You can now run iPad music apps inside the popular audio editing app Ableton Live.
Ableton Live on iPad Pro – IS IT WORTH IT?
The latest beta of Ableton Live adds some nice features for Mac users. If you have an M1 Apple Silicon Mac, it now loads plugins built for the iPad and iPhone. This opens up a whole host of great, low-cost music apps for Mac users, and should make it a lot easier to switch between Mac and iPad when making music.
“AUv3 support in Ableton is BIG,” musician Pynchon said in the Audiobus Forums. “I can finally say goodbye to MainStage or Logic Pro as my AUv3 hosts, I really HATE the Apple music apps ecosystem.”
The real news is that Ableton now loads AUv3 (Audio Unit, version 3) plugins. This is simply the latest version of those standard Audio Unit plugins that it already supports, in addition to VST (Virtual Studio Technology) plugins. It's also the only plugin type supported by iOS, and is very popular in iPad music apps. A plugin in this context is an app that can be loaded into another host app, adding functionality.
