Developer Adam Baker let us know that he’s introduced Grip, an iOS app that turns your iPhone or iPad into a wireless remote controller for Ableton Live.

Here’s what he has to say about it:

“I always felt Ableton was missing an integrated ‘feels like Live’ app for vocalists, guitarists, drummers, synth players, and solo artists who don’t work entirely in the box. Not a totally mappable, customizable canvas, but opinionated, with a consistent, easy to use interface.

Something to shortcut the process of running from the vocal booth (a.k.a. closet) to the computer just to press record or undo a bad take. So Grip offers both hands-on (left- and right-thumbed) and hands-free voice control.”

Features:

• Voice control: control Live hands-free, even with both hands on an instrument.
• Save from your phone: save your set, and undo and redo, without touching the computer.
• Built around ergonomics: left- and right-handed layouts keep the controls where your hand already is, on phone and tablet, in any orientation.
• Feels like Live: designed to feel like an extension of Ableton, not a separate app.
• Opinionated, not infinitely configurable: a focused workflow tool, not a blank controller you have to map yourself.
• Close to zero setup: no complicated network setup, no manual installation of remote scripts, no special Ableton devices, no MIDI mapping, no templates. Install the desktop app, open the mobile app, and it just works.

Pricing and Availability:

The Grip mobile app iPhone, iPad, Android) is free; the desktop app (Mac, Windows) that links to Ableton is a $15 one-time purchase with a 7-day unlimited trial. Grip is tied to the computer running Live, so multiple producers or bandmates can connect over Wi-Fi at once, or use several devices, to launch clips, mix, scrub the arrangement, undo, and even save from their mobile device.ddxsx