What if your music software could create visuals too? EboSuite transforms Ableton Live into a complete audio-visual production suite, merging video and audio into a unified creative process. Built on decades of audio-visual innovation by EboStudio, this comprehensive set of 56+ MaxforLive plug-ins lets you create, sample, record, mix, and manipulate video with the same intuitive workflow you already know from working with audio.
From live performances to music video production, from VJ sets to experimental visual music, EboSuite provides professional-grade tools that treat video as a first-class citizen in your creative process. The plug-ins integrate seamlessly into Live’s interface while all video processing happens in a separate, optimized application for maximum performance and reliability.
Overview & Inspiration
EboSuite represents the culmination of EboStudio’s journey that began in 1995 with experimental video samplers and motion-tracking suits. Through prototypes like SenSei, DVJ Mixer, and countless innovations in audio-visual performance, the team refined their vision: create the ultimate instrument that unifies music and visuals in one seamless workflow.
The result is a suite that feels native to Ableton Live users. If you know how to work with audio clips, warping, effects chains, and Live’s mixer, you already know how to work with EboSuite’s video tools. This intuitive approach removes the technical barriers that traditionally separate audio and visual production.
Features & Highlights
Core Video Integration (Mac & Windows)
The foundation of EboSuite works across both platforms, bringing essential video capabilities to Ableton Live. The eSampler acts as your primary video instrument, letting you drag audio-visual clips into the sampler interface to trigger videos live, produce video beats and melodies, or simulate video scratching. Real-time time-stretching, warping, looping, one-shot playback, and slicing with the built-in audio analyzer give you complete control over timing and arrangement.
Video playback in Session View and Arrangement View works exactly like audio clips. Edit warp markers, set loop points, adjust start and end positions, and let Live’s audio mixer double as your video mixer. The eSimpler plug-in turns Live’s Simpler into a full video sampler, automatically syncing video playback with your audio samples. Position, scale, and rotate individual video tracks to create complex visual arrangements.
Mac-Exclusive Advanced Features
The Mac version unlocks EboSuite’s full creative potential with features that push visual production into new territory. ISF shader support gives you access to over 2,000 visual effects and generators from the ISF community, providing virtually unlimited creative possibilities. From image control utilities to creative distortion effects, luma/chroma keying, masking, blur, and beyond, these shaders integrate seamlessly with Live’s audio effects for sample-based audio-visual synthesis.
Live video recording transforms your performances into truly live experiences. Connect multiple webcams, iPhones, or iPads, record video on the fly, and use your recordings immediately in your set. The system includes automatic video slicing, background removal, and simultaneous multi-camera recording. The eText plug-in generates text overlays using clip names, making it easy to trigger titles and messages with any font, color, and effects.
Visual mixing capabilities include nine blend modes, masking and cropping tools, video feedback loops with ten feedback modes, and full support for grouping tracks, return tracks, and send/receive routing. Create polyscopic compositions with the ePoly plug-in controlling multiple eSamplers simultaneously. The eFeedback plug-in creates mesmerizing video feedback loops on the master track.
Format Support & Performance
EboSuite supports multiple video codecs including HAP, H264, and ProRes. The HAP codec, optimized for live video triggering and manipulation, can be encoded directly within Live using the eConvert plug-in (or eConvertBatch for multiple files on Windows). The separate EboSuite application handles all video processing outside Ableton Live, ensuring maximum performance and reliability without affecting Live’s audio engine.
Video can be sent to external applications via Syphon (Mac) or Spout (Windows) for integration with VJ software, video mapping tools, or Max patches. The eOutput plug-in controls output windows with settings saved per Live Set, and includes preview windows for monitoring your mix on separate screens.
How to Use
Getting started with EboSuite requires no special video editing knowledge. Add an eSession plug-in to an audio track and drag a video file into a clip slot in Session View. The video plays back synchronized with your audio, and you can edit it using the same warp markers, loop points, and clip editing tools you use for audio.
For video sampling, load the eSampler onto a MIDI track and drag audio-visual clips into the sampler interface. Trigger videos with MIDI notes, create video beats by slicing samples, or use the File Region Editor to manage and convert your video files to the HAP codec. The eSampler includes different pitch modes, velocity-to-opacity mapping, and AV ADSR envelopes for expressive performance control.
On Mac, add the eISF plug-in to access ISF shaders. Download shaders from isf.video and load them directly into the plug-in—the interface updates automatically. Chain multiple shaders together, combine them with Live’s audio effects, and automate all parameters for dynamic audio-visual effects. Use the eVideoIn plug-in to add live camera feeds, the eText plug-in for text overlays, and the various eFX plug-ins for real-time image manipulation.
Build complex visual arrangements using eTrackTransform to position individual video tracks, eGroup to control grouped tracks together, and eReturnTrack to send video through Live’s return tracks with separate effect processing. The eCrossfade plug-in links to Live’s crossfader for smooth transitions between video tracks with blend modes and visual effects.
Ideal For
EboSuite serves VJs and live visual performers who need reliable, expressive control over video playback and manipulation in sync with music. Electronic music producers creating their own music videos will find the audio-visual workflow revolutionary. Audio-visual artists exploring visual music can leverage sample-based synthesis techniques with video. Live performers using Ableton Live can add synchronized visuals without learning separate VJ software.
The tools work equally well for installation artists creating interactive audio-visual experiences, experimental musicians pushing boundaries with video feedback and ISF shaders, and bedroom producers who want to add professional visual elements to their tracks. Anyone comfortable with Ableton Live’s workflow will feel at home with EboSuite’s interface.
What’s Included
EboSuite consists of 56+ MaxforLive plug-ins organized into five categories: Video Players (eSampler, eSession, eArrangement, eSimpler, eVideoIn), Visual Effects (31 eFX plug-ins, eISF, eFX-ISF, eMask), Video Mixing (eBlend, eCrossfade, eGroup, eReturnTrack, eFeedback), Utilities (eTrackTransform, ePoly, eOutput, eLoopStutter, eText), and Video Conversion (eConvert, eConvertBatch, eComper, eVideoSend, eVideoReceive).
The Mac version includes all plug-ins and features. The Windows version includes core video sampling, playback, and mixing tools but excludes ISF shader support, live video recording, text generation, and several advanced mixing features. One license key works for both Mac and Windows versions.
EboSuite includes 253 ISF shaders installed by default (Mac), extensive manual documentation, tutorial videos, and access to the EboSuite forum and Facebook community. A free trial version is available to test compatibility and explore features before purchase. EboStudio offers a 20% student discount with proof of enrollment.
Requirements
Mac: macOS 10.14 or higher, Ableton Live 11 or higher (64-bit), Max for Live (included in Live Suite)
Windows: Windows 10 or higher, Ableton Live 11 or higher (64-bit), Max for Live (included in Live Suite), Intel i7 processor or better, SSD drive, NVIDIA or AMD graphics card recommended, Hap-encoded video only
Note: Windows version has limited feature set compared to Mac version
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