Great, if you're here it means you've successfully created your first Midi Remote Script with Remotify and are looking to install it into Ableton.
If you haven't made a script yet, read our beginners tutorial on how to make your first midi remote script with Remotify.
Installing your script is a pretty simple process:
After hitting 'download script' in the Remotify app and seeing the success message, your script will be automatically downloaded to the 'downloads' folder on your computer.
In there you'll see a folder with the name of your custom script.
At the moment it will have the extension '.zip'.
You now need to extract the contents of the zip folder for use with Ableton. There are different tools to do this depending on your Operating System.
If you're on windows, you'll need to first install an application to extract from zip folders.
I'd recommend the hugely popular free winzip app.
If you're on a Mac, no need to download anything, you can use the 'Archive' utility to do it.
Extracting from a zip folder is easy:
Double click or right click the zip folder and select 'Extract All' then follow the on screen instructions.
Once completed you will see a new folder appear, this is your midi remote script folder.
You now need to move your script folder into Ableton's 'midi remote scripts' folder.
This is also different depending on your operating system:
On Mac:
The Remote Script folder is located inside the Ableton Live application bundle. To access it, locate the Live application in Finder, right click on it and select "Show Package Content" in the appearing context menu. Then navigate to: /Contents/App-Resources/MIDI Remote Scripts/
On Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8+
\ProgramData\Ableton\Live x.x\Resources\MIDI Remote Scripts\
On Windows XP:
\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Ableton\Live x.x\Resources\MIDI Remote Scripts
Once you've moved your midi remote script folder to the relevant place for your operating system,
start up Ableton and navigate to the link/midi tab in the preferences menu.
Under 'control surface' click a menu and find your Midi Remote Script in the list.
...and select your midi controller as the input and output for the script (make sure it's connected to your computer!).
If all went well, you'll immediately see a message appear at the bottom of the screen Ableton which includes the name of your script and the words "made with remotify".
Now, move the inputs on your midi controller and you will see the corresponding parameters move inside Ableton!
If your controls don't work, there may be a problem with the remote script.
Read our guide on how to fix a broken midi remote script.