GRIP
Stay in creative flow with Grip, the app for Ableton Live
from your couch
at your synths
in the vocal booth
for your band
anywhere

Get started in 2 steps

1. Grip for your device

Download on the App StoreGet it on Google Play

2. Grip Desktop

Mac•Mac (Intel)•Windows

, iPad, or Grip for iPad (free) controls Ableton through Grip Desktop.

Download on the App Store
Grip on iPad

or get Grip for Android

Mac or Grip Desktop for Mac connects to Ableton Live. 7-day free trial, then $15.

Grip for Mac (Apple Silicon)Grip for Mac (Intel)
Grip companion on Mac

or get Grip for Windows

Works with Ableton Live 11 or later.

For any studio, bedroom, or battlestation

Grip travels with you in your studio, transforming your phone from a distraction into a useful tool at your mic, desk, or synths.

  • Use your voice to control Live hands-free at your mic, drum kit, or synth
  • Co-producers and bandmates can use Grip on their own phones at the same time
  • Zero configuration, no MIDI mapping
  • Real-time, low-latency responsiveness over Wi-Fi
  • Left-handed and right-handed modes so your thumb's in the right place
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Singer using Grip

A powerful companion for solo musicians

Everything you need to control and record. Hands on your instrument, voice on Live controls.

  • Arm, solo, mute, and change the volume of your tracks
  • Control recording, overdub, loop, and metronome anywhere—no more running to the computer to press record
  • Navigate your set in arrangement and session view
  • Undo, redo, and even save your work directly from your phone
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Musician at a synth using Grip

All the control, none of the distraction

Launch scenes and control Ableton Live playback and recording, without touching your keyboard or mouse.

Grip session view

Always know

See which tracks are armed

Undo, redo, and save

Never lose your work, or your mistakes

Voice control

Natural hands-free control of Live

Transport controls

Big and spaced out to prevent accidental taps

Toggle views

Switch between session and arrangement

Launch scenes

Easy access to your scenes

Like an extension of Live

Arm and solo tracks, adjust your mix, and scrub through your arrangement, all from anywhere in your studio.

Grip tracks view

Track list

Instantly control your tracks away from your computer

Track controls

Arm, solo, mute, or mix from your phone

Grip arrangement view

Tap back & forth

Navigate your arrangement

Slide to scrub

Scrub through your arrangement

Tap to jump

Jump anywhere in your arrangement

For instrumentalists and improvisers

Launch and record clips and mix on the fly with a multi-touch mixer.

Grip session grid view

Full control

Expand for undo, redo, metronome, and transport buttons

Quick mix

Control volume, sends, and panning

Mute tracks

Focus on what matters

Record and launch

Multi-touch clip control

You might also like Reflection

Reflection turns any iPhone or iPad into a live chord display that mirrors your DAW in real time over Wi-Fi.

Learn more about Reflection

On screens big or small

Grip for iPad (or your Android tablet) gives you a bigger canvas, with room for your fingers to work in a way that they just can't with a mouse.

Grip locators view on iPad
Grip mixer view on iPad
Grip tracks view on iPad

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