gliff

Install & move: do this once

Four steps, about a minute. After this the device just lives on your track like any other.

Step 1

Move the whole folder somewhere permanent

You received one folder with everything inside: gliff.amxd, held.js, fcf-ui.html, add-clip.js, and this guide. They have to stay together. Drag the folder out of Downloads and into somewhere you won't delete. Your Documents folder works fine.

Step 2

Open Ableton, make a MIDI track

Create a MIDI track and load your instrument onto it as usual: piano, synth, whatever you're playing through.

Step 3

Drag `gliff.amxd` onto the track

Drop it to the left of your instrument. gliff passes your MIDI straight through; it just listens in and shows the chord.

Step 4

Play something

The strip lights up with the chord name and a guitar shape. That's it. You're in.

What it looks like once it's working:

gliff GB keep adding notes

E B G

Before you forget

Don't move the folder again once you've added the device to a project. Live re-reads it from that spot every time you reopen.
Don't Freeze this device in Max; it needs to read the UI file live to work.

Requirements

Ableton Live Suite — or Live Standard/Intro with the paid Max for Live add-on. Plain Live Lite/Intro without Max for Live can't load the device.
Max 8.6+ is ideal.
Built and tested on macOS.

Support & license

Questions or something broken? get.gliff@gmail.com.
gliff is free. Use it in your music, commercial or not — just don't resell or redistribute the files themselves.

Move the whole folder somewhere permanent

Open Ableton, make a MIDI track

Drag gliff.amxd onto the track

Play something

Before you forget

Requirements

Support & license

Drag `gliff.amxd` onto the track