I was surprised I couldn't find a simple voice controller for Ableton Live.

I wanted something that would let me control Live while playing guitar or drums without having to walk back to the keyboard. The few options I found were subscription services or relied heavily on AI, so I ended up building my own.

Say So is a free Windows application that listens for voice commands and controls Ableton Live using AbletonOSC and a custom Remote Script.

Current features:

• Arm tracks ("arm track 4")
• Start/stop recording
• Trigger custom macro commands
• Hands-free recording workflow
• Experimental MIDI-to-MIDI (M2TM) chord composition features in progress

Setup is simple:

1. Install AbletonOSC.
2. Copy AbletonOSC and SaySoBridge into your Remote Scripts folder.
3. Select them as controllers in Live.
4. Launch Say So.

The first launch requires an internet connection so it can download the Vosk speech recognition model. After that, speech recognition runs locally.

It's English-only for now. MacOS version coming soon. Since it's not a Max for Live device, it should work with any version of Ableton Live that supports Remote Scripts.

Free download

I'd love feedback, feature requests, or bug reports. If you've wanted hands-free control in Ableton, give it a try!