Disable External Instruments

An Ableton Live Extensions SDK extension that lets you disable or enable every Ext. Instrument device across all tracks in one click — useful to quickly disable external instruments before exporting to avoid exporting in real time.

Usage

Right-click any MIDI track, Audio track, or Scene in Live and choose:

• External Instruments: Disable All — turns off every Ext. Instrument device in the project
• External Instruments: Enable All — turns them all back on

Both actions are a single undo step.

Installation

1. Download External-Instruments-1.0.0.ablx from the Releases page
2. Settings → Extensions, choose the .ablx file
3. Make sure Developer Mode is OFF in Settings → Extensions
4. Restart Live — the context menu items will appear automatically

Requires Ableton Live 12 Beta (or later) with Extensions support.

Building from source

Prerequisites: Node.js ≥ 24.14.1

git clone https://github.com/itscloverdale/disable-external-instruments.git
cd disable-external-instruments
npm install
npm run build      # compile
npm start          # load into Live for development
npm run package    # produce .ablx for distribution