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Ableton Live is the only solution designed for each stage of the musical process, from creation to production to performance. In the creative stage, Live is transparent, intuitive and responsive, capturing inspiration and encouraging the flow of musical ideas. During production, Live provides all of the professional tools and studio compatibility required to complete and perfect projects. On stage, Live delivers the expressive control and stability that innumerable performing artists have come to rely on. Live 5 — from inspiration to studio to stage. Create. Produce. Perform.
Create. A creative partner — without creative differences — Live lets inspiration flow and offers innovative tools that trigger new ideas.
Music starts with ideas. Live helps inspiration flow and offers creative tools to trigger new ideas.
Live's clean, intuitive interface stays in the background — the focus is on the music, not the technology. Live's Session View acts as a powerful musical sketchpad, allowing you to improvise freely and keep the music flowing. Features such as quantized loop recording let you capture your ideas in a musical way without ever stopping the music. Real-time time-stretching of audio files means effortless combining and recombining of existing ideas — just drag, drop and compose on the fly.
Preserve and access your ideas with Live Clips. To preserve an idea, simply drag and drop a clip into the Browser to save it as a new Live Clip. All edits, effects and virtual instruments are also stored with the Clip, allowing instant recall of your most complex creations. Never lose an idea again.
Live's creative effects, instruments and powerful clip envelopes encourage endless experimentation and are sure to spark creativity.
Produce. At the head of the studio or as a production assistant, Live delivers the professional features you need to produce and perfect your music.
Once you have your ideas down, Live offers the production tools to complete and perfect your music.
Live's unlimited 32-bit/192 kHz multitrack recording, complete MIDI sequencing, Mackie Control compatibility, creative built-in effects, nondestructive editing, powerful automation, VST and AU effect and instrument support, track freeze function, plug-in delay compensation, full ReWire support, ASIO, CoreAudio, and many other features will help you fine-tune your ideas.
Features such as real-time time-stretching, automatic tempo detection and a host of powerful sound design tools like clip envelopes make Live the choice for demanding productions and remixing. Live delivers the professional features you need to produce and perfect your music.
Live can also act as your production assistant if you already work in another application. Live ReWires to Pro Tools, Logic, Cubase, Nuendo, Digital Performer and Sonar, seamlessly bringing its creative tools and spontaneity into your production workflow.
ReWire also adds Live's production features, such as multitrack audio recording, to Reason, allowing users to take their creations to the next level.
Perform. Live plays nice. Live's incredible real-time controls transform your computer into an expressive musical instrument, letting you work the crowd your way.
Live is established with performing musicians and DJs across the globe as a reliable and expressive means of delivering their musical creations on stage.
Live goes far beyond the simple playback of music. With full MIDI control, Live lets you get completely hands-on with every parameter of your performance.
Live puts every element of your song at your fingertips, supporting the spontaneity so essential to live performance. Loop the chorus for another four bars or replace the drum part on the fly without ever missing a beat. Record loops on the fly and go into instant playback, completely in sync.
Live is so expressive that it even allows you to improvise complete performances with the computer. Your computer actually becomes an instrument, an expressive and creative tool.
Live 5 Features. The full list of features and system requirements.
MIDI
Complete sequencing, combination and reorganization of MIDI clips
Straightforward MIDI recording, editing and pattern creation
MIDI bank and program change settings for individual MIDI files
Graphical MIDI controller data for intuitive drawing and editing
Play MIDI notes with the computer keyboard
Manipulation of MIDI timing through adaptive quantization and swing/groove settings
Drag and drop import of Standard MIDI files and their individual tracks
Export of MIDI tracks and patterns as Standard MIDI files
Audio and Remixing
Preview and combine AIFF, WAV, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and MP3 audio files of any sample rate, size and bit depth
Real-time time-stretching of any audio file to play in sync with the project tempo
Auto Warp — automatically detects the tempo of audio material and sets Warp Markers
Sample reverse of individual audio files
Rhythm and time warping for audio tracks, notes and sections within audio files
Real-time swing and groove manipulation of audio files
Clip Envelopes — complete control of volume, pitch, timing and effects for segments or notes within audio files through drawn curves
Flexible audio file exporting
Clip Transport — scrubbing, nudging and navigation within files
Live Clip format for easy storage and retrieval of musical ideas, including associated devices and settings
Recording and Sequencing
Comprehensive audio and MIDI recording and sequencing
Unlimited 32-bit/192 kHz multitrack hard disk recording
Detailed on-the-fly recording and editing (with continuous breakpoint envelopes) of automation for mixer, effects control movements and song tempo
Complete nondestructive editing with unlimited undo
Track Freeze for conserving CPU resources and simplifying project sharing
Track Delay controls for managing human, acoustic and hardware delays
Drum machine-style loop/overdub recording for building MIDI patterns
Punch-in and -out points for recording
Count-In recording
Creation of perfectly cut samples and loops through optional record quantization
Launchable Arrangement Locators
Instant resampling of audio and MIDI while the music plays
Multi-selection clip editing
Mackie Control support
Playing and Performing
Nonlinear audio and MIDI file organization and triggering for imaginative recombination and improvisation
Audio and MIDI files can be mapped to MIDI keyboard ranges and computer keys for instant triggering
Detailed control over the launch and play properties of individual files
Follow Actions — create groups of files that can trigger each other to generate specific or random output
Scenes — configure groups of files that play simultaneously, store tempo changes and advance automatically
DJ-style crossfading between any number of tracks
Hands-on control of any interface element with a MIDI controller or the computer keyboard
Flawless recording of all aspects of a set for later in-depth editing
Effects and Instruments
Ableton Audio Effects: Auto Filter, Auto Pan, Beat Repeat, Chorus, Compressor I, Compressor II, EQ Four, EQ Three, Erosion, Filter Delay, Flanger, Gate, Grain Delay, Phaser, Ping Pong Delay, Redux, Resonators, Reverb, Saturator, Simple Delay, Utility, Vinyl Distortion
Ableton MIDI Effects: Arpeggiator, Chord, Pitch, Random, Scale, Velocity
Ableton Instruments: Simpler, for creative sample-based synthesis, and Impulse, for dynamic percussion sound design
Endless expansion through VST and Audio Units Plug-in instruments/effects and ReWire
Automation and remote control of all instrument and effects parameters
Device groups for saving multi-effect combinations together with instruments
Plug-In Delay Compensation automatically compensates for delays caused by effects and plug-ins
Routing and Sync
Track-to-track I/O routing for complex mixes, post-effects recording, MIDI-to-audio conversion, submixing and synth layering
Individual instrument outputs and multi-timbral instrument input and output routing capabilities
Private cueing and previewing through separate audio outputs
Complete MIDI control of ReWire clients
Intuitive signal flow management of effects and instruments by drag and drop
Pre- or post-mixer effect grouping/bussing on up to twelve sends/return tracks
Tempo sync to any external source through MIDI Clock master or slave; MIDI Timecode slave
Audio and transport sync through the ReWire protocol as master or slave
Unlimited audio and MIDI tracks
Unlimited audio and MIDI inputs and outputs
ASIO, MME, DirectX and CoreAudio audio interface support
Also includes...
Valuable Live Pack library of clips, device presets and Live Sets
Built-in program tutorials and starter sets
Printed reference manual*
Multilingual program help and PDF manual in English, Japanese, German, French and Spanish |
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