The Ableton Push 3 Standalone has been out a few years now, and it's the question I get asked more than almost any other.

Is it still worth buying in 2026?

I've owned mine since launch and I use it most days.

I also teach the Push 3 for a living and built a full course on it, so I've sat wi...

If you own an Ableton Push 3 and love the sounds Jon Hopkins gets on tracks like 'Emerald Rush,'

Then this is the blog post for you. 

In this blog, I'll show you how you can build out the main synth sound you hear on the track 'Emerald Rush' on the standalone with nothing but stock devices a...

RÜFÜS DU SOL drums don't sound like a loop.

They sound alive, like something that keeps moving and shifting underneath the track.

If you want to make your drums sound like RÜFÜS DU SOL in Ableton Live, the first thing to get straight is that the sound doesn't come from 1 plugin or 1 clever t...

I'll be honest.

I missed this one completely.

I'd been mapping modulation on the Push 3 Standalone the long way round, through a Max for Live workaround, when the hardware could already do it on its own.

It was sitting in the release notes and I walked straight past it.

So this is me putti...

There's something about Bicep's music that makes it feel alive in a way most electronic music doesn't.

Their tracks move. Subtly. Constantly, in a way that makes the music feel like it's being played rather than programmed.

For years I assumed it was the gear. The hardware synths, the outboa...

Back in lockdown, Cassian did a live stream and revealed something the production community considers borderline criminal.

Reverb on a kick drum.

Now before you go and call the producer, please, he's not doing what you think.

Reverb on a kick drum has a bad reputation for a reason.

Get it ...

If you have been using Ableton Live for a while, you have probably seen the word Rack pop up in the browser.

Audio Effect Rack.

Instrument Rack.

Drum Rack.

MIDI Effect Rack.

You can use Ableton Live Racks to save your favourite plugin chains, build custom presets, layer instruments, creat...

If you have ever tried recording, producing, or DJing with regular Bluetooth headphones, you already know the problem.

You play a note and the sound arrives about an hour later...

It is unusable for Djing or music production.

That is where low-latency wireless headphones like the OneOdio St...

Ableton Live is free, but not in the way most people think.

There is a free trial.

There is also Ableton Live Lite, which some beginners already have sitting unused in an account somewhere because it came bundled with a MIDI controller, audio interface, or plugin they bought.

But the full v...