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.*

Visuals in Ableton Live: Unreal-powered SenSei update, EboSuite sale on now

EboSuite and its 3D, Unreal Engine-powered companion, SenSei, put video and visuals into your Ableton Live set, plus integrate easily with other live visual tools and workflows. And now both are on a special Spring Sale — plus SenSei gets another update with more tools. (No, not the one I just mentioned — even another […]

Peter Kirn - March 23, 2026

Ableton Live 12.3: Stems, Splice, more Bounce, Auto Pan-Tremolo, and more

Ableton Live 12.3 hits public beta today, with stem separation and Splice integration, the ability to bounce groups as well as paste bounced audio, there’s a redesigned Auto Pan-Tremolo effect, and you get some new MIDI Tools and Pack updates, plus some extras you might miss like, finally, A/B parameter changes in devices. Oh, and Push has an all-new layout and more. Here’s what’s new.

Peter Kirn - September 2, 2025

Give Ableton Live 12 a new look with free Themes: Dark, Retro, Remixed

Peter Kirn - September 23, 2024

Christmas in mourning, in Bethlehem and Beirut, and music beyond

Peter Kirn - December 24, 2023

Petal is an exquisite 8-tap delay with shaping, for Max for Live

Peter Kirn - August 28, 2023

Superbooth Berlin will return in 2024; kick back with some 2023 highlights

Peter Kirn - August 28, 2023

Playdate pocket game system as sampler, granular instrument, FX, recorder, more

Peter Kirn - August 7, 2023

Turn Ableton Live into a looping 4-track Tascam Portastudio with this Max for Live Device

Peter Kirn - February 14, 2023