# Set up Proof of Human in Ableton Live

> About two minutes: PoH installs a small script, you switch it on once inside Live, and you watch it connect — no files to move by hand.

Setup · Ableton Live

1. **Install from the PoH app.** Open Proof of Human and, in the Ableton setup panel, click Install PoH for Ableton. That copies a small script called PoHCapture into Ableton's User Library — Ableton can't see it until you do.
2. **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 PoHCapture won't appear in the menu until you do.
3. **Switch on PoHCapture.** In Settings (Live 12) or Preferences (Live 11) → Link, Tempo & MIDI, open the Control Surface dropdown and choose PoHCapture. That's it — PoH now records the editing work behind your music while you produce.

Pick PoHCapture in the first Control Surface row.

## How to know it worked

Back in Proof of Human, the Ableton step turns green and reads **PoHCapture 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. PoH supports Live 11 and newer.

## If it doesn't connect

### PoHCapture isn't in the Control Surface dropdown

Click Reinstall PoH for Ableton in the app, then fully quit and reopen Live so it re-scans its Remote Scripts.

### It still says waiting after I picked PoHCapture

Live only loads Control Surfaces at launch — quit Ableton completely and open it again. Also make sure you're on Live 11 or newer.

### I use more than one version of Live

PoH installs into every version's User Library it can find. Just select PoHCapture in whichever copy you're recording in.

## Privacy

On Ableton Live, PoH 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.

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