Setup · Ableton Live
Set up Chronatum in Ableton Live
About two minutes. Chronatum installs a small script, you switch it on once inside Live, and you watch it connect — no files to move by hand.
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Install from the Chronatum app
Open Chronatum and, in the Ableton setup panel, click Install Chronatum for Ableton. That copies a small script called ChronatumCapture into Ableton's User Library — Ableton can't see it until you do.
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Open or restart Live
If Ableton was already running when you installed, quit and reopen it now. Live only loads new scripts at startup, so ChronatumCapture won't appear in the menu until you do.
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Switch on ChronatumCapture
In Settings (Live 12) or Preferences (Live 11) → Link, Tempo & MIDI, open the Control Surface dropdown and choose ChronatumCapture. That's it — Chronatum now records the editing work behind your music while you produce.
Link, Tempo & MIDIControl SurfaceInputOutput- None
- Push 2
- Launchkey
- ChronatumCapture
- Komplete Kontrol
——Pick ChronatumCapture in the first Control Surface row.
How to know it worked
ChronatumCapture connected
Back in Chronatum, the Ableton step turns green and reads ChronatumCapture connected — capturing your work. If it still says it's waiting, give Live a moment after the restart, or check you're on Live 11 or newer.
Live 11 or Live 12?
The menu is called Preferences in Live 11 and Settings in Live 12 — everything else is identical. Chronatum supports Live 11 and newer.
If it doesn't connect
On Ableton Live, Chronatum reads only the shape of your editing — counts and timing — and turns it into content-free signals on your Mac. The process record carries those signals plus the project/song and audio display names shown to you — not your stems, notes, track or clip names, or full project path. When you choose a notarized proof, the exact finished export is uploaded and retained under the Privacy Policy; your internal project stays private.