Ableton has launched the public beta of the Extensions Software Development Kit (SDK), an “experimental playground” and JavaScript toolkit that can be used to develop Extensions, customized tools, features and add-ons for Live Suite.
Extensions are specialized tools for Live that integrate directly into its workflow and can be accessed via the right-click menu within the DAW. Though only a handful of examples have been shared by Ableton so far, the scope of what Extensions can do is very broad: they can access, analyze, edit and manipulate much of what makes up a Live Set, but unlike Max for Live – which can be used to build custom instruments and effects for Live in Max/MSP – Extensions aren’t designed to generate or process audio in real time.
