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Upgrading Control Surface Studio from 2.7 to 2.8+

Hello! If you're updating your copy of Control Surface Studio from 2.7 to 2.8, we now have separate versions for Mac computers which use the Intel chip (for older Macs) and the newer Apple M1...
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The 'State of MIDI Equipment' in 2023 Survey

Curious how everyone else is using MIDI Controllers and Keyboards in their own music production and performance setups? So were we.  That’s why we surveyed over 220 MIDI enthusiasts to find...

Ableton Controllers

MIDI controllers and keyboards are awesome tools for physically controlling and manipulating the sounds, effects, and parameters that you use in your music productions. MIDI controllers and...
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Ableton Live MIDI mapping tutorial

Ableton Live's MIDI mapping is an essential tool, but it can be confusing to a new comer of Ableton or even music production in general. Today we’re going to go through everything you need to know...
How to normalize with ableton

How to Normalize in Ableton Live (All of the Steps!)

​When software ‘normalizes’ a piece of audio, it finds the loudest point in the audio (or ‘peak’). If the peak is -3db for example, normalizing will bring the entire audio recording up by 3db,...
Ableton Live Noise Reduction

Background Noise Reduction With Ableton Live (All Solutions!)

It can be pretty challenging to cancel out all background noise while recording. Hiss from your audio interface, hum from the computer's fan, guitar buzz, microphone noise, or general surrounding...
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Ableton Not Recognizing Your Audio Interface? (Solved!)

If you have an Audio Interface then it’s probably pretty central to your music production studio.  But if you’re struggling to get Ableton Live to recognize yours, then this is a huge problem...
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Ableton Clips Not Launching In Time? (All Solutions Here!)

When using Ableton Live to perform your music to a crowd or even just at home in your studio,  It's critical that you’re able to launch clips in time with the rest of your track. ...
No Sound in Ableton Live

No Sound In Ableton Live? (Solved!)

You’ve loaded up Ableton Live ready to create some music but oh no!… To your horror, there’s no sound coming out of it! Although this can feel pretty frustrating, you have no need to worry, it’...

Control Surface Studio Tutorials

Getting Started Installation Configuration FAQs Where to find Ableton's log.txt file Scripts Creating a Script Installing a Script in Ableton Live...
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A/B Crossfade Assign, Crossfader and Cue Volume

Hi, this is John from Remotify, I'm going to show you the three new mapping types that we've added in Control Surface Studio version 2.5.5.  A/B Crossfade Assign, Crossfader and Cue volume....
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How to set a single button to control Ableton Live’s Play & Stop

Combining Play and Stop into one 1 button on your controller is a great space saving trick. Why do they need to be separate anyway? lets see how this can be done with an Ableton Script built in...
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Midi Fighter Twister: Building an Ableton Live Script

One of the most popular Midi Controllers amongst our users here on remotify is the classic offering from DJ Techtools, the Midi Fighter Twister. This amazingly compact controller provides you with 16...

Reactions Reference Guide

Listeners, Conditions & Reactions This table contains details of all options for the 3 Reaction types: Listener, Conditions & Reactions. Usage: The Table has horizontal and vertical...
Session Box tutorial

How to make a Red Box script (Session Box) for Ableton

Contents What is a Session Box / Red Box...

(Video) Session Box 2.0 updates

Remotify is pleased to announce the release of Session Box 2.0, a collection of free updates designed to improve how users can integrate and control session boxes with their hardware....

How to use Mode and Shift functionality

Content What are Modes? How do I switch to different modes? How does the shift button work? How does the mode activation button work? What is Mode 0? What are Modes?...

Custom LED feedback for your session box

With our recent session box 2.0 update has come a new way to add your own custom colours for pads in your session box, all you need is a controller with LED feedback. The Novation Launchpad and Akai...
Import and edit a midi remote script in Remotify

Import and edit a pre-built script with Remotify

The ability to import a MIDI remote script into Remotify and edit it to your own needs is an important part of the App. An example of when this comes in useful is for example when you’ve just bought...

Remotify: an application forged out of frustration

I’ve been an Ableton user for quite a number of years now. 

I love to make trance & techno in my home studio, any spare time I get I’m in there working away on creating a new spine tingling...

(Video) Combine your midi controllers into one all conquering mega controller!

We’re happy to announce ‘combination mode’ for your session boxes. This great new option gives you the ability to connect up to 6 midi controllers together inside Ableton and move them around your...

Build better Midi Remote Scripts for your controllers

Today I would like to do something slightly different, I want to show you a quick and simple method to create better scripts for your midi controllers. I know that you’re probably super eager to...
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What are MIDI remote scripts?

Most people already know about Ableton Live's built in MIDI mapping engine. You click a parameter, then press/push/turn the relevant input on your midi controller and boom! you have a midi mapping...
How to make your first midi remote script

How to make your first MIDI remote script

Contents Setup What are mappings? Creating your first mapping MIDI Controller Values MIDI learn Manual MIDI mapping Generating a working MIDI remote script Give your script a name Adding...
How to fix a broken midi remote script

How to fix a broken MIDI remote script

Contents Duplicate Mapping Errors A duplicated script folder Is it a problem with this script or something else? Debugging your MIDI remote script using the log.txt file Where is my...

The Mapping Details Form

You will arrive at this form in one of two ways. After clicking a Mapping Type on the Mapping Type Page After clicking the Edit Button of a Mapping on the Mapping List Page. In this form...

The Mapping Type Page

You will arrive on this page after clicking the ‘Add a New Mapping’ Button on the Mapping List page. Here you can select the type of Mapping you want to add to your Remote Script. They’re split into...

The Mappings List Page

Import Mappings: Each Remotify Script includes a json file. This file can be imported here to instantly re-create all of the mappings contained in that Midi Remote Script. Click the browse button...
installing a midi remote script into ableton live

How to install MIDI remote scripts into Ableton Live

If you're here it should mean that you've successfully created your first MIDI Remote Script using our free MIDI remote script creator App and now want to install it into Ableton Live. Incase you...