Néo

Voice Control

Control Ableton Live with your voice. Hands-free, 100% offline.

⬇ Download for Windows~594 MB ⬇ Download for MacApple Silicon · ~654 MB

You'll need an activation code (sent with your invite).

What Néo does
🎙️

Speak, Ableton obeys

“set the tempo to 128”, “mute the bass”, “launch scene 2”… 50 voice commands.

🙌

Hands-free

Say “Néo record” / “Néo stop” without letting go of your guitar. The wake word listens for you.

🔒

100% offline

Speech recognition runs on your machine. Nothing leaves your computer — your sessions stay yours.

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Fast & local

Built-in voice engine, no cloud. Works even with your WiFi turned off.

How it works
1

Download

Install Néo on your computer.

2

Activate

Enter your activation code on first launch.

3

Talk

Open Ableton, hold the mic (or say “Néo”), and speak your commands.

One-time setup

⚙️ Enable AbletonOSC

Néo talks to Ableton through a small, free add-on called AbletonOSC. You install it once (Ableton Live 11 or later):

  1. Download AbletonOSC (free, from the link below).
  2. Copy the AbletonOSC folder into Ableton's Remote Scripts folder:
    Windows: Documents\Ableton\User Library\Remote Scripts
    Mac: ~/Music/Ableton/User Library/Remote Scripts
  3. Restart Ableton Live.
  4. Preferences → Link, Tempo & MIDI → Control Surface → select AbletonOSC.
📄 Full AbletonOSC guide →
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Ableton Live 11+ open, with AbletonOSC enabled (see above).
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A headset is recommended for hands-free mode (better recognition).
⚠️ The app isn't signed yet (beta). Windows: if you see “Windows protected your PC” → “More info” → “Run anyway”.
🍎 Mac (Apple Silicon) — first-time setup · 2 min, once ›

Néo isn't signed by Apple yet (beta), so the first time, macOS will say the app is “damaged”. It's not — the app is perfectly fine. This quick one-time step just tells your Mac to trust it. You only do it once, ever.

  1. Install the app. Open the downloaded neo-mac.dmg, then drag the Neo Vox Control icon onto the Applications folder shown in the window.
  2. Open the Terminal app. Press ⌘ (Command) + Space together → the Spotlight search bar appears → type Terminal → press Enter. A small window opens: that's the Terminal. (It also lives in Applications → Utilities → Terminal.)
  3. Copy the line below (Copy button), click inside the Terminal window, paste with ⌘ + V, then press Enter.
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Neo Vox Control.app" && open "/Applications/Neo Vox Control.app"

Nothing seems to happen in the Terminal — that's normal (no message = it worked), and Néo opens by itself 🎉
From now on, just double-click Néo in Applications (or Launchpad) like any normal app. You never touch the Terminal again.