Ableton has a rare flash sale with 25% off for a week, including upgrades

Ableton tends to discount its products only a couple of times a year, so this flash sale is worth noting. They’re offering 25% off Live 12 Suite and Standard, upgrades, and all Packs, now through Wednesday, April 29. So if you’ve fallen behind on Live versions, or been eyeing those Max for Live Devices I’m constantly writing up, here’s your chance. Let’s refresh our brains on what’s in the upgrades.

Visuals in Ableton Live: Unreal-powered SenSei update, EboSuite sale on now

EboSuite and its 3D, Unreal Engine-powered companion, SenSei, put video and visuals into your Ableton Live set, plus integrate easily with other live visual tools and workflows. And now both are on a special Spring Sale — plus SenSei gets another update with more tools. (No, not the one I just mentioned — even another […]

Peter Kirn - March 23, 2026

Get Universal Audio’s 610 tube channel strips for free — DSP or native

For a limited time, you can grab UA’s 610-A and 610-B models for free, emulating tube amps, transformers, and EQ circuitry in software form. That includes both the UAD Native version you can run anywhere, plus the DSP version that integrates with their Apollo hardware. Here are some details.

Peter Kirn - January 13, 2026

The best holiday, end-of-year deals on software and gear you can still get

Peter Kirn - December 29, 2025

Boxing Day: get those xmas freebies and be serenaded by an Atari ST

Peter Kirn - December 26, 2025

Soundtoys is giving away free plug-ins for 12 days, starting today

Peter Kirn - December 8, 2025

The best Cyber Week music gear and software deals you can still get now

Peter Kirn - December 5, 2025

The best music making software and plug-in deals right now

Peter Kirn - December 1, 2025

The best (real) deals on gear right now, synths to modules, for Cyber Week

Peter Kirn - November 29, 2025