One touch. Four macros.
Skym turns your iPhone or iPad into a touch controller for Ableton Live. Select any device and your finger plays its first four macros.
- X
Left to right
Sweep a filter, a pitch, a send. Whatever macro 1 controls.
- Y
Up and down
A second dimension under the same finger, on macro 2.
- Speed
How fast you move
Gesture becomes intensity. Flick for drama, drift for calm.
- Gate
Touch on, lift off
Instant rhythmic switching. Gate a reverb, stutter a delay.
Requires a Mac with Ableton Live Suite 11.3.43+
Built for the way you already work.
Follows your selection
A custom control surface script points Skym at whatever device you select, like the knobs on a Push. No MIDI learn.
Notes or effects
Touch to play a note, or switch to effects mode and perform your delays, reverbs and filters. Scales and chords stay in Ableton, where you set them.
USB or Bluetooth
Plug in or go wireless. Skym doesn’t make sound on its own: it plays the Ableton you already know.
“Skym has undoubtedly changed the way I perform, produce, and connect with people. The most simple sounds lead to hours of exploration.”
Chuck SuttonArtist, sound designer, educator
From App Store reviews
- “Game changer.”
- “Truly inspiring software.”
- “A must-have sound design tool.”
The expressive instrument is already in your pocket.
Expressive playing is a way of making music: shaping sound with your hands, in the moment. Skym brings it to the phone you already own, and to every device in your Ableton session.
It’s for Ableton users at every level, from first session to fifteenth album, who are looking for new ways to make sound.
ResGuide is an independent studio founded by musician and developer Connor Golden to build expressive, accessible music tools. Skym is the first. Read the story →
Up and running in 10 minutes.
- Check compatibility
- Get the free Starter Pack
- Install Skym
- Connect to Ableton