Plugins

Dynamics · Audio effect

Sidechain ducking, synced or from your kick

Tempo-synced volume ducking with four curve shapes, or real ducking from the kick on any track. The display shows your track and the kick moving under one static curve, like Kickstart.

• Big Amount knob, Hold, Release and Curve
• 4 shapes: Smooth, Pump, Linear, Hard
• Kick input: ducks on the real kick
• Drag the curve to set Release

Dynamics · Audio effect

Clean compressor with a live picture

A punchy compressor that shows the level, the threshold and the gain reduction scrolling in real time. Drag the threshold line straight on the display.

• Peak, ISP and RMS detection
• Attack, Hold, Release, Range
• Stereo link and Mix
• External sidechain input

Dynamics · Audio effect

Soft clipper for loud, clean masters

Shaves peaks off at the ceiling with an adjustable knee, so your drums hit louder without pumping. Orange shows exactly what gets clipped.

• Ceiling and Knee
• In and out meters, GR readout
• Solo the clipped part
• Drag the ceiling on the display

Dynamics · Audio effect

Transient shaper for drums

More punch, less tail, or the other way around. Attack, Pump and Sustain zones are drawn over the waveform so you see what changes.

• Attack, Pump, Sustain, Speed
• Built-in Clip switch
• Compact 262 px device
• Zoomed 4-beat display

Tone and mix · Audio effect

Resonance suppressor, made for tech house

Finds harsh resonances and turns them down only when they ring, like soothe. 40 dynamic bands with zero latency, a 120-band spectrum and a sensitivity curve you can draw.

• Depth, Sharpness, Selectivity
• Soft / Hard mode and Delta listen
• Stereo, Mid or Side
• Draggable sensitivity points

Tone and mix · Audio effect

5-band dynamic EQ that only moves when it needs to

Every band rests at 0 dB and moves toward its point only when the band hits. Comp pushes loud bands down, Exp hits on transients. Solo any band and see what it is doing right now.

• 5 bands, Bell or Shelf
• Comp and Exp modes per band
• Solo, Attack, Release, Mix
• 6 / 12 / 30 dB view

Tone and mix · Audio effect

Shorter, tighter drums

Shortens the decay of every drum hit, like the Beats warp mode envelope, but on any audio. Tighten loose loops and make room for the kick and bass.

• Hits or grid (1/16, 1/8) mode
• Decay and Amount
• Original vs shortened view
• Works on full drum loops

Stereo and reference · Audio effect

4-band stereo imager

Set the width of four bands, keep the bass mono and add width to narrow sounds. A vectorscope and a correlation meter show if your mix still works in mono.

• 4 bands with draggable crossovers
• Mono bass below a frequency
• Stereoize, Balance, Output
• Vectorscope and correlation

Stereo and reference · Audio effect

Line up the kick and the bass

Shows how your bass lines up with the kick over 0 to 10 ms and finds the best delay and polarity with one click. Fuller low end without guessing.

• Delay, Invert, Focus
• Auto finds the best setting
• Phase meter: in phase or cancels
• Kick on the Input menu

Stereo and reference · Audio effect

A/B your mix against a reference track

Drop a reference track and it plays in sync with your song. Match loudness, compare spectra, or switch to Difference to see where the reference is louder or quieter.

• MIX / REF switch, Match loudness
• Difference view with zone values
• Solo band (24 dB) with drag edges
• Synced to your song position

Metering and key · Audio effect

LUFS meter for club masters

Short-term, momentary and integrated LUFS, RMS, dynamics (PLR) and true peak, with a history graph. Everything you need to finish loud and clean.

• LUFS short-term, integrated
• RMS and PLR dynamics
• True peak (4x)
• LUFS and RMS history

Metering and key · Audio effect

Is your kick in key?

Reads the note of your kick on every hit and compares it with the Scale of your Live set, then tells you how many semitones to tune it.

• Note, Hz and cents
• Tuner needle
• Reads the Live 12 Scale
• Suggests the nearest in-key note

Metering and key · Audio effect

Your project key on the Camelot wheel

Shows the key of your Live set on the Camelot wheel with every key that mixes well with it. Click the wheel to change the key of the set.

• Reads and sets the Live 12 Scale
• Mix partners: +1, -1, relative
• Energy boost keys
• Free

Library · Audio effect

The NU MOTION Library inside Ableton

Browse and preview the NU MOTION Library without leaving Live. Previews follow your project's tempo, and one click puts a sound into a clip slot.

• Search, category and pack filters
• Previews synced to your project
• Up / down for next sound
• Add to a clip slot in one click

Creative FX · Audio effect

One-knob build-ups

Filter, resonance, reverb and a noise riser on one big knob, or let it sweep by itself over 4, 8 or 16 bars. Instant build-ups and breakdowns.

• HP, LP or both
• Reverb and noise riser
• Auto sweep over 4 / 8 / 16 bars
• One knob to automate

Creative FX · Audio effect

Draw a 16-step trance gate

Draw the gate pattern step by step, pick a rate and swing, and turn pads and vocals into rhythm.

• 16 drawable steps
• Presets A to D
• Depth, Smooth, Swing, Mix
• 1/16, 1/8, 1/32

Creative FX · Audio effect

Tape stop, start and reverse

The classic slowdown at the end of a phrase, a tape start into the drop, or a reverse spin. The STOP button can be automated.

• Stop, Start, Rev modes
• Length in beats, Curve
• Optional filter
• Automatable STOP

MIDI tools · MIDI effect

MIDI rolls and ratchets

Turns notes into fast repeats with a chance setting, velocity fades and pitch steps. Great for hats, percs and fills.

• 1/16 to 1/64, triplets
• Chance, Repeats, Gate
• Velocity fade in / out
• Pitch steps

MIDI tools · MIDI effect

Groove and feel for MIDI

MPC, 808 and shuffle swing, timing and velocity variation, and velocity shapes like accents and ghost notes. Notes only move later, never earlier.

• MPC, 808, Shuffle, Straight
• Swing, Timing, Velocity, Amount
• Accents, Ghosts, Rising, Off-beat
• Random button

MIDI tools · MIDI effect

Tech house bassline generator

Makes basslines in your project's key: offbeat, rolling, groove, bouncy or minimal. Generate until you like it, then write it straight into a clip.

• 5 styles, Density, Movement
• Reads the Live 12 Scale
• 1, 2 or 4 bars
• Writes the MIDI clip for you