Push Hack, very unauthorized access to Push 3’s display, files, MIDI, and more

If you don’t like unauthorized hacking, this isn’t for you. If you don’t like things built with AI-assisted coding agents, this isn’t for you. But if you’re up for a very unofficial hack that gives you full takeover access to Push 3’s display, drives, MIDI, and more, Federico Pepe has just unveiled Push Hack. Here’s […]

Impactor, Rupture 2 by Rawton Forge are perfect percussion synths for Live

That’s it. Rawton Forge has nailed it. With the new Rupture 2 on the kick and bass drum synthesis side, and Impactor handling general-purpose percussion synthesis for kicks/toms/tonal, you have an ideal floor-rattling, punchy, snappy synthesis duo for Ableton Live.

Peter Kirn - July 31, 2026

DeafMan transforms Ableton Live with custom colors, interactive editor

DeafMan’s creations for Ableton Live have evolved from a selection of cool retro themes to a vast library of complete color makeovers — a “visual system.” And there’s an insanely powerful new editor for managing themes, tweaking colors, creating customizations, and assigning color to tracks. It’s more than just customization: it’s a way of thinking about your workspace and music in hues and shades.*

Peter Kirn - July 29, 2026

Free BEAST Repeat for Ableton Live is so good, you’ll switch genres to IDM

Peter Kirn - July 22, 2026

This free Ableton Extension slices up chunks of audio for Move, Live

Peter Kirn - July 17, 2026

Ableton Live and Push can now run on Linux, unofficially

Peter Kirn - July 15, 2026

Stretch keys — Novation rounds out the MK4 Launchkey range with 88 keys

Peter Kirn - July 15, 2026

Ableton quietly launched Learn, powered by the engine from Note, Move

Peter Kirn - July 7, 2026

There are already some great uses of Ableton Extensions, and more coming

Peter Kirn - June 12, 2026