This free Ableton Extension slices up chunks of audio for Move, Live

MID continues to make cool stuff for Ableton Live, with a special emphasis on Ableton Move. Ever wished you could quickly chop up a track or other longer material into bar-aligned loops — especially for easy triggering on Move? Move Loop Slicer does just that, and it’s free now.

What to know about the Roland TR-1000, from voices to slicing to samples

Roland’s new flagship drum machine leaked everywhere. But we’ve got details on what’s new under the hood, including specifics on analog voices, expanded ACB modeling and other digital features, and new sampling powers, direct from the source. You wanted a new monster from Japan? You got it.

Peter Kirn - October 1, 2025

Sampleslicer MKIII, the definitive real-time sampler looper slicer module

Live performance requires practice. And creating a truly performance-oriented module also requires a long process of iteration and refinement. Sampleslicer MKIII, the live sampling-looping-slicing labor, by Jan Willem (ginkosynthese), is the culmination of that process. And it just keeps getting better: today’s beta update, just announced, adds features like momentary reverse, non-repeating one-shot, and gate-triggered resets.

Peter Kirn - July 11, 2025

Unofficial “Move – Extended” hacks extra powers for Ableton Move, free

Peter Kirn - May 30, 2025

Remember ACID? It’s back – and ready to split stems for you automatically

Peter Kirn - May 6, 2019

Ableton Live 9.7 in beta, with slicing and beatmaking news

Peter Kirn - July 21, 2016

Maschine adds real-time slicing and other stuff you asked for

Peter Kirn - June 15, 2016

It slices! Patches make Ableton’s new Simpler more powerful

Peter Kirn - March 7, 2016

Not Just Stuttering: Fraction Plug-in Slices Sound Live on Mac

Peter Kirn - May 13, 2015