Overview

What is Studio?

Rewire Studio is fast, fluid software for music creation and performance. Arrangement and Session View, MIDI, mixer, stems, devices, and a local agent — everything you need to sketch ideas and finish tracks.

Create in a traditional linear arrangement, or improvise without the constraints of a timeline in Session View. Move freely between musical elements — without stopping the music and without breaking your flow.

Create with Studio

Sketch, arrange, capture, reshape

Everything you need to seize an idea — Session for speed, Arrangement for structure, recording and stems when the source is audio.

Sketch, tweak and experiment

In Session View you freely mix and match ideas without timeline constraints. Getting ideas down is fast — the ideal place to improvise with clips and scenes.

Get into the details

Arrangement View is where you organize music along a timeline. Find the best parts, shape the form, and keep producing with the mixer in reach.

Get your ideas into Studio

Record audio takes into Arrangement, drop samples from the Library, or ask the Studio agent to place MIDI you still rewrite by hand.

Separate and reshape

Stem sessions pull a source into drums, bass, vocals, and other — raw materials you send back into the song.

Perform with Studio

The hub for your session

Launch scenes, control the mix, and host devices while the music keeps moving — the same flexibility Live users expect on stage or in the studio.

  1. The hub for your session

    Launch scenes, stop all clips on Main, ride sends to returns, and keep devices on the chain while the transport runs.

  2. Make every pass unique

    Mute, solo, and reshape clips live. Open a MIDI clip into the piano roll mid-session without tearing down the grid.

  3. Host the tools you need

    Stack Rewire devices and VST3s — including plugins you built in the Editor — for performance-ready chains.

Sounds & devices

Surprise yourself with the sounds you create

Host devices, pull stems apart, build plugins in the Editor, or license titles on Market — sound design isn’t locked to a factory pack list.

  • Devices on every track

    Insert chains for Rewire devices and scanned VST3s — audition while the transport runs, bounce in place when it lands.

  • Stems as raw material

    Separate drums, bass, vocals, and more — then reshape layers and send them into Arrangement.

  • Build what isn’t in the catalog

    Rewire Editor is your Max-for-Live-class workbench: visual DSP, UI, real JUCE VST3 — load back onto Studio tracks.

  • Discover on Market

    License plugins from independent makers and install into the same Desktop suite as your sessions.

Create, connect and customize

Extend Studio

Ableton extends Live with Max for Live and Packs. Rewire extends Studio with the Editor, Market, and your own sample Library.

  1. Editor — build your own devices

    Ableton’s Max for Live lets you customize Live. Rewire Editor is the parallel path: design DSP graphs, UI, and ship real VST3s you load in Studio.

  2. Market — more plugins

    Ableton Packs extend Live with sounds. Rewire Market is where independent makers ship plugins you license and install into Desktop.

  3. Library — your sounds

    Index sample folders on disk and drag into Session or Arrangement — no proprietary vault required.

Highlights

Find out what’s possible in Studio

The same three selling arcs Live leads with — ideas, sounds, and intuitive workflow — mapped to Rewire.

Play freely with ideas

Sketch in Session View, commit in Arrangement, reshape MIDI by hand or with the Studio agent — without stopping the music.

  • Sketch without a timeline

    Session View lets you mix and match clips in scenes — launch ideas, stop all on Main, keep returns sticky.

  • Get into the details

    Arrangement View organizes music along a timeline. Develop structure, loop sections, and keep the mixer beside you.

  • Generate, then own every note

    The Studio agent composes bass, chords, melody, and arps into real MIDI clips you edit in the piano roll.

  • Edit MIDI more easily

    Draw, select, slice, fold to scale, humanize, and ride velocity and probability — without leaving Studio.

Surprise yourself with the sounds you create

Host Rewire devices and VST3s, pull stems apart for raw material, build the plugin you wish existed in the Editor, or discover titles on Market.

  • Devices on every track

    Insert chains for Rewire devices and scanned VST3s — audition while the transport runs, bounce in place when it lands.

  • Stems as raw material

    Separate drums, bass, vocals, and more — then reshape layers and send them into Arrangement.

  • Build what isn’t in the catalog

    Rewire Editor is your Max-for-Live-class workbench: visual DSP, UI, real JUCE VST3 — load back onto Studio tracks.

  • Discover on Market

    License plugins from independent makers and install into the same Desktop suite as your sessions.

Work more intuitively

Mixer where the music is, Library on disk, export what you hear — stay in flow between Session and Arrangement.

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FAQ

Common questions

What is Rewire Studio?
Rewire Studio is fast, fluid software for music creation and performance. Arrangement and Session View, MIDI, mixer, stems, devices, and a local agent — everything you need to sketch ideas and finish tracks.
Is Studio like Ableton Live?
Studio follows a similar dual-view idea — Session View for clip/scene sketching and Arrangement View for the timeline — plus mixer, MIDI, stems, and device hosting. Rewire also includes Editor (build VST3s) and Market in the same Desktop suite.
Do I need the Editor to use Studio?
No. Studio is the DAW and is available when you download Desktop. The Editor is optional — for building plugins you can load back onto Studio tracks. Editor access may be waitlist-gated in beta.
Can I perform with Studio?
Yes. Launch scenes in Session View, stop all clips on Main, ride mixer sends, and host devices while the transport runs.

Get started

Try Studio free

Download Rewire Desktop and open Studio — Session, Arrangement, MIDI, mixer, stems, and more. Editor waitlist is optional.