Weapon Launcher · free for Ableton Live

Your plugins, two clicks from the mouse.

Name: Weapon Launcher
Brand: Weapon Sounds
SKU: WS-LAUNCHER
Availability: InStock

The free Ableton shortcut for your plugins. Double right-click in Live and your favorites appear in a ring under the cursor. Click one and it's on the track.

Free. For Ableton Live 12 on a Mac with macOS 13 or newer.

Weapon Launcher plugin ring with eight plugin slots

Try it: double right-click anywhere here

How it works

Three moves. Then back to the track.

Double right-click.

Anywhere in the arrangement. Your ring opens right where your mouse is.

Click a plugin.

It loads onto the selected track and opens, ready to tweak.

Back to the music.

No digging through Live's browser, no scrolling through folders, no breaking your flow.

Weapon Launcher ring open over an Ableton Live arrangement

Library

Every plugin you own, one search away

Click the center of the ring for your whole library. Type to search, filter by instruments, effects or MIDI, and keep your go-to chains in your own folders. Instruments and effects are sorted for you.

Library view: search every plugin, filter by instruments, FX or MIDI, and open your folders

Your ring

Your ring, your way

Pick what lives on the ring. Right-click any slot to swap it, drag to reorder, or put a whole folder on a slot.

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Editing the ring: eight slots you can swap and drag to reorder

Looks

Make it look like yours

Seven looks out of the box, or build your own. Ring, orbs or tiles. Your colors, your size, your glow. Save your theme and share it.

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Seven looks: Weapon, Warehouse, Mono, Neon, Studio, Ice and Paper

Appearance editor with presets, shape, slots, size, roundness, colors and glow

The Neon look with round orb slots — Neon · orbs

The Studio look with tile slots — Studio · tiles

Setup

Set up in two minutes

Open the app and it installs its helper in Ableton Live for you. The one click left, picking it as a Control Surface in Live's settings, is shown step by step and turns green the second it connects. A short tutorial shows you the rest.

Weapon Launcher setup: mouse access ready, Ableton Live waiting for one click in Control Surface

Compatibility

Made for Ableton Live

Ableton Live

Supported

macOS 13 or newer. Apple silicon and Intel. Not available for Windows.

FAQ

Questions

Is Weapon Launcher really free?

Yes. Enter your email and the download starts. No trial, no account and no catch.

Which Ableton versions does it work with?

Ableton Live 12 on a Mac with macOS 13 or newer, on Apple silicon and Intel.

Does it slow down Ableton?

No. It sits in your menu bar and only wakes up when you double right-click.

Will a normal right-click still work?

Yes. A single right-click still opens Live's usual menu.

Which plugins can it load?

Anything Live can load: VST3, AU and VST plugins, plus Live's own instruments and effects.

Does it work in other DAWs or on Windows?

No. Weapon Launcher is made for Ableton Live on a Mac.

Is it safe to install?

Yes. It's signed and notarized by Apple, so it opens without warnings.

Stop digging. Start finishing.

Weapon Launcher