Current version is 1.3.6 – released July 25, 2014.
Compatible with Live 7,8 and 9
Selected Track Control is a MIDI Remote Script for Ableton Live, that gives access to common settings of the currently selected track (arm, mute, solo, volume, pan, etc.) as well as the currently selected device (on/off, parameters, banks) via common MIDI messages. Furthermore some global controls are instantly mapped as well, so no manual configuration of the Live-set is necessary and these mappings are instantly available to older Live-sets as well.
Among the mapped functionality is:
- arm (record-enable), solo and mute the selected track
- control volume, pan and send 1-4 of the selected track
- toggle monitoring from On, In, Off the selected track
- toggle metronom, overdub, punch-in, punch-out, record without having to manually assign them
- in-/decrease tempo
- navigate session-view without it having focus (up/down, left/right, first/last)
- launch scenes and clips (next/previous, next/previous available)
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For full reference see MIDI Implementation Chart.
Note: There is an accompanying app for Mac OS X called 
More information and the app itself can be found on the project’s homepage.
This work is licensed under the "Simplified BSD License" / "FreeBSD License" see License.txt
The previous CC Attribution license did not make sense. I made this software, so you can use it, do whatever you want to it and especially have fun with it! To be nice: if you make something with it, let me know!
Ableton Live 7 (some features require 8 or 9)
Either download the zip from http://stc.wiffbi.com/ and unzip or get the source from github.
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Stop Live if it is running.
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Add Selected_Track_Control to Ableton Live's MIDI Remote Scripts
The folder
Selected_Track_Controlcontains the MIDI Remote Script. To install, open Finder and locate the Ableton Live-application, right click on Live and choose show package contents. In there go to the folderContents/App-Resources/MIDI Remote Scripts/and move the folderSelected_Track_Controlin there. -
Start Live.
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Enable Selected Track Control as a Control Surface in Live
In Live’s Preferences go to the MIDI Sync tab and select Selected Track Control in the dropdown list of available Control Surfaces. As MIDI Input select your controller’s MIDI-port. A MIDI Output is not needed.
The MIDI message, which Selected Track Control reacts upon, are defined in settings.py
You can change them there to match your needs, but be careful not to use the same note- or CC-number twice as this might result in unexpected behaviour.
Added Live 9 features
- toggle arrangement_overdub with Note(117)
- toggle session_automation_record with Note(118)
Added arm flip (Note 115) Added solo flip (Note 116)
Added lock to device via MIDI (through GUI was always possible) Added re-enable automation Added nudge tempo Added global groove amount
Added compatibility for clip launch modes (especially "Gate")
Fixed blue-hand for initial device selection
Fixed blue-hand when changing tracks - it is now always the selected device
Added Live 9 API-features such as create/duplicate/delete clip/track/scene
Added compatibility for Live 9
Added dedicated tart, stop and continue-playing commands - this is useful for e.g. hitting stop 3 times in row for MIDI panic functionality
Fixed scrub/rewind bug
Added select scene/track by number directly by MIDI value
Added toggle selected clipslot play/stop
Added support for back-to-arranger button.
Added toggle to fold/unfold automation lane in Arrangement.
Added crossfader assignment and control. Added cue volume. Fixed tracks navigation when group track is folded.
Added notes and absolute MIDI CC triggers for quantization control
Added quantization control - control MIDI recording quantization and clip launch quantization via MIDI.
Added View control - select which main views are visible in the GUI (Browser, Session/Arrangement, Detail Clip/Devices) Added ParamSetter for custom Device-handlers. Currently only Looper has a custom handler for its "State"-parameter. Note though, that Looper’s API support is very limited. Using Looper via MIDI Remote Scripts is only useful if you are already in play mode (so no set-tempo functionality) and if you record for a predefined length.
Added Device selection and control
Auto-arm track on selection now works when using the mouse! Added scrubbing in Arrangement-View as well as select playing clip-slot in Session-View.
made CCs for toggled elements behave like Note (so ignore zero-values) – this is useful for pad-controllers, that also send CCs like the LPD8. improved auto-arm on selection if STC.app is used – thanks to new MIDI-loopback functionality in STC.app, auto-arm now works when selecting the track via mouse too! As a default has_midi_loopback is deactivated.
added global DEFAULT_CHANNEL to easily make STC listen on another MIDI channel
made settings optional (so you don’t have to define all controls for Live – useful if you use STC for your own MIDI controller)
no changes, just matching release number for Selected Track Control.app (which added support for only being active when Live is front-most app)
Fixed and added some global controls (play/pause/play selection as well as undo/redo), added stop-controls to selected and all tracks
Improved Session-Navigation:
- Walk through tracks/scenes via MIDI Note-events (Notes 82-85)
- Navigate tracks/scenes with absolut MIDI CC (tracks/scenes are distributed evenly across the whole range of 0-127)
Small bugfix concerning absolute MIDI CC controlling volume, pan, etc.
Added several new features such as:
- Auto-arm on selection arms a track automatically when selected through STC
- Solo kill deactivates any active soloing on any track independent of the track your on
- Mute flip mutes active tracks and unmutes muted tracks
- Tap Tempo (Live 8 only) instantly mapped – no previous manual mapping required
Made STC more versatile by supporting a wider range of MIDI commands (use it with your own MIDI controller!)
- Support for absolute and relative MIDI CC values (7-bit only) – no more rel2comp-bindings; feel free to use STC with your custom MIDI controller! Some default MIDI CC bindings already pre-defined – for more info see MIDI Implementation Chart
- Unlimited sends – control effect-level to as many sends as you need, you are only limited by your MIDI controller (using keyboard shortcuts only sends 1-4 are available)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
- fixed panning issue (panning left was broken)
- added version numbers and changelog
First public release.