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You can now purchase Ableton Live 12 Suite on a rent-to-own plan.

Ableton has announced that Live 12 Suite, the top-tier version of its flagship DAW, is now available on a rent-to-own plan, placing the software within reach of music-makers on a limited budget.

Live 12 Suite is priced at £539/€599/$749. The rent-to-own plan spreads the cost of the DAW over 24 monthly payments of £22.46/€24.96/$31.21, with no extra charges, and the remaining balance can be paid off at any time. (An educational license for Live 12 Suite, which is 50% cheaper, can also be paid off in 12 monthly payments.)

Ableton’s rent-to-own plan can be paused at any time with no penalty, and users will be able to access the software until the end of the current billing cycle. You can then pick up where you left off and resume the plan at any time. Users have the option of extending their rent-to-own plan to cover the cost of an upgrade when a new version of Live is released.

You won’t need to be online constantly to use Live with a rent-to-own plan, but Live will periodically verify that the plan is active. Users can use Live offline for up to 3 days between verification checks – if you stay offline longer than that, saving and exporting will be disabled until you verify.

Currently, Ableton’s rent-to-own plan is only available for Live 12 Suite. The DAW is available in three editions (Intro, Standard and Suite) with Suite at the top end, bundled with 20 software instruments, 58 audio effects and 71GB of presets, samples and loops.

Rent-to-own plans are a popular alternative to the increasingly prevalent subscription model. Unlike a subscription, once all payments in the plan have been made, a customer owns their Live 12 license in full, in perpetuity.

To purchase Ableton Live 12 Suite on a rent-to-own plan, head to Ableton online store.

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Green Noise has introduced Saucillator, a free app for iOS and Android that lets you create and play your own custom synthesizers and instruments.

What they have to say about it:

“Inspired by the Korg Kaossilator and Moog synthesizers, Saucillator transforms mobile devices into a platform for creating and playing digital synthesizers. Users use the touchscreen to manipulate oscillators and effects, and can also do live-looping and recording. Our goal is to be beginner friendly while at the same time offering all the deep, complex features traditional synth users love.

Users are able to play custom synthesizers using the x-y axes of the touchscreen. The x-axis corresponds to amplitude (volume) and the y-axis corresponds to frequency (pitch). Playback can also be looped, recorded, and EQed using a Parametric EQ.

On top of performing, users are able to create their own custom synthesizers, which consist of a custom timbre and user-defined effects. A variety of timbres are included: Sine, Square, Saw, Pulse, Noise, Theremin, “Singing Saw”, “Electric Eel”, and “Starslide.” These, as well as any user-created synths, can be mixed and matched at different harmonics, amplitudes, and phases to create custom sounds.

Each synth has customizable fx parameters as well, including Envelope (ADSR – attack & release), Vibrato LFO (rate & depth), Tremolo, Delay, Distortion, Parametric EQ, and Note Lag (Portamento).”

You can also export your designs to share with others.

Saucillator is available now, for iOS & Android, as a free download.

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At Bistronica 2025, Modor Music introduced the NF-1K, a keyboard version of the NF-1 that offers double the polyphony.

A preview, from Sonic State‘s Bistronica coverage:

“We had a chat with Marcel from Modor who introduced us to the *NF-1K*, an expanded keyboard version of their original NF-1 synthesizer. The NF-1K features an additional voice board, effectively doubling the polyphony and offering two-voice multi-timbrality, allowing you to split the keyboard for layering sounds.

The synthesizer has a 49-key keyboard with polyphonic aftertouch, a large touch strip for pitch bending, and two more touch strips for modulation control.

One design change is the integrated knob for continuous filter mode crossfading, replacing the switch found on the NF-1. Compatibility enables you to transfer and utilize your favourite NF-1 patches on this new model, which also introduces a new headphone output alongside the usual line outputs.”

The Modor NF-1K is expected to sell for approximately €3000. Release date is still to be determined.

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