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