Flufs metering running in real-time in two display modes, one with vertical meters and histogram, one with a spectral view, gold on black background.

Flufs, powerful loudness analysis tool, is designed for accessibility

Flufs is the loudness meter and analysis tool for Ableton Live (Max for Live) you’ve always wanted. But more than that, it’s designed to be accessible to blind, low vision, and sighted users alike. And if that’s interesting to you, there are more developer tools on the way.

Sonification Tools for Ableton Live now has a synth that plays data

Sonification Tools v2 from Manifest Audio and Noah Pred can now sonify text, images, video, and OSC – plus it’s got an all-new 8-voice polysynth that lets you play that data like an instrument. Noah also reflects on what sonifying data can mean.

Peter Kirn - February 13, 2025

Gamepad Control for Ableton Live unlocks gamepads for music

Those Switch Pro, PlayStation4, PlayStation5, and Xbox Xs controllers are just sitting there, waiting to be used as a music input, right? Enter Gamepad Control, the latest Max for Live invention.

Peter Kirn - June 18, 2024

Robert Henke’s Granulator III update for Live 12 expands modulation powers

Peter Kirn - May 22, 2024

LFO device in Max over top an Ableton Live session, showing the Presentation view. The Freeze button (set to unfreeze to allow editing).

Ableton has a new free guide to making better Max for Live devices

Peter Kirn - March 12, 2024

Max 8.6: Samplers, gamepads, colors, Max for Live, and more

Peter Kirn - January 17, 2024

Performance Pack for Ableton Live 12 now has a video manual

Peter Kirn - January 11, 2024

Free TouchMe grab-and-go controller for Ableton Live now works with plug-ins

Peter Kirn - December 26, 2023

Ableton Push 3 freebie: unMute uses one button to toggle Devices

Peter Kirn - November 20, 2023

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