Ableton Live 8.0 Overview

Ableton Live brings the art of music creation and performance into the future.

Thanks to its unique real-time features, Live opens up entirely New Worlds of creative expression. Mix any number of tracks and loops, 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 center of your DJing rig or a creative addition to your existing setup, Live brings fresh possibilities to DJing.
Live is a musical sketch pad that quickly and easily lets you try out new ideas and capture those you like for later use. From Live Clips to Racks and its powerful browsing capabilities, Live encourages experimentation and makes sure that no good idea ever gets away.

Ableton Live 8.0
Retail Price: $139.95

Here’s a rundown of what’s new in Ableton Live 8.

New groove engine – Live 8’s new groove engine lets you apply groove patterns in real time, extract grooves from audio or MIDI sources, quantize audio and MIDI in real time. Live 8 also comes with a new groove library.

New warping engine - Live 8 introduces a new, more direct way of working with warping and Warp Mode enhancements. You can now warp audio events by adjusting the events themselves on the timeline. Beats Mode has been updated, and there’s a new Complex Warp Mode. Plus you can slice audio files to MIDI tracks based on transients.

Looper – The Ableton Looper effect offers 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.

New effects – Ableon Live 8 includes five new effects: Vocoder, Multiband Dynamics, Overdrive, Limiter and Frequency Shifter. These effects cover all the well-known aspects of these devices, but really shine due to some innovative features and enhancements from the Ableton labs.

Workflow enhancements - Version 8 makes Live easier with a number of requested enhancements and some usability work including real-time crossfades in the Arrangement View, enhanced MIDI editing, group tracks, a screen magnifier and more.