the MIDI out of a Ableton Live project

Three steps in the browser, nothing to install — here is how the ableton Live project to MIDI converter works:

  1. Add your .als: The Live set itself. Your Project folder with samples in it is not needed — the notes are all in the .als.
  2. It is read on our server: An .als is a compressed XML document. Reading it happens on our side, which is why this one needs a free account.
  3. Take the MIDI: The set opens in the studio and downloads as one Standard MIDI file, a named track per track.

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Questions about the ableton Live project to MIDI converter?

We have answers.

Do I need an account?

Yes, a free one. Reading a Live set happens on our server rather than in your browser, unlike the FL Studio and REAPER converters.

Do I need the Project folder?

No — just the .als. The folder holds samples, which are audio.

Will my track names survive?

Yes. Each track is named in the MIDI file as it is named in Live.

What about my racks and devices?

Those are instruments, not notes. A MIDI file carries the performance; the sound is whatever you point it at next.

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  • The whole set, not one clip at a time

    Live's own MIDI export is per clip: you select a clip, you export it, you repeat. A set with a dozen MIDI tracks and four sections is dozens of exports and then a jigsaw in another program. What you get here is the arrangement as it plays, in one file, with each track named as you named it.

  • An .als is a compressed XML document

    That is why this page asks for the .als and not the whole Project folder — the notes, the track names and the tempo all live inside that one file. The samples in the folder next to it are audio, and audio holds no notes.

  • Session view and arrangement view are different questions

    Live keeps clips in two places: the arrangement timeline, and the session grid of loops that have no position in time until you launch them. A MIDI file is a timeline, so the arrangement is what can be written into one faithfully.

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