Plugins and packs for Ableton Live
Devices, racks and packs built for Live. The version each one needs is printed, and where a maker ships a Max for Live wrapper beside a plugin, the requirement belongs to the version being sold.
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Arche Bassline Generator
by Dystopian Waves (@DystopianWaves)
Bassline generator plugin. 16 dedicated style engines. Four rhythm generation modes.
VST3, AU, Standalone, Max for Live · $34.99 · 4 ratings, 4.8 average
Panacousticon Series
by Emi liano
Max for live granular instrument bundle. Three granular instruments covering density, spatial erosion, and locked repetition. 1991 includes built-in generative source requiring no external sample.
needs Ableton Live 12.4, Max for Live · $39 · 30 ratings, 4.9 average
Frankenstein
by Remo De Vico
Sample fragment generator. Loads up to 30 samples. Generates waves with 12 to 64 slices.
needs Ableton Live · Free · 13 ratings, 5.0 average
0angel
by Sernn
Concatenative sample pack generator. Exports 24-bit WAVs with auto-tagging and manifest CSV. Writes native Ableton .adg Drum Rack files.
needs Ableton Live 12.0.5 or later, Max for Live · $19 · 8 ratings, 5.0 average
STAB by Isthmus Sound Collective
by Isthmus Sound Collective
Generative stab pattern instrument. Generates sound and pattern fitting selected key. Six automatable knobs for character, tone, decay, width, drive, delay.
VST3, AU, Standalone · needs Ableton Live 10.1 or newer, Logic Pro, GarageBand · $7 · 5 ratings, 5.0 average
Impactor 1.0
by RawtonForge
Procedural kick drum synthesizer. Additive synthesis engine with up to 12 bandlimited harmonics and continuous inharmonicity. Analytic phase-driven core with full phase control over the tail.
needs Ableton Live 11, Ableton Live 12, Max for Live · $30 · 3 ratings, 4.7 average
Better Channel EQ
by AnyChannelAudio
Analog hardware inspired eq. Four accurately modeled analog EQ models. Modeled transistor/tube output stage.
Max for Live · needs Ableton Live Suite, Max for Live add-on · $19 · 2 ratings, 4.5 average
ANALOGICAL
Analog bass and synth instrument rack. 33 presets and 33 MIDI clips included. 16 macro controls for synthesis parameters.
needs Ableton Live 12 Suite · $15 · 2 ratings, 5.0 average
RESET
Ableton operator instrument rack. 16 performance macros. 23 instrument presets.
needs Ableton Live 12 Suite · $15 · 2 ratings, 5.0 average
Spectrowalk
by Remo De Vico
Spectrogram walking granular instrument. Four sounds load as adjacent worlds with crossfade. Binaural HRTF spatialization with head tracking.
Max for Live, Standalone · $12
SPIRIT
Evolving wavetable instrument rack. 16 macro controls. 40 instrument variations.
needs Ableton Live 12 Suite · $16
ANOTHER MACHINES
Ableton live 12 skins. 22 custom .ask themes. Custom neon VU meters.
needs Ableton Live 12 · $8
TrackLab
by phaselab
Keyboard shortcut track controls. Quantized mute to 1/64, 1/32 or 1/16. Send attack and release from 0.0 to 5.0 seconds.
Free
Questions people ask
Are these really free?
2 of the 13 on this page cost nothing at the time we checked. Free here means a price of zero on the maker's own page, not a trial and not a cut-down edition. Some makers ask for an email address before the download; their page says so, and we do not.
What formats are these in?
Of the 13 listed: Standalone (3), Max for Live (3), VST3 (2), AU (2). Where a maker does not state a format we leave it blank rather than guess, so an entry with nothing listed is one whose page did not say.
Do any of these need something I might not have?
Some do: Ableton Live, Ableton Live 10.1 or newer, Ableton Live 11, Ableton Live 12, Ableton Live 12 Suite, Ableton Live 12.0.5 or later. That requirement is printed on the entry itself, because it is the part people find out after downloading. Where a maker ships a wrapper for one host beside a plugin that runs anywhere, the requirement belongs to the version being sold, not to both.
How were these picked?
They came through the same filter as everything we post: a maker's own page, read and stored, with every number checked against it. 9 of the 13 here carry buyer ratings, which are printed. We do not rank things we have not measured, and nothing on this page claims a listening test we did not do.