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“Unlocks a new layer of compositional creativity that was absent from previous versions”: Ableton Live 12 Suite review
By Si Truss published
With the arrival of Live 12.2, we revisit and update our review for 2025

Ableton drops 1.5 update for Move, adding sample slicing, improved MIDI I/O and a new Auto-Filter device
By Si Truss published
Superbooth 25: The standalone Live companion gets its biggest overhaul since launch – join the public beta now

With its latest free update, Ableton has finally turned Note into the app I always wanted it to be
By Si Truss published
Offline MIDI editing makes Ableton’s iPhone and iPad app more of a must-have iOS companion for Live users

You can now sample via USB-C using your Ableton Move
By Matt Mullen published
Move's 1.3.0 firmware update also lets you send out polyphonic expression through the instrument's MIDI out port

What were those controllers sitting on Jon Batiste's piano when he sang at the Super Bowl?
By Ben Rogerson published
It’s a Star-Spangled puzzler, that’s for sure

Melbourne Instruments' new desktop device could revolutionise studio software and hardware control
By Andy Jones published
ROTO Control is cool, compact, and uses motorised controllers to tame your gear and plugins

“It’s better in every way. The second version took what the first could do and made it five times as useful”: Waleed on Digitakt II, Ableton Live and overcoming creative block
By Matt Mullen published
Waleed's 2021 debut was championed by the likes of Four Tet and Ben UFO. After wrestling with the pressure of a follow-up, he's rediscovered the joy of music-making and released an EP that's one of this year's best

Raphael Saadiq: “People who can’t play an instrument depend on loops from Ableton or Logic"
By Ben Rogerson published
He also recalls his time touring with Prince: “It was like seeing Jimi Hendrix at the height of his career”
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