# Ableton Live

> Music production app for composing, recording and performing, with MIDI tools and built-in instruments

Source: https://optioncmd.com/ableton-live
Website: https://www.ableton.com/en/live/?utm_source=optioncmd
Pricing: Paid
Categories: [Audio & music](https://optioncmd.com/categories/audio-music.md)
Listed: 2026-10-22
Updated: 2026-10-22

Ableton Live is a music production app for writing, producing and performing music. Live 12 adds new ways to generate and reshape MIDI ideas and to find the right sounds.

**Key features:**

- Reshape MIDI clips with Transformations such as strums, ornaments and acceleration curves.
- Generate melodies, chords and rhythms with MIDI Generators.
- Stay in a chosen scale with Keys and Scales, or work in tuning systems beyond 12-tone equal temperament.
- Design sounds with the Meld synthesizer, Roar saturation and Granulator III.
- Find similar sounds and swap Drum Rack samples with Sound Similarity Search.
- Use the Mixer in Arrangement View and stack Clip and Device views to see more at once.

Live 12.4 is a free update for Live 12 users and adds Link Audio.

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