# Ableton Live (أبلتون لايف)

> Ableton Live is restricted in Syria, as of 2026-07-17.

- Status: restricted
- Outreach: No Outreach
- Company: [Ableton](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/ableton.md)
- Categories: Audio Production
- Official site: https://www.ableton.com
- Community votes: 3
- Last updated: 2026-07-17
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/ableton-live

## About

Professional digital audio workstation for music production, recording, and live performance

## Activity summary

Restricted for users in Syria, verified by community testing in April 2026. The website, account creation, and software downloads all work, but purchases cannot be completed because the payment step, handled by Stripe, fails for Syrian users. No outreach to the company has been made yet.

## Community reports

- 2026-04-07 — Verified. Community testing confirmed Ableton is restricted for Syrian users. The website loads, account creation succeeds, and items can be added to the cart with checkout details accepted, but the payment step is handled by Stripe and fails with a 'Something went wrong' error so purchases cannot be completed. The free trial of Ableton Live 12 downloads successfully, runs on Windows, and links to the registered account without issue. Status updated from unknown to restricted. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/bxoa8ibn340wn9juhngwk4z8/czzllywhrjxqq38rr8zqydc1-screen-1.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/x5zkv18511ll1ssor7xy5tsj/qtr61i435lssedma6j5x6zj1-screen-2.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/d5kfustawqs74ftub9cgdj2h/zq2ud1ox1sid0ylmxp8qqfse-screen-3.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/mr7qfj4gro2dft65cbsft0l0/slv05ar7uz6gkdbkl1ddvcmo-screen-4.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/kwhty4435efidqsitr36j017/wwoeinm77q24zmaumj4735ya-screen-5.png)

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/ableton-live?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/ableton-live/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/ableton-live
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/ableton-live.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/ableton-live.md