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Essential Ableton Live M4L: bounce MIDI, use gamepads, acid synth
It’s a hot Max for Live summer: here are three more don’t-miss tools for Max for Live for you. There’s a tool to bounce MIDI without the usual manual legwork. There’s a controller app that lets you play Live with gamepads. And there’s the synth follow-up to the blockbuster acid sequencer Sting! Let’s go:
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Way more than acid: pay-if-you-can Sting 2 is instant inspiration
Sting 2, Iftah’s follow-up to the acid-generating Max for Live device, is packed with new features like accessibility and Push support. But that’s not the best way to describe it. It works on acid. It works on melodies. It works on percussion. You may wind up smiling as much as its UI is. Imagine a one-click source of pure joy.
Peter Kirn - July 7, 2025
Music tech Reviews Software Tech
Live round-up: 12.2 is out, vids, a free Grain Slicer Rack, tuner, and more
Ableton Live 12.2 went from beta to public yesterday. And there’s more for all Live users – Iftah has an accessible tuner device called Pitch Pipe and Side Brain has an awesome free instrument rack for performing granular tricks, among other new add-ons. You don’t have time to wade through hours of videos; let’s put everything in one place and get bouncing tracks/spectral resonating/granulating.
Peter Kirn - June 12, 2025
Music tech Software Tech
Maxess, free externals for Max and Max for Live accessibility, available now
Peter Kirn - March 13, 2025
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Flufs, powerful loudness analysis tool, is designed for accessibility
Peter Kirn - March 5, 2025
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Ableton Move is a hit for blind and low vision users; more like this, please
Peter Kirn - February 10, 2025
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