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Ableton Live is all about making music, from composing and recording of production and (re) mix up to DJing and performance. His combination of non-linear, intuitive way of working, real-time editing and live performance opportunities to make flexible tool for studio and club scene. If you "use music software" not only, but rather "making music" want to live is a good choice.
In Version 8 has some new strengths Live: Groove features optimized warping algorithms, a real-time looper, new effects, transitions into the Arrangement View, and a revised MIDI Editor.
The main functions
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Multi-track recordings of the highest quality: up to 32 kHz bit/192
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Non-destructive editing with unlimited undo
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Comprehensive MIDI sequencing of software and hardware instruments
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Time-stretching and warping in real time
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Supports AIFF, WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC files
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Many integrated audio and MIDI effects
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Two built-in instruments: Simpler (sample-based synthesis) and Impulse (drum machine)
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Instrument-, Drum-and-effect racks
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New Groove features: grooves vary in real time or adjust
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VST and AU interface, automatic compensation of plug-in latency
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REX file support and can "slice" audio to MIDI files
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Video and import - export: scoring for film and video material from warping
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Straightforward and simple MIDI mapping function assignment for many hardware devices
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ReWire support: Live can be exploited in ReWire mode as a slave or master.
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All functions in one window: intuitive operation that does not disturb the creative flow
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Supports multi-core and multiprocessor systems
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Includes The Bridge , the result of cooperation between Ableton and Serato
Also included
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A selection of loops (in the boxed version)
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Essential Instrument Collection 2: sampled instruments (only in the boxed version)
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Printed manual, available in English, French, German or Japanese (boxed version only)
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Integrated, interactive tutorials
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Menus, tutorials and PDF manual in English, Spanish, French, German and Japanese
System Requirements
Mac: G4/G5 from 1.8 GHz (recommended: Intel ® Mac), 2 GB RAM (Recommended: 4 GB, if supported by your computer), Mac OS X 10.4.11 (10.5 or later recommended), DVD-ROM Drive
Windows: 2 GHz Pentium ® 4 or Celeron ®-compatible CPU (recommended: multi-core CPU), 2 GB RAM (Recommended: 4 GB on Windows Vista and Windows 7) Windows XP (Home or Pro), Windows Vista or Windows 7, sound card (recommended: with ASIO drivers), DVD-ROM drive, QuickTime (recommended)
To install the Essential Instrument Collection 2 is a 15 GB hard disk space.
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