Automatically create and install hundreds of awesome Free (as in Freedom!) Ableton Live Instuments from the super high-quality Philharmonia Orchestra samples.

Currently includes:

• Banjo
• Bass Clarinet
• Bassoon
• Cello
• Clarinet
• Contrabassoon
• Cor Anglais
• Double Bass
• Flute
• French Horn
• Guitar
• Mandolin
• Oboe
• Saxophone
• Trombone
• Trumpet
• Tuba
• Viola
• Violin
• Hella Percussions!

ADGMaker requires that you have Python, OSX, and Ableton Live installed already. Then, simply:

$ pip install adgmaker

The simplest way to use ADGMaker is with the '--all' and '--install' arguments, which will fetch the instrument archives from the internet, create ADGs, and install them into your Ableton installation automatically:

$ adgmaker --all --install

Then go to File -> Manage Files -> Manage User Library and use your new instruments! You'll see them under the "Drums" tab. Tada!

Download an instrument from the Philharmonia Orchestra website and unzip it.

Then, (from a virtualenv), run:

python adgmaker.py double_bass/

Then copy all of the .adg files to:

 ~/Music/Ableton/User\ Library/Presets/Instruments/Drum\ Rack/ 

(or wherever your Ableton is installed).

Then copy all of the mp3s to:

~/Music/Ableton/User\ Library/Samples/Imported

Then go to File -> Manage Files -> Manage User Library and use your new instruments!

Some of the ADGs only have a few items in them, but most instruments have at least a few ADG files that have a couple of complete scales. All of the percussion instruments have been combined into a single percussion ADG.

Some of the samples have a slight delay, so you might have to manually set the sample start time to your liking. I also like to add a little bit of fade out, reverb, and put them all into the same choke group, depending on the sound I want.

• Support other sound archives?
• Support making multi-instrument racks?
• Tests / CI!

Enjoy!