Dependencies
- An Ableton.com account and active license to Ableton
- Install Powershell Wrapper
See the guide here to do so: (https://github.com/PietJankbal/powershell-wrapper-for-wine)
Authorizing Ableton Online Click the Authorize Online
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Once signed into Ableton.com it will show a dialogue saying its trying to communicate with Ableton. This will fail (If it doesn't then happy days you can skip this).
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Inspect the page and bring up the Console (Firefox/Chrome Developer Console)
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Look in the console messages for a warning message like the following message:
Prevented navigation to "ableton://authorize?license_id=0000000&session_id=SOMERANDOMSESSIONID" due to an unknown protocol.
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Copy the
ableton://authorize?license_id=0000000&session_id=SOMERANDOMSESSIONID -
Start a new powershell instance:
WINEPREFIX="/home/USERNAME/ableton-live/" wine powershell
- Enter the following command into powershell (replacing with your authorization link):
& 'C:\ProgramData\Ableton\Live 11 Suite\Program\Ableton Live 11 Suite.exe' 'ableton://authorize?license_id=0000000&session_id=SOMERANDOMSESSIONID'
- Profit
Authorizing Cloud
- Under Places Click Cloud, at the bottom you should see a button 'Sign in'.
- Browser should launch, follow prompts, accept terms and right click to copy the link "Return to Application" (Blue Button)
- Your link should look something like this
ableton:/oauth2redirect?code=0000000&state=0000000
- Start a new powershell instance:
WINEPREFIX="/home/USERNAME/ableton-live/" wine powershell
- Enter the following command (replace the code with your code from the copied link:
& 'C:\ProgramData\Ableton\Live 11 Suite\Program\Ableton Live 11 Suite.exe' 'ableto:/oauth2redirect?code=0000000&state=0000000'
- Profit
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