Ableton Live and Push can now run on Linux, unofficially

Finally, proof that there’s life for Live after Apple and Microsoft. It’s unofficial and totally unsupported, but a set of patches for the free Wine compatibility environment lets you run Ableton Live 12, Max for Live, and Push 2 and Push 3 on Linux. And the result is just about indistinguishable from native support.

Cubase 15: Expression Maps, rich patterns, updated Modulators, plug-ins

It’s all in the details on this one. Cubase 15 has a ton of tweaks to its expansive plug-in library, new and more expressive editing, pattern sequencing, and Modulators, automation tools, proper Mac full-screen support, compatibility with the inter-DAW standard DAWproject, and more.

Peter Kirn - November 5, 2025

Can OneLibrary unite DJ tools? USB export from your DJ tool of choice

OneLibrary to rule them all? AlphaTheta hopes so, with a new library format that works across software and hardware without conversion, and with all your playlists, cue points, beatgrids, and so on intact. That may sound like a tall order, but it’s already launching with support for Pioneer hardware, Rekordbox, Traktor, and djay Pro.

Peter Kirn - October 22, 2025

Two CDJ decks with DJM mixer in between.

How to avoid USB and rekordbox DJing failures: a complete guide

Peter Kirn - April 15, 2024

Penguin parade: Sinevibes now does Linux

Peter Kirn - April 11, 2024

macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 includes bug fixes for plug-ins, USB, Java

Peter Kirn - March 27, 2024

Don’t upgrade to macOS Sonoma 14.4 yet: plug-in compatibility issues

Peter Kirn - March 13, 2024

Could a new DAW file exchange format help you move projects around?

Peter Kirn - September 27, 2023

Yeah, you should totally hold off updating to macOS 13 Ventura if you can, because plug-ins

Peter Kirn - November 8, 2022