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by merges
Thu May 21, 2026 3:32 pm
Forum: Third-Party MIDI Controllers
Topic: iPhone app to control Live — Grip
Replies: 2
Views: 3268

Re: iPhone app to control Live — Grip

Just updating here with the latest changes to Grip:

Works on Android and iOS
Compatible with Ableton Live on Mac and Windows
Session view for clip launching/recording and mixing
On Mac, has both a piano and Push-like pad for tapping out melodies

Links to install at https://www.gripforlive ...
by merges
Sat Mar 07, 2026 4:30 am
Forum: Third-Party MIDI Controllers
Topic: iPhone app to control Live — Grip
Replies: 2
Views: 3268

iPhone app to control Live — Grip

I'm a longtime Live user (since Live 6), and an indie developer diving into music software.

I made an iPhone-only app for Live (Grip, https://www.gripforlive.com/lf ). It’s a utilitarian app to control playback, recording, undo/redo (and saving the file!), and especially navigating arrangement view ...
by merges
Thu Feb 05, 2026 8:40 pm
Forum: Third-Party MIDI Controllers
Topic: iOS app to trigger backing track scenes?
Replies: 3
Views: 52418

Re: iOS app to trigger backing track scenes?

Hi—I just wanted to chime in that I made a Mac and iPhone app that can do this, called Grip : https://grip.merges.net . It's Mac + iPhone (or iPad) only at the moment, but is pretty much zero setup and can trigger scene launches, navigate locators, and scrub through your set in arrangement view ...
by merges
Fri Jun 06, 2025 6:09 pm
Forum: Feature Wishlist
Topic: Audio clip volume - arrangement view keyboard+mouse shortcut
Replies: 5
Views: 16154

Re: Audio clip volume - arrangement view keyboard+mouse shortcut

Still a major request as of Live 12.
by merges
Sun Dec 22, 2024 9:31 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Live 12 freezes on the splash screen "Initializing the application"
Replies: 11
Views: 16177

Re: Live 12 freezes on the splash screen "Initializing the application"

Just reviving this thread with some more information. I've also experienced this freeze/failure to start up. I run Live on a Mac. For me, this happens when Core Audio dies or crashes. (This happens periodically while using two audio interfaces simultaneously.) I can fix the issue by "force quitting ...
by merges
Mon Jul 15, 2024 9:22 pm
Forum: Feature Wishlist
Topic: CPU Usage analyzer! See what plugins are taking the most CPU
Replies: 13
Views: 14400

Re: CPU Usage analyzer! See what plugins are taking the most CPU

Bumping this as it's still a huge need.
by merges
Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:47 am
Forum: Ableton Push
Topic: Push 3 "Arrangement View" Concept/Mockup
Replies: 24
Views: 31993

Re: Push 3 "Arrangement View" Concept/Mockup

Just another upvote for Push Arrangement mode support. Have we heard anything from Ableton about this?
by merges
Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:32 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: GM midi mapped drums
Replies: 8
Views: 7170

Re: GM midi mapped drums

Can we get this back in Live 12?
by merges
Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:16 pm
Forum: Ableton Push
Topic: Am I the Only One That Notices This
Replies: 5
Views: 2577

Re: Am I the Only One That Notices This

Looks like this is still true as of Push 3 :D
by merges
Mon Feb 26, 2024 7:02 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Recents sets are missing ( greyed-out)
Replies: 12
Views: 5466

Re: Recents sets are missing ( greyed-out)

Update:
Some AU plugins had components (content) that were installed on that SSD. Now when I open my sets with those plugins, the plugins do not load.

Update 2:
It seems this may be due to a "failed" unmounting of the external drive, even though I always "Eject" it from Finder properly. Apparently ...
by merges
Mon Feb 26, 2024 6:56 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Recents sets are missing ( greyed-out)
Replies: 12
Views: 5466

Re: Recents sets are missing ( greyed-out)

Just experienced this problem, too. Ableton suddenly decided my Library, which was on the same external SSD as my sets, was "not available." I verified that the disk was fine (Disk Utility, First Aid) and that Finder and other applications had access to the drive. Live did not repair itself; I had ...
by merges
Tue Feb 06, 2024 11:41 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Recording/real-time monitoring into a set with lots of effects—without flattening tracks?
Replies: 0
Views: 1136

Recording/real-time monitoring into a set with lots of effects—without flattening tracks?

I often work on songs with many tracks, each of which has many effects, which introduce a lot of latency. These tracks build up as I work, and I want to be able to preserve the tracks with the devices so I can make changes later—e.g. effects automation. So I don't generally freeze (except to save ...
by merges
Tue Feb 06, 2024 11:22 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Debugging VSTs/plug-ins, CPU spikes, etc.
Replies: 2
Views: 1116

Debugging VSTs/plug-ins, CPU spikes, etc.

Like many others, I occasionally experience CPU spikes, plug-in crashes, and other performance issues that severely impede the act of making music. These sometimes require expensive "Live Set recovery" operations, or manually going through plug-in chains one at a time to troubleshoot and find ...
by merges
Thu Feb 02, 2023 7:24 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Efficiently Slicing/Splitting Audio Clips Into Equal Parts
Replies: 1
Views: 2620

Re: Efficiently Slicing/Splitting Audio Clips Into Equal Parts

Bumping this in case there is a solution… I have long clips I'd like to turn into multisample Samplers, but it requires splitting the clip at regular intervals (e.g. 1/4 notes) as shown here: https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/artic ... th-Sampler
by merges
Sun Dec 11, 2022 11:24 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Relationship between Ableton CPU meter and Mac Activity Monitor CPU usage
Replies: 1
Views: 1621

Relationship between Ableton CPU meter and Mac Activity Monitor CPU usage

https://imgur.com/a/Dpz3qal

In the above example, I have an Ableton 11.2.6 project open but not playing on my Mac Mini (6-core i7 32GHz) using a Presonus Quantum audio interface at 256 sample buffer size. The project has ~30 tracks including some busses, groups, etc. and a mixture of stock and a ...