Ableton Live's nonlinear, intuitive flow, alongside powerful real-time editing and flexible performance options, make it a unique studio tool and a favourite with live performers. Live 8, the latest version, includes a new groove engine, revamped warping, live looping, new effects, crossfades in the Arrangement View and a reworked MIDI editor.
Session View
A unique grid for recording and playing musical ideas and phrases. This view is non-linear, so you can record and play back your ideas in any order you want.
Arrangement View
A complete music production environment, this is the linear counterpart to Session View and is well-suited to "tradition" recording, arranging and mixing. The two views interact with one another.
Uninterrupted creative flow
You never have to stop the music. Record audio and MIDI on the fly, drop in loops and samples, add effects and swap sounds without ever hitting the stop button: everything happens in real time.
Groove engine
Now you can apply groove patterns in real time, extract grooves from audio or MIDI sources or quantise audio and MIDI in real time. It also includes a new groove library.
Warping engine
Warp audio events by adjusting the events themselves on the timeline. Plus you can slice audio files to MIDI tracks based on transients.
Looper
This effect gives you classic sound-on-sound looping without the limitations of a hardware device. It's set up for remote operation, so you can record, overdub, undo and more without touching the computer.
Total compatibility
Live works seamlessly with controller hardware and makes it simple to assign custom MIDI controls. Live supports AIFF, WAV, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC files, VST and AU effects and instruments.
Features
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Multi-track recording up to 32-bit/192 kHz
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Nondestructive editing with unlimited undo
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Powerful and creative MIDI sequencing of software and hardware instruments
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Advanced warping and real-time time-stretching
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Support for AIFF, WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC files
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Comprehensive selection of built-in audio and MIDI effects
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Built-in instruments: Simpler for sample-based synthesis, Impulse for sampled drums
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Instrument, Drum and Effect racks
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New groove engine; apply and extract grooves in real time
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VST and AU support; automatic plug-in delay compensation
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REX file support plus built-in audio to MIDI slicing
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Video import and export for scoring, video warping
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Simple MIDI mapping plus instant mapping for selected hardware
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Full ReWire support; runs as Slave or Master
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Single-screen user interface for simple, creativity-focused operation
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Multicore and multiprocessor support
Did you notice?
Session View and Arrangement View give you the best of both worlds: linear and non-linear recording, so you can capture musical ideas in the moment and then later arrange and mix them in a complete production environment.
Apple Recommends for...
Anyone who'd rather be "making music" than just "using music software" on their Mac system.
System requirements
Mac
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Mac OS X v10.3.9 through v10.5.x (v10.4 or later recommended)
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PowerPC G4 or G5 or Intel processor (Intel recommended)
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512MB of RAM (1GB recommended)
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QuickTime 6.5 or later
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DVD-ROM drive
Windows
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Windows XP/Vista
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1.5 GHz or faster processor
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512MB of RAM (1GB recommended)
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Windows compatible sound card (ASIO driver support recommended)
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QuickTime 6.5 or later
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DVD-ROM drive
What's in the box?
Ableton Live 8
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