Make music in Ableton Live by talking to your AI
Tordo is a friendly bridge between Ableton Live and your AI assistant. Describe what you want — a beat, a melody, a mix tweak — and your agent builds it safely inside your Live Set.
macOS · Ableton Live 12.4+ · works with Claude Code or Codex
Your ideas, straight into Live
No scripting, no clicking through menus. Tordo lets your AI assistant do the mechanical work while you stay the musician.
Just describe it
Ask in plain language. Your agent turns ideas into tracks, clips, and notes — no menus, no mouse gymnastics.
Safe by default
Every change is previewed before it’s applied. Tordo never overwrites your clips and never deletes anything without asking.
You keep the ears
Tordo can’t hear audio, and it won’t pretend to. It asks for your feedback on how things sound, then makes the edits.
Bring your own agent
Works with the AI coding assistants you already use, like Claude Code and Codex. Tordo is simply a skill they learn.
Up and running in three steps
You don’t need to be a developer. Add the skill to your AI assistant and let it handle the setup.
Check you’re set up
You’ll need macOS, Ableton Live 12.4 Suite (or newer), and an AI assistant such as Claude Code or Codex.
Add the Tordo skill
Paste this to your AI assistant. It learns how to use Tordo and sets up the small Live connector for you.
Add the Tordo skill from github.com/deadjoe/tordo, then set it up and check everything works.
Just ask
Open your Live Set and say what you want. Tordo previews each change before applying it.
Add a simple 4-bar piano melody on a new track, then let me listen.
First time? Just tell your assistant “set up Tordo and confirm it works.” The skill walks you both through installing the Live connector and selecting it in Ableton — one restart and you’re ready.