Ableton 12 MPC Studio Mk2 - Channel Update

Many of you have been asking and commenting about Ableton 12 support. Now is your chance to help me do it! I have launched support and donation pages so you can partner with me to update the script to work with Ableton Live 12. More exciting news for the channel as well. Enjoy!
Links:
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Patreon: patreon.com/xp...
Github: github.com/bcr...

[@Harmo6Cord]

For the V12, you just have to copy V11 folder and rename it V12 and with a text editor edit the file " __init__.py " and copy paste from " elif major_version == 11: " to the end, below and change all v11 with v12. That it, you can now use the script with Ableton Live 12
Nevertheless you deserve support as your script is excellent !!!!

[@robwilk4566]

Right. I haven't looked at the diffs btwn 10 and 11, but instead of your suggestion, you could just else it to load v11 for anything above 10. That way, it will work until it doesn't. Like with this version, nothing changed, so there is no reason to gatekeep it or copy or rename anything.

[@Harmo6Cord]

@@robwilk4566 Ok, well from my side I tried without modification and I get an error message from Live saying "update your script" or something like that.

[@robwilk4566]

​@@Harmo6Cordyeah sorry I wasn't saying there were no modifications needed. But I'm just having it load the v11 user script for Live versions >= 11 so that I won't have to worry about it again until a Live version is released that causes it to break.

[@prod-ezz]

Worked like a charm!

[@karllindgren6960]

I have spent hours trying to get it to work without success. Can you clearify what i have to do because i belive i am missunderstanding your comment.

[@0ddity]

Dude yes! I get paid tomorrow. Will be throwing you some loot to help with development! Glad to see you back!

[@x-producer-b]

Awesome thank you!

[@mpkbeatzatx]

Just sent you some coffee's my man, hopefully it was enough to drop in the bucket of getting the 12 release.

[@x-producer-b]

I appreciate it man. I'm working on the update for Live 12 now. I'll send you a download link when it's done.

[@mpkbeatzatx]

@@x-producer-b sounds good Fam!

[@robertacevedo5601]

Awesome

[@samgodfrey70]

hes back!!!!

[@user-wy6jn6wj4g]

This guy is priceless !
So, shut up and take my money❤😊
Big up from germany!

[@RicoTropico]

Amazing work, just rcived my Studio 2

[@x-producer-b]

Great to hear!

[@samgodfrey70]

the GOAT

[@GRISELDATYPEBEATS2025]

Great video!
Will this script work with the MPC STUDIO BLACK in Ableton Live 12?
Hope all is well? Have a great day and thanks again!

[@robwilk4566]

According to the release notes and the forum, there are no changes to the user scripts, so all you have to do is remove/alter the version check in the script, and it works. I haven't fully tested everything, but it seems to be good on v12 for me.

[@rickvestuto]

Any plans to update this to LIVE 12 ?

[@robwilk4566]

Are you positive about the licensing? That doesn't sound right. I have 6 standard and 11 and 12 suit and never lost access.
Also, I'm a developer and would be interested in supporting you by helping you make progress with 12 and I'm very interested in getting the screen working.

[@x-producer-b]

Yeah, I'm sure. If I pay for the upgrade on either version, I'll no longer be able to license that version on installs. Not a huge deal for the average user, but in my case, I want to keep all three versions for script compatibility.
Regarding the screen. There are couple of developers and myself that did some work to figure out how it operates. Essentially, it's sending out 8bit PNG files to the screen, encoded in chunks of sysex messages. So theoretically, all you would need to do is import python libraries to generate a png image, encode it in a sysex message, and send to the device.
The problem we've run into is that the python environment that runs along side of Ableton Live's process is very limited. You don't have the ability to import all libraries, and some of the libraries that work with png/svg files are actually just C++ bindings/wrappers in python, which will not work in this limited python env...
Combine that with the fact that python is not performant, so trying to write a pure python png/svg library would be painfully slow and potentially crash Ableton live. The only saving grace to this is that the screen itself is only 160 x 80px so you wouldn't have to generate a huge image.
Check out the repository for more details on how the screen works. You'll find it in the pull issues, and conversation back and forth.

[@Harmo6Cord]

@@x-producer-b Hi I upgraded to 12 version and still have the 11 version installed, nevertheless, if I delete the V11, I am not able to dowload it again

[@robwilk4566]

​@@Harmo6CordI thought I already replied but I'm not seeing it so apologies if this is repeated. You can go to the ableton site and lookup installing and authorizing older versions.

[@kanzakidakunesu]

I would like a script that works with studio one.
Do you have any plans to upload it?
You can also donate

[@x-producer-b]

I’m working on a version for studio one. I have some basic functionality already figured out. My goal is to make the MPC studio work just like the Presonus Atom controller. I need some support to make it happen though. Consider supporting me at buymeacoffee.com/xproducerb