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Re:Ableton Live 13 by TobiasJacob on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @08:32AM (#50440063)
I'm almost a little bit disappointed agentic editing didn't find it's way into Ableton yet.
Re:Ableton Live 13 by hsuduebc2 on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @08:35AM (#50440116)
Is there even any such software?
Re:Ableton Live 13 by syntaxers on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @08:49AM (#50440326)
The most recent release of Logic Pro has an Intelligent Assistant and also Splice released a new DAW called Splice Create that is agent-native.
Re:Ableton Live 13 by fragmede on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @08:50AM (#50440337)
Yes. http://Tonos.music is the one I've been working on. Timber is one that got $5m in funding from Adobe.
Re:Ableton Live 13 by bryceneal on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @09:22AM (#50440803)
How would you compare it to something like Landr or Ozone for mastering?

The problem I have with the AI mastering is it seems to be a bit clumsy with making the master fit the song. A lot of these tools just have simple buttons like "low, medium high", and seem to default to really squashing the dynamics to achieve maximum loudness. I have worked with both human mastering engineers and AI mastering, and I would say a decent human mastering engineer is noticeably better at feeling out the songs and finding the right balance.

Re:Ableton Live 13 by fragmede on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @09:26AM (#50440865)
We're focusing more on the mix down part as that's more objective and less subjective and Landr/Ozone already exist so we're not starting off specializing in mastering. With additional time/funding what I'd like to build is the ability to let the user specify a specific reference track and not just an artist for the AI to use as a reference.

To your question though, it's a chatbot so tell it you want your track to sound like eg Polo and Pan, it'll look for ways to enhance it in their style rather than a simple small/medium/large knob.

Re:Ableton Live 13 by insanetake on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @09:38AM (#50441032)
Ardour (https://ardour.org/) has an MCP server.
Re:Ableton Live 13 by vectordust on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @08:37AM (#50440148)
I'm personally glad to see they didn't add anything AI. Suno already exists for that market, IMO.
Re:Ableton Live 13 by jleehn on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @08:48AM (#50440310)
Can you elaborate on the AI powered workflow(s) you'd like to see in Ableton? As a creative I'm quite averse to AI integration in tools like this but as a technology enthusiast I do see a future where AI can be employed here for efficiency without compromising creative integrity.
Re:Ableton Live 13 by holoduke on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @02:20PM (#50444937)
Create a basedrum for a 155bpm song. I want hihat in between with slight echo effect. Also I have this hum audio file. Convert it to a synth. Make a second baseline in b-. Working like this is the new way that will be normal soon.
Re:Ableton Live 13 by te_chris on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @08:53AM (#50440381)
There's a JS SDK which would probably be enough to DIY it
Re:Ableton Live 13 by prollings on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @09:01AM (#50440525)
opposite feeling here.
Re:Ableton Live 13 by squidsoup on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @02:25PM (#50445014)
That would destroy Ableton overnight.
Re:Ableton Live 13 by adanoslomry on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @04:01PM (#50446274)
Check out https://producer-pal.org/

It has powerful MIDI clip editing capabilities via a custom DSL and more recently automation envelope support was added. It also has solid support for the native devices with VST/AU plug-in support coming soon. Basically every aspect of the Live API and Python remote scripts has been exposed via MCP and REST APIs (so you don't even need to use it with AI).

Many people get upset by the idea of MIDI generation, but you can use it however you want. I intended it to be an assistant to help with the tedious and repetitive stuff and to help overcome writer's block.

Re:Ableton Live 13 by theYipster on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @09:45PM (#50449197)
Looking at the largely negative reaction to Logic 13 with the AI assistant, I think Ableton made the right choice not to push generative AI into its DAW.