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Grip app on iPhone

Try Grip now. Install the Mac and iPhone apps and get started.

Download for MacApp Storefor iPhone

How Grip works

Grip is the missing iPhone app for Ableton Live.

Purpose-built for playback, recording control, and navigation, Grip is designed to feel like a natural extension of Live. Grip moves with you in the studio—from desk, to synth, to booth, to couch. It connects over Wi-Fi as a native Live control surface. No MIDI mapping required.

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All you need to get started is both the Mac app and the iPhone app.

Download for MacApp Storefor iPhone
Musician using Grip to control Ableton Live from a synthesizer

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Musician using Grip to control Ableton Live from a synthesizer

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Controlling Ableton Live remotely with Grip on iPhone
  • Native Ableton control surface
  • Zero configuration, no MIDI mapping
  • Real-time over Wi-Fi
  • Built for iPhone, designed for the studio
  • Arm, solo, and mute tracks
  • Record and overdub
  • Navigate arrangement and session
  • Scrub and navigate your set
  • Undo, redo, and save

1. Install Grip on your Mac

1

Download

Download Grip for Mac.

2

Install

Drag Grip to your Applications folder.

3

Open Grip

macOS will prompt you to grant permissions for Grip to run in the background, so you don’t even need the Grip app open on your Mac.

4

Check the setup

Grip automatically installs a Control Surface script for Ableton Live. Double-check in the Grip window that it’s installed.

2. Install Grip on your iPhone

1

Get Grip

Find Grip: Control Ableton Live on the App Store.

2

Install

Install Grip from the App Store.

3. Set up Ableton Live

Grip is a considered a control surface for Live, just like Push or any MIDI controller.

1

Open Live

Open Live on the same Mac as the Grip app.

2

Open Settings

Go to Live → Settings (or press ⌘,)

3

Choose Grip as a Control Surface

In the Link, Tempo & MIDI tab, choose Grip as a Control Surface.

Ableton MIDI settings showing Grip as control surface

4. Connect from iPhone

1

Get on Wi-Fi

Make sure your iPhone and Mac are on the same Wi-Fi network.

2

Open Grip for iPhone

Open Grip on your iPhone. It should connect automatically. If it doesn't, check the Grip app on your Mac.

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