Ableton Live 7 renews the core of Live with enhancements to the audio engine including 64-bit mix summing, new and improved devices with side-chaining capability, better MIDI timing and hardware integration. Ableton has also included the most-requested features, such as time signature changes, video export, multiple automation lanes and much more. Version 7 marks the arrival of the new Drum Rack which streamlines beat production via an easy drag-and-drop interface and offers native sliced audio and REX file support, bringing endless creative possibilities to beat lovers.

Features

Multitrack recording up to 32-bit/192kHz

Complete nondestructive editing with unlimited undo

Powerful and creative MIDI sequencing of software and hardware instruments

Real-time time-stretching and warping of AIFF, WAV, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and MP3 files, for improvisation and instant remixing

A comprehensive selection of built-in audio effects, including a host of creative delays, filters, distortions, studio compressors and EQs

Built-in software instruments: Simpler for creative sample-based synthesis, Impulse for sampled drums

Instrument-, Drum-, Effect Racks for creating and managing complex performance setups, drum kits and multi-effects

VST and AU effects and instruments support; automatic plug-in delay compensation

REX file support and native sliced audio file creation

Video import and export for scoring to picture or warping picture to music

Real-time control of parameters with any MIDI controller—just MIDI-map it or choose from a list of popular supported controllers for instant mapping

Full ReWire support

Single-screen user interface for simple, creativity-focused operation

Multicore and multiprocessor support

The Live Concept

Live offers two main views—the Session View and the Arrangement View—that interact in a powerful and unique way, allowing you to create, produce and perform your music all in a single application. Here is the principle behind each view:

Live's unique Session View acts as a powerful musical sketch and launch pad, allowing you to try out new ideas easily and improvise freely. Each cell in the Session View grid can hold a recording, MIDI file, or any other musical idea. These ideas can be recorded on the fly or dragged in from the Browser and played in any order and at any time you wish.

The Arrangement View offers a timeline-based approach for traditional multitrack recording, MIDI sequencing and other music production tasks. You can even improvise in the Session View, and all of your actions will be recorded into the Arrangement View, where they can be edited whenever you like.

Live 7 Also Includes

Essential Instrument Collection 2 — A multi-gigabyte library of meticulously sampled instruments providing a choice selection of acoustic and electric pianos, guitars, bass, drums, orchestral strings, brass, woodwinds and more.

Loops and construction kits: Unnatural Selection by Puremagnetik

Printed reference manual in English, Spanish, French, German or Japanese

Extensive built-in step-by-step tutorials

Localized software menus, tutorials, and PDF reference manuals available in English, Spanish, French, German and Japanese

Elastic Audio
In Live, tempo is completely fluid. Throw in whatever you like—from single drum loops to multitrack creations—and Live keeps the groove locked down tight. Match the tempo to a new mood, tie it to a movie's key frames, or keep up with your jamming partners—all without stopping the music. Live also lets you fix timing errors and continue tweaking after the fact, making it simple to repair that near-perfect guitar riff, abuse the groove of a drum loop, or get creative in a hundred ways we haven't even thought of yet. Audio is now a rubber band!

Uninterrupted Creative Flow
Record perfectly cut loops on the fly, mix and match audio of any tempo, and add effects, all without ever stopping the music: Everything happens in real time. Follow your inspiration and use your time more creatively, instead of spending it converting sample rates, calculating tempos, editing loops and routing complicated effect chains. Live keeps the music flowing and gives you back your creative time.

Defy the Timeline
Live defies the boundaries of traditional timeline-based applications. Drag and drop, record new ideas on the fly, play back your ideas in any order and at any moment you wish, all without the restrictions of a linear timeline. Live's escape from the timeline-only paradigm is the original concept that brought it such renown as a stage-performance tool. And Live's unique nonlinear approach has made it a staple in studios of all sizes around the globe.

For Studios
Producers, engineers and musicians around world have discovered the value of Live as a creative partner in the studio. Whether it's your studio's main DAW or serves as a skillful production assistant to your primary application, Live delivers the professional features you need to record, produce and perfect your music.

For Beat Creators
Live's unique Drum Rack combines drag-and-drop simplicity in a familiar drum-centric pad interface with unprecedented depth and control. Each of the 128 drum pads can have its own instrument or sample and your choice of effects, and then appear in the Session mixer for easy mixing. Drum Racks even allow you to slice and dice loops and import REX format files.

For Sound Designers
Whether you're making slight adjustments or shaping new, radical variations, Live is a sound designer's dream. Draw effects automation, pitch changes, volume and pan envelopes, and more over the top of your samples—all without stopping the music. When you've got your sound perfected, just drag it to the Browser and it will be saved for future use.

For DJs
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.

No Idea Lost
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.

Hands-On Control
Live's controls are always at your fingertips, or your toes, with the use of any MIDI controller. Assign Live's playback, recording, clip and scene launching, effects controls, tempo, and just about any other feature to your favorite MIDI controller. Live is so expressive that it even allows you to improvise complete performances with the computer. Your computer actually becomes a musical instrument—an expressive and creative tool perfectly at home on stage or in the studio.

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