What exactly leaves my Mac when I type a command?

Only the typed sentence plus the names needed to resolve it, such as tracks, devices, parameters, clips, scenes, and plug-in names; no audio, project files, or unrelated traffic, with an optional model path disclosed separately.

Why will it not delete tracks or run my don't-phrase?

An allow-list excludes deletes and free-form note writing, negations never execute, unknown names refuse without fallback, and multi-part sentences validate fully before writing anything.

What breaks with plug-in names, returns, Master, or two-track commands?

Generic words suggest names instead of inserting, instruments cannot go on returns or Master, single commands naming two tracks need repeating or range forms, and new plug-ins need a Live restart.

How painful is setup if I only want to try it once?

Clone the repo, copy the Remote Script into the User Library, build the app, select the control surface, and paste the key in Setup; the install guide has a per-step check and stays readable for review.

What does it cost to run Live Jev?

It needs your own paid TypeSafe key; TypeSafe's site listed $42 per billion input tokens in September 2026, and one command is a few hundred tokens. A command takes about 20 ms and reading the whole set about 10 ms.

When does the optional Gemini path run, and what does it change?

Gemini is off unless you add a Gemini API key; Live Jev calls Gemini 3.5 Flash only when neither its local phrases nor Jev can turn the sentence into a command, then checks the result against current tracks and the plug-in catalogue, rejects invented names, and always asks you to confirm. It is limited to five calls per minute with a two-second deadline.

Which undo can Live Jev perform by itself?

It can undo one step only when it kept a receipt for a value change such as volume, pan, mute, solo, arm, sends, device on/off, parameters, tempo or renames, writing back the value it read just before the change and refusing if that value changed by hand. Inserted devices, added tracks and note edits need Live's own undo.

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Live Jev — okinaaudio

Mac app that turns one short English or Japanese sentence into Ableton Live mixer, transport, clip, note, device, and track edits from a pop-up bar.

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Language: Python
License: MIT
Published by: Community
Author: okinaaudio
Last verified: Oct 2026

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Control Ableton Live with one short sentence (Japanese / English). Summon with ⌘⇧Space, type or dictate, done.

Forks: 3
Last pushed: Updated Sep 2026

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About this project

Control Ableton Live with one short sentence. Press ⌘⇧Space while you work in Live and a small bar appears on top of it. Type (or dictate) something like “turn it down 3 dB”, “Serum 2 on a new track”, or “quantize to 1/16”, then hit Enter. The bar disappears instantly, Live stays in front, and the change is applied. The bar only comes back when it needs to ask you something. English and Japanese are both supported, with many ways to say the same thing.

Quoted from the project's README. Read the full README.

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Languages: Python

Highlights

Opens with a keyboard shortcut over Live, parses chained commands atomically, and rolls earlier parts back when a later part fails.
Understands mixer, transport, clips, quantize and transpose, plug-in insertion from your own browser, and multi-track range forms.
Decides meaning with Jev over choice lists while fixed phrases resolve locally, with an optional confirmation-gated model path for unplaced phrases.
Ships as source with a Swift bar, standard-library Python service, and an in-Live Remote Script, with an allow-list and one-step receipt undo.

Watch out

Needs an Apple Silicon Mac, Ableton Live 12, Homebrew tooling, and a paid TypeSafe key; it ships as source with no packaged release and plug-ins must already be scanned in Live. Copy reviewed against the repository README on 2026-10-04, not from running it.

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