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. 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 Support for The Bridge, Ableton's collaboration with Serato 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 The installation size of the Essential Instrument Collection 2 is 15 GB.
