Tools for STAGE and more

Detects the first eight loopers in an Ableton Live set and shows their state as spinning rings — in its own app window on the Mac, and in the browser on any tablet or phone on the same network (a QR code gets you there). Tapping controls the loopers directly; optionally also via a KORG nanoKONTROL2 or Roland SPD-SX PRO. A good take can be saved as a clip with one tap — onto its own clip track, so the looper keeps looping. A second page, Clips, puts a Morningstar MC6 Pro and an overview of the whole Session View on screen — the Morningstar script ships with it, and one installer sets up everything.

Hands-free clip launching in Ableton Live's Session View with a Morningstar MC6 Pro — alongside Push. Move through tracks and scenes, record, play and stop clips by foot; after a take ends, the selection jumps to the next track automatically. While recording to the arrangement, it logs which scene played when — as named clips on its own track. The MC6 Pro shows the selected track and scene on its displays and lights up while recording or playing — and together with LooperDisplay the whole thing also runs in the browser, on a tablet if you like. It comes bundled with LooperDisplay, too: one installer sets up both — including a ready-made Live template to start from.

A DIY Arduino trigger module that turns Ableton Live's click into light, so the beat is visible on stage. Two built-in buttons and an external trigger input control Live as well.

Shows the next trains between Emsdetten and Münster live on the desktop, pops up automatically around commute times, warns about rain along the way and during lunch break — and can ping your phone if needed.