Writing an application for Launchpad/Ableton...

[joaoboston]

Hi,
I just need a quick answer to this: like the original session view mode, where clips are mapped to launchpad just as they are on the screen, can an external application (written in java) do the same?
Can I track the position of the clips/track channels added or deleted, etc through midi messages?
Or is this all exclusive to the embedded software?
I was hoping someone from Ableton itself would kindly answer this

Thanks

[chapelier fou]

I am not a specialist, but surface control scripts are written in python. It has been done for the monome, so why not ?
I am interested in what you wanna do, BTW.

[joaoboston]

Can you link me to some of those scripts?
If it's possible to write in python, i'm guessing there won't be any trouble using java...
thanks

[joaoboston]

oh forget my last post, you're talking about LiveAPI right?
Is it reliable? The official site seems to be down...

[chapelier fou]

http://docs.monome.org/doku.php?id=app:livecontrol