Dawbrain

Install Dawbrain

Requires Ableton Live 12 on macOS or Windows. Installer packages coming soon; for now the one-liner is the supported path.

Windows

  1. 01

    Open PowerShell and run:

    iwr https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dawbrain/dist/main/install.ps1 | iex
  2. 02

    Open Ableton Live 12. Go to Settings → Link, Tempo & MIDI → Control Surface and select DawBrain. Close the dialog.

  3. 03

    Your browser opens to a one-time device-authorize page. Sign in.

  4. 04

    Click Open Dawbrain to jump into the chat.

macOS

  1. 01

    Open Terminal and run:

    curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dawbrain/dist/main/install.sh | bash
  2. 02

    Open Ableton Live 12. Go to Settings → Link, Tempo & MIDI → Control Surface and select DawBrain. Close the dialog.

  3. 03

    Your browser opens to a one-time device-authorize page. Sign in.

  4. 04

    Click Open Dawbrain to jump into the chat.

Troubleshooting

"Unidentified developer" warning on macOS
The agent binary isn't notarized yet. Right-click the installed binary and choose Open to accept it. (We're working on notarization.)
SmartScreen warning on Windows
Click "More info → Run anyway". We're working on code signing.
Dawbrain isn't in my Ableton control surface list
Verify you're on Ableton Live 12, then restart Ableton after running the install command.