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.

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

The Ableton Extension SDK has only just been launched to the public, but there are already plenty of useful and fun Extensions to try right away. And that means even before you try hand-coding or vibe-coding your own, you might already find a reason to grab the beta and start extending. I’ll round up some of the best early resources.

Peter Kirn - June 12, 2026

Niseko is a gorgeous, instant must-have additive synth for Ableton Live

Forget any associations you may have with additive synthesis. Monomono’s Niseko takes that harmonic content and makes it accessible and expressive, via the UI or an input (including Push and MPE).

Peter Kirn - May 29, 2026

MSteppySnap for Ableton Live makes modulation playable, maleable

Peter Kirn - April 24, 2026

Now meshes, video, and more can go 3D inside Ableton Live: SenSei update

Peter Kirn - February 27, 2026

Polyfold from Manifest Audio lets you paint with polymetric patterns

Peter Kirn - February 26, 2026

Breaking: cave-like reflections in Robert Henke’s free Lanzarote Verb

Peter Kirn - February 16, 2026

Filter Delays, free Max for Live stereo effect from Robert Henke

Peter Kirn - February 15, 2026

A new free Live tool from Robert Henke lets you grab short sounds easily

Peter Kirn - December 5, 2025