Where most recording studio software programs are intended for stationary use in a static setting, Ableton Live has been tried, tested and refined for live performance functionality, combining the recording and editing tools and features of the best recording software programs with real-time effects, sequencers, loop machines to give electronica artists a powerful instrument on stage and artists and engineers of all musical genres and calibers a powerful tool to edit, modify and refine music off stage.
In addition to its visually-oriented, well-organized user interface and powerful tools and features, Ableton,has built and maintained a thriving community of artists and engineers that actively participate in tutorials and user-guides, adding a degree of experience and expertise to the already-in-depth help sections, FAQs pages, built-in tutorials and other resources. As many new and experienced come to find out, making use of recording studio software can be difficult to learn and master. Fortunately, with Ableton Live, the learning curve is greatly reduced and achieving technical understanding is always just a few clicks away.
Standout Features
New Drum Rack streamlines beat production
Use multiple time signatures within a single Live Set
Video export
Easier automation
Tempo nudge to sync easily with live musicians or DJs
REX file support
Improvements to core functions Live, Operator and Sampler based on user requests
However, what makes these features stand out in the first place is Ableton's intuitive interface, which manages to stay extremely user-friendly even when a complicated rack has been assembled.
Ableton Live is tailored for simple, on-the-fly audio production, but provides classic audio workstation functions found in more expensive software. The Arrangement View shows a familiar timeline-based interface found in other digital audio workstations, while the Session View is perfect for improvising and sketching out all your musical ideations.
In either view, adding sound clips, full tracks and virtual instruments from Live's extensive audio Library is a simple task with the File Browser. Drag and drop audio files from the library, or anywhere on your computer, into the timeline. Once you have your composition together, changing the speed is a simple matter of using the warp tool to alter speed without warbling, stuttering, or other artifacts.
Standout Features new in Ableton Live 8:
New groove engine
New warping engine
Looper
New effects
Workflow enhancements
World-class library
Collision
Latin percussion
More Operator, more power
Specifications:
Ableton Live is about making music; for composition, songwriting, recording, production, remixing and live performance. Live's nonlinear, intuitive flow, alongside powerful real-time editing and flexible performance options, make it a unique studio tool and a favorite with live performers. If you'd rather be "making music" than just "using music software," Ableton Live is for you. Live 8, the latest version, includes a wealth of new techniques and improvements with a new groove engine, revamped warping, live looping, new effects, crossfades in the Arrangement View and a reworked MIDI editor.
Session View
Live is the only music production software with the "Session View": a unique grid for recording and playing musical ideas and phrases. The Session View is non-linear, so you can record and play back your ideas in any order you want. When you're working on a new track, this is a smart, flexible way to write and record. If you're performing music live, it gives you complete flexibility and freedom to improvise.
Arrangement View
Live also has a second view: the "Arrangement View," a complete music production environment. This is the linear counterpart to the Session View and is well-suited to "traditional" recording, arranging and mixing. These two views interact with one another, each with its own strengths and intricacies. Both views are based on the single principle of creative, intuitive music-making.
Uninterrupted creative flow
In Live, 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. You're free to improvise and the computer actually becomes a musical instrument—an expressive and creative tool, perfectly at home on stage or in the studio.
Beats made easy
Live's unique Drum Rack combines drag-and-drop simplicity in a familiar pad-style interface. Each of the 128 drum pads can have its own instrument or sample plus effects. Slice beats, loops or REX files to MIDI for additional control options and use the new groove feature (which includes grooves from the legendary MPC and SP1200 machines) to add swing to your beats.
Creative expression for DJs
Mix and match tracks and loops automatically, remix on the fly, capture audio loops in real time from decks and other external sources, incorporate your own productions into the mix, and much more. Whether it's the centerpiece of the DJ rig or just a creative sidearm, Live gives DJs entirely new worlds of creative expression.
Share: effortless remote collaboration
Share your Live Sets with others via the web. Live 8's simple and intelligent solution for online musical collaboration streamlines the sharing process with one-click sharing and loading, a simple system of setting access permission, speedy transfers and no issues with external plug-ins and instruments.
Looping with Live
Not only for guitarists, the Ableton Looper gives you classic sound-on-sound looping without the limitations of a hardware device. Looper is set up for remote operation, so you can record, overdub, undo and more without touching the computer.
Totally compatible
Live works seamlessly with controller hardware and assigning custom MIDI controls is simple. Live supports AIFF, WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC files, VST and AU effects and instruments. Live can handle REX files and runs as a ReWire Master or Slave, so it works nicely alongside other DAWs like Pro Tools, Logic, Cubase or Reason. And if you have a multicore or multiprocessor system, Live supports that, too.
Key features
Multitrack recording up to 32-bit/192 kHz
Nondestructive editing with unlimited undo
Powerful and creative MIDI sequencing of software and hardware instruments
Advanced warping and real-time time-stretching
Supports AIFF, WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC files
A comprehensive selection of built-in audio and MIDI effects
Built-in instruments: Simpler for sample-based synthesis, Impulse for sampled drums
Instrument, Drum and Effect Racks
New groove engine; apply and extract grooves in real time
VST and AU support; automatic plug-in delay compensation
REX file support plus built-in audio to MIDI slicing
Video import and export for scoring, video warping
Simple MIDI mapping plus instant mapping for selected hardware
Full ReWire support; runs as Slave or Master
Single-screen user interface for simple, creativity-focused operation
Multicore and multiprocessor support
Also includes
A selection of loops (box only)
Essential Instrument Collection 2: a wide range of sampled instruments (box only)
Printed reference manual in English, French, German or Japanese (box only)
Built-in interactive lessons
Localized software menus, tutorials and PDF reference manuals in English, Spanish, French, German and Japanese
System requirements:
Mac: 1.25 GHz G4/G5 or faster (Intel Mac recommended), 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended), Mac OS X 10.4.11 (10.5 or later recommended), DVD-ROM drive
Windows: 1.5 GHz Pentium 4 or Celeron compatible CPU or faster (multicore CPU recommended), 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended), Windows XP or Windows Vista, Windows compatible sound card (ASIO driver support recommended), DVD-ROM drive, QuickTime recommended
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