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MSteppySnap for Ableton Live makes modulation playable, maleable
In a way, it’s funny how complicated we make modulation. We wind up creating layers of envelopes and free-running oscillations just to get what we want. Tomavatars’ MSteppySnap, once you grok its approach, is nothing like that. This is steppy snappy whooshy glorgy modulation you can play, capture, and trigger intuitively.
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Now meshes, video, and more can go 3D inside Ableton Live: SenSei update
EboSuite and SenSei, live visual add-ons for Ableton Live, got some nice updates this week. SenSei, the tool that puts the power of Unreal Engine inside Ableton Live, gets a particularly major expansion, with some 27 new plug-ins, including mesh loaders, 3D video effects, visualizers, dynamic surfaces, and a video overlay.
Peter Kirn - February 27, 2026
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Polyfold from Manifest Audio lets you paint with polymetric patterns
A 1024-step, multilane polyphonic sequencer sounds overwhelming. But the latest Manifest Audio polymetric sequencer, Polyfold, offers a palette of various patterns and shapes that you can deploy across that vast canvas, easily and quickly. It opens up sequencing in Live 12+ Suite, free from the usual constraints. It’s a compositional playground, with full MIDI and OSC (!) support, for music and visuals alike.
Peter Kirn - February 26, 2026
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Breaking: cave-like reflections in Robert Henke’s free Lanzarote Verb
Peter Kirn - February 16, 2026
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Filter Delays, free Max for Live stereo effect from Robert Henke
Peter Kirn - February 15, 2026
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A new free Live tool from Robert Henke lets you grab short sounds easily
Peter Kirn - December 5, 2025
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Playhead granular, Tuplet sequencer, Quantized Switches for Ableton Live
Peter Kirn - June 2, 2024
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