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From your inbox to Ableton Livein three steps

Maestra is the AI agent for Ableton Live. Type what you want; it makes the change in your session and reads it back. Free, no card.

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How it goes

  1. Step 1 · About 20 seconds

    Leave your email

    Your email, the software you use and your computer. Ableton Live users usually have the download link within a few minutes.

  2. Step 2 · Under a minute

    Install Maestra

    Open the link. On Windows, run the installer and follow it. On the Mac, drag Maestra Agent into Applications. It is signed on Windows and signed and notarised by Apple on the Mac.

  3. Step 3 · One restart of Live

    Connect Ableton Live

    Authorize Maestra in your browser, install the Remote Script from inside the app, then restart Live once and pick Maestra.

Step 1

Leave your email

Tell us which software you use and which computer you are on, so the right build reaches you. The download link comes by email.

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Step 2

Install on Windows or Mac

You need Ableton Live 11.3 or later, in any edition, on the same computer.

Windows

Windows 10 (version 2004 or later) or Windows 11, 64-bit.

  1. Open the download link in your invite email, or sign in to your account and download the Windows build there.
  2. Open the installer and follow it. It takes under a minute, sets up everything Maestra needs and asks for no administrator password.
  3. If Windows says it protected your PC, choose More info, then Run anyway.
  4. On the last page, leave Launch Maestra Agent ticked and finish.

Mac

macOS 13 or later on a Mac with Apple silicon.

  1. Open the download link in your invite email, or sign in to your account and download the Mac build there.
  2. Open the DMG and drag Maestra Agent into Applications.
  3. The build is signed and notarised by Apple, so macOS opens it without any override.
  4. Open Maestra Agent from your Applications folder. macOS asks once to confirm opening an app downloaded from the internet; choose Open.

Step 3

Connect Ableton Live

The first time Maestra opens, it walks you through this. The same on both computers.

  1. Choose Authorize Maestra. Your browser opens; confirm there, and the app is activated.
  2. Choose Install or update to add the Maestra Remote Script to Live. You can run it again any time from Settings → Ableton.
  3. Quit Ableton Live and open it again. Live only loads new Remote Scripts when it starts.
  4. In Live, open Settings → Tempo & MIDI and select Maestra as a Control Surface. The app sees Live answer by itself.
  5. Say hi in the chat. From then on, Ctrl+Alt+Q (Cmd+Alt+Q on a Mac) brings Maestra up over Live from anywhere.

Maestra checks for new versions itself, about once a day. When one is ready, choose Update now in the app; it installs the update and opens again. It never updates on its own, and it never closes Live.

Once it is running

Ask Maestra

Not sure what it can do, or how to do something in your session? Ask in the chat, in your own words.

If the install or activation will not go through, email support@maestralabs.com and a person answers.

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