Ableton Live 13

Re:Ableton Live 13 by stcg on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @03:52PM (#50446167)

After switching from Windows to Linux years ago the only application I ever missed is Ableton.

I remember loving its basic effects: the (pingpong) delay, the reverb, the Eq, the compressor. And how easy it was to consolidate a track ander build further on top of it, cut it up, make a new instrument using it.

Great software

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Re:Ableton Live 13 by kypro on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @03:55PM (#50446204)

Ableton is literally the only reason I still have Windows installed.

I'd love a Linux version, but I assume it would be useless because I doubt any VSTs would work with it.

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Re:Ableton Live 13 by brokenmachine on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @06:17PM (#50447683)

Me too.

I've considered trying it in a VM, but I know it'd be janky and probably unusable because of latency or some other issue.

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Re:Ableton Live 13 by NietzscheanNull on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @04:00PM (#50446262)

If you ever get back into it, Bitwig is excellent and supports Linux natively.

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Re:Ableton Live 13 by amarko on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @05:27PM (#50447178)

I also highly recommend Bitwig.

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Re:Ableton Live 13 by gglitch on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @07:01PM (#50448048)

Don’t drop the hobby!!! There is so much amazing music software for Linux. Bitwig is all over this thread but Renoise is a mindblowing tracker that’s built for Linux, and then there’s all the FOSS stuff - Ardour is brilliant. SunVox, VCV Rack, etc etc. So much ingenuity in the free software world.

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Re:Ableton Live 13 by jimmyjazz14 on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @07:18PM (#50448207)

Reaper runs great in Linux and advancement like yabridge makes running Windows plugins in Linux fairly easy these days.

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