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touchAble Mini app for iPhone and iPad


4.4 ( 2944 ratings )
Productivity Music
Developer: AppBC
89.99 USD
Current version: 3.4.7, last update: 3 years ago
First release : 11 Feb 2014
App size: 16.56 Mb

touchAble is THE controller app for Ableton Live. Countless artists around the globe - from bedroom producers to award winning artists - use it on stage, in their studio or while on the road.











touchAble Mini offers no-compromise-control of Ableton Live from your iPhone or iPod. The scaled down interface packs most of the features of the touchAble iPad version into a very ergonomic layout, especially designed for iPhone and iPod.

You can use touchAble with as many iPhones, iPods and iPads as you want.

Each module offers full feedback from Live, making sure you always know what you are tweaking.

The Modules include:

Launch Clips and Scenes, Solo and arm tracks.
Fold/unfold group tracks.
Access to any position in the set with the Overview feature.
Live 9 Users can use this module to manage their Live Set - Create or delete Tracks, Scenes, Clips and even stop buttons - without ever touching your Computer.

Drum Mode makes it easy to lay down a drum loop.
Chord Mode allows for precise note placements and lengths - in any scale you want.


touchAbles Mixer lets you adjust Volumes, Sends and Pans.
Access the Crossfader and change A/B assignments.
Accurate dB readings and level meters allow you to take your eyes off the computer - and only focus on your mix.
The intuitive snap mode and multiple controls per track make it the perfect tool for live performances as well as studio-use.


Access Live Devices, VSTs or AUs.
Intelligent Controls adapt to the type of control used in Live.
For some Live devices, a native template mimics the device in Live - providing an interface that will make you feel right at home.
Snap and Combo mode allow for quick control changes in Live situations.


Keyboard and Drum Pad include several performance features :switch the Scale, enable note-repeat or aftertouch or change the current octave & velocity.

the XY Pad lets you assign and control up to 12 parameters at once.

Gravity Parameters on each of the dots let you create natural and interesting effects.
Take Snapshots and restore them in an instant - or morph between them.


Exclusively available for Live 9 users, the Browser lets you access Lives Library, including all of Live’s Devices & Instruments, your Samples, Drums & Sounds.
Drag and Drop Devices on a track - or drop Samples on one of the DrumPads.

touchAble Mini is compatible with Live 9 (latest version)- Intro, Standard and Suite - and runs on any iPhone/iPod running IOS 8 minimum.

The Server Software requires OSX 10.8 and above or Windows 7 and above.

Download the Server Software from http://www.touch-able.com and follow the installation process.
•Studio session: Use your domestic router network and connect your iPhone/iPod to it.
•Stage performance: Create an Ad-Hoc network and connect your iPhone/iPod to it.
• Or connect using a simple USB cable .
•Run the touchAble Server and Ableton Live.
•Launch touchAble on your iPad and tap the Server to connect.
•Within a few seconds your set will be touchAble.

Pros and cons of touchAble Mini app for iPhone and iPad

touchAble Mini app good for

Really easy to use. If you are familiar with Ableton Live, you will have no difficulty to use TouchAble to control your DAW. This Mini version (understand: iPhone-version) of the original iPad-app takes the best out of the smaller screen of the device and remains very ergonomic. By the way, for keyboardists like me, its far easier to put an iPhone on top of our instrument than an iPad. ;-)
What a lovely little app! Great look and usability! Its simply fun and really cool to walk around in my studio room and trigger clips and scenes in session mode from everywhere, or do some muting, soloing and volume mixing. Also use it for vocal recordings, with my iPhone attached to the microphone stand with an iKlip. The controlling of effects like compressor should be a lot more graphic and intuitive, though. But Id recommend checking it out anyways.
This app is absolutely perfect in every way to control Ableton Live. Im not a computer geek but I can only imagine the amount of work that went into making this app. Create your own templates EXACTLY like you want them and use them in seconds. The customer support I experienced was fantastic. Got a reply within hours. Currently touchAble doesnt allow for dynamic mapping (blue hand) but they told me it should be implemented with an upcoming update a week from now. Once this is in, Im in heaven.

Some bad moments

Intuitive interface. Setting this up next to my keyboard feels like an excellent extra interface for tweaking effects and mixing on the fly.
I was blown away by how easy it was to get touchable working with Ableton. I was up and running in less than 5 minutes. It has everything I need in an Ableton controller, and it is all instantly mapped in Touchable. No need to create a custom mapping like Touch Osc. I just wish I owned an iPad so I could have more surface area to work with, but everything is easily scalable. My only complaint is that the keyboard and drum pad did not respond as an input. Other than that, you can control pretty much everything from your phone that you can on the computer, and even do a few extra things that you cant do on the computer. If you are even slightly curious about it, I highly recommend it!
Wrote an email over two weeks ago asking why this app requests microphone access, and I have received no response.
I just wanted to publicly state my surprise at how low the latency and how high the accuracy is over a wireless connection, even being routed through a router. I used to have problems with connections not lasting, but this no longer seems to be a problem. This app really does low me away with what it is able to do... Wirelessly!
touchAble Mini has all the features that make sense for the size of your iPhone without falling short of features that you expect. The touchable server you instal on your computer is very well implemented and detects all your live installations and install the script for you, which is a very nice touch.(pun intended) after having some technical hurdles and contacting support i found the support staff to be absolutely committed to resolving my issue. I gave this app 5 stars and i think you will too.
Why are there no reviews for this app? I have everything installed but the app cannot connect to the touchAble server which appears active on my computer (windows 7). I disabled windows firewall and re-installed bonjour as the websites guide suggested, still no server found. How can I begin using this $10 app?