Ableton Just Released This And Nobody's Talking About It

The Ableton Extensions SDK lets you build your own tools that run directly inside Live. Right-click a track, run your extension, done. No Max for Live. No plugins. Just code that works on your session. In this video I walk you through the complete setup — from joining the beta program to running your first extension on a real loop. —————————————————————————— CHAPTERS —————————————————————————— 0:00 What Just Dropped 0:07 What is the Extensions SDK? 0:45 Difference Between Max For Live Devices 1:42 Requirements 1:57 Tutorial Start 2:54 Downloading SDK Extensions 3:51 Downloading Node.js 5:06 Downloading VS Code 5:52 Extensions Folder Placement & Explanation 6:17 Example Strip Silence Build 6:36 Developer Mode 6:52 Extension Install 7:05 Extension Start Command 7:40 Env File Fix 8:13 Strip Silence Test —————————————————————————— REQUIREMENTS —————————————————————————— — Ableton Live 12 Suite (beta, v12.4.5 or later) — Node.js v24.16.0 LTS → https://nodejs.org — VS Code → https://code.visualstudio.com — Ableton Extensions SDK → https://ableton.com/en/live/extensions —————————————————————————— TAGS —————————————————————————— #extensionsSDK, #ableton #musicproduction #mixingmusic —————————————————————————— That's how I engineer the vibe. ``` ---